本书附赠磁带两盘！
本套丛书内容丰富，由易渐难，主要突出了以下特色：
分级明确：结合最新颁布的国家《英语课程标准》（实验稿）的精神划分适用年级，遵循语言学习的规律，充分考虑到不同年龄段学生生理和心理发展的特点和需求；
配有音带：有助于提高听力水平，加强学生对语言的理解力；
插图生动：带你进入“读图时代”，意向直观、准确；
题材丰富：涵盖现代流行，经典名著和精彩原创三大类别，内容还涉及名人，名著，电影，戏剧等不同的领域；
注释简洁：帮助减少阅读过程中可能遇到的阻力，并激发学习者的自信心；
配有练习：理解题目按照阅读图式认知理论精心设计，为阅读提供了方向性指导与检测手段。
前言
亲爱的老师门，同学们，“外研社·企鹅英语分级有声读物”丛书是由外语教学与研究出版社和培生教育出版集团(Pearson Education)联合推出的又一力作。本丛书为广大学生提供了充分享受阅读乐趣的大平台！
我们出版此套分级读物的宗旨是为了给学习者提供大量的、不同题材的阅读材料。材料不仅要适合读者的语言能力水平，更要能够激发阅读兴趣——让读者感到自己是在读故事，听故事，而不是在学(study)英语，从而卸去教材课本中枯燥的语法知识的沉重负担，真正做到寓教于乐。更重要的一点是，读完一本小册子后你会很有成就感，觉得学习英语就是这么轻松、愉快！
本套丛书内容丰富，由易渐难，主要突出了以下特色：
分级明确 结合最新颁布的国家《英语课程标准》(实验稿)的精神划分适用年级，遵循语言学习的规律，充分考虑到不同年龄段学生生理和心理发展的特点和需求；
配有音带 有助于提高听力水平，加强学生对语言的理解力；
插图生动 带你进入“读图时代”，意向直观，准确；
题材丰富 涵盖现代流行、经典名著和精彩原创三大类别，内容还涉及名人、名著、电影、戏剧等不同的领域；
注释简结 帮助减少阅读过程中可能遇到的阻力，并激发学习者的自信心；
配有练习 理解题目按照阅读图式认知理论精心设计，为阅读提供了方向性指导与检测手段。
如果你们喜欢这套读物，请把它推荐给朋友们。如果你们对这套读物有什么意见和建议，也请告诉我们。愿这套读物让广大的读者受益匪浅，成为大家课外的良师益友！
很多具有丰富教学经验的中小学老师为这套读物做了注释和相关练习，我们在此表示衷心的感谢！
目录
Introduction
1 The End of a Dream
2 Early Days
3 From Liverpool to Hamburg
4 In The Cavern
5 On Their Way!
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书摘
The four boys from Liverpool were all born during*the Second World War. Life in the northern city wasn't always easy after the war. Most people lived in small houses and many were poor. But like many ports, Liverpool was open to new ideas. Sometimes ships brought something that other places in Britain couldn't get-rock and roll*records*from the US! For the young people of Liverpool in the 1950s, the exciting*sound of rock and roll was an escape*from their daily*lives.
Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr) was born in 1940 and grew up in one of Liverpool's poorest areas. He was often ill, and he first played drums in hospital. He bought his first drum around 1956-just one big drum! He played with a few local*bands.Then he joined Rory Storm*and the Hurricanes*. Around this
time, Richard took a new name-"Ringo"-because of all the rings on his hands.
George Harrison, the youngest Beatle, was born in 1943. His father was a bus driver, but before that he worked on ships.George loved his father's records from the US. At school, he sat in class drawing pictures of guitars. When he did get his guitar,he practised*all the time.
Paul McCartney was born in 1942, the son of a nurse and a cotton salesman. The family loved music. When Paul was old enough,his father bought him a trumpet*. But Paul couldn't play the trumpet and sing at the same time. So he changed the
trumpet for a guitar. He sometimes talked about music with a younger boy at his school - George Harrison.
John Lennon was born in 1940.After his father left, his mother sent the four-year-old boy to his Aunt Mimi and her husband's big house in a pleasant*part of Liverpool. John loved rock and roll.He remembered*seeing an Elvis Presley film. When the audience*screamed*, he thought,"That's a good job!" John's mother loved
music too - and she taught her son well. He started a band, the Quarry Men. The name came from his school, Quarry Bank.
One afternoon in July 19
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