1~12年級英語學習推薦讀本（聽，影響世界的115個名人故事）
這裡彙集了人類歷史上各領域最傑出、最有影響力的115位人物。認識他們的方式有很多，比如
聽他們用地道的英音做自我介紹哦：
William Shakespeare
1564–1616
the man who wrote the greatest plays in history
識別二維碼，聽莎翁為你講他的故事
（識別後會有幾秒鐘等待， be patient ^_^）
I"ve often been called the greatest writer in the English language. I was a dramatist, a poet, an actor and a theatre manager. I told every kind of story – comedy,tragedy, history, love. But some things about my life are a mystery....
看傳記，學英語，不僅是一種學習方法，更是課標的統一要求。
在2017年教育部頒布的《普通高中英語課程標準》中，規定了學生英語學科核心素養基礎的6個內容，多處明確提到了對英美等國重要人物的學習要求。
柯林斯名人故事集
AMAZING PEOPLE
worldwide
改變歷史的人物激勵人心的經歷
聽地道英音講述了不起的人生故事
一級（適合小學1-3年級學生）
了不起的發明家、領袖、女性、企業家、表演家
二級（適合小學4-6年級學生）
了不起的飛行員、建築師和藝術家、作曲家、數學家、醫護人員
三級（適合初中1-2年級學生）
了不起的作家、探險家、表演家、慈善家、科學家
四級（適合初三到高中學生）
了不起的科學家、領袖、企業家和商人、思想家和人道主義者、作家
聽他們講自己過去的故事
柯林斯名人故事集
英文原版由英國柯林斯出版社出版
共涉及115位世界著名人物
正文部分用簡明清晰的英文講述人物生平故事，並以腳註形式提供重點辭彙解釋，文後附該著名人物生平大事記。
書後附英文辭彙表，提供重點辭彙的英語釋義。全書英文原音朗讀，提供點讀和二維碼音頻下載功能。
1. 孔子
偉大的中國哲學家
Confucius
the great Chinese philosopher
He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. Real knowledge is understanding that we actually know very little.
2. 成吉思汗
蒙古帝國的領袖
Genghis Khan
the leader of the Mongolian empire
When I was born, my parents called me Temujin. But later in my life, my tribe changed my name to Genghis Khan. My new name meant 『universal ruler』.
It was a good name for a man who conquered so much land.
3. 征服者威廉
英格蘭第一位諾曼王
William the Conqueror
the first Norman King of England
I was 8 years old when my father died. My life was in danger and I had to learn to fi ght. When I invaded England, I was a very brave man. I conquered the whole country and kept it safe from attacks.
4. 喬治·華盛頓
美利堅合眾國第一任總統
George Washington
the first president of the United States of America
When I was a boy, America was a British colony without its own power. By the time I was President of the United States of America, we had our own overnment.
We had our own constitution but most of all, we had independence.
5. 克里斯托弗·哥倫布
發現新大陸的人
Christopher Columbus
the man who discovered new worlds
I was one of the most famous explorers in history. Although I didn』t discover America, as some people believe, I opened up new worlds to Europeans. I was
an expert sailor and navigator, who made four voyages across the Atlantic.
6. 亞里士多德
梳理科學知識的第一人
Aristotle
the first man to organize
scientific knowledge
If you ask people to mention the names of three great philosophers, my name will come up along with those of Socrates and Plato. People also remember me because Alexander the Great was my most famous student.
7. 約翰內斯·古登堡
印刷機發明人
Johannes
Gutenberg
the man who invented the printing press
I invented a machine to print books – the printing press. After my invention, books were cheaper and easier to make. Books spread ideas around the world. I started the information age. But during my life, no one valued my work.
8. 傑弗雷·喬叟
第一位用英語創作偉大文學作品的人
Geoffrey Chaucer
the man who wrote the fi rst great works of
English Literature
I could tell wonderful stories, and I was very good at describing people. I wrote some romantic poems, but I also wrote about people in ordinary English society.
My greatest work is an entertaining record of life in medieval England.
9. 路易·布萊葉
盲文字母發明人
Louis
Braille
the man who invented an alphabet for the blind
I became blind when I was a child. There were very few books for people who couldn』t see. It was very diffi cult for us to learn how to read and write. We needed an easy system. Could I invent one?
10. 阿爾弗雷德·諾貝爾
諾貝爾獎的創立者
Alfred Nobel
the man who created the Nobel Prize
I was a chemist and a businessman. My greatest invention was dynamite, and I made a large fortune from selling it around the world. Then, one day in Paris, fi ve words changed my life forever.
11. 瑪麗·居里
第一個兩次獲得諾貝爾獎的人
Marie Curie
the fi rst person to be
awarded two Nobel Prizes
As a scientist, I don』t think I could have had a more rewarding life. As a female scientist, my professional achievements were unbelievable. I was the fi rst woman to become a professor at the Sorbonne and the fi rst woman to receive a Nobel Prize.
12. 查爾斯·達爾文
提出進化論、改變人類觀念的人
Charles Darwin
the man who changed
people』s ideas with his
theory of evolution
I was a great English scientist and naturalist. I went on a fi ve-year expedition and discovered many new things about plants and animals. I wrote a book about the
origins of life, which changed the ideas of many people.
13. 安德森
英格蘭第一位女醫生
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
England』s first female doctor
I was the first English woman to work as a doctor in my own country. During my long life, I tried to improve the lives of women. And I helped to create Britain』s fi rst medical school for women.
14. 巴納德
第一位實施心臟移植手術的醫生
Christiaan Barnard
the first man to replace a human heart
I became a doctor because I had a special ambition. My ambition was to give seriously ill people some extra years of life. For this reason, I became a heart
surgeon. I became the fi rst surgeon to transplant a human heart.
15. 亞歷山大·弗萊明
第一種抗菌素的發現者
Alexander Fleming
the man who
discovered the first antibiotic
Chance may have the most amazing influence on our lives. I have one piece of advice to young laboratory assistants – never ignore something that appears to be extraordinary. You never know what it may lead to.
16. 安托萬·拉瓦錫
編寫第一部現代化學教科書的人
Antoine Lavoisier
the man who wrote the fi rst modern
chemistry textbook
I was a French scientist, who people call the founder of modern chemistry. With my wife』s help, I wrote the first modern textbook on chemistry. I discovered what
water consists of. I died on the guillotine in the French Revolution.
17. 尤里·加加林
第一個進入太空的人
Yuri Gagarin
the first man who went into space
I was a famous Soviet cosmonaut and pioneer of space travel. I was the fi rst man to journey into space, and to complete an orbit of the Earth. I became an international hero. Some people called me 『the Columbus of space.』
18. 路易·布萊里奧
第一個開飛機跨越大洋的人
Louis Blériot
the first person to cross
the sea in an aeroplane
19. 亨利·福特
量產汽車並讓民眾買得起汽車的人
Henry Ford
the man who mass-produced cars and
made them affordable
I always loved engines and machines of all kinds. I liked steam engines, and I was happy when cars were invented, but I was delighted when I was able to make cars available to everyone.
20. 巴赫
《勃蘭登堡協奏曲》創作曲
Johann Sebastian Bach
the man who wrote
the Brandenburg Concertos
I was one of Germany』s greatest musicians and composers. I could play the organ, violin, flute and harpsichord and many other instruments. I also composed many different kinds of music.
21. 魯契亞諾·帕瓦羅蒂
世界著名的歌劇演唱家
Luciano Pavarotti
one of the world』s best opera singers
My father sang very well and my mother and I enjoyed his beautiful songs. I played football very well and I wanted to become a famous footballer. But I became one of the greatest opera stars in the world instead!
22. 「貓王」埃爾維斯·普雷斯利
改變流行音樂的人
Elvis Presley
the man who changed pop music
My twin brother died, my father went to prison, we lost our home and I had a stammer. But then I started to sing gospel music in church, and I was given a guitar for my birthday. When I sang and played, all my troubles disappeared.
23. 可可·香奈兒
改變女性時尚風潮的女企業家
Coco Chanel
the businesswoman who
changed fashionfor women
I spent my life making women look and feel beautiful. I started designing hats, moving onto sportswear and then elegant clothes that were comfortable to wear. I also created the magical perfume, Chanel No 5, that made women feel and smell gorgeous.
24. 古列爾莫·馬可尼
無線系統的發明人
GuglielmoMarconi
the man who invented t
he wireless system
I invented the radio and sent the first wireless messages across the Atlantic. My invention changed the speed of communication. I also invented radar systems. They tell us the speed, position and direction of objects which we can』t see.
25. 亞歷山大·格雷厄姆·貝爾
電話發明人
AlexanderGraham Bell
the man who invented the telephone
I was always interested in sounds. My mother was deaf and my father taught deaf people. I was creative and enjoyed inventing things. I did a lot of experiments and one day, I invented the telephone.
26. 查爾斯·巴貝奇
計算機發明者
Charles Babbage
the man who invented computers
Next time you use the Internet or send an email, you can think of me. My invention, the 『Analytical Engine』, was the fi rst computer. You can see it today at the Science Museum in London.
27. 阿達·洛夫萊斯
寫成第一個計算機程序的女性
Ada Lovelace
the woman who wrote
the first computer program
My father was a famous poet, but I became a brilliant mathematician. I worked with Charles Babbage and helped him to develop the Analytical Engine. People today call me 『the world』s fi rst computer programmer』.
28. 邁克爾·法拉第
電動機的發明者
Michael Faraday
the man who invented the electric motor
I learned only basic reading, writing and arithmetic. But I changed the future of the world by discovering that electricity could be made by using magnets.
29. 約翰·羅傑·貝爾德
電視的發明人
John Logie
Baird
the man who invented the television
I had an illness when I was a child and I had to live a quiet life. Technology became my hobby. We could send voice messages. Could I invent a system for
sending pictures? I decided to try to do it.
30.卡爾?馬克思
《共產黨宣言》和《資本論》的作者
Karl Marx
the man who wrote
The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital
I was not born into poverty but I hated the inequality between the very rich and the very poor. I spent my life, through my writing, fi ghting for equality. I believed that everybody, whatever their class and fi nancial state, should have the same rights.
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聽地道英音講述了不起的人生故事
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