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写在前面读书的好处不用多说，笛卡尔曾说过，读一本好书,就是和许多高尚的人谈话。对于想去美国名校的你来说，好好读书的作用则更“实用”。
美国高中生适合读哪些书呢？
根据 corestandards.org，美国核心课程标准，我们总结了适合美国高中生阅读的书单，包括小说，戏剧，诗歌，以及英语语言艺术、历史/社会学、科学和科技相关等周边材料。
这些书单不仅可以帮你提高英文阅读能力，让你更客观得了解美国的风土人情，增加对西方文化的认识，同时对 SAT 或 ACT 的阅读考试也能起到潜移默化的提升作用。
在正式看书单列表之前，乌老师先给各位同学一些小tips，有助于大家更好的阅读：
话不多说，下面才是重点！建议大家收藏观看~
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美国 9-10 年级的推荐书目01 小说 Stories
Homer.The Odyssey荷马史诗Ovid.Metamorphoses 变形记Gogol, Nikolai.“The Nose.” 鼻子De Voltaire, F. A. M.Candide, Or The Optimist 老实人Turgenev, Ivan.Fathers and Sons父与子Henry, O.“The Gift of the Magi.” 麦琪的礼物Kafka, Franz.The Metamorphosis 变形记Steinbeck, John.The Grapes of Wrath愤怒的葡萄Bradbury, Ray.Fahrenheit 451华氏 451 度Olsen, Tillie.“I Stand Here Ironing.”我站在这儿熨烫Achebe, Chinua.Things Fall Apart分崩离析Lee, Harper.To Kill A Mockingbird杀死一只知更鸟Shaara, Michael.The Killer Angels杀手天使Tan, Amy.The Joy Luck Club喜福会Alvarez, Julia.In the Time of the Butterflies蝴蝶情人Zusak, Marcus.The Book Thief 偷书贼02 戏剧 Drama Sophocles
Sophocles.Oedipus Rex俄狄浦斯Shakespeare, William.The Tragedy of Macbeth 麦克白Ibsen, Henrik.A Doll’s House玩偶之家Williams, Tennessee.The Glass Menagerie玻璃动物园Ionesco, Eugene.Rhinoceros 犀牛Fugard, Athol.“Master Harold”…and the boys哈罗德主人和男孩03 诗歌 Poetry
Shakespeare, William.“Sonnet 73.”十四行诗Donne, John. “Song.”Shelley, Percy Bysshe.“Ozymandias.” 奥兹曼迪亚斯Poe, Edgar Allan.“The Raven.”乌鸦Dickinson,Emily.“We Grow Accustomed to the Dark.”我们习惯了黑暗Houseman, A. E.“Loveliest of Trees.”最可爱的树Johnson, James Weldon.“Lift Every Voice and Sing.”Cullen, Countee. “Yet Do I Marvel.”Auden, Wystan Hugh.“Musee des Beaux Arts.”Walker, Alice. “Women.”Baca, Jimmy Santiago.“I Am Offering This Poem to You.”04 英语语言艺术
Informational Texts: English Language Arts
Henry, Patrick.“Speech to the Second Virginia Convention.”在第二次弗吉尼亚大会上的演说Washington, George.“Farewell Address.”告别演说Lincoln, Abraham.“Gettysburg Address.”葛底斯堡演说Lincoln, Abraham.“Second Inaugural Address.”第二次就职演说Roosevelt, Franklin Delano.“State of the Union Address.”国情咨文Hand, Learned.“I Am an American Day Address.”集会演讲Smith, Margaret Chase.“Remarks to the Senate in Support of a Declaration of Conscience.”良心演讲King, Jr., Martin Luther.“Letter from Birmingham Jail.”伯明翰监狱的信King, Jr., Martin Luther.“I Have a Dream:Address Delivered at the March on Washington, D.C., for Civil Rights on August 28, 1963.”我有一个梦Angelou, Maya.I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings我知道为何笼中鸟在歌唱Wiesel, Elie.“Hope, Despair and Memory.”希望，绝望和记忆Reagan, Ronald.“Address to Students at Moscow State University.”莫斯科大学的演说Quindlen, Anna.“A Quilt of a Country.”拼织国家05 历史/社会学研究
Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
Brown, Dee.Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West魂归伤膝谷Connell, Evan S.Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn晨星之子Gombrich, E. H.The Story of Art, 16th Edition艺术的故事Kurlansky, Mark.Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World鳕鱼Haskins, Jim.Black, Blue and Gray: African Americans in the Civil War黑，蓝和灰：内战中的非裔美国人Dash, Joan.The Longitude Prize经度奖Thompson, Wendy.The Illustrated Book of Great Composers伟大作曲家插图百科Mann, Charles C.Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491哥伦布之前的美洲06 科学，数学和科技
Informational Texts: Science, Mathematics, and Technical Subjects
Euclid.Elements几何原理Cannon, Annie J.“Classifying the Stars.”恒星分类Walker, Jearl.“Amusement Park Physics.”物理游乐园Preston, Richard.The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story热点区域：可怕的真实故事Devlin, Keith.Life by the Numbers数学化的生命Hoose, Phillip.The Race to Save Lord God BirdHakim, Joy.The Story of Science: Newton at the Center科学的故事Nicastro, Nicholas.Circumference: Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe圆周：厄拉多塞和古老的地球测量问题U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/U.S.Department of Energy Recommended Levels of Insulation隔热等级建议Part.03
美国高中 11-12 年级的推荐书目01 小说 Stories
Chaucer, Geoffrey.The Canterbury Tales坎特伯雷故事集De Cervantes, Miguel.Don Quixote唐吉可德Austen, Jane.Pride and Prejudice傲慢与偏见Poe, Edgar Allan.“The Cask of Amontillado.”一桶蒙特亚白葡萄酒Bronte, Charlotte.Jane Eyre简爱Hawthorne, Nathaniel.The Scarlet Letter红字Dostoevsky, Fyodor.Crime and Punishment罪与罚Jewett, Sarah Orne.“A White Heron.”白苍鹭Melville, Herman.Billy Budd, Sailor水手比利·巴德Chekhov, Anton. “Home.”家Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby了不起的盖茨比Faulkner, William.As I Lay Dying我弥留之际Hemingway, Ernest.A Farewell to Arms永别了武器Hurston, Zora Neale.Their Eyes Were Watching God凝望上帝Borges, Jorge Luis.“The Garden of Forking Paths.”小径分岔的花园Bellow, Saul.The Adventures of Augie March奥吉玛奇历险记Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye蓝眼睛Garcia, Cristina. Dreaming in Cuban古巴梦Lahiri, Jhumpa. The Namesake同命人02 戏剧 Drama
Shakespeare, William.The Tragedy of Hamlet哈姆雷特Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin. Tartuffe答尔丢夫Wilde,Oscar.The Importance of Being Earnest认真的重要性Wilder, Thornton.Our Town: A Play in Three Acts三幕剧：我们镇Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman推销员之死Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun阳光下的葡萄干Soyinka, Wole.Death and the King’s Horseman: A Play死亡和国王的骑兵03 诗歌 Poetry
Li Po. “A Poem of Changgan.”长干行Donne, John.“A Valediction Forbidding Mourning.”别离辞·莫悲伤Wheatley, Phyllis.“On Being Brought From Africa to America.”从非洲到美洲Keats, John.“Ode on a Grecian Urn.”希腊古翁颂Whitman, Walt. “Song of Myself.”自我之歌Dickinson, Emily. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death.”因为我不能等待死亡Tagore, Rabindranath. “Song VII.”诗歌Eliot, T. S.“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.”普鲁弗洛克的情歌Pound, Ezra. “The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter.”水路商人的妻子—— —封信Frost, Robert. “Mending Wall.”修墙Neruda, Pablo. “Ode to My Suit.”西服颂Bishop, Elizabeth. “Sestina.”六节诗Ortiz Cofer, Judith. “The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica.”卡德Dove, Rita. “Demeter’s Prayer to Hades.”得墨忒耳对哈德斯的祈祷Collins, Billy. “Man Listening to Disc.”听唱片的人04 英语语言艺术
展开全文Informational Texts: English Language Arts
Paine, Thomas. Common Sense常识Jefferson, Thomas. The Declaration of Independence独立宣言United States.The Bill of Rights (Amendments One through Ten of the United States Constitution)人权法案Thoreau, Henry David. Walden瓦尔登湖Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Society and Solitude.”社会与孤独Porter, Horace. “Lee Surrenders to Grant, April 9th, 1865.”李将军向格兰特将军投降Chesterton, G. K. “The Fallacy of Success.”成功的谬误Mencken, H. L.The American Language, 4th Edition美国语言Wright, Richard. Black Boy黑孩子Orwell, George. “Politics and the English Language.”政治与英语语言Hofstadter, Richard.“Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth.”林肯与白手起家神话Tan, Amy. “Mother Tongue.”母语Anaya, Rudolfo. “Take the Tortillas Out of Your Poetry.”挑出诗中的玉米饼05 历史/社会学
Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
Tocqueville, Alexis de.Democracy in America Declaration of Sentiments by the Seneca Falls Conference感伤宣言Douglass, Frederick.“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?: An Address Delivered in Rochester, New York, on 5 July 1852.”7 月 4 日对黑奴有何意义An American Primer.Edited by Daniel J. Boorstin美国入门Lagemann, Ellen Condliffe.“Education.”教育McPherson, James M.What They Fought For 1861–18651861-1865 为何而战The American Reader: Words that Moved a Nation, 2nd Edition读者文摘：感动美国Amar, Akhil Reed.America’s Constitution: A Biography美国宪法：传记McCullough, David. 17761776Bell, Julian. Mirror of the World: A New History of Art世界之镜：新的艺术史FedViews by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco（搜索网上资源）06 科学，数学和科技
Informational Texts: Science, Mathematics, and Technical Subjects
Paulos, John Allen.Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences数学盲：数学文盲及其后果Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference转折点：小东西产生的大差异Tyson, Neil deGrasse.“Gravity in Reverse: The Tale of Albert Einstein’s ‘Greatest Blunder.’”反向重力：爱因斯坦艾伯 特的“最大错误”的故事Calishain, Tara, and Rael Dornfest. Google Hacks：Tips & Tools for Smarter Searching, 2nd EditionKane, Gordon. “The Mysteries of Mass.”Fischetti, Mark. “Working Knowledge: Electronic Stability Control.”U.S. General Services Administration.Executive Order 13423: Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, andTransportation ManagementKurzweil, Ray. “The Coming Merger of Mind and Machine.”Gibbs, W. Wayt. “Untangling the Roots of Cancer.”Gawande, Atul. “The Cost Conundrum: Health Care Costs in McAllen, Texas.”Part.04
后面还想说的话这么多的书，是否满足你的求知欲了呢？由于很多书目需要了解一定的社会背景，所以同学们可以参考以下辅助材料：
1.书籍 Cliffsnotes 丛书
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