法国著名思想家狄德罗说“不读书的人，思想就会停止”，读书的重要性不言而喻。同时，读书又是一件长久的事，学无止境，而贵在持之以恒，每天坚持读几页书，时间长了便积沙成塔。今天光华美高要给大家展示的是英语组老师精心推荐的书籍，希望同学们能从中汲取智慧甘泉。

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田荟老师：

① The Picture of Dorian Gray 《道林格雷的画像》

王尔德的唯一一部小说。《道林·格雷的画像》具有很强的唯美倾向，不但文辞绚丽，意象新颖，有许多带有王尔德特色的俏皮话，幽默，似非而是之论，矛盾诡辩之辞。

② Dubliners《都柏林人》

乔伊斯用15篇短故事讲述了20世纪初从孩童，青春期，成人和社会生活方面呈现出来的家乡都柏林城市与社会的瘫痪。这份疏离赋予这些篇什巨大的感染力，让我们一窥这些都柏林小市民的理想、挣扎和幻灭，且最核心的，是那销魂蚀骨的孤独。

③《疯癫与文明》三联书店出版

20世纪极富挑战性和反叛性的法国思想家米歇尔·福柯的经典作品，这部著作是对知识的清洗和质疑。它把“自然”的一个片段交还给历史，改造了疯癫，即把我们当做医学现象的东西变成了一种文明现象。

Cameron：

① Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell

(Psychology) A study of success, how to be successful, and the infamous “10,000 hour rule” and what it means. Outliers deals with exceptional people, especially those who are smart, rich, and successful, and those who operate at the extreme outer edge of what is statistically plausible. Numerous examples are mentioned throughout the book such as, The Beatles, Bill Gates, and J. Robert Oppenheimer.

② Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe

(Historical fiction) Part one of three; The chronicle of pre colonial life in Southeastern Nigeria. The story follows Okonkwo, an Igbo wrestling champion; the first part depicting his family, personal history and the customs of his people.

③ As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner

(Southern gothic; fiction) The book is narrated by 15 different characters throughout the book. It is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her poor, rural family's quest and motivations—noble or selfish—to honor her wish to be buried in her hometown of Jefferson, Mississippi.

Lewis：

① Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

I found this book quite easy to read and I think it has an interesting but simple plot about the aspirations of the American dream.

② The Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger

I really enjoyed this book as an adolescent. It's not too heavy so, it could possibly be read quite quickly and of course it's a classic.

③ Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens

Again, this is a classic and tells the story from a child's point of view in Victorian London. It's an interesting story with many twists and turns but I think it mainly covers a fascinating time in history.

付西西老师：

① Lord of The Rings -J.R.R Tolkien

大名鼎鼎指环王三部曲。无论是故事性还是语言艺术都让人拍案叫绝。影视作品给的是120分钟有限的世界，而打开书本，通过文字，你的想象得以释放。白纸黑字背后是无限的奇幻与可能。贪婪、诱惑、使命、坚韧、忠贞、爱情……一场波澜壮阔在中土世界上演。

② Jamaica Inn -Daphne Du Maurier

典型的哥特式冒险小说。出色的环境描写和细腻的人物心理描写值得一读。如果你喜欢悬疑、推理，不妨pick它。另有同名电影可观览。

③ Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

女性当自强。女性的坚强可以是传统意义上的“强势”，也可以如水般温润确依旧有着不可撼动的力量。Girls, have faith and be independent. 不卑不亢，掷地有声。

李娟老师：

① The Call of the Wild ——by John Griffith London

The gold rush that prevailed in the society at that time showed the world of dogs struggling in this special environment to the fullest. The story mainly tells the process of the protagonist "Buck" returning from the civilized society to the original life of the wolf pack.

② Frankenstein - by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly

Frankenstein,is a biologist.He frequently appears in the corpse with criminal psychology, trying to piece together a huge human body with various parts of different corpses. When the monster gains life, he opens his eyes. Frankenstein was frightened to abandon him, but he pursued and asked for his companionship, warmth and friendship from Frankens; a series of strange suspense and suspense followed. Homicide…

③ The Painted Veil——by William Somerset Maugham

The story begins with the heroine Kitty. In order to escape the flashy but empty social circle of London in the 1920s, and to prevent herself from becoming an old girl, Kitty accepted the proposal of the silent doctor Walter Fein. Water and Kitty can finally open their hearts to each other, but just as they get closer, Water gets cholera. Water's life and death determine whether their new passion can be transformed into eternal love…

肖帆老师：

①《你当想鸟飞往你的山/Educated 》【美】塔拉-韦斯特弗 著

推荐理由：作者因此书被《时代周刊》评为“年度影响力人物”，比尔盖茨推荐“这本书比你听说的还要好”。

②《我是个妈妈，我需要铂金*》 【美】薇妮斯蒂-马丁 著

推荐理由：熟悉美国教育，了解关于阶层、育儿焦虑、中年危机，全球妈妈都是一样的。

③《高效能人士的7个习惯》 【美】史蒂芬-柯维 著

推荐理由：管理类经典读物

张倩老师：

① Born a Crime -Trevor Noah

It is the story of that young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life.

② Dear girls - Ali Wong

Ali Wong's heartfelt and hilarious letters to her daughters (the two she put to work while they were still in utero), covering everything they need to know in life, like the unpleasant details of dating, how to be a working mom in a male-dominated profession, and how she trapped their dad.

③ Asking the Right Questions

It helps students bridge the gap between simply memorizing or blindly accepting information,and the greater challenge of critical analysis and synthesis. It teaches students to respond to alternative points of view and develop a solid foundation for making personal choices about what to accept and what to reject.

张豫鹏老师：

① To Kill a Mockingbird

The story of a young Alabama girl, her sleepy Southern town, and the crisis of conscience that rocked it. This book explores the roots of human behavior—to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos.

② 1984

Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes; Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes those who dare to commit thoughtcrimes.

③ The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas (père) completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with The Three Musketeers.

同学们，虽然你们可以自由支配暑假时间，但“少年正是读书时”，比起看一部没有营养的肥皂剧，完成千篇一律的游戏任务，参加一次次没有意义的聚会，还不如捧起一本书细细品读。炎炎烈日，铄石流金，待在家里一边吹着凉爽的空调，一边品读先贤哲人的思想经验，是一件多么惬意的事呀!

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