1~12年级英语学习推荐读本（听，影响世界的115个名人故事）
这里汇集了人类历史上各领域最杰出、最有影响力的115位人物。认识他们的方式有很多，比如
听他们用地道的英音做自我介绍哦：
William Shakespeare
1564–1616
the man who wrote the greatest plays in history
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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....
看传记，学英语，不仅是一种学习方法，更是课标的统一要求。
在2017年教育部颁布的《普通高中英语课程标准》中，规定了学生英语学科核心素养基础的6个内容，多处明确提到了对英美等国重要人物的学习要求。
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柯林斯名人故事集
AMAZING PEOPLE
worldwide
改变历史的人物 激励人心的经历
听地道英音讲述了不起的人生故事
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第一级（适合小学1-3年级学生）
了不起的发明家、领袖、女性、企业家、表演家
第二级（适合小学4-6年级学生）
了不起的飞行员、建筑师和艺术家、作曲家、数学家、医护人员
第三级（适合初中1-2年级学生）
了不起的作家、探险家、表演家、慈善家、科学家
第四级（适合初三到高中学生）
了不起的科学家、领袖、企业家和商人、思想家和人道主义者、作家
听他们讲自己过去的故事
柯林斯名人故事集
英文原版由英国柯林斯出版社出版
共涉及115位世界著名人物
正文部分用简明清晰的英文讲述人物生平故事，并以脚注形式提供重点词汇解释，文后附该著名人物生平大事记。
书后附英文词汇表，提供重点词汇的英语释义。全书英文原音朗读，提供点读和二维码音频下载功能。
1. 孔子
伟大的中国哲学家
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
蒙古帝国的领袖
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
英格兰第一位诺曼王
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 fight. When I invaded England, I was a very brave man. I conquered the whole country and kept it safe from attacks.
4. 乔治·华盛顿
美利坚合众国第一任总统
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 government. We had our own constitution but most of all, we had independence.
5. 克里斯托弗·哥伦布
发现新大陆的人
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. 亚里士多德
梳理科学知识的第一人
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. 约翰内斯·古登堡
印刷机发明人
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. 杰弗雷·乔叟
第一位用英语创作伟大文学作品的人
Geoffrey Chaucer
the man who wrote the first 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·布莱叶
盲文字母发明人
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 difficult for us to learn how to read and write. We needed an easy system. Could I invent one?
10. 阿尔弗雷德·诺贝尔
诺贝尔奖的创立者
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, five words changed my life forever.
11. 玛丽·居里
第一个两次获得诺贝尔奖的人
Marie Curie
the first 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 first woman to become a professor at the Sorbonne and the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize.
12. 查尔斯·达尔文
提出进化论、改变人类观念的人
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 five-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
英格兰第一位女医生
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 first medical school for women.
14. 巴纳德
第一位实施心脏移植手术的医生
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 first surgeon to transplant a human heart.
15. 亚历山大·弗莱明
第一种抗菌素的发现者
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. 安托万·拉瓦锡
编写第一部现代化学教科书的人
Antoine Lavoisier
the man who wrote the first 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
第一个进入太空的人
Yuri Gagarin
the first man who went into space
I was a famous Soviet cosmonaut and pioneer of space travel. I was the first 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·布莱里奥
第一个开飞机跨越大洋的人
Louis Blériot
the first person to cross
the sea in an aeroplane
I was the first person to cross the sea from France to England in a heavier-than-air flying machine.
19. 亨利·福特
量产汽车并让民众买得起汽车的人
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
《勃兰登堡协奏曲》创作曲
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. 鲁契亚诺·帕瓦罗蒂
世界著名的歌剧演唱家
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. “猫王”埃尔维斯·普雷斯利
改变流行音乐的人
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·香奈儿
改变女性时尚风潮的女企业家
Coco Chanel
the businesswoman who
changed fashion for 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. 古列尔莫·马可尼
无线系统的发明人
Guglielmo Marconi
the man who invented the 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. 亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔
电话发明人
Alexander Graham 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. 查尔斯·巴贝奇
计算机发明者
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 first computer. You can see it today at the Science Museum in London.
27. 阿达·洛夫莱斯
写成第一个计算机程序的女性
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 first computer programmer’.
28. 迈克尔·法拉第
电动机的发明者
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. 约翰·罗杰·贝尔德
电视的发明人
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.卡尔•马克思
《共产党宣言》和《资本论》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, fighting for equality. I believed that everybody, whatever their class and financial state, should have the same rights.
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