Entering G5 Summer Reading List 即將升入五年級暑期閱讀書單

最新 07-13

Entering G5 Summer Reading List

即將升入五年級暑期閱讀書單

10篇精讀文章：

帶有課後閱讀理解題的敘事文體和信息類問題

主題包括：蝴蝶，生態系統，考古，等等。

21篇補充閱讀：

敘事文體和信息類文體，沒有課後題。

主題包括：水，鳥，運動，等等。

十篇精讀文章（摘取段落）

1.Recycling & Conservation: Why Recycle?

「Recycling is a process where something is reused rather than thrown away. Common items that are recycled include aluminum and steel cans, glass, and newspapers. Recycling can be time-consuming and dirty work. For example, recyclable objects have to be sorted from trash. Then the objects have to be cleaned. Afterwards, the objects are turned into materials that can be used by people and companies. Why should people bother to recycle even though it takes a lot of work? 」

文章題材：

科學：地球&空間科學，科技&工程

單詞數量：199

藍思指數：650L

重點辭彙：conserve preserve protect

2. Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Corinne skipped through the parking lot. She couldn』t hold back her excitement. Her family was going to the baseball stadium for the first time!

「Corinne, chill out,」 said her brother, Jake. Jake was only two years older than Corinne, but he thought that gave him the authority to boss her around. Corinne slowed to a walk and waited for her family to catch up.

「I can』t help it,」 she said. 「I』ve never been to a baseball game before.」

文章題材：

人文：運動，健康&安全敘事小說

單詞數量：751

藍思指數：970L

重點辭彙:inning league

3.The Legend of Ol』 Greeny

「Kevin pulled the flannel blanket tighter around his body as the cool lake breeze drifted off the soft waves toward the shore. The burning warmth coming from the bonfire was becoming weaker, and Kevin finally felt the cold of the night. He gazed at the faces that huddled around the glowing embers—his grandfather off to his right, his father directly across from him, and his younger sister, Kali, to his left. The only sound they heard was the gentle crash of the waves on the rocky shore. Kevin could just make out the lights of the cottages that sat on the opposite side of the lake, a couple miles away. He wondered if they were also bonfires that were flickering to their dark ends.」

文章題材：敘事文體

單詞數量：700

藍思指數：770L

重點辭彙：effect hush

4.Butterflies in Culture

「Most people in Taiwan are Han Chinese. In Han culture, butterfly motifs are common in crafts, paintings, and even buildings.

To understand why butterflies are such popular symbols, look at the Chinese characters for "butterfly." The first character蝴(hú) has a similar sound as the character福(fú) for "good fortune." This is why butterflies are symbols of good luck. The second character蝶(dié) has the same sound as the character耋for "the elders." So butterflies are often seen in artwork celebrating a long life. 」

文章題材：信息類：藝術&文化

單詞數量：193

藍思指數：890L

重點辭彙：culture symbol

5.Cats in the Catacombs

「Carlo hopped onto a marble slab. He was underground and it was dark, but he could see to the end of the tunnel. He pulled his tail around his four paws and began licking his fur. He was one of the ninth generation of cats to live in the catacombs. The catacombs are a series of tunnels below Rome, in Italy. Long ago, the ancient Romans buried people in the tunnels, and they were filled with tombs. Other cats might find it creepy to be around so many tombs. But Carlo was a Roman cat, and he had lived in the catacombs ever since he was a kitten. 」

文章題材：敘事小說

單詞數量：708

藍思指數：610L

重點辭彙：alert, catacomb, tomb

6.The Meadowlands

「When they described the swamp at the end of Schuyler Avenue, the adults in Sarah"s life seemed confused. Whenever she asked about it, Sarah"s dad would chuckle.

"You"d better stay away from the Meadowlands," her father said.

Sarah"s sixth grade teacher, Mr. Morrison, said only parts of the Meadowlands are swamps. He explained to the class that the Meadowlands are precious wetlands, one of the last places near New York City where birds migrating from Florida could stop and rest. 」

文章題材：

信息類科學：地球&空間科學，生命科學。

單詞數量：668

藍思指數：830L

重點辭彙：recover, swamp, wetland

7. The Circus Comes to Town

「Donald Seastrunk never feared the jugglers until they upgraded from bean bags to bowling pins. By the movie theater, after a movie let out, excited crowds gathered around the most skilled jugglers, whose silk vests were as blue as the sky. Winking and smiling, the jugglers performed astonishing feats: dozens of balls in the air at once; nifty, behind‐the‐back and through‐the‐legs tricks; even juggling blindfolded. Word of mouth spread to neighboring towns. People from far away came to see the street performers. All seemed well and good, but with the jugglers』 popularity came copycats. And so many of them!」

文章題材：信息類人文學科：公民&政府

單詞數量：600

藍思指數：810L

重點辭彙：ban, popularity, protest

8.Pythons Invade the Florida Everglades

「When Tommy Owen, a tour guide in the Everglades National Park, saw the animal, he immediately went after it. Owen was giving a tour of Florida"s famous national park wetlands. He and a group of tourists were floating in a boat through the shallow water that makes up the Everglades. One of the women in the boat he was steering saw a snake in the water. She got Tommy"s attention and pointed the snake out to him. When Tommy saw the snake, he acted fast. He reached into the water and grabbed the animal by the head. He got a good grip and didn"t let go. Tourists in the boat were worried when the snake wrapped itself around Tommy"s arm. After several minutes, he gotcontrol of the animal and removed it from the water. The snake was a ten-foot-long Burmese python. It was a snake not native to Florida and, quite simply, it didn"t belong there.」

文章題材：信息類生命科學

單詞數量：1281

藍思指數：970L

重點辭彙：conservation，invasion，native，

9.What』s the Big Idea about Archaeology?

「Piecing Together the Puzzle of History

How do we know about people who lived in ancient times? If people didn"t leave behind any written records, how do we know what gods they worshiped, what food they ate, or what clothes they wore?

One of the ways we know about people who lived long ago is through archaeology: the study of past life through what"s been left behind.

An archaeologist might find a pot, a grave, or the remains of a building. Each discovery is like a piece of a puzzle. The archaeologist works to put these pieces together to create a picture of what life was like long ago. 」

文章題材：人文：地理&社會世界歷史

單詞數量：645

藍思指數：840L

重點辭彙：ancient，archaeology

10.Sunrise, Sunset...or Not?

「The sun is a wonderful thing for Earth. It is a star that heats the planet and makes life on Earth possible. In addition, its light shines onto the planet. It is Earth』s ultimate source of energy.

Summer days may be longer than winter days, but for most people, the sun seems to do the same thing each day: it appears to come up in the east for the day, and it appears to go down in the west for the night. The sun looks like it rises in the east and sets in the west because of how the earth spins in space. It spins toward the east, or counterclockwise. This means that when most people look at the sky in the morning, the sun will first appear in the east. 」

文章題材：科學：地球&空間科學

單詞數量：537

藍思指數：1030L

重點辭彙：energy, horizon, phenomenon

11.They Love Hummers

12.Checking on Seabird Chicks

13.Jam Session

14.Famous Americans-Muhammad Ali: The Greatest

15.Swimming-Different Swimming Strokes

16.Swimming-Swimwear

17.Swimming-Swimming Underwater

18.Bikes & Boards-Bicycles

19.Bikes & Boards-Catch a Wave

20.Bikes & Board-Sidewalk Surfing

21.Keep Looking

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