《英语阶梯阅读》系列丛书引进并改编自 Step Into Target Reading 和 Success With Reading英文原版，是专门为初级和中级英语水平者设计的阅读教程，共 8 级。丛书取材广泛、图文并茂，其中 1—4 级包含博客、卡片、访谈、诗歌、食谱等内容，旨在为学习者提供丰富的阅读体验，同时还有助于学习者接触到各种实用的日常英语，各级包含 40 篇文章；5—8 级涉及文学、历史、环境、健康、科技等领域，分别从阅读技能、词汇学习及阅读策略三个方面为学习者提供多维度的阅读训练，各级包含 50 篇文章。《英语阶梯阅读》系列丛书的每篇文章后均附有练习题，可以帮助学习者加深对文章的理解，巩固所学的语言知识和阅读技能。

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1 School Dance
2 Idioms to Make You Mad as a Hatter
3 German Phrase Book
4 When to Reach for a Glass of Water
5 What's Your Favorite Class?
6 Greetings from Home
7 Better to Be Yourself Than Perfect
8 Welcome to the Sunnyside Dog Park!
9 A Most Delicious Debate: Who Invented the Hamburger?
10 Olympic Games Medal Wins
11 Will Robots Help Us or Just Steal Our Jobs?
12 The Amazing Max
13 The World's Most-Visited Cities
14 Exam Preparation Tips
15 The Seven Colored Earths
16 Movie Budget Breakdown
17 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
18 Using the Metro
19 Doctors Without Borders
20 Finding the Road to Happiness
21 Understanding ADHD
22 Never Too Young to Change the World
23 Gardening in Space
24 The Carnival of Venice
25 Fort Bragg's Glass Beach
26 EMP Museum
27 The Dos and Don'ts of Online Chatting
28 Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
29 Is a Crow Smarter Than a Seven-Year-Old?
30 The Languages of International Business
31 Cloud Computing
32 Iceland
33 House Hunting
34 Crosstalk of the Town
35 World Magazine
36 The True Cost of a Tasty Steak
37 Tears
38 Blueberries: The Superfood!
39 A Note for the House Sitter
40 Watch Out! Your Smartphone Can Make You Go Blind
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