美国著名大社兰登书屋出版社出版的Step into Reading分级阅读系列，致力于为孩子们创造最成功的阅读体验。
这套书共分5级，在美国畅销近30年，是一套适合学龄前及小学阶段儿童学习英语的分级“教材”。整套系列都是原汁原味的英语原版图书，书中用词地道，词汇丰富，插画漂亮，有助于改善孩子的英语阅读能力。本系列书籍的内容包罗万象，有图画书、数学、经典童话故事、励志故事和科普类等。
兰登每一阶的读本都分为fiction的日常生活故事和non-fiction科普知识两大类，这点非常重要。在美国，小学二三年级就开始要求孩子们做调查类的项目，这时就需要大量知识性书籍、材料的阅读，而且考试的阅读题也有一半的科普短文，所以non-fiction非故事书的阅读习惯一定要从小就开始培养。
听音频
同样的内容，通常必需听七次以上，才会产生声音记忆。无论句子结构简单或者复杂，只要有不断重复的语言输入，慢慢内化，都可以在意识中形成‘记忆’，最后达到无意识脱口而出的境界。
所以，家长们一定要记得把内容给孩子反复的听！
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Duck Tape
One morning, Star was drawing
with chalk on the sidewalk.
Along came Blister on his bike.
Tha-thump. Tha-thump.
“What’s that noise?” asked Star.
“It sounds like a sick washing machine.”
防水胶带
一天早上，Star正拿着粉笔在人行道上画画
Blister骑着车过来了。扑通，扑通
“那是什么声音？”Star问，
“听上去像一台坏了的洗衣机。”
“Flat tire,” said Blister.
The tire was squashed. The tire was smooshed.
“We can fix that,” said Star.She got her bike pump.
They took turns pumping air into Blister’s tire.
“Good as new,” said Blister
“车胎瘪啦，”Blister说，车胎被压得又扁又平
“我们来修好它，”Star说，她拿来她的打气筒
他们轮流把空气打进Blister的自行车胎里
“（我的自行车）又像新的一样啦，”Blister说。
Blister rode down the street and back.
Tha-wump! Tha-wump!
“Sounds like a broken-wing duck trying to fly.” Star said.
“Flat tire again!” said Blister.
“Maybe gum will fix it,” Star said.
“Bubble gum!” said Blister.
Star and Blister stuck gum
over the hole in the tire.
Blister沿着马路骑走了，不一会儿又骑了回来
扑通，扑通！
“听起来像一只断了翅膀的小鸭子
努力想飞起来，”Star说“车胎又瘪啦！”Blister说
“也许我们可以用胶修好它，”Star说
“泡泡糖！”Blister说
Star和Blister用胶把车胎上的破洞堵上了。
Blister rode in circles around Mrs. Ling’s cat, Jasper.
Blister rode in circles around Mrs. Ling’s dog, Coco.
A pebble stuck to the gum. Ba-loomp. Ba-loomp.
“Sounds like marbles in a tin can,”said Blister.
Blister骑着车绕着Ling太太的小猫，Jasper转了几圈
又绕着Ling太太的小狗，Coco转了几圈
一块石子陷到了胶里。哐当，哐当
“听起来像锡罐头里的弹珠，”Blister说。
“My sister Ivy has tape that fixes anything.”Star ran into the house.
She came back with a roll of shiny silver tape.“Duck tape!” Star said.
“Why is it called duck tape?”asked Blister.“I guess because it can fix
even broken-wing ducks!” said Star.They pumped up the tire again.
They wrapped it with duck tape, Once. Twice. Three times.
“我姐姐Ivy有卷能修任何东西的胶带！”
Star跑回屋里，回来时手中多了一卷
闪闪发光的银色胶带“鸭子胶带（防水胶带）！”
“为什么叫它鸭子胶带呢？”Blister问
“我猜可能是因为它连断了翅膀的小鸭子都可以修好吧！”Star说
他们重新给车胎打满了气
然后用防水胶带绕着破洞缠了一圈、两圈、三圈。
Blister rode in circles. Around the chalk drawings.
Around Jasper and Coco.Up the street and back.
“No more broken-wing ducks!” said Blister.
“Good as new!” said Star.
They duck-taped Blister’s flashlight.
They duck-taped Star’s backpack.
They duck-taped Ivy’s baseball glove.
Blister骑车转着圈，
绕着粉笔画转圈，绕着Jasper和Coco转圈，
沿着马路骑远又骑回来
“再也没有断了翅膀的小鸭子的声音了！”Blister说
“（自行车）像新的一样！”Star说
他们用防水胶带修好了Blister的手电筒，
他们用防水胶带修好了Star的背包，
他们用防水胶带修好了Ivy的棒球手套。
Coco barked. He grabbed the roll of tape
and ran over to his doghouse.
“Coco! Give it back!” Star said.Coco barked and barked.
Star and Blister looked at the doghouse.
They looked at the sign that said COCO.It was falling off.
Coco叫起来。他抢走了胶带，跑到自己的狗屋旁
“Coco！把胶带还回来！”Star说
Coco只是不停地叫，Star和Blister看看狗屋
他们看到了写着“COCO“的牌子快要掉了。
They duck-taped the sign on Coco’s doghouse.
“Good as new!” said Blister.“Ivy was right,” said Star,
“Duck tape fixes anything!”
Coco licked Star. Coco licked Blister.
“Arf!” said Coco.
他们用防水胶带把牌子修好了
“又像新的一样啦！”Blister说
“Ivy说的没错，”Star说。“鸭子胶带什么都能修！“
Coco舔了舔Star，Coco舔了舔Blister
“汪！“Coco说。
Starry Night
Star ran out of things to duck-tape.
She decided to paint instead.Blue, blue, blue.
She painted light blue. She painted bright blue.
She painted dark blue.
星空
Star把能用防水胶带修补的东西都补完啦
她决定开始画画，蓝色，蓝色，蓝色
她用浅蓝画，她用翠蓝色画，她用深蓝色画。
“Copycat,” said Ivy.“Why am I a copycat?” Star asked.
“Picasso,” said Ivy. “Who?” asked Star.
“He is only the king of modern art,” said Ivy.
Ivy showed Star her art book. “He painted pictures all in blue
when he was in a bad mood.”
“I was not in a bad mood,” said Star. “But I am now.”
“小抄袭鬼！”Ivy说，“为什么说我抄袭？”Star问
“毕加索，”Ivy说。“那是谁？”Star问
“他是现代艺术之王，”Ivy说，Ivy给Star看她的美术书
“他心情不好的时候就用蓝色画画。”
“我画画的时候才没有心情不好，”Star说
“但现在有一点儿了。”
Star did not want to be a copycat.
Star put away her blue paints.Snip, snip, snip!
Star cut happy shapes out of jelly-bean colors.
Leaves and squiggles and the letter S.
She glued the jelly-bean colors to the paper.
The shapes danced on the page.A good-mood painting!
Star不想被说抄袭 她把蓝色的画扔到一边
咔擦，咔擦，咔擦
Star用果冻豆颜色的纸剪出了一些快乐的形状
像叶子呀，弯弯扭扭的线条呀，字母S呀
她用胶水把果冻豆的颜色粘到纸上
这些形状仿佛在纸上跳舞 一幅快乐的作品完成啦！
“Copycat,” said Ivy.“Why am I a copycat?” asked Star.
“Matisse.” “Who?” asked Star.
“He is only the king of color,” said Ivy.
“He was sick in bed and could not paint.
So he cut out shapes and glued them to paper.
“小抄袭鬼！”Ivy说“为什么又说我抄袭？”Star问
“马蒂斯。” “那又是谁？”Star问
“他是色彩之王，”Ivy说
“他生病了，不能再用画笔画画，
于是他剪出不同的形状，把它们粘到纸上。”
Star did not want to be a copycat.
Star took out her markers.
Blue and yellow and red and green and black.
She wanted to make a painting all her own.
She made hundreds of tiny dashes and dabs.
She drew houses and trees out of dashes.
She drew stars and moons out of dabs.
Star不想被说抄袭 她拿出她的记号笔
蓝色，黄色，红色，绿色，黑色
她想画一幅自己的画
她画了几百条破折号和几处留白
她用破折号画出了房子和树
在留白处画出了星星和月亮。
“Copycat,” said Ivy.“Now why am I a copycat?” cried Star.
“Van Gogh,” said Ivy. “Van who?”
Ivy showed Star a painting full of tiny brushstrokes like dabs.
The painting was called The Starry Night.
Star did not want to be a copycat.
She did not want her stars to swirl.
She wanted them to shine.
Star had an idea! An idea all her own.
“小抄袭鬼，”Ivy说“怎么我又抄袭了？”Star叫道
“梵高，”Ivy说“梵什么？”
Ivy给Star看了一幅看上去满是破折号的画作
这幅画作的名字是“星空”
Star不想再被叫做抄袭鬼
她不想她的星星变成漩涡状的
她想让她的星星闪闪发光
她有了主意！一个她自己的主意！
Star took out the duck tape.
She cut out tons of silver duck-tape stars.
She stuck the stars all over her sky.
Her sky was shiny.
Her sky was silver.
Her sky was her own.
“There,” said Star. “I bet Picasso and Matisse
and Van Gogh never thought of duck tape!”
Star拿出防水胶带
她剪出了许多银色的胶带星星
然后将星星粘满了天空
她的天空闪闪发光，她的天空变成了银色，
这是只属于她的天空！
“好啦，”Star说，“我打赌毕加索，马蒂斯，还有梵高，
肯定都没想到过用鸭子胶带吧！”
Shooting Stars
Blister came over for Pizza.
“Tonight’s the night,” Star told Blister.
“Tonight’s the night for what?” asked Blister.
“Star watching!” said Star.“ We might see shooting stars.They said it on the news.”
“Shooting stars!” said Blister.
流星
Blister过来吃披萨
“今晚就是那个晚上，”Star告诉Blister
“今晚是哪个晚上？”Blister问
“看星星的晚上！”Star说 “新闻上说，今晚可能有流星！”
“流星！”Blister说。
Star and Blister waited past dinner.
Star and Blister waited past sunset.
Star and Blister waited till it was very, very dark.
Then Star stuffed a blanket and cookies into her duck-tapes backpack.
Blister held the duck-taped flashlight while Star spread out the blanket in her backyard.
Star和Blister耐着性子等到晚饭结束，等到太阳落山
等到天已经很黑，很黑了
这时候Star把一张毯子和一些饼干
塞进了她那用防水胶带补过的背包
当Star在后院把毯子铺开的时候，
Blister举着他那用防水胶带补过的手电筒。
“Turn off the flashlight,” whispered Star.
It was very, very dark.
The sky blinked with hundreds of tiny dots. The sky winked with stars.
“It’s a starry, starry night!” said Star.
“It looks like your painting with the duck-tape stars!” said Blister.
“Thank you,” said Star.
“关了手电筒吧，”Star小声说
周围十分漆黑。天空由无数闪亮的小点点缀着，
星星仿佛在眨眼
“今晚星星真多呀！”Star说道
“看上去就像你那幅有胶带星星的图画！”Blister说
“谢啦，”Star说。
Star and Blister gazed up at the sky and watched for shooting stars.
Star and Blister ate all the cookies.
They waited and watched and watched and waited.
“My neck hurts,” said Blister.
Star and Blister stretched out on their backs and stared up at the sky some more.
Still they did not see one shooting star.
Star和Blister盯着天空，寻找着流星
他们吃完了饼干，他们等呀找呀，找呀等呀
“我的脖子好疼啊，”Blister说
Star和Blister伸展了会儿身体，然后继续盯着天空
但他们还是没有见到流星。
“The news was wrong,” said Star.
“I guess I’ll go home,” said Blister.
He walked across the street.
Star put on her star pj’s.
Star brushed her teeth with sparkly toothpaste.
Star looked out the window.
She blinked the light at Blister. Once. Twice.
Two blinks meant good night.
Star and Blister always blinked lights before they went to sleep.
Blister blinked back. Once.Twice.
“大概新闻预报错了，”Star说
“我想我该回家了，”Blister说
他穿过马路
Star穿上她的星星睡衣，用闪闪发光的牙膏刷了牙
Star看向窗外，她冲Blister闪灯，一次，两次
两闪的意思是晚安
Star和Blister常常在睡前冲对方闪灯
Blister闪了回来，一下，两下。
Just then, without even looking, Star saw another light.
Not a Blister light. A bright light. A fast light. A glow-in-the-dark, streak-through-the sky light.
A shooting star!
就在那时，在Star不注意的时候，她瞥到了另一个亮光
那不是Blister的灯，那时一个十分明亮，十分迅速的光，那个亮光自黑暗中突然出现，飞快地划过天空
那是流星！
Blister blinked his light at Star. On-off-on-off-on-off!
Star blinked back at Blister. On-off-on-off-on-off!
Blister had seen the shooting star!
Star crawled under her quilt, thinking fall-asleep thoughts.
Blister crawled under his covers, thinking fall-asleep thoughts, too.
Blister冲Star闪了闪灯，开-关-开-关-开-关！
Star闪了回去，开-关-开-关-开-关！
Blister也看到了流星！
Star爬到被窝中，想着想着睡着了
Blister爬到被窝中，想着想着也睡着了。
Star and Blister fell sound asleep under the same shooting-star sky.
Star和Blister就在同一片划过流星的天空下睡熟了。
