一百年前的世界与现在的截然不同。大多数人生活在没有电的阴冷、潮湿的环境中。他们从不上医院，往往死得很惨。
　　《书虫·牛津英汉双语读物：象人（适合初1、初2年级）》讲述了一个贫穷、丑陋的人的故事。没有人喜欢他，大家都嘲笑他。人们将他放在笼子里，当作动物一样展览。直到有一天一位医生发现了他，觉得他很有趣，想研究他。象人就这样出了名，每个人都想去拜访他，甚至女王都来看望他。
　　为什么刚开始人们逃避他，后来又接近他呢？看了这《书虫·牛津英汉双语读物：象人（适合初1、初2年级）》，你便会明白了。

 

“书虫”是外语教学与研究出版社和牛津大学出版社共同奉献给广大英语学习者的一大精品。书虫在英语中大概是颇可爱的形象。想象一下，有那么一只勤勉的小虫，它如痴如醉地沉迷于书卷，孜孜不倦地咀嚼着字母……如今这只“书虫”漂洋过海，轻盈地落在了中国英语学习者的掌中。“书虫”首先将给你自信，即使你目前只有几百的词汇量，也可以不太费劲地阅览世界名作了。书虫还会用它细细的鸣叫声不停地提醒你：要坚持不懈地读下去，要广泛而丰富地读下去。待到读完丛书系列中的最后一本，你也许会突然发现：你已经如蛹化蝶，振翅欲翔了！本书适合初一、初二年级学生阅读。

　　Tim Vicary is a university teacher at the Norwegian StudyCentre at the university of York, England. In addition to the threecrime and legal thrillers in 'The Trials of Sarah Newby' series, hehas written historical novels, children's books, and about twentygraded readers for foreign learners of English in the OxfordBookworms series, published by Oxford University Press. In 2010 oneof these, Titanic, was the winner in its category for the LanguageLearner Literature Award for the Extensive Reading Foundation, andanother one, The Everest Story, is a finalist this year.
　　Tim lives in the English countryside, near York. When he's notwriting he likes horse-riding, cycling, and swimming. Over the pastyear, perhaps because he's become a grandfather, he has becomefascinated by, amongst other things, dinosaurs, and an OUP bookabout Dinosaurs will come out later this year.