McGuffey's Readers
/məˌɡʌfiz ˈriːdəz/
/məˌɡʌfiz ˈriːdərz/
- a series of six school books (1836-57) designed to teach American children to read. They were created by William McGuffey (1800-73), the President of Cincinnati College, who wrote the first four. He believed that they should also develop good character in children, so he included wise advice and sentences from great British writers such as Shakespeare and Shelley. About 122 million copies of the books were sold, and their moral stories influenced Americans for more than a century.
McGuffey的读者：一系列六本教科书（1836-57），旨在教美国儿童阅读。它们是由辛辛那提学院院长威廉·麦古菲（William McGuffey，1800-73）创建的，他写了前四本书。他认为孩子们也应该在孩子中发展良好的品格，因此他引用了莎士比亚和雪莱等伟大的英国作家的明智建议和判决。大约售出了1.22亿册图书，其道德故事影响了一个多世纪的美国人。