短篇小说阅读是北美英语教学的重要内容之一，一篇**的短篇小说，能让孩子们获得良好的文字素养，故事曲折或引人入胜的结尾，亦能激发学生批判性的思考。教师还可以让学生们在课堂上充分讨论，有针对性地完成一些写作训练。 《Short Stories：北美学生课堂阅读训练》按照北美基础教育体系的学年段分为三册：Grade 1- 5, Grade 6-8 和 Grade 9-12。每本书所精选的短篇小说篇目均来自北美教师的教学网站、学校或图书馆的教学资料。对英语学习者和准备英语水平考试的读者来讲，这些选文都是很好的阅读训练素材。 本书由加拿大英语教师韦恩·艾弗里特精心选编，书中包含欧·亨利、霍桑、马克·吐温、莫泊桑等知名选篇，作者为每篇故事设计了专门的阅读练习，同时录制了配套英文朗读供读者搭配使用。

A Fine Old Man Mark Twain 01 The Patient Cat Laura E. Richards 04 Advice to Little Girls Mark Twain 07 Ripe Figs Kate Chopin 10 The Story of an Hour Kate Chopin 13 A Letter From Santa Claus Mark Twain 18 Araby James Joyce 22 A Dark Brown Dog Stephen Crane 29 The Interlopers SAKI 37 The Fly Katherine Mansfield 45 The Open Boat Stephen Crane 52 Desiree’s Baby Kate Chopin 76 The Minister’s Black Veil Nathaniel Hawthorne 83 The Nightingale and the Rose Oscar Wilde 97 A New England Nun Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 105 The Cat Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 118 The Father Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 127 The Shed Chamber Laura E. Richards 132 A Journey Edith Wharton 141 The Dead James Joyce 154 At Twilight Susan Glaspell 194 Senility Sherwood Anderson 206 About Barbers Mark Twain 210 Night Sketches: Bneath an Umbrella Nathaniel Hawthorne 216 A Strange Story O. Henry 223 The Snake Stephen Crane 226 A Recollection Guy de Maupassant 231 The Dumb Man Sherwood Anderson 239 Reginald SAKI 242 The Wind Blows Katherine Mansfield 247 Between Rounds O. Henry 253 The Coming of the King Laura E. Richards 260 Discovery Guy de Maupassant 263 The Pot of Gold Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 268 The Verdict Edith Wharton 278 A Young Turkish Catastrophe SAKI 289 Humiliation Guy de Maupassant 293 A Newspaper Story O. Henry 300 How to Live to be 200 Stephen Leacock 305 Clay James Joyce 310 The Thing at Nolan Ambrose Bierce 317 The New Leaf Laura E. Richards 323 A Service of Love O. Henry 327 A New Pathology Stephen Leacock 334