“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*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。

　《书虫·牛津英汉双语读物：绿野仙踪（1级）（适合初1、初2年级）》讲述的事在美国的堪萨斯州，没有巫婆或巫师，可是那里有龙卷风。有一天，一阵龙卷风把多萝西和她的狗托托连同她的房子一起卷到了一个叫奥兹的国度。在奥兹住着四个巫婆和一个非常有名的巫师——奥兹魔法师。多萝西想重新回到家乡堪萨斯，但是她不知怎样才能回去。她需要帮助。北方巫婆对她说：“去绿宝石城吧，请求奥兹魔法师帮助你。”其后多萝西先后遇见了稻草人、锡人和胆小鬼狮子，而他们也都需要帮助。因此，多萝西和他们一起踏上了通向绿宝石城的黄砖路。可是他们去那里找什么呢？这个大名鼎鼎的奥兹魔法师是谁？他是怎样一个人呢？

1 The cyclone
1．龙卷风
2 The yellow brick road
2．黄砖路
3 The Emerald City
3．绿宝石城
4 The witch and the monkeys
4．女巫和魔猴
5 The old man from Kansas
5．堪萨斯来的老头儿
6 'East，west—home's best！'
6．“无论身在何方——家是最好的地方！”
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Dorothy lived in a small house in Kansas，with Uncle Henry，Aunt Em，and a little black dog called Toto.
　　There were no trees and no hills in Kansas，and it was often very windy．Sometimes the wind came very fast and very suddenly．That was a cyclone，and it could blow trees and people and buildings away．There were cellars under all the houses．And when a cyclone came，people went down into their cellars and stayed there.
　　One day Uncle Henry came out and looked up at the sky．Then he ran quickly back into the house.
　　‘There's a cyclone coming，’he called to Aunt Em and Dorothy．‘We must go down into the cellar！’
　　They ran to the door of the cellar，but Toto was afraid，and he ran under the bed．Dorothy ran after him.
　　‘Quick！’shouted Aunt Em from the cellar．‘Leave the dog and come down into the cellar！’
　　Dorothy picked up Toto and ran to the cellar door．But before she got there，the cyclone hit the house.
　　And then a very strange thing happened.
　　The house moved，and then it went slowly up，up，up into the sky．Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were down in the cellar under the ground，but the house，Dorothy，and Toto went up to the top of the cyclone．Dorothy looked through the open cellar door and saw hills and houses，a long way down．She closed the cellar door quickly.
　　The wind blew the house along for many hours．At first Dorothy was afraid.
　　‘But we can't do anything about it，’she said to Toto．‘So let's wait and see.’And after two or three hours，she and Toto went to sleep.
　　When Dorothy opened her eyes again，the house was on the ground and everything was quiet．She picked up Toto，opened the door，and went out．They saw tall trees and beautiful flowers，and little houses with blue doors.
　　Dorothy gave a little cry．‘This isn't Kansas，Toto！And who are these people？’
　　There were three very short men in blue hats，coats and trousers，and a little old woman in a beautiful white dress．The woman walked up to Dorothy and said，'Thank you，thank you！Now the people are free！’
　　‘Why are you thanking me？’Dorothy asked.
　　‘You killed the Witch of the East，’said the woman．‘She was a bad witch，and her people，the Munchkins，were very afraid of her．Now she is dead，and we and the Munchkins want to thank you.’
　　The little old woman and the three little men all smiled happily at Dorothy，but Dorothy did not understand.
　　‘But I didn't kill anybody！’she said.