內容簡介
讀偉人傳記學英文：認識歷史上的Amazing People。
Collins English Readers: Amazing People系列是一系列短篇傳記讀本，按行業領域劃分，介紹歷史上藝術、思想、政治、商業和科學等不同領域偉人的生平。
每本包含同領域五到六位傑出人士的傳記，獨立成篇，並附有主角的生平大事記。讀者可從頭依序讀起，也可以跳躍式挑幾篇細讀。在學習英語的同時品嘗一篇篇雋永的真實傳記，邀請您一同認識這些改變歷史的傳奇人物。
本系列按文章難度共分四級，適合初階至中等的英語學習者。每篇文章皆會標註超過該閱讀等級之生字，並在書末加以釋義。單字注釋使用Collins COBUILD Essential English Dictionary（一、二級）及Collins COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary（三、四級）。每本書附有CD配件，網路上也有資源可供參考，請至 www.collinselt.com/readers 查詢。
Collins English Readers Series：
The inspiring stories of the people who changed history.
The Amazing People readers are collection of short stories in which exceptional people from history tell their story.
Each title includes:
A CD with a full reading of each person’s story
A COUBILD glossary of the more difficult words
A timeline to accompany each story
Free online resources for students and teachers
In this book read about:
Mayer Amschel Rothschild who started a bank which made his family rich
國際金融業之父─邁爾‧阿姆謝爾‧羅斯柴爾德先生
Cornelius Vanderbilt who became one of the richest people in the USA
美國首富鐵路大亨─科內流士‧范德比爾特先生
W.K. Kellogg who started the world’s biggest cereal company
玉米穀類早餐食品家樂公司創辦人─威爾‧凱斯‧家樂先生
Elizabeth Arden who built the Elizabeth Arden cosmetics company
雅頓國際化妝品牌創辦人─伊莉莎白‧雅頓女士
Walt Disney who started the famous entertainment company
迪士尼娛樂事業創辦人─華特‧迪士尼先生
Soichiro Handa who started the Honda motorbike and car company
日本本田株式會社創始人─本田宗一郎
