[美] 普特莱克，毕业于美国塔夫茨大学，获得英语文学学士和历史学硕士学位。他撰写的多部英语学习类畅销书被众多学子鼎力推荐。

Chapter 1 Social Studies ·History and Geography
Unit 01
History and Culture
Clues from the Past
Unit 02
The American Government
Three Important American Documents
Unit 03
The Election System of the United States
The American Presidential Election System
Unit 04
The American Civil War
The Civil War
Unit 05
Post-Civil War
Reconstruction
Unit 06
The Nation Grows
Industrialization and Urbanization
Unit 07
War and Revolution
The Age of Imperialism
Unit 08
World War II
World War II
Wrap-Up Test 1
Chapter 2 Science
Unit 09
Living Things and Their Environments
Interactions among Living Things
Unit 10
How Do Ecosystems Change
Biomes and Ecological Succession
Unit 11
Earth’s Surface
Earth’s Changing Crust
Unit 12
Earth’s Atmosphere
What Makes Up the Atmosphere
Unit 13
The Properties and Structure of Matter
Atoms, Elements, and Compounds
Unit 14
Matter and How It Changes
Mixtures and Solutions
Unit 15
The Human Body
The Stages of Growth in the Human Body
Wrap-Up Test 2
Chapter 3 Mathematics ·Language?Visual Arts ·Music
Unit 16
Computation
The Order of Operations and Inverse Operations
Unit 17
Probability and Statistics
Ratios, Percents, and Probabilities
Unit 18
Stories, Myths, and Legends
Echo and Narcissus
Unit 19
Learning about Language
Common Mistakes in English
Unit 20
The Renaissance
The Rebirth of the Arts
Unit 21
Musical Instructions
Italian for Composers
Wrap-Up Test 3
·School Textbook
·Answers and Translations
·Word List

深度体验美国课堂，培养英语思维，原来美国学生这样学！
普特莱克著的《跟着美国课本学英文阅读》精选“社会学科·历史与地理”“科学”“数学”“语言与文学”“观赏艺术”“音乐”教材中的材料，阅读主题丰富多彩，让学习变得更加轻松、有趣！
每篇阅读材料都配有大量的练习。除了随堂练习外，还特别设置课后练习、学科综合练习，帮助学习者理解文章主旨，抓住阅读重点，逐步提升阅读能力。
词汇是阅读的基础，有些单词不认识，很有可能会造成理解差错。本书专门制作了单词表，收录阅读中的重要单词，学习者可以反复学习，直至掌握。
本书收录的阅读材料都配有听力，扫描二维码即可收听地道英语，课后练习还专门设置了听写题，让学习者的阅读和听力水平同步提升！
《跟着美国课本学英文阅读（2）》收录了“美国历史”“我们的地球”“概率和统计”“英语中常见的错误”“艺术的一生”等主题的阅读材料，不只是学英语，更是在长见识！