“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，试想想如痴如醉沉迷于书卷，孜孜不倦地咀嚼着字母的那么一只“书虫”……。
　　如今这只“书虫”漂洋过海，轻盈落在了中国英语学习者的掌中。“书虫”首先将给你处信，即使你目前只有几百词汇，即可以不大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最后一本，你也许会突然发现：你已经如蛹变蝶一样，振翅欲翔了!

　　太阳是一个巨大的燃烧着的火球。没有来自太阳的光和热，我们就不能在地球这颗行星上生存。在这颗行星周围有臭氧层保护着我们免受太阳之火的伤害。但是如果臭氧层破裂，将会怎样呢？现在臭氧层上已经有了小洞，有人说那些小洞会变得越来越大——直到有一天没有任何东西挡在我们和太阳的火焰之间。事情发生在2222年。地球人制造了AOL——人工臭氧层。美丽的地球又有了1000年的生命。树又发芽了，下雨了，河里有了水……但现在是2522年，人工臭氧层已经破裂。幼嫩的树林开始枯萎，河流也逐渐干涸。凯和瑞拉从他们的宇宙飞船里看到了这危险的情景，可他们又能做些什么呢？月亮下面的部族里住着他们的朋友，可是路途遥远，而地球首领高格又不肯听从他们的指挥。

1 AOL
1 人工臭氧层
2 Visit to Australia
2 访问澳大利亚
3 Earth Commander
3 地球司令
4 Prison 888
4 888号监狱
5 Forest fires
5 森林大火
6 Spaceship to the Moon
6 飞往月球的宇宙飞船
Exercises

Five hundred kilometres over Europe，Ship OM-45 moved north．In a room at the back of the ship，Kiah watched the numbers on the computer in front of him.
　　'Time for dinner，' Rilla said.
　　The numbers changed quickly and Kiah's eyes didn't move．Rilla went across the room to his table．She began to watch the numbers，too.
　　'What's wrong with the satellite？' she asked．She was a beautiful girl，about twenty years old，with long black hair and big eyes.
　　'Nothing's wrong with the satellite，' Kiah answered quietly．'It's the AOL.' He began to write the numbers in the book on his table.
　　Suddenly，the numbers stopped changing．Kiah looked at Rilla．'Over Europe，' he said．'It's happening．The AOL is breaking up．There are big holes in the AOL and they're getting bigger.'
　　'You're right！Shall we see Captain Seru now，before dinner？'
　　Kiah stood up．He was nearly two metres tall，with dark eyes and hair．'Yes，come on，' he said.
　　Quickly，they went to Captain Seru's room．They waited at the door.
　　'Come in！' Captain Seru called．She was a little woman with a fat face．'Come in！Would you like a drink？'
　　'No，thank you，' Kiah answered．'I'd like you to look at these numbers.' Kiah gave Captain Seru his book.
　　Captain Seru looked at the numbers．Suddenly，her face changed．'No，no，' she said．'I don't want to talk．It's late and I'm tired．Sit down and have a drink.'
　　Kiah and Rilla sat down．There was a big window in Captain Seru's room．Kiah looked out of the window at the dark sky．He saw the Moon．It was cold and white in the dark sky.
　　'Captain Seru，' he began．'It's important．Look at those numbers carefully．The AOL is beginning to—'
　　'Stop！' Captain Seru stood up and put her hands in her pockets．She went to the window and looked at the sky.
　　'Three hundred years ago，Earth nearly died，' Rilla said．'Earth stopped dying because of the AOL．But now，over Europe，the AOL is breaking up．We would like you to talk to Earth Commander.'
　　Captain Seru did not move．'Do you remember Adai？' she asked．She didn't wait for an answer．'I was on his ship，two years ago．One evening，the satellite gave us interesting numbers about the AOL．We went back to Earth and saw Earth Commander.' Captain Seru stopped speaking.
　　Rilla looked at Kiah．'And then？' she asked Captain Seru.
　　'Gog was angry，very angry，' Captain Seru said．'In the end，he sent Adai to the Moon．Adai's there now，Commander of the Moon colony，under the Moon.'
　　Kiah waited for a second or two．'I know about Adai．But we need to talk to Earth Commander again．These numbers are worse.'
　　Captain Seru's face went red．'You don't understand．I'm not going to talk to Gog．Last time，he sent me to a weather ship in the Antarctic！This is my first Ship for two years！' And Captain Seru began drinking.