This book has 12 units, and each of them has an interesting article that introduces a famous person. These well-known people’s backgrounds, life experiences, fundamental achievements, and powerful influences on modern society are carefully reviewed. Readers will gain a basic understanding of the reasons and great efforts that formed the foundations for the successes of these individuals.

This book aims to teach you some fairly simple English. Through reading this book, you will be equipped with a useful and basic English vocabulary. As you read this book, you will begin to understand how to use simple English words and basic sentence structures to communicate about the lives of these famous people.

Every unit in this book is divided into three sections that serve different functions.

Each unit begins with a few short passages that provide information about a particular famous person. These passages tell about that person’s birth, background, great achievements, and the different stages of his or her life.

In the Conversation section, two or three people will talk about the famous individual in that unit.

The Question section provides questions that are based on the previous passages and helps to test your reading comprehension.

The lively content in this book will stimulate your conversations about these famous people and improve your oral English skills.

By reading this book, you will have an exciting opportunity to take a better look at the private worlds of famous individuals and also experience a lovely surprise. You will enjoy discovering that learning English can be both fun and easy!

一個人如何能改變全世界？本書以簡單生動的英語文章，介紹古今中外十二位深具影響力的大人物：

＊至聖先師孔夫子 ＊一代暴君秦始皇 ＊無冕之皇凱撒大帝
＊全腦天才達文西 ＊航海冒險家哥倫布 ＊童貞女王伊莉莎白一世
＊火車發明人斯蒂芬森父子 ＊科學巨人愛因斯坦 ＊美國前總統柯林頓
＊微軟公司創辦人比爾蓋茲 ＊足球金童貝克漢 ＊哈利波特作者羅琳

以上人物各自在不同的領域中出類拔萃，在在印證了人具有無限的潛力，可以改變歷史的軌道，讓世界的面貌改觀。

書中介紹十二位名人的生平背景、生活經歷、卓越成就，以及他們對當代的重要影響性。學習單元包括文章閱讀、會話模擬、測驗練習和句型應用，並搭配插圖，增加全書閱讀的趣味性。讓您在學習並活用道地的英語之餘，亦能一探大人物的世界，兼收英語學習與知性閱讀之效。

本書架構：
1.Passage短文閱讀：每篇學習以數篇短文閱讀開始，詳細介紹名人的生平事蹟。
2.Conversation會話模擬：模擬相關主題的對話，幫助輕鬆用英語談世界名人。
3.Word Bank雙語注釋：針對短文與會話，提供單字的雙語註釋，附有IPA音標，加強字彙學習。
Question問題討論與發想：以答案反推問題，隨題附有解題的提示要點。精心設計的問題討論，讓讀者反向思考問題的核心重點，幫助複習、活用及延伸學習。

作者簡介：

Paul O'Hagan was formerly an English teacher in various countries such as Spain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait where he missed the war in 1989 by six days.

After wandering around the world for a few years he came to Taiwan in 1993. He stayed for six years living and working in Taipei, Taoyuan and Hsinchu, teaching students at all levels.

He left with his wife and daughter to go to Britain in 1999 and has recently relocated to Dublin, Ireland. He has written several textbooks for the Chinese-language market.



Paul O'Hagan

曾於西班牙、沙烏地阿拉伯和科威特等國家擔任英語教職。環遊世界數年，於1993年來到台灣後，在這裡居住長達六年，期間分別在台北、桃園和新竹等地教授英文。於1999年與妻子和女兒移居英國，目前則定居於愛爾蘭的首都都柏林。平日多從事寫作，出版過許多英語學習書。