每个人都有自己喜欢的方式来培养自己的兴趣，提高自己的能力。我就定期和大家分享一些当下比较热门的英文原版书。有一本好书，才是开口朗读的必要条件。捧一本书，说一口地道标准的英音，想想也是一件让你和听你读书的人愉悦的事情。

    那今天要推荐的这本就是Foundation Trilogy，我和大家用英音一起朗读，感受读书的快乐。

Foundation Trilogy: Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation

Paperback: 664 pages

Publisher: Everyman's Library; Reprint edition (November 2, 2010)

Language: English

Author: Isaac Asimov

Genre: Science-fiction

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用新鲜书单，3分钟升级英语力、性感力!

    For 12,000 years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future - to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save humankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire - both scientists and scholars - and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.

雅思重点词汇

1. galactic /ɡəˈlæk.tɪk/ adj. 星系的（银河系的）

    A galactic year is the time the galaxy takes to rotate once completely.

2. barbarism /ˈbɑː.bər.ɪ.zəm/ n. 未开化状态

    the long, slow descent of the Roman Empire into barbarism

3. sanctuary  /ˈsæŋk.tʃʊə.ri/ n. 庇护所

  The island was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1969.

The Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are among the most influential in the history of science fiction, celebrated for their unique blend of breathtaking action, daring ideas, and extensive worldbuilding. In Foundation, Asimov has written a timely and timeless novel of the best - and worst - that lies in humanity, and the power of even a few courageous souls to shine a light in a universe of darkness.

4. courageous /kəˈreɪ.dʒəs/ adj. 勇敢的

I hope people will be courageous enough to speak out against this injustice.

In 1966, the Foundation trilogy received a Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series, and it remains the only fiction series to have been so honored. More than fifty years after their original publication, the three Foundation novels stand as classics of thrilling, provocative, and inspired world-building.

5. trilogy /ˈtrɪl.ə.dʒi/ n. 三部曲

  a group of three books, films, etc. that have the same subject or characters.

6. provocative /prəˈvɒk.ə.tɪv/ adj. 撩人的，挑衅的

    He doesn't really mean that—he's just being deliberately provocative.

“More than any other great SF writer, Asimov's works are accessible. They draw you in. Asimov can make you care about a mutant or a robot. His conceptions can be stunning. The original Foundation trilogy, the three volumes presented in this book, may be his most beloved work. And at least in my opinion, the surprise ending of Second Foundation, the last book of the trilogy, is the best surprise ending I've ever encountered -- and better yet, it comes in the very last sentence of the book, just when I thought everything had been revealed. If you haven't read the trilogy yet, you should. I hope you enjoy it.”

—Bullwinkle (customer)

“This is one of my all time favorite anthologies. A classic and well deserving of having once been voted the greatest work of science fiction of all time! This particular printing has a very strong ink smell, but that doesn't detract anything from the amazing story.”

—Carl Kaiser (customer)