《黑駿馬》是19世紀下半葉一部轟動歐洲文壇的經典兒童小說，在歐美常銷不衰，全球銷售了5000多萬本。它喚醒一代又一代讀者去理解所有不會說話的動物，被譽為“第一部真正的動物小說”。
在作品中，黑駿馬講述了自己的故事。他從小生長在貴族人家，溫順、聰明、強壯，全身皮毛烏黑發亮，隻有前額上有顯眼的一點白色，像一顆美麗的星星，非常討主人喜歡。可好景不長，主人家發生了變故，黑駿馬不得不被賣掉。從此，黑駿馬就開始了它坎坷的“馬”生！他曾被打得滿身是血，被殘忍地砍斷尾巴，被迫戴上讓他特別難受、不停地流口水的馬嚼子。可怕的緊韁繩和帶著金屬頭的大皮鞭子，更是讓黑駿馬陷入了噩夢般的境地。但無論在多麼惡劣的環境下，他都沒有忘記媽媽的教誨：要努力當一匹好馬。最後他幸運地有了一個好的歸宿。
《床頭燈英語·3000詞讀物（純英文）：黑駿馬》作者安娜·司威爾出於對人類虐待動物的強烈不滿，一直想寫一部作品說服人們善待動物。

Chapter 1 Beginnings
Chapter 2 My Training
Chapter 3 I Am Sold
Chapter 4 I Get to Know Ginger
Chapter 5 A Stormy Night
Chapter 6 James's Promotion
Chapter 7 The Stable Fire
Chapter 8 Mrs． Gordon Falls Ill
Chapter 9 Moving on
Chapter 10 The Bearing Rein
Chapter 11 I Move on Again
Chapter 12 A Job Horse and Its Drivers
Chapter 13 Working for a Cabman
Chapter 14 Conversations with an Army Horse
Chapter 15 Life in the City
Chapter 16 A Busy City Becomes Even Busier
Chapter 17 A Lady's Good Advice
Chapter 18 Life Gets Even Tougher
Chapter 19 My Fate

《床頭燈英語·3000詞讀物（純英文）：黑駿馬》：
After finishing my oats， I had a look around. The stall next to mine wasn't a loose stall. Inside， was a fat， but lovely grey-colored horse， I tried making friends with him by saying hello and asking his name.
The horse couldn't turn around to see me very easily because he was tied， but he did his best and replied， "My name's Merrylegs. I'm quite popular with the young women， I'll have you know. They like me so much that I'm never asked to carry the men any more."
Then after a moment of looking me up and down， he asked me， "So they've given you the loose stall? "
"It seems that they have，" I answered.
"You'd better be a gentle and friendly horse. I don't want you hurting me or..."
Then a loud angry voice interrupted Merrylegs， saying， "This is terrible！ What horrible times these are when a comfortable stall can be taken from an older horse and given to a younger one who needs it much less！" I saw that it was a large brown female horse with very angry eyes.
"Now there's no need for you to yell at me， lady，" I answered. "I didn't choose this stall， myself； I was put in here by our master. And I'm not as young as I look. I'm older than 4 years！"
The brown horse with the angry eyes didn't say another word， but simply turned away. Moments later， a worker came in and took her out for exercise. Seeing her gone， Merrylegs took the opportunity to speak.
"Don't worry about Ginger. She's always like that. She's not very friendly， even to people， so no one wants to ride her anymore. She even bit the stable boy just recently！"
"She bites? Why would she do that?"
"I have no idea， because we are treated very well here by the workers. They do their best to keep us healthy and happy， but Ginger never seems satisfied. lt's because of her bad behavior that she lost her loose stall. So don't let her make you feel bad for having it now."
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王潤霞，《床頭燈英語叢書》策劃者之，資深英語教育踐行者。1998年以來她按照自己對英語教育的理解，引導女兒取得了一繫列驚人的成績：2004年北京市高考理科第二名，托福（TOEFL）673分（滿分677分），清華大學電子工程繫專業和綜合成績排名雙項第一，獲得10多所美國頂jian大學（普林斯頓、耶魯、麻省理工、加州理工、斯坦福、康奈爾等）的全額獎學金，博士畢業後拿到了麥肯錫、波士頓、貝恩三大咨詢公司的工作offer。
我女兒為什麼能在中國的語言環境中學好英語
我女兒是在中國語言環境中學好其語的一個代表，她的經歷或許會給國內正在學或準備學英語的人一些啟示，幫助他們少走彎路，最終享受到學好英語所帶來的益處。當然，你可能會覺得我孩子的情況很特殊，屬於個例。但是，我的英語教學體會是：每個學生都是語言的天纔，隻要學習方法正確，英語沒有學不好的。這些年我一共帶了幾百名學生，很多考上了世界名校，如美國麻省理工學院、賓夕法尼亞大學、耶魯大學、康奈爾大學，英國倫敦大學學院等。這些學生都是普通的學生，關鍵是他們背後都站著一個大事不糊塗、肯為孩子付出、和孩子在正確道路上堅持到底的家長。