威廉·H·麦加菲编著的美国经典语文教材《美国语文》从十九世纪中期到20世纪中叶一直被广泛用作美国学校的语文教材。直至现在,西方一些私立学校和家庭学校仍用它作为教材,可见这套书的价值与影响力是非常巨大的。本文主要探讨其编排结构上的一些特点,以此为我国语文教材的编写提供相应的启示。 American language textbook, American Classic, edited by William H. McGuafi, has been widely used as a textbook for American schools since the mid-nineteenth century and mid-twentieth century. Until now, some private schools and family schools in the West still use it as a teaching material. This shows the value and influence of this book is enormous. This article mainly discusses some of the features of its orchestration structure, so as to provide corresponding enlightenment for the compilation of Chinese teaching materials.