To the Users of This Book iii
Introduction iv
Scope and Sequence vi
Unit 1 Society 1
Getting Started at University 2
Unit 2 Society 13
Your Community 14
Unit 3 Arts 27
Visiting an Art Museum 28
Unit 4 Technology 39
A Science Presentation 40
Unit 5 Literature 53
Children''s Literature 54
Unit 6 Psychology 65
Designing a Cafeteria 66
Unit 7 Education 77
The Importance of Education 78
Unit 8 Biology 89
Life and Living Things 90
Unit 9 Environment 101
Environmental Protection 102
Unit 10 History 113
Rewriting History 114
Answer Key 125
Scripts143
Word List 187
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To the users of this book,
Learning a new language is hard; living a new language, however, is much easier.
One of the most widely acknowledged facts in the field of language acquisition is that kids learn languages much faster than adults. Most attribute this discrepancy to the fact that when kids learn a language, they mainly imitate the world around them; when adults learn a language, they see the process as the memorizing of rules. Whereas kids learn through experiencing the world, adults learn by trying to detach themselves from it. As a result, the lack of authenticity in learning makes it almost impossible for adults to really master a language. Our team, like many experts of the field, believe in the power of learning through authentic English, and in the importance of assigning real-life meaning to language acquisition. Fortunately, this is a view shared by ETS, the creator of the TOEFL family of tests. It is because of this shared value, we were able to joint our forces in creating the PrepEdge series, an authentic TOEFL textbook with authentic English language and context.
However, despite our shared values, the creation of the series is in no way easy. Having different teaching experiences, the New Oriental team and ETS team had to engage in various debates arguing for the welfare of the users of this book, and make tough compromises in order to better suit this book for Chinese learners. Looking back at those experiences, I am glad they happened, as they are the reason why I am confident in the efficacy of the PrepEdge series.
But why should the users share our confidence?
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