出版時(shí)間:2010-8 出版社:群言 作者:加拉赫 頁數(shù):308
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前言
TOEFL,中文的翻譯給了它一個(gè)很符合中國文化的名稱——“托福”。只要是對(duì)出國留學(xué)有了解的中國人,對(duì)這門考試都耳熟能詳。在過去的25年中,中國參加這門考試的人達(dá)到了上百萬,而其中的幾十萬人,在通過了這門考試以后,奔赴異國他鄉(xiāng),到美國或其他國家的大學(xué)去讀書,從此改變了自己的生命軌跡。從這個(gè)意義上來說,很多人都托了這門考試的福。這一翻譯也由此名副其實(shí)?! ⌒聳|方的出現(xiàn),也是托了這門考試的福。想當(dāng)初新東方的創(chuàng)辦,就源自一個(gè)小小的托福班。80年代末,中國留學(xué)熱潮的興起使托??荚囎兊弥耸挚蔁?。我在留學(xué)大潮中,也參加了托??荚?,夢想著到美國的大學(xué)去讀書,不是為了實(shí)現(xiàn)報(bào)效祖國的理想,只是為了使自己不至于被大潮甩得太遠(yuǎn)。沒想到即使第一次托福考了657分(1988年10月,在那時(shí)算是頂級(jí)分?jǐn)?shù)),依然沒有任何一所美國大學(xué)要我(這一點(diǎn)充分證明了分?jǐn)?shù)不是萬能的),只能留在國內(nèi)混日子。沒想到有培訓(xùn)機(jī)構(gòu)聽說我托??剂烁叻郑质窃诒贝螽?dāng)老師,就一定要我加入教托福的隊(duì)伍里去。從此,我“落草為寇”,離開了北大,創(chuàng)辦了新東方學(xué)校,開始了經(jīng)營新東方并使之成為中國出國考試培訓(xùn)最核心機(jī)構(gòu)的十幾年歷程?! ≌f來好笑,我對(duì)英語教學(xué)的深入研究和對(duì)日常英語的自如運(yùn)用,都來自托福。在辦新東方以前,我在北大當(dāng)了五年學(xué)生和六年老師。讀的書大部分都是英文的小說、詩歌和散文,不是莎士比亞就是尤金.奧尼爾;而對(duì)生活中活的英語,基本上處于不聞不問的狀態(tài)。直到我為生計(jì)所迫開始托福教學(xué)時(shí),才突然意識(shí)到生活中的英語竟如此美好。托福聽力中的每一句話其實(shí)都可以當(dāng)作口語來用,而朗讀托福聽力的人語音語調(diào)是那/z,優(yōu)美,使你不由自主地想和他/她一起朗讀。在托福聽力教學(xué)中,我盡力去模仿、理解每一句話,然后在課堂中把它們說出來,在日常生活中把它們說出來。十年后,我對(duì)所教過的托福聽力題,幾乎都能夠倒背如流。以至于后來我到美國,發(fā)現(xiàn)自己講出的每一句話,幾乎都能夠從托福聽力中找到源頭。而托福的閱讀使我理解了美國人的思維和寫作方法,也使我掌握了大量的應(yīng)用詞匯??傊?,托福使我進(jìn)入了英語教學(xué)和運(yùn)用的一個(gè)全新世界?! ?shí)際上,改革之前的托福,也是一門相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)的考試。它從聽力、語法、閱讀、寫作上對(duì)考生各個(gè)方面的基本功進(jìn)行考查。很多人都以為托福充滿了技巧,只要把考試技巧學(xué)會(huì)了就能夠考高分,其實(shí)不然。我研究過各類考試的許多技巧,在任何一門考試中,都有一定的規(guī)律可以摸索。但光靠技巧,就想拿到高分,是一件不現(xiàn)實(shí)的事情。我輔導(dǎo)過的學(xué)生,英語水平越高,越能夠更好地運(yùn)用考試規(guī)律;水平差的,即使把別人總結(jié)的技巧背得滾瓜爛熟,也還是對(duì)考試摸不著頭腦。所以,我一直認(rèn)為考試主要是實(shí)力的比拼。如果一個(gè)人的英語實(shí)力夠強(qiáng),任何形式的考試都難不住他。
內(nèi)容概要
本書由托??荚囐Y深專家編撰,適用于初級(jí)及以上英語水平的考生。本書是專門針對(duì)新托??荚嚩帉懙恼Z法教程,共設(shè)20個(gè)語法單元,涵蓋了考試中涉及的所有核心語法點(diǎn)。書中語法講解透徹,同時(shí)輔以緊扣考試題型的實(shí)戰(zhàn)練習(xí),學(xué)練結(jié)合,有助于考生深入理解并逐一攻破新托??荚囌Z法,高效備考。本書既可以用于教師課堂教學(xué),也可以用于考生自學(xué),極具學(xué)習(xí)和參考價(jià)值。
作者簡介
Nancy Gallagher:美國資深教育專家,有20余年英語教學(xué)與教材編寫經(jīng)驗(yàn),著有《新托??荚嚭诵恼Z法》、《新托福考試備考策略與模擬試題》、《新托福考試沖刺試題》等暢銷的新托福備考書籍,深受考生歡迎。
書籍目錄
About this About the TOEFL Diagnostic test Unit nouns Unit Verbs Unit Infinitives and Gerunds Quiz Units – Unit Clauses and sentences Unit Conjunctions Unit Adverb Clauses Quiz Units – Unit Adjective Clauses Unit noun Clauses Unit Conditional sentences Quiz Units – Unit singular and Plural Unit Articles Unit subject–Verb Agreement Unit Pronoun Agreement Quiz Units – Unit Comparison Unit Prepositions Unit Word order Unit Parallel structure Quiz Units – Unit Word Form Unit Common Word errors Unit Punctuation Quiz Units – Review test Answer Key Audio scripts Index How to score speaking How to score Writing score Charts
章節(jié)摘錄
Many anthropologists and linguists have studied storytelling, the accounts of personalexperiences that people tell in conversation, because stories reveal a great deal about apersons wofldview. In one study, the researcher analyzed twenty-one stories told inconversation by fourteen young men. In all of the stories, the men talked about themselves,mostly in a way that made them look good. For example, two men told about times whentheir extraordinary performance had won a game for their team. The mens stories tended to be about competition or contest. Most of the stories had aprotagonist, a main character or hero, as well as an antagonist, a character or force opposingthe main character. When the storyteller was not the protagonist in his own story, theprotagonist was always another man. None of the stories had a woman as the protagonist,although women occasionally appeared as minor characters. Many of the stories were about contests with other men. There were physical contests,such as fights and sports. There were also social contests, in which the protagonist usedverbal or intellectual skill to defend his honor. Some of the stories told of contests withnature, such as hunting, fishing, and mountain climbing. The men talked mostly about eventsin which they had acted alone. In only four of the stories did the protagonist receive help oradvice from another person. The vast majority of men who acted alone achieved a positiveoutcome. The researcher concluded that these young men view life as a contest, a struggle againstnature and other men. In their world, power comes from an individual acting alone againstothers in a test of skill and performance.
編輯推薦
《新東方·新托福考試核心語法》涵蓋20個(gè)重要的英語語法點(diǎn),緊扣新托福考試語法要點(diǎn),結(jié)合經(jīng)典例子,對(duì)各個(gè)語法點(diǎn)進(jìn)行精辟深入的講解,提供大量模考練習(xí),便于考生鞏固學(xué)到的語法知識(shí),設(shè)有計(jì)時(shí)測驗(yàn),幫助考生進(jìn)行階段性的檢測,隨書配有錄音光盤,純正美式發(fā)音,包含《新東方·新托??荚嚭诵恼Z法》所有聽力試題。
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