To the Users of This Book iii
Introduction iv
Scope and Sequence vi
UNIT 1 Society 1
Lifestyles and Interests 2
UNIT 2 Society 9
The Campus Community 10
UNIT 3 Arts 19
Art, Film and Music 20
UNIT 4 Technology 29
Online Shopping 30
UNIT 5 Literature 37
The Importance of Reading 38
UNIT 6 Psychology 47
Managing Stress 48
UNIT 7 Biology 55
Habitat 56
UNIT 8 Environment 63
Urban Landscaping 64
UNIT 9 Education 73
Study Time 74
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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 text book with authentic English language and context.