Rockets and artificial satellites can go far above the ionosphere, and even escape
from the Earth. Yet they are complex and expensive, and in their present stage
of development they cannot lift massive telescopes, keep them steady while the
observations are being carried out, and then return them safely.

Two main techniques have been used for training elephants, which we may call
respectively the tough and the gentle. The former method simply consists of
setting an elephant to work and beating him until he does what is expected of
him. Apart from any moral considerations this is a stupid method of trainin

An earthquake comes like a thief in the night, without warning. It was necessary,
therefore, to invent instruments that neither slumbered nor slept. Some devices
were quite simple. one, for instance, consisted of rods of various lengths and
thicknesses which would stand up on end like ninepins. when a sho

In mediaeval times rivers were the veins of the body politic as well as economic.
Boundaries between states or shires, they were crossed by fords which became
the sites of towns, or by bridges which were often points of battle. Upon rivers
the people of that time depended for food, power and transport.

A gifted American psychologist has said, 'Worry is a spasm of the emotion; the
mind catches hold of something and will not let it go.' It is useless to argue with
the mind in this condition. The stronger the will, the more futile the task. One
can only gently insinuate something else into its convulsive g

Economy is one powerful motive for camping, since after the initial outlay upon
equipment, or through hiring it, the total expense can be far less than the cost of
hotels. But, contrary to a popular assumption, it is far from being the only one,
or even the greatest. The man who manoeuvres carelessly into

The French Foreign Legion was founded by a Royal Ordinance, written on a
small piece of official French War Office notepaper dated March 9th, 1831, and
signed by the then reigning monarch of France, Louis-Philippe. He had been on
the throne for barely eight months when he authorized this measure, which wa

Although truth and justice may be the most powerful impulses to show moral
courage, there are others. Compassion is one of these. Tentatively it can be sug-
gested that this is the main influence upon those who urge the abolition of capital
punishment. It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the

   
    《新概念》英语教材堪称英语教学界最经典的教材。这本教材问世30年以来，影响了一批又一批的英语学习者。纵贯林林总总的英语教材，只有新概念的地位从来没

   
      理由一：经典
　　经典之所以成为经典就是因为它经久不衰，历久弥新。《新概念英语》正是其中的一个典范。新概念进入中国30多年，被无数英语

   
      第一册——零起点；欲在短期内掌握英语基础的学习者； 希望打牢英语基础的中学生
　　第二册——准备

《新概念英语》系列教材
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部分辅导用书内容简介
《自学导读》——专为所有使用《新概念英语》的学习者而设计，特别适合于自学者。书中针对课文中的每一篇均有进一步说明，内容包括：课文详注；语法：每课语法点详解；词汇学习；练习答案。
《练习详解》——专为所有使用《新概念英语》的学习者而设计，特别适合于自学者。学生用书中书面练习与答案，本书均有充分的讲解。此外本书还在相关必要之处添加了进一步的说明。
《词汇随身听》——本书为学生学习《新概念英语的课文词汇提供了方

在全世界的英语学习者的心目中，《新概念英语》可谓是一部“宝典”级的教材，如今在中国，学习《新概念英语》也已蔚然成风。那么这部“宝典”的与众不同之处到底体现在何处呢？《新概念英语》由英国著名的语言教育专家L.G.Alexander 先生编写，历经半个多世纪而经久不衰，因为它可以帮助学习者在比较短的时间内全方位地提高自身的听说读写译五方面的素质。我就从这么几个方面帮大家分析一下学习《新概念英语》的好处和具体的学习方法：
　　第一部分，听力。
　　大家完全可以把《新概念英语》当成是一套很好的听力教材。《新概念英语》的配套磁带有英音的和美音的两种。大家可以根据自己的实际需要去选择购

一个真实而经典的新概念英语故事：
新东方有个学员现在在Duke大学，他从高一开始背《新概念英语》第三册，背到高三就背完了。高考考进了北大，进北大后，他本来不想再背了。但当他背给同学听的时候，其他同学都露出了羡慕的眼光，于是，为了这种虚荣心，他就坚持背第四册，把第三、四册都背得滚瓜烂熟，他熟到什么地步呢，有人把其中任何一句说出来，把能把上一句和下一句连接下去，而且语音非常标准，因为他是模仿着磁带来背的。后来他去了美国Duke大学，他给新东方的教师写信，老师不取回，因为老师对他的英文有畏惧感，他有英文学得太好，只能给他回中文信，并告诉他不是不会写英文，而是想让他温习温习中文，不要忘

我终于把《新概念英语》三册&四册全背下来了
我没有什么超人的记忆，也不属于别人说的那种牛人，但是我就是在三个月的时间内把《新概念英语》三册&四册的共108篇文章全背下来了。
第一篇：过去将来时（思想准备篇）
有人会问:你为什么要把它背下来呢？我觉的学一学就蛮好的吗？
故事的起因一个真实的小故事：（2002年的夏天在新东方听到）
新东方有个学员现在在Duke大学，他从高一开始背《新概念英语》第三册，背到高三就背完了。高考考进了北大，进北大后，他本来不想