What a World 2 - Longman Amazing World English - Famous English Reading Lectures

Author: Mirada Brucka (USA)
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: The British thinker Francis Bacon once said, "Reading makes a full man," and the importance of reading in language learning is self-evident. However, for a long time, the utilitarianism in Chinese English teaching has prevented learners from truly utilizing this tool, let alone appreciating its joy. Students only feel immense pressure. The magical world, ancient history, distant culture, and ever-changing lives contain so many invaluable legacies waiting to be explored and savored. At this moment, language, as a product of human civilization's evolution, perfectly serves to carry and pass on this heritage. As language learners, reading history, experiencing culture, and savoring life not only mean improving language skills but also greatly enriching the emotional world. The content included in this series is difficult to be confined within conventional field boundaries, ranging from natural environments to social phenomena, from customs and traditions to myths and legends, from historical events to the stories of famous figures—it is truly all-encompassing. It can tell us why the legend of King Arthur is so popular in the West, what life in Antarctica is like, some lesser-known stories about J.K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, and what exactly the safety guardian of the Internet—the "Internet Angel"—is all about. Its knowledge and entertainment value far surpass those of common reading materials, making it a condensed version of world civilization history.