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第1章 前言

如果世界上有一种职业是学生的话,相信大多数热爱学习的人都会选择它。当然这只是一种假设。一个人的学习从幼稚园到小学、中学再到大学,在其个人成长过程中,每一个阶段都有着各自的鲜明特征,而大学无疑是影响一个人真正的价值观与社会观的地方。湛蓝天空,悠悠白云,广袤草坪,林荫小道……大学勾勒出的色彩是青春与活力的代名词。

在当今信息时代知识爆炸的环球大背景下,远涉重洋到国外求学,也就成为必然之势。了解社会,沟通世界,探索人类,这一切都离不开学术氛围。这本《不可不知的美国100所名校(英汉双语版)》,正是为准备去美国留学的你而精心编写的,或许你中意的大学就在此书中。

本书以英文导读、中文概述的方式呈现名校的历史、文化、院系、科研、名人以及相关城镇等等方面的信息,力求以全方位立体式的叙述为你的择校之选提供参考依据。本书对文中出现的英语生词亦作了相应的注解,以方便读者阅读。此外,本书还配有大量名校图片写真,相信会让你的视觉来一次痛快体验。这些瞬间画面的定格,此时彼地的感受,是奇妙,是生动还是不可思议,一切都由你自己的感官来决定。每个名校末尾的箴言,字字珠玑,发人深思,点滴哲理,尽在其中,值得细细品读。

本书重点着墨于人文历史方面,旨在让你尽可能多地获取每所名校背后的故事,进而让你更明智地做出自己挑战美国顶级学府的决定。本书兼备知识性、趣味性与可读性于一体,无论是作为消遣阅读还是留学指南亦或是珍藏纪念,均可各尽其能。

大学,迷人的字眼,锁住了青春挥之不去的那一段美好最时光,镶嵌了人生无法忘怀的那一份记忆最年华。愿你的美国留学之路一帆风顺、马到成功!

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2013.8

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