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I hope that you find this book useful in helping you to develop your skills as a reader and to help you to achieve your target score in the IELTS Reading Test. Being able to read in another language is a skill that can open up a world of knowledge, but it can also help you to improve your critical thinking skills, give you useful ideas for your speaking test, and help you to expand your vocabulary for writing.
I would like to thank my wonderful students who have given me feedback and inspiration while writing and teaching. I would also like to show my sincere appreciation for my wife, Hanna, who has assisted with writing this book and helped me along the way, as with so many things in life. Last but not least, I would like to thank my father who tested some of the exercises and explanations and gave valuable feedback in the writing process.
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我們希望讀者能夠在使用《連雅思主考官都讚嘆的雅思閱讀高分祕笈》之後，可以幫助增進閱讀技巧，並幫助你達到心目中理想的雅思閱讀目標成績。閱讀第二外語是一個能夠幫助你向世界打開眼界的方式，也能夠幫助你改善你關鍵思考的技巧，讓考生能夠在口說測驗有效建立實用的構想，並擴充寫作測驗所需要的字彙。
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回到這本書對於閱讀測驗的幫助。各位考生要建立一個觀念：雅思的閱讀測驗題型都是能夠使用邏輯拆解的。《連雅思主考官都讚嘆的雅思閱讀高分祕笈》盡可能涵蓋當中的重點精華及最能夠讓學生融會貫通的解題祕訣。我們將容易混淆、常見錯誤及文法架構，以剝絲抽檢的方式呈現給讀者。
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每一個單元的主題都是一個雅思常考的題型，並且有簡短的example範例，以及practice test練習題等自我訓練的方式。除此之外，每一種題型會使用拆解步驟來幫助考生的思考引導，最後再由常用的字彙作為總結。
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由衷謝謝在我們寫書的時候幫助過我們的每一位。並也謝謝購買這本書的讀者。希望各位考生能在詳讀完這本書後有所收穫並且拿到高分！
James Brown、Hanna Hu
2016.03
