利用Project Gutenberg 古騰堡計畫增強閱讀能力唷!
Dollar剛在看免費資源網路社群,想要找看看有沒有什麼好用的小軟體或是學習英文的好東西可以介紹給各位同學的時候,無意間看到了這篇 臺灣大學圖書館電子書 – 超過五萬本免費電子書供你線上閱讀! 想說有這樣好康的東西千萬不能錯過,就趕緊跟著內文的連結,連到了台大的圖書館的免費電子書的部分,猛一看,上萬本的電子書再加上許多的碩博士頓文,的確是資源相當豐富的地方。
再順著連結點進去,本來期望會是繁體中文的一些電子書,這樣還可以下載有興趣的來看來打發時間,不過仔細一看,咦~怎麼大多都是英文的,再認真的看來源出處,竟是 Project Gutenberg 古騰堡計畫。這對 Dollar來說,可是喚起了當初準備美國留學,加強英文能力的一段回憶。
很多同學可能對這個古騰堡計畫有點兒陌生,我們一塊連到 Wiki 看看這個計畫的來由。
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簡單介紹,這是一個在1971就成立的計畫,Michael S. Hart希望藉由眾人的力量,將許許多多的古籍能夠數位化,變成電子書,並將這些資訊分散出去。當初 Dollar在做留學準備的時候,可是在這邊下載了不少的電子書,在等公車、上廁所的這些閒暇時間,藉著手邊的PDA來持續的增加閱讀與單字的能力。
裡面有許許多多不同類別的書籍,在準備留學考試以及留學申請的同學們,如果唸書念的累了,不妨下載個一兩本電子書,看看閒書,一方面讓腦子放鬆一下,但是又還是在增進自己的英文能力。當然已經在國外的同學們也千萬不要錯過這樣的資源,說不定在學校圖書館找不到的古籍,竟然就在隨手可得的網路上唷。另外,若是沒有機會出國留學或是遊學的朋友們,不妨也下載一些自己有興趣的文學名著,像是 Pride and Prejudice or Sherlock Holmes甚至是文豪莎士比亞的各個著作,讓自己的英文能力跟氣質同時進步唷!
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