3.关于美国建国文献和著名演讲

　　There is no better example of such concentrated excellence and such transforming power that America's Founding documents and the great Global Conversation they have inspired. The declaration of independence, the constitution, the Bill of rights and the federalized papers, have managed to inspire and enduring conversation about freedom, justice and human dignity, not only in this country, but throughout the world. A conversation continues to reverberate in the likes of President Lincoln, President Eisenhower and Dr. Martin Luther King. In recognition of the remarkable achievement of these documents and their impact, in every SAT, one of the passages student encounter will either be a founding document or text from a great global conversation they have inspired. So for those of you who want to get a jump on the SAT, here's the deal. Immerse yourself in some of the most remarkable expressions of the human spirit, their length is negligible, their language is clear, their purpose is explicit.

　　最能体现人类智慧精髓和变革的力量的，莫过于美国立国之本的那些文献和由它们所激发的著名演讲了。独立宣言、美国宪法、人权法案和诸多的联邦法律，不仅在美国保护和激励着自由、公平、尊严思想精神的传播，而且还将这些思想传向世界。它们使得世界上不断的涌现出像林肯、艾森豪威尔、马丁路德金一样的人。为了表达对这些重要文献和它们对世界的影响力的敬意。在新SAT中，学生会读到一篇来自这些文献的段落，或者会读到由它们所激发出的著名演讲的原稿。那么，对于那些想在新SAT中取得好成绩的同学们，请听好。去体会那些充满人文精神的著名演讲和文献吧。最终，它们的长度不再是阻碍，话语也不再晦涩，其思想将呈现在你们眼前。

　　【解读】明确了考生需要读独立宣言、美国宪法、人权法案和诸多的联邦法律等，以及读林肯、艾森豪威尔、马丁路德金等著名的美国演讲，考生应该能理解、分析甚至背诵，考试时会考到其中一篇文章。这些资料都是免费的，考生现在就可以开始搜集和背诵了。其实有宣传美国思想的成分在，也类似于中国高考中会考一篇歌颂祖国的或名人的作品。

　　4. 新SAT备考

　　If a student goes on to the Khan Academy resources or software, and the system gives the students’ feedback, “ hey you don’t understand franchises as well, or you could work a little bit more on exponents”, we won’t tell that student “Hey, when you don’t see that hard problem, now just guess or skip that problem”, we will say hey here are some more resources to really build those foundations, we are gonna meet you where you are, and we will take you as far back as you need to go or as far forward as you need to go, and give you much practice and so you can really master the underlined concepts.

　　如果一个学生使用可汗学院的资源软件，系统会向学生反馈“你对选举权也不太了解，或者你需要在指数的学习上下点功夫”我们并不会告诉学生“你不会那道难题，那就猜答案或者跳过吧”，我们会向他提供更多的相关资源，真正打好知识基础，设身处地的指导复习或者预习所需要的知识，通过大量的练习掌握解题所需的知识和概念。

　　【解读】可汗学院的相关软件，旨在发现学生问题，并提供解决问题的资源，帮助学生真正打好知识基础。

　　5.关于SAT成绩与申请

　　When you add information about students mastery of specific curricula such as AP scores you get even greater validity

　　当你把学生对于某专业课，比如AP的成绩与 SAT综合考虑的时候，你所得出的判断会更有效。”

　　【解读】在改革相关材料中，官方反复强调SAT考试成绩仅仅是一个参照、一个开端，一定要与其他的成绩一起使用才能有效的评估学生的程度。因为，SAT2的学科考试、AP等考试成绩在未来的申请中会变得更加重要，所以广大考生一定要注意早了解、早准备、早规划，将TOEFL、SAT及AP课程的学习及考试时间合理安排，否则会没有时间准备TOEFL和SAT以外的其他考试，以至于最后影响到申请。