4.  Try to determine the largest integer not exceeding $\frac{\sqrt{14}+2}{\sqrt{14}-2}$
4. 3 .

Notice that,
$$
\begin{array}{l}
\frac{\sqrt{14}+2}{\sqrt{14}-2}=\frac{(\sqrt{14}+2)^{2}}{(\sqrt{14}-2)(\sqrt{14}+2)} \\
=\frac{14+4+4 \sqrt{14}}{14-4}=\frac{18+4 \sqrt{14}}{10} .
\end{array}
$$

And $3<\sqrt{14}<4$, thus, $30<18+4 \sqrt{14}<34$.
Therefore, $3<\frac{18+4 \sqrt{14}}{10}<3.4$.
Hence, the largest integer not exceeding $\frac{\sqrt{14}+2}{\sqrt{14}-2}$ is $=3$.