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UnitIReadingReadingSkills•ABriefReviewofReadingSkillsinBookIContextCluetoWordMeaning•Contextsometimesprovidesdefinitionclues.e.g.1.Linguistics,thesciencestudyoflanguage,isveryimportantforlanguagestudents.•Contextsometimesgivesexampleclues.e.g.1.Phobias,suchasfearofheight,fearofwater,orfearofcrowds,canbeeliminatedthroughconditioning.”•Besidescontextclues,semanticrelationshipsarehelpfulinguessingunknownwords1.ClassrelationshipMr.Johnson’spaintingscontaincircles,squares,triangles,etc.2.ContrastrelationshipTherewasnofllipseatsavailable,sotheyhadtobuyexpensiveones.DistinguishingTopicfromMainideaAtopicisthesubjectofareadingpassage.Topicsareexpressedinwordsorphrases.Atitleofareadingpassagemaybeatopic.Themainideaisthereasonorpurposefortheauthortowritethatpassage.Itistheauthor’sviewpointonthesubject.NewReadingskill----Distinguishingthemainideafromthesupportingdetails•Thetopicisthesubjectthepassageisabout•Themainideaisthewriter’sopinion,judgment,orideaaboutthetopic.Itisthecontrollingideathatthewriterwishestoproveorexplain.•Thedetailsaretheprooforexplanationthatsupportsthemainidea.ReadthepassageonthefirstpageQuestionsfordiscussion:1.whatarethefunctionsofdetails?2.Whatisatopicsentence?3.Whatisthelocationofthetopicsentence?BackUnit1Reading•Wordpretest1.complex:complicated6.bias:prejudiceNewspapersshouldreportthenewswithoutanybias.7.aesthetic:artisticlackingaestheticorsocialtastesatisfyingaestheticstandardsandsensibilitiesDetailedstudyofTextA•Lead-inQuestion1.Whatkindofmaterialsdoyoualwaysread?Question2.Howdoyouthinkofyourreadingspeed?Question3.Whatkindofproblemsdoyoualwaysencounterwhileyoutryingtoreadfaster?1streadingofthetext•DoexercisesinReadingComprehensiononP.6.•TextAnalysisAccordingtotheauthor,howcanapersonlearntoreadfaster?(Para.1-3)Bylearningsomethingaboutthereadingprocessandbythencomparingyourwayofreadingwithproperwayofreading.ByconsistentpracticeFourareasofthereadingprocess1.ThevisualprocessTheaveragereadermakesaboutfoureyestopspersecond.Poorreadersrequiremorepauses;goodreadersrequirefewer.2.WordknowledgeandexperienceAgoodvocabularyisnecessaryforfastreading.Arapidreaderrespondstothemeaningofwordsbythesightorcontextualuseratherthanbytheirsound.3.Establishingapurposeforreading.Itisnotrightforreaderstotrytoremembereverythingtheyread.Agoodreaderestablishapurposeorgoalforreadingbeforereading.“Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobechewedanddigested.”FrancisBacon4.Comprehensionfundamentals.Threelevelsofcomprehension:LiteralunderstandingCriticalunderstandingAestheticunderstanding•PracticeReadingSkillP.6:•Whatisthetopicbeingdiscussedinthetext?•Whatisthewriter’smainideaaboutthistopic?•Whatarethespecificdetailsthatsupportthemainidea?•Languagepoints:1.literarydevices.(Para1.Line8)Literarydevices,i.e.,literarytechniques,areimportantaspectsofanauthor'sstyle,whichisoneofthefiveelementsoffiction,alongwithcharacter,plot,settingandtheme.literal,literate&literary•Literal字面的•Literate有文化的会读写的illiterateliteracy•Literary文学的2Inreverse(Para4.Line9):inoppositeorderorway2.satire,irony,humor(Para8Line9)satire1.讽刺,讥讽Jackshowedhisdislikeplainlyinscorchingsatire.杰克以尖刻的讽刺直率地表明了自己的厌恶。2.讽刺作品Themovieisacleversatireontheadvertisingindustry.那部影片是关于广告业的一部巧妙的讽刺作品。Satireandirony大都可直译为“讽刺”.Irony强调的是“说反话”，有人把它译为“反讽”；satire侧重直接的“讥讽”。1.proclaim:tomakeknownpublicly,declareofficially2.percentage:anamountstatedasifitispartofawholewhichis1003.confirm:togivesupportorcertainto4.affirm:todeclare(usu.againorinananswertoaquestionordoubt5.Centigram:ametricofmassequaltoonehundredthofagram.6.exclaim:tospeakorsayloudlyandsuddenly,becauseofsurpriseorotherstrongfeeling.Stemskey•Wordsearch•1.assignment2.irony3.reverse•4.accomplish5.assemble6.squeeze•7.sensual8.fragment9.narcotic•10.adolescencesynonyms•1.Adaptability2.purpose3.strained•4.hold5.defeatcloze•ImportantsecondFrancestudent•Bilingualmonolingualserious•MeansusedifficultSectionB•1.F2.T3.T•4.C5.A6.B7.B8.B9.B•10.T11.T12F13.F14.T15.TSECTIONC•1.F2.T3.T4.F5.T•6.F7.F8.F9.F10.F