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SectionB11FreshstartUNITWhatwewishTomasterthereadingskillTounderstandthetextTopracticethephrasesandpatternsTolearnaboutletterwritingObjectivesReadingskillsPresentationoftheskillReadingskillpracticeWhatwewishSectionBPreviewingmeansthatyougetanideaofwhatthereadingmaterialisaboutwithoutactuallyreadingthewholetext.PreviewingPreviewingPreviewingskillsReadthetitleandsubtitlesifthereareany.Readthefirstparagraph.Readthelastparagraph.Readthefirstsentenceofeachremainingparagraph.PreviewingLookatTextB.Readonlythetitle,thefirstparagraph,thefirstsentencesofparagraphs2-8,andthelastparagraph.Makepredictionsaboutthefollowingquestions.PreviewingReadingskillpracticeWhatmaybethetopicofthepassage?Whowrotetheletterandtowhomwasitwritten?Whydidtheauthorwritetheletter?Whattopicsmaybediscussedinmoredetailsinthetext?QuestionsPreviewingskillsReadthetitleandsubtitlesifthereareany.Thetitleoftengivesyouthetopicorsubjectofthearticle.Asyoureadthetitle,askyourself,“Whatmaybethemainideaofthearticle?”“WhatkindofinformationwillIlearnfromthisarticle?”“WhatdoIalreadyknowaboutthistopic?”Forexample,whenyouseethetitleofTextA“Towardabrighterfutureforall,”youmightaskedyourselfsomequestionsandmadesomepredictions.Thequestionsmaybe:Whatisthepassageabout?Whoistheauthor?Whoistheaudience?PreviewingPreviewingskillsItoftentellsthemainideaofthearticle.Asyoureadthe1stparagraph,continuethinkingaboutthematerialandaskyourself,“Doesthefirstparagraphgivemeanyspecificinformationaboutthearticle?”“CanIfigureoutthecentralideaofthisarticlefromthe1stparagraph?”Readthefirstparagraph.PreviewingskillsItusuallyprovidesthesummaryofthearticleandleavesthereaderwithsomethoughtsonthetopic.Asyoureadit,askyourself“Whathastheauthorsummarized?”“DidImakeacorrectpredictionaboutthecentralidea?”Whatarethemainideasormainargumentsofthearticle?Readthelastparagraph.PreviewingskillsMostofthetime,thefirstsentenceofaparagraph.Mostofthetime,thefirstsentenceofaparagraphisthetopicsentence;inotherwords,ittellsthemainideaofthatparagraph.Askyourself,“Whatmaybethemainideaofthisparagraph?”Readthefirstsentenceofeachremainingparagraph.TextstudyTextcomprehension(questions)LanguagefocusCriticalthinkingWhatwewishSectionBUNDERSTANDINGTHETEXT0705060804010203Whydoesthefathersayitisbittersweettoseehischildgotocollege?(P1-2)1Thefatherishappythathischildisgoingtocollegeandwillhavenewexcitingexperiences.Meanwhile,thefatherfeelssadtoseethechildleave.Whyiscollegethemostimportantyearsofone’slifeaccordingtothefather?(P.3)2Becauseitiscollegethatthechildwillfindoutwhatlearningisabout.Howdoyouunderstandthestatement”Educationiswhatremainsafteronehasforgotteneverythinghelearnedinschool”?(P.3)3ItwasmadebyEinstein.Itmeansthatthedetailsyouhavelearnedorthefactsyouhaverememberedarenotimportant.Whatisreallyimportantisthefactthatyouhavelearnedhowtolearnandthatyouhavedevelopedawayofthinkingandasenseofresponsibility.Accordingtothefather,whatkindofcoursesshouldbetaken?(P.4)4Thefatherthinksthathischildshouldtakecoursesthatwillstimulatehisinterestandimprovehisintellectualcapacity.HowdoyouunderstandSteveJob’swordsthatwhenyouareincollege,yourpassionwillcreatemanydots,andlaterinyourlifeyouwillconnectthem?(P.4)5WhatSteveJobsmeantwasthatincollege,yourpassionwillguideyoutolearnalotofnewandseeminglyunconnectedthings;butlater,thoseunconnectedwillbecomeconnectedandhelpyoubuildyourlifeandcareer.Whatisthefather’sattitudetowardgrades?(P.5)6Thefatherwarnshischildnottobeupsetbylowgrades.Theyareonlylettersandarenotimportant.Accordingtothefather,whatkindofpeoplecanbecomeourfriends?(P.6)7Genuineandsincerepeoplecanbecomeourfriends.Whatisthefathereagertosee?8Thefathereagertoseewhathischildwilldevelopinto,andwhatachievementshischildwillmakeinthefuture.ReadthetitleoftextBandpredictwhatmaybethetopicofthetextandwhatthewriter’spurposeofwritingthisletteris.Parents’wishes;TogiveadvicetothechildonhowtobesoundinmindandbodyPreviewingisnotabouthowaccurateyourpredictionisorhowcorrectyouransweris.Itisabouthowpreviewingcanmakeyouunderstandthematerialbetterandmakeyourreadingeasierandmoreeffective.TipsNote原句：Youareabouttoparticipateinthenextlegofyourjourneythroughlife.(Para.1,L1)leg:Onepartofalongjourneyorrace.(旅程或赛程的一段，一程)Sentenceinterpretationeg.SeattleisthefirstlegofChairmanXi’svisittotheUnitedStates.Sentenceinterpretation原句：Therehasbeennogreaterjoythanwatchingyouarriveatthismoment.(Para.2,L2)解释:Ourbiggestjoyisseeingyouachievethis.译文：没有什么比看到你走到今天这一步更令我们欣喜的了。Sentenceinterpretation句型提炼没有什么比看到你走到今天这一步更令我们欣喜的了。原句译文逆译练习Therehasbeennogreaterjoythanwatchingyouarriveatthismoment.(Para.2,L2)Functionalpatterns句型应用Therehasbeennogreaterjoy/sorrow/pride/shamethandoingsomething.句型提炼应用提示用于表达“做某事时某人最大的快乐/痛苦/骄傲/耻辱等”，否定的比较级结构表达最高级的意义。Functionalpatterns(gothrough/dreamhoursaway/accomplish)Apersonmaygothroughmanysetbacksinhislife,buttherehasbeennogreaterregretthandreaminghoursawayandaccomplishingnothingsignificant.典型例句人的一生中可能会经历许多挫折，但最令人遗憾的莫过于虚度光阴，一事无成。意群提示Functionalpatterns最高级的特殊形式:no+比较级Inamother’seyes,there’renonicerchildrenintheworldthanherownchildren.在母亲的眼中，自己的孩子是世界上最棒的孩子Sentence