HowtobeatopreaderOnvocabularyguessing天台中学汤杰礼VocabularyReadingskillsTheroadtoatopreaderTheroadtoatopreaderSkimthepassageandtrytofindoutwhatitisabout.Theroadtoatopreader1.Thispassagemainlytellsushowto___.A.guessanunknownwordB.getthemainideaofatextC.useacontextandawordformD.makeprogressinyourcomprehensionexamTheroadtoatopreaderScanthepassageandtrytofindoutthemeaningsoftheunderlinedwords.Keys:2.C3.A4.B5.CTheroadtoatopreader…Themainthingistolookatthecontextofeachword—thesentencethatitisin,andthesentencesthatcomebeforeandafter.2.Accordingtothepassage,wecanguesstheword“context”means___.A.语篇B.语法C.语境D.语录利用上下文猜测词义Definitionandexplanation定义和解释逗号、破折号、括号等标点符号定语、同位语等从句mean,referto,or,thatis,thatistosay,namely,inotherwords,inanotherword等词或词组Theroadtoatopreader3.Whatisa“stoat”?A.Akindofanimal.B.Akindofknife.C.Akindofpoison.D.Akindofgun.Iheardanoise,likearabbitbeingkilledbyafiercestoat.利用上下文猜测词义Commonsense生活常识Peoplewhorefusetocomplywiththelawwillbepunished.obey/observeThedoorissolowthatYaominghitshisheadonthelintel.Theroadtoatopreader4.By“vague”thewritermeans_____.A.possibleB.unclearC.meaningfulD.differentDonotexpecttobeabletoguessallthenewwordsinatext.Therewillbesomeyoucanonlygetavagueideaof,andotherswillbeimpossible.利用上下文猜测词义并列、因果、转折等表示并列的词—and,aswellas,notonly…butalso…,both…and…,neither…nor…,either…or…等表示因果的词—because,since,as,so…that…,such…that…等表示转折的词—but,however,yet,though,otherwise,thus,ontheotherhand,while,unlike,otherthan,ratherthan,insteadof等Theroadtoatopreader5.Whichoffollowingbestexplainsthemeaningoftheword“form”?A.Atypeofsomething.B.Anofficialdocument.C.OnepartofawordwithseveraldifferentpartsD.Thestructureofapieceofwritingormusic.Somewordscanbeguessedfromlookingattheirforms.Forexample,….利用上下文猜测词义Examplesanddescription例子和描述在suchas,forexample,forinstance,take…forexample,like,including等之后进一步说明前面的词Theroadtoatopreader6.Accordingtothepassagewecanguesstheword“unputdownable”means_____.(ofabooketc)sowellwrittenandentertainingastobedifficulttoputdown使人爱不释手的;扣人心弦的◆ThebookthatisunputdownableissointerestingorexcitingthatIdonotwanttostopreadingit.利用构词法猜测词义即根据合成、派生、转化等构词法知识判断生词的词义合成Compounding派生Derivation转化Conversionblackboardclassroomclassmatefriendfriendlyunfriendlinessunfriendlywatern.水v.浇水“Whenthingsaregettinghard,avoiceinsidemyheadtellsmethatIcan’tachievesome-thing.Then,thereareotherdistractions,suchasfamilyorhobbies.Thekeyistoconcentrate.(2009重庆B)Whatdoestheunderlinedword“distractions”probablyreferto?A.Waysthathelponetofocus.B.Wordsthathelponetofeellesstense.C.Activitiesthatturnone'sattentionaway.D.Habitsthatmakeithardforonetorelax.利用构词法猜测词义1.Theunderlinedword…means_____.2.Theunderlinedphrase/sentencein…paragraphrefersto_____.3.Theunderlinedword…canbereplacedby_____.4.Whatdoesthewritermeanbysaying“…”?5.Whichoffollowingbestexplainsthemeaningoftheword“…”?6.Accordingtothepassage,wecanguesstheword…means___.Whatyou’velearnt?WordContext利用上下文猜测词义利用构词法猜测词义Definitionandexplanation定义和解释Commonsense生活常识并列、转折、因果等Examplesanddescriptions例子和描述Whatyou’velearnt?VocabularyReadingskillsTheroadtoatopreaderPractice1.AmannamedWalterScotthadthefirst“diner”in1872.Itwasn’treallyadiner.Itwasonlyafoodcart.流动小餐车Practicemakesperfect!2.Toprocrastinatemeanstoputoffdoingsomethingyoushoulddonow.拖延3.Boththedevelopedandtheunderdevelopedshouldtrytheirbesttopopularizeeducation.普及TheroadtoatopreaderKeys:ABDCAMarch22nd,2012HOMEWORK◊Thinkaboutwhatyou’velearnttoday.◊Finishtheexercisepaper.