开学第一课时Reading

ReadingOnlythroughextensivereadingcanyoureallyimproveyourreadingability.toreadbooksafterbooks;topayattentiontothemeaningofthetextitselfnotthelanguage;thepurposeofextensivereadingisforpleasureandinformation.•youcanlearnlotsofvocabularyandgainalotofinformationthroughextensivereading•Extensivereadingisabsolutelyessentialratherthandoinggreatdealoftestpaper.twotypes•Extensivereading•IntensivereadingtomakeclearthedifferencesbetweenthesetwotypesofreadingExtensivereading•toskim/scan,skipandreadfastwithoutspendingalongtimecheckingthevocabularyordetailedmeaning-----(fastreading)Intensivereading•tomakenotesofthenewwords,phrases,goodsentencesandgrammar•tostudythetextlinebyline•Bothextensivereadingandintensivereadinghelpdevelopyourreadingcomprehension.•Wecancombineextensivereadingwithintensivereadingtoimproveourreadingskill.WhenyoureadanewEnglishword,youcanusetheotherwordsaroundittohelpyouworkoutitsmeaning.Forexample,lookatthesesentences.IplayedsquashlastnightwithDavid.Itwasagreatgame.IwastiredafterwardsbutIenjoyeditverymuch.Evenifwedonotknowwhatthewordsquashmeans,wecanuseotherwordsarounditlikeplayed,game,andtiredtohelpusguessthatitisakindofsport.Trytoworkoutthemeaningsofthewordsinitalicsbelow.1Heisveryidle.Henevertidieshisbedroom.Whichwordorwordsprobablyhelpyouworkoutthemeaning‘idle’?alazybfriendlycangry2Jasonboughtsomenewtrainersfor¥500.Theylookverygoodbuttheyaretoobigforhisfeet.Whichwordorwordsprobablyhelpyouworkoutthemeaning‘trainers’?abasketballsbshortscshoes3Afterawholedayofhardwork,Iamreallyallin.Whichwordorwordsprobablyhelpyouworkoutthemeaning‘allin’?athirstybhungryctired4A35-year-oldwomanwascaughtyesterdayinaclothesshopforshoplifting.Thepolicefoundthatshewashidingfiveblousesandthreecoatsinabag.Whichwordorwordsprobablyhelpyouworkoutthemeaning‘shoplifting’?ahittingsomeonebdamagingashopcstealingfromashopTodeveloptheskillofguessingandworkingoutthelikelymeaningofawordfromitscontext.(The'context'meanstheotherwordsbeforeandaftertheword,andithelpsthestudentsunderstandthemeaningoftheparticularword.)Thesedaysmanystudentsrelyheavilyonelectronicdictionaries,andarethuslearningEnglishthroughatranslationmethod.Nevertheless,thismethodisnotrocommendedifthestudentswanttobecomecomfortableintheiruseofEnglish.Itisalsotruethatdictionaries,especiallyelectronicdictionarieswhichtendtogiveaone-wordtranslation,sometimesgivethewrongtranslationbecausethewordisbeingusedinadifferentsenseorcontext.