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This resource introduces various reading strategies essential for improving comprehension and communication. It highlights four main ways to read: to learn new approaches, to retrieve important information, to think critically in English, and to engage in dialogue with authors and peers. Key terms related to lifestyle such as "couch potato," "bookworm," and "workaholic" are explained simply. Additionally, techniques for skimming, scanning, extensive and intensive reading are discussed, along with exercises to practice these skills effectively.
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Unit 1 lifestyles ---topic-centered reading --陈振煌 For what do we read? 1. Read to learn ways of reading方法 2. Read to retrieve/get information信息 3. Read to think in English 思考 4. Read to communicate with the authors and others交流
pre-read:key wordsexplain in simple English • Sports programme: sports program • The news • TV Series: something like “the three kingdoms”, the journey to the western”, “huanzhu gege”. • Cartoons: a kind of drawings like “cat and mouse” • Game shows: • Films: something like “Kong Fu” • Talk shows • Music program • Couch potato: be at home without anything to do, lazy • Workaholic: One who has a compulsive强迫 need to work. • Bookworm:One who spends much time reading or studying. • Alcoholic:含酒精的
pre-read:key words • Office: a place where people work • Farm: a place where peasant/farmer work • Underground:train below the earth, the “tube”, subway • Walk: have a walk • Crowded: be crowded with • Space • Quiet: no or little • Noisy: with much noise • Accountant: 会计One that keeps and inspects the financial财务 records记录
reading skills:skim, scan • skim: move from place to place get an overall(总体的) idea of a passage including the main idea on points. 2. scan: read quickly to to find particular(具体) information or detail(细节) 3. extensive reading泛读: to get a basic impression(印象) 4. intensive reading精读:focus on集中 important information and knowledge points 5. critical reading批判性阅读/评读:when reading, make inferences推断 and evaluations评价 and make a personal judgment on the article. • Help: particular具体,overall:总体, impression:印象,basic:基本的,focus on:关注, inference:推断,evaluation:评价,judgment:判断,critical:批判的
Skim : the main idea • the title • The introduction • Heading and sub-heading • Pictures, charts or graphs • The first sentences of each paragraph • Glance at the remaining of the paragraph • Summary of the last paragraph Help:title题目,heading/sub-heading:标题/副,chart and graph:图表,glance at:扫视,summary: 概要,paragraph:段
Scan: to find particular detail细节—a fact, a date, a name, a statistic etc. • 1. the structure:how the material is organized • 2. your purpose目的:what are you looking for • 3. clue线索 words: distance, time, place, reason, person etc. • 4. possible/likely places: where can you possibly find what you need. Help: structure结构,purpose:目的,distance:距离,likely:可能的,organize:组织
Have a try: scanpage 8-9 & page 14-15 Turn to page 8—step 3 and step 4 • Underline the TV programs that Brian usually watches. • Underline the kinds of work Bob does every day. • Is Brian lazy? Give two examples. • “You’ve got the world at your feet” means: • How does Bob spend his morning and evening? • Why does • Bob’s family complain because: • Bob works hard because: Help: complain抱怨, underline:下划线
Have a try: scanpage 8-9 & page 14-15 Turn to page 14—step 4