Reading skills指导.ppt

Reading Strategies For Senior Three Students Word guessing skills Guessing words from word formation Guessing words from context clues Word parts roots dict， act， sad，… prefixes (en-,dis-, un-, im-, anti-, over-,pre-,non-,co-…) suffixes (-tion, -tive, -ful, -less,-ness,-ty,-al,-ous,-age) courage ， encourage，discourage，courageous uneventful For example： overuse underdeveloped non-smoker co-owner pre-school For example： botel medicare Amerindian psywar sitcom boat hotel 水上旅馆 medical care American Indian psychological warfare 心理战 situational comedy 情景喜剧 Guessing words fromcontext clues What is context? The sentence and paragraph in which a word occurs. Guessing words fromcontext clues Information provided by the context: Definition Example Explanation Synonym Antonym Related information He is a resolute man, that is to say, once he sets up a goal, he won’t give it up half way. Eg. Condiments, for example, pepper, salt, and mustard make food taste better. Eg. “Unlike her gregarious sister; Mary is a shy person who does not like to go to parties or to make new friends…” The English department has informed us that your daughter Laura cannot write.? They have suggest that she enroll in the remedial writing class.” Practice 1 Eg.(上海高考05) -------“I know that, Kim. And please, call me Bill. But what I expect is for you to think independently and introduce new ideas. I need more input from you—more feedback on how things are going. I don’t need a “yes man”. You never tell me what you think. You just smile as though everything is fine.” ------“But,” said Kim, “I feel that since you are my superior, it would be presumptuous of me to tell you what to do.” 70. The word “presumptuous” in the middle of the passage is closest in meaning to “_____”. A. full of respect B. too confident and rude C. lacking in experience D. too shy and quiet Long and Difficult Sentence What causes the difficulty? （1）. Find the key idea of the