Unit1-readingskills课后作文新视野大学英语第四册.docVIP

Unit 1-Reading skills As you read Passage B the first time, use contextual clues, common sense and your knowledge to guess the possible answers to the questions between the paragraphs. Keep checking and changing your ideas as you read further. Then compare your final answers with a classmates to see if you understand the writers meaning the same way. 1. How was I related to the ugly shadow of racism in 1976? Your Answer: Key: I was a black and was looked down on because of the ugly shadow of racism in 1976. 2. What does They broke the mold when they made that man mean? Your Answer: Key: It means that the man was different from others for he was honest and paid debts. 3. The farmer first gave me an amused, cynical look and then nodded at me in a neighborly way. What does that imply? Your Answer: Key: The farmers attitude toward me changed when he learned that I was the son of an honest man who was different from other blacks. 4. Why does America need to restore a sense of shame in its neighborhoods? Your Answer: Key: Because American social morality has changed for the worse. 5. Why does a good name pave the way for me? Your Answer: Key: Because people believe in honesty and this helps me in my life. Making Inferences Reading between the lines means making inferences about the writers ideas from what is written and from what is not written. Writers dont always express all their thoughts openly, either as a matter of style, or because they assume we know and share their opinions. To make inferences about the writers ideas we have to be very careful with what is advised in the following: 1) You have to make use of contextual clues, common sense and your knowledge. 2) Connect ideas and draw conclusions from the reading passage. 3) Test what you have understood between the lines. Reading is a two-way communication between the reader and the writer about understanding, forming ideas, testing your ideas during the reading of the passage,