上外教泛读教程第二册unit1_reading.pptVIP

Difficult Sentences While regression is not abnormal, too many regressions, especially if there is no need to read backwards on a line, will cause you to have a slower reading rate. (P.4) 虽然回读不算不正常，但过于频繁地回看，特别是当没有必要回头看某一行时，就会降低你的阅读速度。 The longer it takes for you to recognize and interpret the definition of a word, the longer it will take you to apply it to the total meaning of the phrase, sentence or paragraph you are reading. (P. 6) 识别并理解某一词义所花的时间越长，那么运用该词义理解阅读中词组、句子或者是段落整体意义所花的时间也会越长。 Difficult Sentences Text 2 Reading Tastes and Habits Cultural Notes Geoffrey Chaucer (1343 –1400) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Although he wrote many works, he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales. Sometimes called the father of English literature, Chaucer is credited by some scholars as the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of the vernacular English language, rather than French or Latin. Virginia Woolf (1882 –1941) was an English novelist, essayist, feminist, and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. Cultural Notes During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway 《戴洛维夫人》 (1925), To the Lighthouse 《灯塔行》 (1927) and Orlando 《奥兰多》 (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of Ones Own (1929), with its famous dictum, A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. Organization of the Text 1st part (P.1) Reading for information. 2nd part (P.2) Literary reading 3rd part (P.3) Intellectual reading 4th part (P4-6) Narcotic reading Key words and expressions reflect ?(L27) [no passive 不用於被动语态] ~ (on/upon sth) think deeply about, or remind oneself of, past events; consider 沉思或思忆（往事）; 思考: I need time to reflect (on your offer/on what you offered). 我需要时间来考虑（你的建议[