高中英语阅读理解训练之三：主旨大意题的理解课件.pptVIP

* * 阅读理解训练之三: Skills: 1． 通读全文，重视首段，注意每段第一句话(尤其是论述性或说明性文章)。 2． 归纳文章的段落大意。把握文章总体。 3． 重视重要情节、人物及事物特征。 4． 注意观察，找准贯穿上下文的关键词汇。 5． 重视题干中的关键词汇：main idea，the best title，the writer mainly wants to tell(or：show)… What’s the topic sentence of each passage Discussion: 1. Joshua Bingham studied four years at the University of Paris and decided to leave before his graduation. He transferred to the University of Berlin and graduated with honors. Harvard Law School and, later, Boston College provided him with an excellent legal background. He is presently a lawyer in Miami, Florida. He was well educated. 2 . Turn on the world news broadcast any evening, and the predominant mood (基调) is one of semi-darkness and hopelessness. Maybe Brazil and Peru havent gone to war, but the news is that some other countries have. Thousands of people have been left homeless by earthquakes, floods, and fires, but nobody reports on the millions of people unharmed by natural disasters. In the cities, men and women go about the daily affairs of earning a living, quietly and calmly, without making the news, but crime, greed, and corruption(腐败) seem to be on every street corner according to the latest news report. 3. If you were planning to buy a television set, the following advertisement would certainly attract your attention: Color TV, only $ 79. Two-day sale. Hurry. However, when you go to the store ready to buy, you may discover that the advertised sets are sold out. But the salesman is quick to tell you that he has another model, a better set which is just right for you. It costs $ 359. This sales tactic is called bait and switch. Buyers are baited with a sale offer, and then they are switched to another more costly item. Buying items on sale requires careful consideration of the merchandise and the reasons for the sale. 4. Who was the first scientist? There is, of course, no answer to this question. It is probably more fruitful to ask, What type of man gave the first