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Ways to Guess a Difficult Expression in Reading 康杰中学高三英语组 贾晶 Skills/Knowledge to be gained: Seek ways to guess the meaning of a difficult word/phrase individually; Summarize the strategies through individual work and group work; Apply the strategies in practice by answering some NMET word-guessing questions. Section I. 【自主学习 合作讨论】 Task1. Please work individually to figure out the meanings of the underlined expressions without reference to your dictionary. (Time limit: 6 minutes) Car makers are constantly refining their designs. We live in a multiracial society. Like his forefathers, Benny had the ability to foresee the future. He fell into a ditch (沟) and lay there, semiconscious, for a few minutes. An eye-catching poster is very important for the success of a movie. She read my letter slowly to the end and then tore it to shreds. The door was so low that I hit my head on the lintel. In the strong wind, the beggar shivered with cold. In many nations there are two financial extremes, from penury to great wealth. Yao, the Houston Rockets’ center, tied the knot with Ye Li, a 1.9-meter player on the Chinese women’s basketball team in a ceremony at the Shangri-La Hotel. Pantomime refers to a short play in which no words are spoken. The purpose of this campaign was to catch “ringers”, students who take tests for other students. I am a resolute man, that is, once I set up a goal, I won’t give it up easily. Participants learn to recognize smoking triggers (things that start them to smoke) and they try to set a date in the future when they will stop smoking. George is a scrooge: he thinks only of money and will not spend a penny on anything he can get free. In the past the world seemed to run in an orderly way. Now, however, everything seems to be in a state of turmoil. Though Tom’s face has been washed quite clean, his neck still remains grubby. Unlike his brother, who is truly a handsome man, John is quite homely. In our competitive world of today, examinations have a h