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Unit 1 The Power of Language Text A Pre-reading Questions Do you usually challenge the idea an author represents? What do you think is active reading? 通常情况下，你是否会反对作者提出的观点？你认为什么是积极阅读？ What suggestions do you expect the author will give on reading critically? 你希望作者就批判性阅读提出什么样的建议呢？ Critical Reading Critical reading applies to non-fiction writing in which the author puts forth a position or seeks to make a statement. Critical reading is active reading. It involves more than just understanding what an author is saying. Critical reading involves questioning and evaluating what the author is saying, and forming your own opinions about what the author is saying. Here are the things you should do to be a critical reader. 阅读纪实文学适合用批评性的阅读方法，因为在非文学类作品里，作者常常会提出某种观点或是寻找作者的态度。批评性的阅读方法是一种主动性很强的阅读方法。它涉及到的不仅仅是理解作者所说的话。批评性的阅读方法还涉及到质疑和评估作者所说的话，涉及到作者所说的话要形成你自己的观点。如果我想要成为一名有批评性思维的读者，在这里我列出一些你应该做到的。 The new words: Power Pre-reading Challenge 怀疑 Author 作家 Represent 描述 Active 积极有效 Suggestion 建议 Expect期望 Critically公正 Apply 适用 Non-fiction非小说 Put Forth 向前 Position观点 Seek寻找 Statement态度 Involve包含 Questioning质问 Evaluate[?v?lj?e?t]?评价 Form产生 Opinion[?p?nj?n]主张 Consider the context of what is written. You may be reading something that was written by an author from a different cultural context than yours. Or, you may be reading something written some time ago in a different time context than yours. In either case, you must recognize and take into account any differences between your values and attitudes and those represented by the author. 仔细思考作者的写作背景。你可能正在读一篇与你的文化背景截然不同的作者所写的文章。或者，你可能正在读一篇写于不同于你所处的时代的文章。不论哪种情况，你必须能搞清楚同时好好考虑你的价值观和态度与作者的不同之处。 The new words: Consider考虑 Context背景 Different不同的 Cultural?[k?lt?(?)r(?)l]?文化 either任何一个 case 情况 recognize [rek?ɡna?z]?识别 account 解释、账目 difference差异 value 评价 attitude态度 represent ?[repr?zent]?表现 Question assertions made by the author. Don’t accept what is written at face value. Before accepting what is written, be certain that the author provides sufficient