新视野大学英语读写教程（第二版）第二册 Unit 6 Section B Judge by Appearances.ppt

I. Scanning Scanning is a reading skill used to locate key or specific information quickly, e.g. dates, numbers, examples definitions. In a very few hours, we found ourselves  accepting and internalizing the superficial and prejudiced judgments of ourselves that prevailed among the people we met; … 1. account n. of the strong feeling exact effective lawfully hide follow as an example of the inside in fact not deep or serious emotional accurate valid conceal imitate internal virtually superficial 2 6 Reading Skills Text Study Notes to the Text Words and Expressions Idea Sharing Exercises Scanning Reading Skills 1. What is scanning? 2. When to scan? Scanning is used, for example, when you ① want to look up a word in a dictionary or a number in a telephone directory. ② first find a resource to determine whether it will answer your questions. Reading Skills 3. How to scan ? highlighted words, e.g. words in bold or italic. numbers, e.g. dates and statistics. words such as “first”, “second”, or “additionally” or words  that are repeated. definitions. examples, including diagrams. Look for Reading Skills II. Exercises Scan the following paragraphs and answer each question. You have a time limit of 60 seconds for each question. Reading Skills In order to develop effective learning skills, it is necessary to understand more about how the memory is structured, in particular the role of short-term memory and long-term memory. Short-term memory is the part known as the conscious mind and is used for paying attention. Long-term memory is where information is stored. There are many things that come into the short-term memory and are not transferred to the long-term memory. In fact the brain is designed to forget between 50 and 75 percent of the information that is not transferred to the long- term memory within 24 hours. Question: What percentage of information is forgotten in short term memory if it is not transferr