英语阅读技巧教学PPT-reading skill(12)read for the main idesa in paragraphs2.ppt

* The particular reading skill introduced for this unit is reading for the main idea in a paragraph. This skill is one of the most useful reading skills students can develop. Finding the main idea is necessary for the understanding of a piece of writing. Ⅰ. Reading Skills: Reading for the Main Ideas in Paragraphs 下一页 The main idea of a paragraph is usually stated by one of the sentences in the paragraph. The main idea sentence is commonly known as “a topic sentence” or “a topic statement”. It may appear in one of several places in the paragraph. Most frequently the first sentence of a paragraph states the main idea, as is clear from the following example taken from Reading Passage A: Back 下一页 上一页 Ⅰ. Reading Skills: Reading for the Main Ideas in Paragraphs The U. S. is definitely a telephone country. Almost everyone uses the telephone to conduct business, to chat with friends, to make or break social appointments, to say “Thank you,” to shop and to obtain all kinds of information. Telephones save the feet and endless amounts of time. This is due partly to the fact that telephone service is superb here, whereas the postal service is less efficient. (Para. 7, Reading Passage A, Unit 1) Main idea: The U. S. is definitely a telephone country. 下一页 上一页 Ⅰ. Reading Skills: Reading for the Main Ideas in Paragraphs Back However, the main idea sentence may also appear in other places: in the middle or at the end of a paragraph. Look at two more examples taken from Reading Passage A: 下一页 上一页 Ⅰ. Reading Skills: Reading for the Main Ideas in Paragraphs Back 1. “We are slaves to nothing but the clock,” it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person’s hourglass, they cannot be repla