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1. He had a wan look. He was so weak and pale that we all thought that he was ill. 2. I am a resolute man. Once I set up a goal, I will not give it up.
VI. Contrast
4. Some students were inadvertently late for class, while a few were purposely late. 5. She is usually prompt for all her classes, but today she arrived in the middle of her first class. 6. Though Tom’s face has been washed quite clean, his neck still remains grubby.
4. Mother was tall, fat and middle-aged. The principal of the school was an older woman, almost as plump as mother, and much shorter.
VI. Contrast
Markers: but, although, unlike, however, as opposed to, while, on the other hand, otherwise, instead, yet, by contrast
III. Related Information
1. He was now angry … Once again he flew into a rage. 2. After spending three weeks alone on the seas, Tom was tired of solitude.
5. A person or thing beyond comparison, a model of excellence, is known as a paragon.
6. The harbor is protected by a jetty --- a wall built out into the water.
VII. General Knowledge
1. The door was so low that I hit my head on the linjarola.
2. Mark got on the motorbike, I sat behind him on the pillion, and we roared off into the night. 3. Just before the exam, Peter’s hands shook and sweated, his heart beat fast, and his stomach ached, even though he knew the subject very well. He really had a strange phobia about taking tests.
IV. Examples
Markers: such as, for example, for instance, like, colon 1. She is studying glaucoma and other diseases of the eye . 2. Numbers such as 1, 2, 3, 54, 268, and 1000 are called whole numbers or integers. 3. Select any of these periodicals: Time, Reader’s Digest or The New Yorker. 4. Many United Nations employees are polyglots. Mr. Simpson, for example, speaks five languages fluently.
III. Related Information
3. Doctors believe that smoking cigarettes is detrimental to your health. They also regard drinking as harmful.
4. Although he often had the opportunity, Mr. Smith was never able to steal money from a customer. This would have endangered his position at the bank, and he did not want to jeopardize his future.
Lecture 3
Understanding Words through Contextual Clues
Motivation
Question:
When you encounter a new word in reading, what do you usually do? 1. Look it up in the dictionary; 2. Guess its meaning according to its formation; 3. Guess its meaning according to its contexts.
Teaching Objectives
After learning this lecture, students will be able to: get familiar with various contextual clues, and develop an ability to guess the meanings of new words in the future reading process.
II. Restatement
3. It will be very hard but also very brittle, that is , it will break easily. 4. Before the main business of a conference begins, the chairman usually makes a short preliminary speech. In other words, he says a few things by way of introduction.
I. Definition
Markers:
1. 下定义：be, mean, refer to, define, deal with, be considered, be called, be known as, represent, signify, constitute, etc.
2. 同位语；标点符号；定语从句；同义词/近义词。
Motivation
Question:
How many ways do you use to guess the meanings of new words through contextual clues?
Contents
I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. Definition Restatement Related Information Examples Comparison Contrast General Knowledge Cause-effect Relation And & Or
The 2nd sentence serves as the repetition of the 1st one. Markers: in other words; to put it another way; that is to say; or; that is; i.e.; to be precise
I. Definition
4. Etymology refers to a branch of language dealing with word origins, and ought to be viewed as one way to help children expand their vocabulary.
V. Comparison
1. The snow was falling. Big flakes drifted with the wind like feathers. 2. The hot air balloon took off. It was a buoyant in the air as a cork (软木塞) in water. 3. Green loves to talk，and his brothers are similarly loquacious.
VIII. Cause-effect Relation
Markers:
since, as, because, for, so, thus, consequently, therefore, hence, due to, result in, result from, as a result, for this reason, accordingly, so that, so…that, such…that
1. Most of us agreed; however, Bill dissented.
2. Peter was not frugal since he spent money so freely. 3. Jane was talking with others while Eliza remained reticent all the time.
I. Definition
1. Anthropology means the scientific study of man.
2. Arteriosclerosis is the narrowing and hardening of the arteries that carry blood to the heart. 3. Kleptomania is considered to be an illness of the mind that gives a person the desire to steal.
VII. General Knowledge
4. Sometimes the air is too filthy to breathe and rivers are too filthy to swim in or take water from. 5. The snake slithered through the grass. 6. When you throw a stone into still water of a lake, you will watch a ripple spread in rings on the surface of water. 7. When a doctor performs an operation on a patient, he usually gives an anaesthetic to make him unconscious, because he does not want his patient to feel pain or to know what is happening to him.
I. Definition
7. Tornadoes (violent and destructive whirl wind) normally occur on hot, humid (a little wet) day, but noБайду номын сангаас necessarily in the summer.
II. Restatement
VI. Contrast
4. Some students were inadvertently late for class, while a few were purposely late. 5. She is usually prompt for all her classes, but today she arrived in the middle of her first class. 6. Though Tom’s face has been washed quite clean, his neck still remains grubby.
4. Mother was tall, fat and middle-aged. The principal of the school was an older woman, almost as plump as mother, and much shorter.
VI. Contrast
Markers: but, although, unlike, however, as opposed to, while, on the other hand, otherwise, instead, yet, by contrast
III. Related Information
1. He was now angry … Once again he flew into a rage. 2. After spending three weeks alone on the seas, Tom was tired of solitude.
5. A person or thing beyond comparison, a model of excellence, is known as a paragon.
6. The harbor is protected by a jetty --- a wall built out into the water.
VII. General Knowledge
1. The door was so low that I hit my head on the linjarola.
2. Mark got on the motorbike, I sat behind him on the pillion, and we roared off into the night. 3. Just before the exam, Peter’s hands shook and sweated, his heart beat fast, and his stomach ached, even though he knew the subject very well. He really had a strange phobia about taking tests.
IV. Examples
Markers: such as, for example, for instance, like, colon 1. She is studying glaucoma and other diseases of the eye . 2. Numbers such as 1, 2, 3, 54, 268, and 1000 are called whole numbers or integers. 3. Select any of these periodicals: Time, Reader’s Digest or The New Yorker. 4. Many United Nations employees are polyglots. Mr. Simpson, for example, speaks five languages fluently.
III. Related Information
3. Doctors believe that smoking cigarettes is detrimental to your health. They also regard drinking as harmful.
4. Although he often had the opportunity, Mr. Smith was never able to steal money from a customer. This would have endangered his position at the bank, and he did not want to jeopardize his future.
Lecture 3
Understanding Words through Contextual Clues
Motivation
Question:
When you encounter a new word in reading, what do you usually do? 1. Look it up in the dictionary; 2. Guess its meaning according to its formation; 3. Guess its meaning according to its contexts.
Teaching Objectives
After learning this lecture, students will be able to: get familiar with various contextual clues, and develop an ability to guess the meanings of new words in the future reading process.
II. Restatement
3. It will be very hard but also very brittle, that is , it will break easily. 4. Before the main business of a conference begins, the chairman usually makes a short preliminary speech. In other words, he says a few things by way of introduction.
I. Definition
Markers:
1. 下定义：be, mean, refer to, define, deal with, be considered, be called, be known as, represent, signify, constitute, etc.
2. 同位语；标点符号；定语从句；同义词/近义词。
Motivation
Question:
How many ways do you use to guess the meanings of new words through contextual clues?
Contents
I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. Definition Restatement Related Information Examples Comparison Contrast General Knowledge Cause-effect Relation And & Or
The 2nd sentence serves as the repetition of the 1st one. Markers: in other words; to put it another way; that is to say; or; that is; i.e.; to be precise
I. Definition
4. Etymology refers to a branch of language dealing with word origins, and ought to be viewed as one way to help children expand their vocabulary.
V. Comparison
1. The snow was falling. Big flakes drifted with the wind like feathers. 2. The hot air balloon took off. It was a buoyant in the air as a cork (软木塞) in water. 3. Green loves to talk，and his brothers are similarly loquacious.
VIII. Cause-effect Relation
Markers:
since, as, because, for, so, thus, consequently, therefore, hence, due to, result in, result from, as a result, for this reason, accordingly, so that, so…that, such…that
1. Most of us agreed; however, Bill dissented.
2. Peter was not frugal since he spent money so freely. 3. Jane was talking with others while Eliza remained reticent all the time.
I. Definition
1. Anthropology means the scientific study of man.
2. Arteriosclerosis is the narrowing and hardening of the arteries that carry blood to the heart. 3. Kleptomania is considered to be an illness of the mind that gives a person the desire to steal.
VII. General Knowledge
4. Sometimes the air is too filthy to breathe and rivers are too filthy to swim in or take water from. 5. The snake slithered through the grass. 6. When you throw a stone into still water of a lake, you will watch a ripple spread in rings on the surface of water. 7. When a doctor performs an operation on a patient, he usually gives an anaesthetic to make him unconscious, because he does not want his patient to feel pain or to know what is happening to him.
I. Definition
7. Tornadoes (violent and destructive whirl wind) normally occur on hot, humid (a little wet) day, but noБайду номын сангаас necessarily in the summer.
II. Restatement