英语阅读练习第一册

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<英语阅读> 第一册
Unit Two Culture Shock
In-classroom Activity
The First Step Reading Skill: Context Clues to Word Meaning
1. Review
Reading Skill: ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱontext Clue to Word Meaning I-2
The relationship between the specific word and the example clues is that the things described by the words in the example clues are included in the specific word.
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
e. g. 1. Housekeeping involves cooking, washing
dishes, sweeping and cleaning. (p. 2) 2. Linguistics, made up of phonetics, grammar
context: signs Dictionary: any condition accompanying or
resulting from a disease or a physical disorder and serving as an aid in diagnosis
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
2. Further Knowledge (p. 1)
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
What is an example clue?
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
What is an example clue? An example clue refers to the information
e. g. 1. The faculty of that university, whether old or
young, male or female, are hard-working and diligent.
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
(Textbook: context means: “the words or sentences before or after the item you don’t know.” p. 1)
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
2. What is a context clue?
provided by the context by using examples or specific items to explain the word or expression in the same context.
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
and lexicology, is a science with long history.
Practice of context clues (p. 19)
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
1. The symptoms range from being ill at ease to being seriously depressed. Feeling homesick, unhappy, and very sensitive are other signs of culture shock.
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
3. When President Torrijos of Panama met Carter, he tried to give him friendly abrazo (hug).
Context: hug Dictionary: an embrace or hug, esp. in greeting a person
1. What is context?
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
What is context?
the parts of a sentence, paragraph, discourse, etc. immediately next to or surrounding a specified word or passage and determining its exact meaning (Webster)
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
2. When the student meets another miserable person form the same country, he will pour out his unhappy feelings. Together they can complain in their native language.
A. a close friend B. a person who works with C. a person one has met but doesn’t know very well D. a classmate
Word Pretest
an acquaintance – a person who you know, esp. through work or business, but who is not a close friend
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
3. What is a definition clue?
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
What is a definition clue?
e. g. 2. Desks, such as classroom desk, computer
desk, studying desk, etc. have only one working side, while tables have four working sides.
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
context: pour out unhappy feelings Dictionary: to claim or express pain, displeasure,
etc.
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
3. When President Torrijos of Panama met Carter, he tried to give him friendly abrazo (hug).
A definition clue is the information provided by the context directly or indirectly to define the word or expression. It may appear as a dictionary definition, but in most cases they appear in the simpler words or phrases.
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
4. Psychologists tell us that there are five distinct phases (or stages) of culture shock.
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
1. The symptoms range from being ill at ease to being seriously depressed. Feeling homesick, unhappy, and very sensitive are other signs of culture shock.
2. When the student meets another miserable person form the same country, he will pour out his unhappy feelings. Together they can complain in their native language.
context: moving backward Dictionary: going back; return; movement backward
In-classroom Activity The Second Step
Word Pretest (p. 16)
Word Pretest
1. My cousin is an acquaintance of the president of that company; they greet each other when they meet.
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
2. What is a context clue?
A context clue refers to the hint or information guessed from or provided by the meaning of the context to help understand the particular word or expression.
4. Psychologists tell us that there are five distinct phases (or stages) of culture shock.
context: stages Dictionary: any of the stages or forms in any
series or cycle of changes, as in development
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
5. The word “regression” means moving backward, and in this phase of culture shock, you spend much of your time speaking your own language, watching videos from your home country, or eating food from home.
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2
5. The word “regression” means moving backward, and in this phase of culture shock, you spend much of your time speaking your own language, watching videos from your home country, or eating food from home.
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