NHCE RW BK3U3-B1.ppt

I. Predicting an Author’s Ideas One way to read effectively is to predict. Making predictions while reading keeps your mind involved in the passage. It is a great aid in understanding what comes next. Take Section A for example: Examples:  Title of Passage A: Where Principles Come First The passage might be about the following points: 1). What are the principles that come first? 2). Why should we put forward the principles first? 3). How are the principles accepted or appreciated or even rejected by some others? 4). Who put forward the principles? 5). Why did he or she put forward the principles? 6).What are the striking characteristics of the person who put forward the principles? 7). Are the principles being beneficial to others? 8). What can we learn from the principles? If we read the passage with care, we can find that the article only deals with some of the questions listed above, not all the questions. This is the process which is going on all the time when we are reading something with active understanding. II. Exercise：Make Your Prediction 1. Buying a personal computer is never easy, no matter how much you know about them. You expect the author to mention______. 2. In both Japan and China, people have long believed that earthquakes can be forecast. One of the techniques to extend the ideas is making comparison in details. A writer says that a western-style conversation between two people is like a game of tennis (volleyball; table tennis). A Japanese-style conversation, however, is like bowling. Discuss the differences between a western-style conversation and a Japanese-style conversation. 6. fall through (L32): fail to be completed; come to nothing 失败，成为泡影 e.g. three successive days 连续三天 comparison succession n. 连续，继承 a succession of 一连串 succession tax 继承税，遗产税 I. Old to New difficult to understand able to move better, stronger go for advice easily damaged throw away com