[外语学习]英语泛读第一册答案.doc

Unit 1 University Student Life I. Objective: 1. Go over the whole text in limited time and try to get the main idea of the passage 2. Get some information about Context Clues II. Time Arrangement 1. Explanation of Context and Word Pretest: 1 teaching period 2. Text, Reading Skill and Suffix: 1 teaching period In-Class Activity, the 1st step Reading Skill: Context Clues to Word Meaning (p. 1) 1. What is context? the parts of a sentence, paragraph, discourse(语段,论著), etc. immediately next to or surrounding a specified word or passage and determining its exact meaning (Webster) the words or sentences before or after the item your don’t know (Textbook) e. g. The theme of Jane Eyre is about equality between man and woman. (What are served as context to “theme”?) 1. Jane Eyre 2. of 3. is about 4. equality between man and woman 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 specified word or expression. e. g. The theme of Jane Eyre is about equality between man and woman. (What clues does the context provide for “theme”?) 1. Jane Eyre title of a novel 2. of to show grammatical relationship 3. is about to show grammatical relationship 4. equality between man and woman political claim / idea) (What does “theme” in this context mean?) Theme: 1. central idea of a novel (by context) 2. the main subject or idea in a piece of writing, speech, film, etc. (Longman) Explanation A context clue can sometimes be from the context in the form of definition. The clue from this kind of context is usually called definition clue. Sometime a clue is from the context in the form of examples or items, so we can easily guess the meaning of the specified word or expression by the examples or the items. The clue from this kind of context is usually called example clue. 3. What is a definition clue? A definition clue is information provided by the words