Reading skills: how to read in thought groups
tips:
read for ideas: an idea is usually contained in a group of words
read from thought group to thought group
make less stops in reading
Time slows down------Company is the best confession of love
Guidance for learning
1. Fast-reading.Read the text quickly: the first and the last paragraph+the beginning sentenceof each paragraph.
2. Read theword list aloud. If you are not sure about your pronunciation, please readafter the tape.
3. Read the text twice more and sum up the main idea: what is this article about? What details do you notice? Try to answer these questions with the book closed.
4. Write down your answers to questions in Ex3 on P53.
5. Pay special attention to the following sentences ant try to put them into Chinese
1) He nods, puts his hands on the arms of his wheelchair, whispers something that makes little sense.
2) We entre a little hut. Barrels of salty water, string bags of shellfish, bundles of fish laid out on ice.
3) While he hangs up our coats, I test one pinch. Smelly. smoky, salty.
4) Not that he often gets up on his own, but once in a while he'll suddenly have a surge of strength.
5) He is impatient with the walker as I accompany him to the dinning room.
6) He takes a sip of his champagne, and then with steady fingers picks up a slice of eel and downs it easily.
6. Check answers to the exercises
Ex.2 D B C C C D D A
Ex.4 1) awkward 2) stretch 3) overtaking 4) delicate 5) anticipate 6) immense
7) reluctance 8) suspicious 9) somplain 10) melted
Ex.5 1) (be laid) out 2) (care) for 3) (be impatient) with 4) (a surge )in/of
5) (once) in (a while) 6) (slow) down 7) (accompany sb.) to 8) (get) aboard
Ex. 6 1) So did the ache in his legs.
2) Nor does his mother.
3) so did other television news programs and major newspapers.
Ex.7 1) Not that I don't like your apple pie, but that my doctor tells me not to have any.
2) Not that she is unwilling to help you, but that she is tied up with extra work these days
3) Not that some coffee beans or tea bags are more flavorful than others, but that people love changes.
Collocation:
1) effort 2) decision 3) preparations 4) arrangements 5) meal 6) mess
7) complaints 8) attempts 9) sense 10) excuses 11) suggestions 12) contribution
