中级英语阅读（雅思阅读）

吴雨浛

目录

  • 1 Course Overview
    • 1.1 What is a long sentence?
    • 1.2 How do you identify the trunk in a long sentence?
    • 1.3 How do you apply linearity to translating a long sentence?
    • 1.4 Four general IELTS reading questions
    • 1.5 IELTS reading strategies
    • 1.6 Unit Test (Module 1)
  • 2 Anthropology
    • 2.1 Required reading:9-2-1 Hearing impairment in young children in New Zealand
      • 2.1.1 Trunk in a long sentence preceded with a noun phrase
      • 2.1.2 Trunk in a long sentence preceded with an adverbial clause of concession
      • 2.1.3 Linearity in translting an attributive clause
      • 2.1.4 Background of the text
      • 2.1.5 IELTS reading questions-matching information,short answer questions,multiple and single choice
        • 2.1.5.1 Matching information（段落信息匹配）
        • 2.1.5.2 Short answer questions（简答）
        • 2.1.5.3 Single choice（单选）
      • 2.1.6 Reading and critical thinking-Care for the social vulnerable groups
    • 2.2 Recommended reading: 9-2-3 A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently
    • 2.3 Recommended reading: 9-3-1 Attitudes to language
    • 2.4 Recommended reading: 9-4-2 Young children’s sense of identity
    • 2.5 Recommended reading:12-1-2 Collecting as a Hobby
  • 3 Biology and Environment
    • 3.1 Required reading:9-1-3 The History of the Tortoise
      • 3.1.1 Trunk in a long sentence preceded with a gerund phrase
      • 3.1.2 Trunk in a long sentence preceded with a noun phrase（pronoun)
      • 3.1.3 A pair of commas(brackets)offsetting a parenthetical element
      • 3.1.4 Background of the Text
      • 3.1.5 IELTS reading questions-short answer questions,True/False/Not Given,flow chart,multiple choice
        • 3.1.5.1 Short answer questions(简答)
        • 3.1.5.2 True/False/Not Given(判断)
        • 3.1.5.3 Flow chart(流程图)
        • 3.1.5.4 Multiple choice(single choice)(选择)
      • 3.1.6 Reading and critical thinking-Economic development and environmental protection
    • 3.2 Recommended reading:8-3-3 How Does the Biological Clock Tick?
    • 3.3 Recommended reading:8-4-2 Biological Control of Pets
    • 3.4 Recommended reading:7-3-3 European forests protection
  • 4 Technology
    • 4.1 Required reading:9-1-2 Is There Anybody Out There?
      • 4.1.1 Trunk in a long sentence joined by semicolon
      • 4.1.2 Trunk in a long sentence preceded with an adverbial clause of time
      • 4.1.3 A short trunk in a long sentence
      • 4.1.4 Linearity in translating an attributive clause
      • 4.1.5 Background of the Text-Exposition
      • 4.1.6 IELTS reading questions-List of Headings,short answer questions,Yes/No/Not Given
        • 4.1.6.1 List of Headings(段落主题句)
        • 4.1.6.2 Short answer questions(简答)
        • 4.1.6.3 Yes/No/Not Given(判断)
      • 4.1.7 Reading and critical thinking-Search for alien civilization
    • 4.2 Recommended reading：9-1-1 William Henry Perkins
    • 4.3 Recommended reading:9-2-2 Venus in Transit
    • 4.4 Recommended reading:9-3-2 Tidal Power
    • 4.5 Recommended reading:9-3-3 Information Theory---the big idea
    • 4.6 Recommended reading：9-4-1 The Life and Work of Marie Curie
    • 4.7 Recommended reading:5-2-1BAKELITE The birth of modern plastics
  • 5 Society
    • 5.1 Required reading:8-1-3 Telepathy
      • 5.1.1 Trunk in a long sentence preceded with a noun phrase（pronoun)
      • 5.1.2 Trunk in a long sentence preceded with an adverbial clause of time
      • 5.1.3 A pair of dashes（破折号）offsetting a parenthetical element
      • 5.1.4 Background of the text
      • 5.1.5 IELTS reading questions-Sentence completion,table completion
        • 5.1.5.1 Sentence completion(完成句子)
        • 5.1.5.2 Table completion(表格)
      • 5.1.6 Reading and critical thinking-Spirit of scientific research
    • 5.2 Recommended reading:9-4-3 The development of museums　　
    • 5.3 Recommended reading:8-1-2 Air traffic control in the USA
  • 6 Business and Management
    • 6.1 Required reading:7-2-2 The True Cost of Food
      • 6.1.1 Trunk in a sentence ending with “as” + a non-restrictive attributive clause
      • 6.1.2 Trunk in a sentence joined by the coordinating conjunction of “but”
      • 6.1.3 Background of the text (7-2-2)
      • 6.1.4 IELTS reading questions and summarizing
        • 6.1.4.1 Matching information（段落信息匹配）
        • 6.1.4.2 Yes，No or Not Given（判断）
        • 6.1.4.3 Summary completion（概述填空）
      • 6.1.5 Reading and critical thinking-Loss of biodiversity
    • 6.2 Recommended reading: Business Communication:How Culture Affects Communication
    • 6.3 Recommended reading：Business Negotiation
  • 7 Archaeology and History
    • 7.1 Required reading:8-1-1 A Chronicle of Timekeeping
      • 7.1.1 Trunk in a long sentence preceded wit a pronoun(noun phrase)
      • 7.1.2 Trunk in a long sentence joined by a semicolon
      • 7.1.3 Trunk in a long sentence preceded with “so”— partial inversion(部分倒装)
      • 7.1.4 Background of the text(8-1-1)
      • 7.1.5 IELTS reading questions-matching information;matching features;labelling(Diagram)
        • 7.1.5.1 Matching information（段落信息匹配）
        • 7.1.5.2 Matching features(人名匹配理论）
        • 7.1.5.3 Labelling/Diagram(图形题）
      • 7.1.6 Reading and critical thinking-making the best use of time
    • 7.2 Recommended reading:12-2-2 The Lost City
    • 7.3 Recommended reading:7-2-1Why pagodas  don't  fall down
  • 8 Culture and Art
    • 8.1 Recommended reading:13-1-3 Artificial Artists
  • 9 Final Testing
IELTS reading strategies
  • 1 课件
  • 2 课程视频
  • 3 章节测验

1.5 IELTSreading strategies P1-6

P1 Nowlet’s look at Section 1.5 IELTS Reading Strategies. IELTS reading incorporatesthree passages (roughly 1000-1400 words per passage excerpted from well-knownscientific journals ) and 40 questions in total, which is highly challenging tomost Chinese readers pertaining to the pressure of reading speed and accuracy.In the part of language acquisition, we have acquired insights to identify thetrunk in a long sentence and techniques to apply linearity in translating along sentence into Chinese in order to improve reading efficiency. Based onwhich, we are going to explore a three-step fast reading strategy in thissection. This fast reading strategy is question-driven& synonym-driven:

Step 1. Identifythe sentence trunk(SVO主谓宾/SVP主系表) and key words in the questions.

Step 2. Locate inthe original text based on the key words identified in the questions.

Step 3. Confirmanswers based on the synonym-driven model.

P2 To be specific,we can adopt skimming to get the general idea by reading theopening & concluding paragraphs, or the topic sentence (e.g. the 1st,the 2nd ,the last, or the 1st+the last sentence of each paragraph,etc.).

We can also use scanning to acquire specific information. While scanning,we shall pay close attention to such locating words as figures, capitalized,italic and bold letters, proper nouns including names of people, place,country, company, organization, etc.

P3 Also, we shall stay calm andmake full use of both skimming and scanning when necessary, we shall also makeadjustments of reading strategy & speed according to different types ofquestions. Above all, we shall pay special attention to such signposts asmarker words, connectors, linking words and transitional words.

P4 Let me summarize what we havelearned in Part 2 in order to read faster:

1.   four types of questions in IELTS reading

-matching &LH

-filling in theblanks

-multiple choice

-True, False orNot Given,/Yes, No or Not Given

2.   a 3-step general reading strategy

step 1:Identifying sentence trunk and the key words in the questions;

step 2: Locatingin the original text based on the key words;

step 3:Confirming answers based on synonyms.

3.  fast reading training

-skimming 略读

-scanning 寻读

P5 Last but not least, I would sum up the important pointsin Module 1: this course is intended to realize the objective of knowledge,ability and quality from such three areas:

1.     Language acquisition: identify the trunk and modifiers ofa long sentence, and subsequently translate them into Chinese via linearity;

2.     Reading strategies: summarize various IELTS readingquestions into four types, and follow a three-step general reading strategy toread faster along with skimming and scanning; build up students ‘criticalthinking, team-work spirit and patriotism outlook, etc.

P6 Now, you have finished the task of Module 1.Congratulations! Bye bye!