基础商务英语阅读二（22级）

赵洪霞

目录

  • 1 Unit 1 Flexible Working
    • 1.1 Topic Introduction
    • 1.2 Reading Skills Focus
    • 1.3 Practical Reading
    • 1.4 Reading Comprehension
  • 2 Unit 2 Career  Trainning and Management
    • 2.1 Topic Introduction
    • 2.2 Reading Skills Focus
    • 2.3 Practical Reading
    • 2.4 Comprehensive Reading
  • 3 Work Attitude
    • 3.1 Topic Introduction
    • 3.2 Reading Skills Focus
    • 3.3 Practical Reading
    • 3.4 Comprehensensive Reading
  • 4 军训期间学习资源
    • 4.1 文化中国
    • 4.2 四级阅读
    • 4.3 商务资讯
  • 5 Unit 4 Leadership
    • 5.1 Topic Introduction
    • 5.2 Reading  Skills Focus
    • 5.3 Practical Reading
    • 5.4 Comprehensive Reading
  • 6 Unit 5 Health and Success
    • 6.1 Topic Introduction
    • 6.2 Reading Skill Focus
    • 6.3 Practical Reading
    • 6.4 Comprehensive Reading
  • 7 Unit 6 Business Conferences
    • 7.1 Topic Introduciton
    • 7.2 Reading Skill Focus
    • 7.3 Practical Reading
    • 7.4 Comprehensive Reading
  • 8 Unit 7 Team Work
    • 8.1 Topic Introduciton
    • 8.2 Reading Skill Focus
    • 8.3 Practical Reading
    • 8.4 Comprehensive Reading
  • 9 Unit 8 Business Environment
    • 9.1 Topic Introduction
    • 9.2 Reading Skill Focus
    • 9.3 Practical Reading
    • 9.4 Comprehensive Reading
Reading Skills Focus
  • 1 阅读技巧
  • 2 课堂训练
  • 3 轻松一刻
  • 4 实用阅读
  • 5 作业

Part 2 Reading Skill Focus 

Predicting What Comes Next

Making predictions while you are reading is a useful technique that helps you understand a passage better. In a passage, you can often predict what comes next from a sentence, the content of a paragraph, or the structure of a paragraph. You can base your prediction on the grammatical structure of a sentence, linking words, or on the logical development of the content.

The following logical connectors are often used to indicate the relationship of the context, from which you can predict what comes next.

Logical Connectors

Examples

Transition（转折）

but, however, unfortunately, although, on the contrary, 

on the other hand

Cause and Effect（因果）

because, since, as a result (of), consequently, thus, therefore

Supplement（递进）

furthermore, not only... but also..., moreover, in addition

Contrast（对比）

while, whereas, in contrast

Exemplification（举例）

for example, for instance, such as

 

Guided Example

Example 1

Read the sentence below about the use of humor and decide which sentence is most likely to follow.

In the West, we often try to build immediate rapport through humor, but of course, ________.

A. some claim that humor cannot or should not be explained

B. this is not universally seen to be appropriate in all contexts

C. humor frequently contains an unexpected, often sudden, shift in perspective

D. humor is essential to build a good business relationship

该句首先说“在西方，我们经常通过幽默来迅速建立良好的关系”，接下来是一个转折，因此可以推断，后半句的意思应该否定前半句的说法。因此B 选项是正确的，意思是“全世界范围来看，这并不是在所有场合下都适合的”。

Example 2

Read the passage below and decide what the next paragraph is likely to talk about.

The general terms “high context” and “low context” (popularized by Edward Hall) are used to describe broad-brush cultural differences between societies.

High context refers to societies or groups where people have close connections over a long period of time. Many aspects of cultural behavior are not made explicit because most members know what to do and what to think from years of interaction with each other. Your family is probably an example of a high context environment.

The next paragraph is most likely to talk about __________.

A. high context environment

B. family traditions

C. low context

D. cultural differences

本文第一段谈到了社会文化差异可以用两个术语“高语境”和“低语境”来表述。第 二段解释了什么是“高语境”。因此，从文章结构来看，下一段应该介绍什么是“低语境”，所以正确答案为C。