Reading-Strategies-Breakthrough-the-Vocabulary-Barriers.doc

Reading Strategies: Breakthrough the Vocabulary Barriers
学 习
目 标
Figure out the reading strategies of guessing new words according to
he context and make use of them through practice.
重 点
难 点
How to combine the strategies with your practice to improve your reading
ability.
【Lead in】
Word Game: Guessing words in pairs
pollute v. discount n.
measure v. voyage n.
float v. intelligent adj.
scream v. agricultural adj.
recognise v. altogether adv.
escape v./n. eventually adv.
【Presentation】 【 课堂随笔】

Skip :无关紧要的词汇“跳过去”
Guess : 影响阅读的词汇“猜出来”
Part One
（1） When a wise person misuses his wisdom, he will do great harm
to society.

（2）The passengers’belongings on the train are stored in their boxes,
baskets and netbags.

（3）He emptied the basket and filled it with fruit

Part Two
( 4 ) At the beginning they did not have enough capital to start a
business，nor were they able to borrow the amount of money they
needed from the bank.

Part Three
( 5 ) He is so homely，not at all as handsome as his brother.

( 6 ) Metal expands when heated and contracts when cooled.

Part Four
( 7 ) But sometimes，no rain falls for a long，long time. Then there is
a dry period，or drought．
( 8 ) It will be very hard but also very brittle—that is，it will break
easily.

Part Five
( 9 ) She is usually prompt for all her class，but today she arrived in
the middle of her first class.

Part Six
(10) The lack of movement caused the muscles to weaken. Sometimes
the weakness was permanent．So the player could never play the sport
again.

Part Seven
( 11 ) Cars must have certain safety devices such as seat belt，
headlights，and good brakes.

Part Eight
（12）When you throw a stone into still water of a lake, you will watch
a ripple spread in rings on the surface of water.

(13 ) Most of the roses are beginning to winter because of the cold.

【Summary】

【Practice】
Practice 1
Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not bring so much material home in the first place.
1. What does the underlined phrase “that over-consumption” refer to?
A. Using too much packaging.
B. Recycling too many wastes.
C. Making more products than necessary.
D. Having more material than is needed.

Practice 2
Can dogs and cats live in perfect harmony in the same home? People who are thinking about adopting a dog as a friend for their cats are worried that they will fight. A recent research has found a new recipe of success. According to the study, if the cat is adopted before the dog, and if they are introduced when still young (less than 6 months for cats, a year for dogs), it is highly probable that the two pets will get along swimmingly. Two-thirds of the homes interviewed reported a positive relationship between their cat and dog..
2. The underlined word swimmingly in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ___.
A. Early B. sweetly C. Quickly D. smoothly

Practice 3
When something goes wrong, it can be very satisfying to say, “Well, it’s so-and-so’s fault.” or “I know I’m late, but it’s not my fault; the car broke down.” It is probably not your fault, but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation, you are a loser.
You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation. This is the winner’s key to success.
3. The underlined word remedy in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ___.
A. Avoid B. accept C. improve D. consider

Practice 4
We have two daughters：Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four. Last Sunday evening, we invited some people home for dinner.
The guests arrived. I introduced my two daughters to each of them. The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids.
Each of the guests made a particular fuss over Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and her smile. They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.
I thought to myself that we adults usually make a big “to do” over the younger one because she’s the one who seems more easily hurt. We do it with the best of intentions. But we seldom think of how it might affect the other child...
4. The underlined expression “make a big ‘to do’ over” (paragraph 4)means ____.
A. show much concern about B. have a special effect on
C. list jobs to be done for D. do good things for

Practice 5
Being considered a leader in our society is indeed of high praise. Leadership means power, commands respect and, most important, encourages achievement. Unlike vitamin C, leadership skills can’t be easily swallowed down. They must be carefully cultivated.
Different from popular belief, most good leaders are made, not born. They learn their skills in their everyday lives. But which do they develop? How do they (and how can you) get others to follow?
5. The underlined word “cultivated” (paragraph 1)roughly means ____.
A. encouraged B. compared C. examined D. developed
【 Homework】
1．We studied the board critically. Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard，rocking the sheets to the right or left while we conjured_up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten-dollar grand prize，each and every one of us. I’m going to spend mine on candies, one hopeful would announce, while another practiced looking serious, wise and rich.
1. The underlined phrase probably means___________.
A．formed an idea for B．made an outline for
C．made some space for D．chose some colors for

2． Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say (有发言权)．
“My parents were on the ‘before' side of that change，but today's_parents，the_40yearolds，were_on_the_‘after'_side，” explains Mr. Ballmer.
2. By saying “today's parents，the 40yearolds，were on the ‘after' side.” Mr. Ballmer means that today's parents______．
A．follow the trend of the change B．can set a limit to the change
C．fail to take the change seriously D．have little difficulty adjusting to the change

3．My most vivid memory is being woken and brought down to sit on my father's knee，his arm in a bandage. He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war. For as long as I can remember，he had a weak heart. Mother said it was caused by the torpedoes. He said_it_was because of the cigarettes. Whichever，he died suddenly in his early 50s.
3. The underlined word “it” refers to the father‘s______．
A．weak heart B．taking a shore job
C．failure to return to sea D．injury caused by a torpedo
【 Word Game】抢答环节

【 综合反馈】
自我评价
□优秀 □良好 □好 □一般 □有待提高
小组评价
□好 □中 □差
组长签名

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