reading_skill_--Distinguishing_Between_Facts_and_Opinions.ppt

DistinguishingBetweenFactsandOpinions Itisveryimportanttotellfactsfromthewriter sopinionsduringthecourseofreading Thenwhatarefacts Andopinions facts whatreallyhappened objective 客观的 opinions ideas feelings judgementsorbeliefthatyougetfromfacts subjective 主观的 Example1 Sandysatthere FactorOpinion Ofcourseitisafact Sandy ssittingthereisobjectivelyanaction Thewriterdoesn tmakeanycommentonit Example2 It sprobablythatawfulmusicthatwakesmeupeverymorning It sanopinion Why Becausethewriterhasshownhisfeelingorjudgmentofthemusicbyusingthewordawful Isthemusicreallyawful Itdepends Youmaynotthinkinthatway FactorOpinion Thebiggestdifficultyindistinguishingfactsfromopinions Whenyouagreewiththewriter sopinions youmaytakethosesubjectivethingsforgranted thatis youmaymistakeopinionsforfacts e g He ssogoodlooking smartandfunny FactorOpinion It sanopinion Why Maybeyoualsothinkthesameasthewriterthatheisgoodlooking butitdoesn tmeanotherpeoplewillacceptthisidea Goodlooking smart and funny arejustthejudgementsofthewriterandnotnecessarilythetruth Canyoudistinguishbetweenfactsandopinions Opinion Fact Althoughtherearemanyalarmist 危言耸听的 speechesmadetothecontrary infact mancompletelycontrolnuclearpowerplants B Theamountofmoneyinvested 投资 annually 每年 bythisgovernment onenvironmentalissuesalone is 2m Opinion Fact C Itisclearthattheonlyreasonablesolutiontoreturntonatureistotap 开发 nuclearpower D Fossil 化石 fuels 燃料 provideasafealternative 选择 fornuclearpower Opinion Fact Q A Matching MultipleChoice I Q A 1 Whatarethegeneralbenefitsofexercise Para 1 Tostrengthentheheartandlungs bonesandmuscles 2 Whatisanotherbenefitofexerciseaccordingtotheauthor mainideaofthetext Poweringupthebrain Physicalactivityhasapositiveeffectonmentalfunctioning Theexperimentwithrats Paras 3 4 Results Para 4 Group1 Group2 Group3 II Matching runninginsideanautomaticwheel inacomplicatedobstaclecourse inactive Agreaternumberofbrainconnections Agreaterdensityofbloodvessels Conclusions Para 2 Vigorousphysicalexerciseprovidesthebrainwithmorefuel Skill basedexercisemakesthebrainprocessinformationbetter III MultipleChoice Paras 5 11 1 Whatresultsinthelowspeedofreactionofolderadults A Theirage Choosethemostappropriateoneaccordingtothetext B Theirpoorshape C Theirdecliningphysicalconditions 2 Whatisthereductioninmentalfunctionofolderadultsattributedtoaccordingtosomescientists A Medicines B Poordiet C Neglectingtostayphysicallyactive D Alloftheabove 3 WhatisveryimportantforbrainmaintenanceaccordingtoDanielM Landers A Areadingprogram B Diet C Anexerciseprogram D AphysicalExamination 4 WhatwasNOTmentionedaboutthereasonsfortheacademicadvantagesgainedbytakingpartinsports A Self confidence B Strongermuscles C Bettermood D Theabilitytoconcentrate 5 WhymaythosewhoexercisetacklementalchallengesbetteraccordingtoPierceJ Howard A Becausetheyhavemorenervecells B Becausetheyhavemorebrainchemicals C Becausetheyhavestrongermuscles Becausetheyoftenhavegoodsleep 6 Whatisthemostbeneficialformofexercise A Bodyexercise B Exerciseonmind C Exerciseengagingbothbodyandmind D Noneoftheabove SentenceStructure 1 Incontrast possessedagreaterdensityofbloodvesselsinthebrainthandideitheroftheothertwogroupsofanimals L15 SentenceStructure than从句的主语较长或带有长的修饰语时则倒装 e g Ispendlessthandonineoutoftenpeopleinmyposition 我花费的 比在我职位上十分之九的人少 2 hesaysitislogicaltomaketheinferencethataneffectfoundinratsmayalsoapplytohumans L22 thataneffectfoundinrats thataneffectwhichisfoundinrats 3 thatregularexercisecanimprovethespeedwithwhichthebrainprocessesinformation L24 thespeedwithwhichthebrainprocessesinformation thebrainprocessesinformationwiththespeed Blankfilling Istillcanrememberthehouse whichIwasborn in 4 Thisboostinreactiontimeafterexercisetrainingmayoccurbecausedeclinesassociatedwithgettingoldcouldactuallystemfromdeclinesinphysicalcondition L29 becausedeclinesassociatedwithgettingold decline n Canyouchangethatpartintoanattributiveclause 5 Somescientistsspeculatethereductioninmentalfunctionoftenattributedtogettingoldmayreallybeapenaltyofneglectingtostayphysicallyactive inadditiontorelatedfactorssuchasmedicinesandpoordiet L30 Splitthecomplexsentenceintoseveralsimplesentences Somescientistsspeculate Thereductioninmentalfunctionisoftenattributedtogettingold Thereductioninmentalfunctionmayreallybeapenaltyofneglectingtostayphysicallyactive apenaltyofneglectingtostayphysicallyactive apunishmentfornotkeepingphysicallyactive Studythefollowingsentencesandcombinethemintoonesentence Canyoulocatethesentenceinthetext 6 Butuntilrecently theacademicedgegainedbyparticipatinginsportswasthoughttocomefromtheincreasedself confidence thebettermood andtheabilitytoconcentratethatcomesfromburningoffsteaminexercise L38 Theacademicedgeisgainedbyparticipatinginsports Theacademicedgewasthoughttocomefromtheincreasedself confidence thebettermood andtheabilitytoconcentrate Theabilitytoconcentratecomesfromburningoffsteaminexercise WordUsing WordUsing WordUsing WordUsing WordUsing WordUsing WordUsing WordUsing 1 successionn L2 successive adj 连续的 继承的successor n 继任者 区分successn 成功succeedv 成功 Translationasuccessionoffailurethesuccessionoftheseasons Theteamhashadfivesuccessivevictories 一系列 连续的失败 四季的接续 这支队已经连续5次取得胜利了 Hissuccessorisayoungfellow 他的继任是个年轻小伙子 派生词 2 primarya L6 1 chief main Whatisyourprimaryobjectivethisterm Useit 2 primarya L6 2 primaryschool primaryeducationsecondaryeducationtertiaryeducation 初等 小学教育中等 中学教育高等教育 OtherMeaningsprimarytraining初步训练primarycommodity天然产品 3 providev L6 1 providesb withsth Sheepprovideuswithwool e g 羊供给我们羊毛 Heworkshardtoprovidefoodandclothesforhisfamily 2 providesth forsb e g 他努力工作养家活口 4 inresponseto L27 asananswerto 1 我们应该响应号召 保护环境 Translation Weshouldprotecttheenvironmentinresponsetothecall Hewenttoopenthedoorinresponsetoaknock 2 听到有人敲门 他走过去开门 5 attributev L31 Phraseattribute to believethatsth wascausedordonebysb sth Terryattributeshissuccesstohardwork Comparison Terry ssuccessisattributedtohardwork 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