英语阅读技巧1makinganinference.ppt

1、Part 4 of Unit III,Making an Inference,Step I Basic Skills,1. Definition of Making an inference In making an inference, the reader is required to reach a decision based on evidence he thinks to be true. Inference is a statement about the unknown made on the basis of the known. Making an inference fo

2、rces the mind to bridge the gap between the obvious and the suggested, between the stated and unstated.,2. Notice: a reader who is unresponsive to the subtle uses of language cannot fully understand or enjoy what he reads. Slim delicate 苗条的 脆弱的,柔弱娇嫩 skinny emaciated 皮包骨头的, 很瘦的, 瘦弱的, 憔悴的 1). Hes very

3、_, sir, I replied: and scarecly likely to reach manhood. “他很娇,先生”,我回答,“而且好象他不会长大成人”。 2) She is so _that attracts a lot of men. 3) He has become so _ because of lung cancer. 4)他瘦骨嶙峋的，当不了举重运动员。 He looks much too _to be a weight-lifter.,delicate,slim,emaciated,skinny,图画,picture: The most general one. (

4、彩图) painting: pictures with color. (绘画 图画) drawing: A picture made with a pen, pencil and crayon. Sketch, diagrams and graphs are all drawings. (草图) sketch: A rough not detailed drawing. (曲线图) graph: A diagram in which a straight line, curved, or zigzag line shows how two sets of numbers or measurem

5、ents are related. (插图) illustration: A picture to go with words of a book. (图样 草图) draft: The first rough written form of anything. (平面图) plan: A line drawing of a building as it might been seen from above. (主视图) elevation: A flat upright side of a building. (海图) chart: A map esp. a detailed map of

6、a sea area.,(图解 图表) diagram: A drawing, figure that shows the arrangement of something. block diagram框图；方块图 schematic diagram原理图，示意图 phase diagram物理（表示物质的各种相态平衡关系的）相图 flow diagram流程图；作业图 circuit diagram电路图；线路图,Block diagram,schematic diagram,circuit diagram,Tree diagram,phase diagram,生气 气愤,anger: Th

7、e most general one. (易怒) be cross: Feeling easy to get angry. (愤慨) indignation: (fml) Anger. It stresses righteous anger at what one considers unfair, mean or shameful. We expressed our indignation at the ruthless exploitation. (愤怒) wrath: literary.It suggests a desire on intent to revenge or punish

8、. (狂怒) rage: Wild, violent anger. It suggests loss of self- control from violence of emotion. in a rage /to fall into a rage. (暴怒) fury: Violent, extreme and destructive anger. She flew into a fury.,Sample,Nursing home私人疗养院：rest home，sanitarium Filial piety孝顺 Cataract白内障,Step II. Exercises,Passage 1

9、: ACDC 1. Block party 街区晚会 2. Cocoon闭门独处，过着茧式生活 宅男宅女homebody, shut-in; 一天到晚坐在沙发上看电视的人叫 couch potato 人脉广: well-connected 3.North Dakotan 北达科他州 Diamonds cut diamonds 棋逢对手 Passage 2：DCBA The Caucasus高加索地区 Cossack cavalry哥萨克骑兵,Division师 班 排 squad platoon 团 营 regiment battalion btljn, 旅, 队, 组 师 军 brigade

10、 brigeid Division army 消防队 fire brigade,Passage 3：BCD 1.Hustler: 非常活跃之人,骗子，票贩子 Hustle and bustle喧闹繁忙 2. be put in irons被戴上手铐 3.reading朗诵会 Passage 4：ACAB The Panama Canal 巴拿马运河 Cape Horn好望角，合恩角 Passage 5：CAAB Passage 6：BCDC Gullivers Travels 格列佛游记英国小说家斯威夫特 Huckleberry Finn哈克贝利 费恩历险记美国马克吐温 Byron 拜伦 Na

11、tive Son 美国之子理查德莱特,Passage 7：DDCA Bar 律师业 Passage 8：BACA Passage 9：BCCA Fox terrier一种凶猛的短毛狗 Passage 10：AABCD Passage 11：DBBDA Passage 12：CDAD Crude plow犁 Practically几乎，简直，实际上 Cast-iron铸铁,Passage 13：ACDCBA Christianity 基督教 pagan era异教徒时代，多神教时代，不信教时代 Viking海盗 Passage 14：CBAB Passage 15：ADDBBC Passage 16：ACBC Comm