英语高考说明文阅读.docx
英语高考说明文阅读
ExplanationtextisacommonlytestedgenreinEnglishexamssuchasthehighschoolentranceexamination.Itaimstoprovideaclearanddetailedexplanationordescriptionofaparticularprocess,concept,orphenomenon.Toeffectivelytacklethistypeofreading,oneneedstounderstanditscharacteristicsandstructure,aswellasobtainstrategiesandtipstoanswerthequestions.
Thestructureofanexplanationtextusuallyconsistsofanintroduction,bodyparagraphs,andaconclusion.Theintroductionsetsthecontextandpurposeofthetext,whilethebodyparagraphspresentthemaininformation,stepbystep,inalogicalorder.Theconclusionsummarizesthemainpointsandmayprovideanadditionalinsightoropinion.
Intermsofcontent,explanationtextsoftencoverawiderangeoftopics,suchasscientificprocesses,historicalevents,socialissues,ortechnologicaladvancements.Itiscrucialtoreadandunderstandthetextthoroughlyinordertoanswerthequestionscorrectly.
Toeffectivelyapproachanexplanationtext,onecanfollowseveralstrategies.Firstly,carefullyreadthetitleorheadingtogetanideaofthetopic.Thiswillhelpactivatepriorknowledgeandcreateamentalframeworkforunderstandingthetext.Then,readtheintroductionandconclusiontograspthemainideaandpurposeofthetext.Payattentiontoanyboldedorhighlightedkeywordsthatmayindicateimportantconceptsorsteps.
Asyoureadthebodyparagraphs,underlineorhighlightkeyideasanddetails,suchassteps,causesandeffects,orexamples.Thiswillfacilitatecomprehensionandmakeiteasiertoanswertheaccompanyingquestions.Takenoteofanytransitionwordsorphrases,suchasfirstly,however,orinconclusion,astheysignaltheorganizationandlogicalflowofthetext.
Itisalsocrucialtounderstandthecontext,purpose,andtargetaudienceoftheexplanationtext.Thiswillhelpyouidentifytheauthorstoneandwritingstyle