阅读理解之：猜测词义 (罗).ppt

Reading Comprehension ----Guessing meanings of words If you come across new words while reading, what will you do? ignore them and continue reading; look them up in the dictionary; guess meanings of them Lead-in Now, let’s look at a test from last exam: Not many people have heard the story of the Christmas Truce(休战). On Christmas Day, 1988, a local radio host in Boston played “Christmas in the Trenches”, a song about the Christmas Truce, several times and was stunned by his listeners’ response. Thousands of people called in, praising the song, with many moved to tears by the amazing events it described.（2016年广州一模） 10. The underlined word “stunned” in Paragraph 4 most probably means _____. A. satisfied B. shocked C. amused D. confused The choices of our classmates: A B C D 张翼 刘杰锋 孔祥楷 陈铮廷 向山林 付东成 （6人） 32人 李佳华 罗东杰 （2人） 阳洋 陈思宇 （2人） How to guess the meanings of words ？ In Reading Comprehension, some questions are often raised in this way: 1. The word “…” refers to / probably means / could best be replaced by _______. 2.The word “…” is most likely to mean ______. 3. What do you think the expression “…” stands for? 4. The underlined word “…” means ______. ...... Step II: Methods of guessing word meanings 在词义猜测题的解题中，可以帮助理解词义的有效 信息，可划分为三个部分，即：语境、逻辑和构词 法。 语境中可以进行“定义”和“举例”； 逻辑中要考虑对比、并列、因果等关系； 构词法中的可用信息更多，例如前缀、后缀、 复合、转化等。 Context (1) It will be very hard but very brittle — that is, it will break easily. (2) The herdsman, who looks after sheep, earns about 650 yuan a year. adj. 易碎的； n. 牧羊人 (3) In fact, when it comes to the art of war, ants have no equal. They are completely fearless and will readily take on a creature much larger than themselves, attacking in large groups and overcoming their target. (2015年，安徽D) What does the underlined expression “take on” in Paragraph 3 mean? A. Accept B. Employ C. Play with D. Fight against Definition 定义法： 一般通过定义、定语 （从句）或同位语（从句）来确定词义。 (4) With the communication gadgets, such as mobile phones and iPads, pe