1、泛读 技能初养成UNIT 3 FOOD AND CULTURE阅读P32教材课文,选择最佳答案。1What is more likely to cause heart disease?AFatty food.BRoasted food.CSugar.DMeat.2What should we do if we want to be healthy?AEat less meat and more fruit.BHave fewer sweet drinks.CHave more candy bars.DEat more processed foods.3Which of the followin
2、g contains rich vitamins and fibre?AVegetables.BBeans.CDairy products.DMeat.4How should we eat our food?AChew it quickly.BEnjoy it slowly.CEat as much as possible.DEat a lot in one meal.5Whats the main idea of the passage?AA debate about fatty food.BWhat a healthy diet is.CHeart disease is the numbe
3、r one killer.DModeration is fundamental in life.答案 15 CBABB Words and Phrases知识要点1 regardless of 不管;不顾(教材 P32)This is true regardless of how healthy the rest of their diet might be.无论他们其他方面的饮食多么健康,都确实如此。例 1 I shall go regardless of the weather.无论天气怎么样我都要去。例 2 The allowance is paid regardless of age
4、or income.津贴发放不分年龄或收入。知识拓展(1)regardless of the fact that.不顾的事实(2)regardless adv.不管;不顾(3)in spite ofdespite 尽管;不顾 即学即练 单句语法填空/一句多译 They continued working regardless the fact that it was raining.Despite her recent surgery she has been carrying on(regard)We arrived at the station on time We arrived at
5、the station on time 尽管下着暴风雨,我们依旧准时到达了车站。ofregardlessregardless of the stormdespite/in spite of the storm名师点津 regardless of 强调“不认为重要”,从而不加以重视或考虑,其后可以接 the fact that.;其同义词 despite/in spite of 还有“尽管但是”之意,其后一般不接从句。知识要点2 quantity n数量;数额(教材 P32)Processed foods often contain less nutrition,and have higher
6、quantities of sugar,salt,and fat than fresh ingredients.加工食品通常含有较少的营养,并且比新鲜原料含有更多的糖、盐和脂肪。例 1 Quantities of food were spread out on the table.许多食品被摊放在桌子上。例 2 The quantity and quality of the fruit can be controlled.水果的数量与质量可以被控制。知识拓展(1)a large/small quantity oflarge/small quantities of“大/少量的”,既可以修饰可数名
7、词也可以修饰不可数名词 a(large/small)quantity of 后接名词作主语时,谓语常用单数形式(large/small)quantities of 后接名词作主语时,谓语常用复数形式(2)in quantity 在数量上;大量地 in large quantities 大量地 即学即练 单句语法填空/完成句子 Our government spent a large quantity money in stopping pollution.Every day in hot summer,a large quantity of beer(consume)ofis consumed
8、Large quantities of airconditioners(sell)since the summer is coming.He likes reading and always buys books in/in large(quantity)How can such be acquired?这么大量的知识怎样才能学到呢?have been soldquantityquantitiesa large quantity of knowledge知识要点3 ideal adj.完美的;理想的;想象的n理想;完美的人(或事物)(教材 P32)The ideal diet is a bal
9、anced one,without too much or too little of any one thing.理想的饮食是均衡的,任何一种东西都不要吃得太多或太少。例 1 Shes looking for a job but hasnt found her ideal yet.她在寻找一份工作,但迄今为止还没有找到理想的。例 2 Sam was a real leader who had high moral ideals.萨姆胸怀崇高的道德理想,是真正的领袖人物。知识拓展 the ideal and the real 理想与现实 realize/fulfil ones ideal(s)
10、实现理想 be ideal for 对极为适合 即学即练 单句语法填空/完成句子 The houses are absolutely ideal families with young children.In any case ideal and the real must always be referred to one another.Good excuses wont help you!美好的借口都不会帮助你实现自己的人生理想!This is 这是个存钱的最佳机会。fortherealize your life idealan ideal opportunity to save mon
11、ey知识要点4 trick n诀窍;计谋;把戏 vt.哄骗;欺骗(教材 P32)There is no one trick to healthy eating.健康饮食没有什么诀窍。例 1 An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不会新把戏。例 2 I thought I saw a ghost,but perhaps it was only a trick of the light.我以为我看见鬼了,但这大概不过是灯光在捉弄人。知识拓展(1)play tricks/a trick on sb.搞恶作剧;开某人玩笑 make fun of sb.取笑某人 p
12、lay a joke on sb.取笑某人(2)trick sb.out of sth.骗取某人某物into doing sth.哄骗某人做某事 即学即练 单句语法填空/完成句子 Dont take it seriously;she just wants to play a joke you.We were tricked buying a poor car,which made me very upset.She 她跟我开了一个玩笑。onintoplayed a trick on meSentence Patterns重点句式 while 引导时间状语从句(教材 P32)Put more s
13、imply,while people continue to argueover whether or not fatty food is dangerous,we already know that sugar is a killer.简而言之,当人们还在争论高脂肪食物是否危险时,我们已经知道糖是杀手。句式分析:句中 while 引导时间状语从句。例 1 While he was in prison,he wrote his first novel.他在狱中写出了第一部小说。例 2 Nothing much changed while he was away.他不在的时候,没有什么太大变化。
14、知识拓展(1)while 用作并列连词,表对比,意为“而”。(2)while 用作从属连词,引导时间状语从句,意为“在期间,当的时候”。从句中的谓语动词通常是延续性动词。(3)while 用作从属连词,引导让步状语从句,意为“虽然,尽管”,相当于 though。(4)while 用作从属连词,引导条件状语从句,意为“只要”,相当于 as long as。(5)while 用作名词,意为“一会儿;一段时间”,此时主要用于短语中;after a while过了一会儿;for a while暂时,一会儿;all the while一直,始终等。即学即练 完成句子,there is hope.只要有生
15、命就有希望。The boy is good at maths 那个男孩擅长数学而他妹妹擅长语文。,I cant agree with you.尽管我明白你的话,但我还是不同意。While there is lifewhile his sister is good at ChineseWhile I understand what you sayThey and then went to work.他们聊了一会儿,然后就去上班了。chatted for a while 标题归纳题典例剖析 I start every summer with the best of intentions:to at
16、tack one bigbook from the past,a classic that I was supposed to have read whenyoung and ambitious.Often the pairings of books and settings have been purely accidental:“Moby Dick”on a threeday crosscountry train trip:“The Magic Mountain”in a New England beachside cottage with no locks on the doors,no
17、 telephones or televisions in the rooms,and little to do beyond row on the salt pond.Attempting“The Man Without Qualities”on a return to Hawaii,my native state,however,was less fruitful:I made it through one and a quarter volumes(册),then decided that Id got the point and went swimming instead.But th
18、is summer I find myself at a loss.Im not quite interested inBalzac,say,or“Tristram Shandy”.Theres always War and Peace,which Ive covered some distance several times,only to get bogged downin the“War”part,set it aside for a while,and realize that I have to start over from the beginning again,having f
19、orgotten everyones name and social rank.How appealing to simply falls back on a favoriteonce more into“The Waves”or“Justine,”which feels almost like cheating,too exciting and too much fun to properly belong in serious literature.And then theres Stendhals“The Red and the Black”,whichhappens to be the
20、 name of my favorite cocktail(鸡尾酒)of thesummer,created by Michael Cecconi at Savoy and BackForty.It is easy to drink,and knocking back three or four seems like such a delightful idea.Cecconis theory:“I take whatevers fresh at the green market and turn it into liquid.”The result is a pure shot of aft
21、ernoon in the park,making one feel cheerful and peaceful all at once,lying on uncut grass with eyes shut,sun beating through the lids.What can be a suitable title for the text?AThe Books of Summer BMy Summer Holidays CTo Read or Not to Read DIts Never Too Late to Read 试题特点 标题归纳题考查学生准确理解全文、提炼信息、概括总结的
22、能力。标题归纳题实质上与全文大意题一样,考查的都是文章的主旨大意,只不过这两类题型的选项形式不同:前者通常是短语或短句,后者通常以一句话的形式出现。所以,解答标题归纳题的部分技巧对于全文大意题同样适用。解题思路 Step 1:读文章,寻找体现文章主线的信息句(中句)Step 2:归纳标题,全盘考虑文章第一段开头作者就点明 every summer,谈到了每年暑假旅行时喜欢读名著。第二段谈到今年夏天读书的困惑,第三段再次把读书和鸡尾酒联系,谈自己读书的感受。Step 3:尝试解答全文都和夏天读书有关,The Books of Summer 适合作为标题,故选 A。名师点津 好标题三大特点概括性准
23、确而又简短 针对性 标题外延正好与文章内容相符醒目性能引发读者的阅读欲望 四大解题技巧关键词法反复出现的词语,多次重复的观点就是体现主旨的关键词 主题句法根据文章主题句,确定中心词充当标题 穿珠连串法 分析文章细节,确定共同点,如同穿珠般,串联细节共同点,确定标题 逆向法根据四个选项,考虑其可能内容,对照原文,最相似者为最佳选项 即学即练 AOne day when I was 12,my mother gave me an order:I was to walk to the public library,and borrow at least one book for the summer
24、.This was one more weapon for her to defeat my strange probleminability to read.In the library,I found my way into the“Childrens Room”.I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the shelf at random.The cover of a book caught my eye.It presented a picture of a beagle.I had recently had a beag
25、le,the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child.He was my secret sharer,but one morning,he was gone,given away to someone who had the space and the money to care for him.I never forgot my beagle.There on the books cover was a beagle which looked identical(相同的)to my dog.I ran my fingers
26、over the picture of the dog on the cover.My eyes ran across the title,Amos,the Beagle with a Plan.Unknowingly,I had read the title.Without opening the book,I borrowed it from the library for the summer.Under the shade of a bush,I started to read about Amos.I read very,very slowly with difficulty.Tho
27、ugh pages were turned slowly,I got the main idea of the story about a dog who,like mine,had been separated from his family and who finally found his way back home.That dog was my dog,and I was the little boy in the book.At the end of the story,my mind continued the final scene of reunion,on and on,u
28、ntil my own lost dog and I were,in my mind,running together.My mothers call returned me to the real world.I suddenly realized something:I had read a book,and I had loved reading that book.Everyone knew I could not read.But I had read it.Books could be incredibly wonderful and I was going to read the
29、m.I never told my mother about my“miraculous”(奇迹般的)experience that summer,but she saw a slow but remarkable improvement in my classroom performance during the next year.And years later,she was proud that her son had read thousands of books,was awarded a PhD in literature,and authored his own books,a
30、rticles,poetry and fiction.The power of the words has held.Which one could be the best title of the passage?AThe Charm of a Book BMums Strict Order CReunion with My Beagle DMy Passion for Reading A 通读全文可知,作者最开始有阅读障碍,在图书馆无意中看到了一本书,于是奇迹出现了,作者的课堂表现有了显著的提高,多年后作者不仅获得了博士学位,而且成了一名成功的作家,故 A项正确。BAngel Garcia
31、 Crespo is a computer engineer at Carlos University of Madrid in Spain.His group has invented a new way for deafblind people to“watch”TV.The idea for the technology grew out of previous work by his group.The team had already worked on making audiovisual(视听的)materials accessible to people with either
32、 vision or hearing disabilities.But the group wanted to help people with both challenges.So they asked some deaf-blind people what would help.In addition to relying on their sense of touch to communicate,deafblind people can also get and send information with a Braille line.The Braille system uses p
33、atterns of raised dots to stand for letters and numbers.A Braille line is an electronic machine with a changeable Braille display.Dots rise up or drop down based on the information sent to the machine.Now the new system changes TV signals to data a Braille line can use.“The key to the system is the
34、possibility of using subtitles(字幕)to collect TV information,”Garcia Crespo explains.“Subtitles travel with the image(影像)and the audio in electromagnetic waves we dont see.But an electronic system can keep those waves.”First,a computer program,or app,pulls out the subtitles and visual descriptions fr
35、om the broadcast signal.The system then combines the information and changes both into data for Braille.Now another app gets to work,which sends the data out to peoples Braille lines on demand.“This is done in real time,in less than a second,”Garcia Crespo says.This lets a deafblind person“watch”TV
36、as its broadcast.The system will work with various Braille lines,as long as theres a bluetooth connection available.Now,the system is only used in Europe,and it should soon be available in the US.What should be a suitable title for the text?ANew Technology Is Improving Deafblind Peoples Life BA New
37、Braille Line Is Applied to Disabled Peoples Life CA Spanish Group Makes TV Accessible to Blind People DNew Technology Helps Deafblind People“Watch”TV D 根据最后一段中“This lets a deaf-blind person watch TV as its broadcast.The system will work with various Braille lines,as long as theres a bluetooth connection available.(这让聋哑人在电视节目播出时观看节目内容。只要有蓝牙连接,该系统可以使用各种盲文线路。)”可知,文章最佳标题是“新技术帮助聋哑人士看电视”。故选 D。点击右图进入 课 时 分 层 作 业 谢谢观看 THANK YOU!