阅读技巧之猜测词意[精选].ppt

How to guess the meanings of words 利用文章中用不同的话对同一概念的解释，猜测词义。信号词：be, be called, means, be defined as , namely, that is,等等，标点符号有: , /:/“ ”/——等 Ex. 3 symptoms,volatile,shivered Ex. 4 replica,shrewd,trim Ex. 5 dowry, wither, anaesthetic 巩 固 训 练 1、Growing economic problems were highlighted by a slowdown in oil output. 2、Unlike her gregarious sister, Jane is a shy, unsociable person who does not like to go to parties or to make new friends. 3、Semantics, the study of the meaning of words, is necessary if you are to speak and read intelligently. 4、Doctors believe that smoking cigarettes is detrimental to your health. They also regard drinking as harmful. 5、There were so many people in the Red Square that he had to elbow his way through the crowd. 6、Today young couples who are just starting their households often spend lots of money on appliances, for instance, washing machines, refrigerators and color televisions. 7、Anthropology is the scientific study of man. 8、The door was so low that I hit my head on the lintel. 9、14,000 sanitation workers carry off, yearly, three million tons of refuse and keep 7,500 miles of streets clean and free of snow. eg： The old man put on his spectacles and began to read. eg： Some artists plan their paintings around geometric forms like squares, circles and triangles. geometric forms的意思，可从文中所列举的三角形，正方形、圆形来猜得其意义为“几何图形”。  13.It is true that lighthouses were built in out-of-the-way places. But in a pleasant sunny summer day, this very isolation has a natural beauty that many people love to experience. A. far-away B. dangerous C. ancient D. secret 14.Unlike vitamin C, leadership skills can’t be easily swallowed down. They must be carefully cultivated. A. encouraged B. compared C. examined D. developed 15.Rainforsts like the Amazon are important for mopping up CO2 from the atmosphere and helping to slow global warming. A. cleaning up B. taking in C. wiping