高考英语阅读理解词义猜测题解题技巧.ppt

阅读理解能力提高技巧(一)
秦琦辉
Improving your reading ability(1)
Qinqihui
猜测词义
Guessing meanings
词义猜测题常用的提问方式有:
1. The word “…” refers to / probably means
/ could best be replaced by _______.
word “…” is most likely to mean
______.
3. What do you think the expression “…”
stands for?
4. The underlined word “…” means ______.
......
Lead-in(导入)
1. Definition 定义法
3. Similarity 相似法
2. Contrast 对比法
4. Cause and effect 因果法
5. Example 例举法
8. Common Sense 普通常识
6. Word Formation 构词法
猜测词义
7. Context 上下文
It will be very hard but very brittle — that is , it will break easily.
1. 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。
(adj. 易碎的, 脆的)
The herdsman , who looks after sheep, earns about 650 yuan a year.
(n. 牧羊人)
●信号词:be, be called, means, be defined as ,that is, that is to say,in other words,----- (破折号)等.
A mosquito is a small flying pest that thrust the skin and then drink blood.
Desert can be defined as a large area of land where there is not enough rain and vegetation to support human life.
蚊子
沙漠
Ex. 1
◎A person who is skilled at making or repairing wooden objects is called a carpenter.
◎His uncle is a zoologist, an expert who does research on animals.
◎They are vertebrates,that is ,animals have backbones.
◎ The period of adolescence, period between childhood and adulthood ,may be long or short.
木匠
动物学家
脊椎动物
青春期
“Getting the cold shoulder” means that some one is
actually in a way that makes you feel unwanted. The
very words create a picture: You can imagine a
friend turning away so that, instead of a warm greeting,
you receive only his shoulder– a “cold” shoulder.
The expression “getting the cold shoulder” means ____.
being treated rudely by paying no attention
to you
B. greeting you friendly
C. greeting you by rubbing shoulders with you
D. feeding you cold meat
2. Contrast 对比法:
利用文中的反义词以及表对比关系的词(组)猜测词义。
表示对比的信号词有yet, but,while ,though however, otherwise, on the one hand…on the other hand, for one thing…for another thing