牛津高中英语必修一-uniit2-Task：skills-building2

1、Unit 2: TaskReading for the Main Point When you are reading novels or articles in newspapers, do you read every word of them or try to understand every specific idea in them?It is not necessary to read every word of them if we read novels or articles in newspaper. We just read for main idea, that is

2、, gist, which is an important reading skill. It involves reading a passage to get a general idea of what its about, but not worry about understanding the complete content or every specific idea. In an article, only a few words are used to make a main point, and the rest of the writing is merely supp

3、orting information. I know it was a little bit expensive, but they said that is OK because they are proud of me for being so hardworking and getting good marks at school.be proud of 为而自豪=take pride in技巧1) 先看问题，看是否有和主旨相关的题目，了解题目类别和提问方式。2)带着问题迅速看文章首尾两段和各段首尾两句，找出主题句或通过浏览全文，抓住关键字眼，把握主旨。3) 以掌握主旨为前提，处理推断作

4、者语气或意图等其他深层次问题。The most important part of reading is to be able to understand the gist or the main point.Often only a few words are used to make a main point,and the rest of the writing is merely supporting information. Good readers learn to quickly get the main point of what they read.Read the guid

5、elines:How to get the main point?Group workWork in four groups to read the four entries on P34. Each group read one diary entry and find the main point and circle the words which show the mood of the writerEntriesMain PointsThe words telling the writers moodThe first diary entryThe second diary entr

6、yThe third diary entryThe fourth diary entryReading practiceToday has been a great day because my parents bought me an expensive bike.We had a Maths test and Im nervous aboutmy result.I failed the Maths test and dont know how to tell my parents.All that worrying was fornothing.happytired, afraid and

7、 nervousupsetvery happy and glad主旨题题型特点与命题方式【设题类型】（1）、概括文章大意; （2）、选出最佳题目(标题); （3）、概括人物特点。【设问形式】一、标题类常见的标题型题干：1) The best title / headline for this passage might be_.2) The text (passage) could be entitled _.3) What is the best title for the passage?4) Which of the following would be suitable as a ti

8、tle for the passage?二、大意类常见的主题型题干：1) This passage chiefly deals with _.2) Whats the topic of the article?3) What is the subject discussed in the text?4) With what topic is the passage chiefly concerned?Practice解析：这一题考查主旨大意，要考生为文章选择标题。文章第一第二两段提出：Leadership skills must be carefully cultivated.Most goo

9、d leaders are made, not born.(领导能力要精心培养。)接下来文章从三个方面阐述了培养领导能力的方法：Always give credit/ Take informed risks/ Encourage enthusiasm (热情)。根据各个段落的主题句，结合文章的结构，我们不难归纳出文章的中心：这篇文章讲的是怎样培养领导才能。由此，我们判断选项D 在意义上涵盖了文章的中心，是最好的标题。1. 16 October读作October (the) sixteenth or the sixteenth of October 英语中年、月、日的表达方法是“月份+序数词，年

10、”。2001年4月2日应该写成：April2nd,2001，读成：Aprilthesecond,twothousandandone。October31（October31st）读作October（the）thirty-firstAugust26（August26th）读作August（the）twenty-sixth年份的表达关于四位数年份的读法有下列几种情形：(1）一般情况下，将表示年份的四个数字按前后分为两组，每一组的数字都按基数词来读。例如：1865年读作eighteensixty-five1998年读作nineteenninety-eight(2）如果前两个数字为非“零”数字，后两位数

11、分别为“零”，则先读出前两位数，然后将后面的两个“零”读为hundred。例如：1900年读作nineteenhundred1800年读作eighteenhundred(3）第三个数字为“零”（其他数字不是“零”）的年份的读法应当将该“零”读为Ou。例如：1809年读作eighteenOnine(4）关于千年的一些读法。2000年读作twothousand2008年读作twothousandandeight（或twentyOeight）1008年读作onethousandandeight（或tenOeight）2.I know it was a little bit expensive, bu

12、t they said that is OK because they are proud of me for being so hardworking and getting good marks at ud 骄傲的，自豪的 pride 骄傲，自豪be proud of 为而自豪=take pride inbe proud to do sth 为做而骄傲/自豪They are proud that she is doing well at school. 他们为她出色的学习成绩感到骄傲。我希望你以自己为傲。I hope you are proud of/take prid

13、e in yourself. 3. I studied a lot yesterday and stayed up very late.stay up 不睡觉，熬夜；保持留在原位I feel its quite common for people to stay up very late in Hong Kong.我觉得，在香港人们熬夜的现象很普遍。You stay up here and cry.你就好好呆在这儿伤心吧4. regret doing sth 后悔/遗憾做了某事（事情已做）regret to do sth 后悔/遗憾要做某事 （事情未做）I regret to have to

14、do this, but I have no choice. 我很遗憾必须这样去做，我实在没有办法。 I dont regret telling her what I thought. 我不为告诉她我的想法而后悔。stop to do 停止，中断做某事后去做另一件事。stop doing 停止做某事。forget to do 忘记要去做某事。 (未做) forget doing 忘记做过某事。 (已做) remember to do 记得去做某事 (未做) remember doing 记得做过某事 (已做) 5. I didnt fail my test after all.after all毕竟，终究，到底We are talking comic books after all.毕竟我们是在谈漫画书。6. Miss Xu made an