Unit-1-A-Day27s-Wait

1、Four types of reading skills used in every languagenSkimmingnScanningnExtensive readingnIntensive readingn略讀略讀n尋讀尋讀n泛讀泛讀n精讀精讀Examples of skimmingnThe NewspapernMagazinesnBusiness and Travel BrochuresExamples of ScanningnThe “Whats on TV” section of your newspapernA train/airplane schedulenA conferen

2、ce guideExamples of Extensive ReadingnThe latest marketing strategy booknA novel you read before going to bednMagazine articles that interest youExamples of Intensive ReadingnA bookkeeping reportnAn insurance claimnA contractnSkimming is reading for the general idea or the big picture.nThe key word

3、for skimming is “general”. Your attention should be focused on a general overview, not a detailed knowledge. You should look for only the topic, the main idea or the main points. nGood skimmers read selectively, completely skipping over some sentences, paragraphs, even whole pages.Whats skimming?How

4、 to skim?1.Read the title.2.Note the authors name and the source of the text.3.Read the first paragraph completely.4.Read subheadings and first sentences of remaining paragraphs.5.Alternately read and “float” over the body of the material.6.If the final paragraph appears to be a summary, read it com

5、pletely.Unit One Contents About the author Background Information on the text Reading Skills Reading PracticeReading the TextnA man may be destroyed, but not defeated.n你可以摧毀一個(gè)人, 但永遠(yuǎn)無(wú)法打敗他。n士可殺，不可辱。About the authorHemingway photographed in Milan, 1918, dressed in uniform. For two months he drove ambul

6、ances until he was wounded. Hemingway-American novelist and short-story writer, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. He was noted both for the intense masculinity of his writing and for his adventurous and widely publicized life. His succinct and lucid prose style exerted a powerful i

7、nfluence on the American and British fiction in the 20th century.Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 July 2, 1961)19001905191819221927195019561941Ernest Hemingway Personal Experiences1.Serving as a volunteer ambulance driver in World War I. 2. Working as a journalist and correspondent 3. Serving

8、as a journalist in the Spanish Civil War4. Bullfighting, hunting, skiing The Sun Also Rises (1926)WorksA Farewell to Arms (1929)For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)The Old Man and the Sea (1952)Background Information on the text A Days Wait is a short story by Ernest Hemingway published in his 1933 short

9、story collection The Snows of Kilimanjaro.Reading the textnQuestionsn1. What does the title of the story probably mean?n2. What is the theme of the story?New words (pronunciation) nShivernAchenMiserablenFevernCapsulenPurgativenAcidngermnInfluenzanEpidemicnLightheadednPrescribenSleetnVarnishnCreeknSl

10、ithernFlushnQuailnPoisenPiratenCommencenThermometernslackMain idea:nThe story focuses on a nine-year old boy and his father that calls him Schatz (German, meaning darling). When the boy gets the flu, his temperature rises to 102 degrees. He is very quiet and depressed, finally asking when he will di

11、e; he had thought that a 102 degree temperature was lethal because he heard in France (where Celsius is used) that one cannot live with a temperature over 44 degrees. When the father explains to him the difference in scales, the boy slowly relaxes, and the next day, he cried very easily at little th

12、ings that were of no importance.Words & Expressions1. miserable 悲慘的悲慘的n沒(méi)有你我的生活會(huì)很凄慘的。nMy life would be miserable without you.n他們總是抱怨他們悲慘的命運(yùn)。nThey always complained about their miserable fate.2. shiver 戰(zhàn)栗，發(fā)抖戰(zhàn)栗，發(fā)抖n雨水飄雪將使我們冷的打顫。nRain and snow will shiver us .n想到他可能會(huì)被車撞到，我就嚇得發(fā)抖 。nI shiver at the idea

13、 he couldve met a car crash .3. capsule 膠囊膠囊n這個(gè)病人不喝水就吞下了膠囊膠囊 。nThe patient swallowed the capsule without drinking water .nTablet 藥片 。nPill 藥丸。4. overcome 克服克服n我們克服一個(gè)又一個(gè)難題 。nWe overcome one problem after another .n他有足夠的勇氣來(lái)克服這個(gè)困難 。nHe has enough courage to overcome the difficulty .5. acid 酸的酸的n檸檬是一種酸的

14、酸的水果 。nA lemon is an acid fruit .6. germ 病菌，細(xì)菌病菌，細(xì)菌n一些疾病是由攜帶細(xì)菌細(xì)菌的昆蟲造成的 。nSome diseases are caused by germ-carrying insects .nbacterial/virus 7. epidemic 流行病流行病(的的) flu 感冒感冒n到現(xiàn)在，大約200人，因?yàn)榱餍行愿忻八劳?。nSo far, no less than 200 people have died of the flu epidemic .8. pneumonia 肺炎肺炎n他已經(jīng)從肺炎中痊愈了。nHe has reco

15、vered from the pneumonia us .9. pirate 海盜海盜n據(jù)說(shuō)海盜把他們的金銀財(cái)寶埋藏在這個(gè)島上 。nIt was said that the pirate buried their treasure on this island .10. prescribe 開(kāi)處方開(kāi)處方n醫(yī)生給發(fā)燒病人開(kāi)了藥方 。nThe doctor prescribed his patient who was down with fever .nprescription 藥方。11. varnish 使使有光澤有光澤n別坐在那個(gè)椅子上，我剛上完清漆 。nDont sit on that c

16、hair Ive just varnished it .nPolish 12. creek 小溪小溪n我們一邊釣魚一邊把汽水放在溪水中冰鎮(zhèn)著 。nWe chilled our soda in the creek while fishing .13. flush 臉紅臉紅n她由于激動(dòng)臉開(kāi)始發(fā)紅 。nShe began to flush with excitement .14. mound 土墩土墩n探險(xiǎn)者爬上一個(gè)土堆以測(cè)量他們四周的土地 。nThe explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them .15. poise平衡平衡 ；n

17、小姑娘把杯子穩(wěn)穩(wěn)地放在桌子邊上 。nThe girl poised the glass on the edge of the table .16. commence 開(kāi)始，著手開(kāi)始，著手n開(kāi)始舉行儀式好嗎？nShall we commence the ceremony? ncommence to do sth17. thermometer 溫度計(jì)溫度計(jì)n我們用溫度計(jì)測(cè)量溫度 。nWe measure the temperature with a thermometer .ndetach from 從分離nkeep from 使不ntake it easy 別緊張ncommence to 開(kāi)始nlive with 忍受ngaze at 凝視Difficult SentencesnHe lay still in the bed and seemed very detached from what was going on.nIt was a bright, cold day, the ground covered with a sleet that had frozen so that it seemed as if all the bare trees, the bushes, the cut br