College English Reading Course Book I Nov. 2002 Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press,Extensive Reading (for students of 2006):,Extensive Reading- Units 3 & 4, Book 1,2,Unit 3 Text 7 The Fun They Had (15 minutes),1. General Comprehension of the text 1) What kind of school did Margie attend? 2) What are the reasons Margie admired her grandfathers grandfather? 3) Do you prefer the present school or the future school described in the text? 4) Do you think computers will completely take the place of teachers in the future?,Extensive Reading- Units 3 & 4, Book 1,3,2. Writing Style of the Text: Science Fiction,What is fiction? Fiction is a story created from an authors imagination. Fiction differs from biographies, histories, and other nonfiction, which are created entirely from facts. Forms of fiction: novels, short stories, dramas and narrative poems,Extensive Reading- Units 3 & 4, Book 1,4,Key Elements of Fiction: Setting Characters the literal meaning Plots Theme the deeper meaning The Fun They Had The author Issac Asimov describes childrens education in the next century which is quite different from what it is today. But is this type of education desirable in every way? Thats what he makes us think about.,Extensive Reading- Units 3 & 4, Book 1,5,3. Reading Skills,1) Using Word Part clues to guess word meanings: Recognizing more prefixes and suffixes. See textbook (pages 4849) and do the exercises (pages 4950) 2) How to read a text It is advisable to read a text at least twice: the first time, to obtain a general impression of the text, and then a second time to concentrate on the important details. Sometimes a third reading is necessary to check items that caused difficulty.,Extensive Reading- Units 3 & 4, Book 1,6,3) Reading for major details In Units 1 and 2, we discussed how to identify topics and main ideas. But the main idea does not give you all the information you need. Facts and details appear within the paragraphs you read and help develop the main ideas of the paragraphs. These facts and details may paint a more complete picture, may give examples to help you understand the ideas better, may prove a point, or may show0w the idea relates to other ideas.,Extensive Reading- Units 3 & 4, Book 1,7,It is also obvious that not all facts in a paragraph have the same importance. Details that give major information about the main idea, however, are very important. Small or less important details help round out the paragraph and often hold our attention to make the material we are reading more interesting. Still, we may ignore small details if our goal is a clear and quick understanding of what weve read.,Extensive Reading- Units 3 & 4, Book 1,8,So, when we are looking for the major detail of a paragraph, we have, first, to learn to read for the main idea of the paragraph. When we have found all the facts and details that help to add up to the main idea of the paragraph, we can separate the major detail from less important details.,Extensive Reading- Units 3 & 4, Book 1,9,Now look at the following paragraph Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was diagnosed in the United States in the late 1970s. Since then, AIDS has killed more than 204,000 Americans - half in the past few years alone. Another 185,000 of the one million infected with the HIV virus are also expected to die. Main idea: AIDS was found in the States. Major detail: AIDS has killed more than 204,000 since being identified.,Extensive Reading- Units 3 & 4, Book 1,10,4. Useful Expressions,ponder 深思；仔细考虑 look back (on)回顾,追忆 head 在加标题 crinkly 起皱的 be through with 结束 be good for 值得, 适于 scornful 轻蔑的 send for 派人去请 dial slot punch code 老式电脑的打孔编码,gear blank out 出毛病 look at with superior eyes 用非常高傲的/瞧不起的眼神看 loftily dispute be adjusted to适应,调节 nonchalantly have sth. tucked beneath ones arm proper fraction,Extensive Reading- Units 3 & 4, Book 1,11,Text 8 Todays Technology Could Seem Goofy Tomorrow (15 minutes),1. General Comprehension 1) What pieces of technology back in the 1930s and 40s does the author mention have become goofy today? 2) According some folks in the tech industry, what technological breakthroughs of today are going to seem goofy 60 years from now? 3) What do you predict will go out of style？ 4) What are the causes of the changes?,Extensive Reading- Units 3 & 4, Book 1,12,2. Suggested division of the passage:,The text can be divided into three parts: Part I: Paragraphs 1-3 : The interesting phenomenon that some older inventions considered revolutionary during their era have become goofy today. Part II: Paragraphs 4-12: Technological breakthroughs of today that could seem goofy tomorrow. Part III: Paragraph 13: Uncertainty about tomorrows technology.,Extensive Reading- Units 3 & 4, Book 1,13,3. Useful Expressions,vibrant companies bizarrely奇异地；怪异地 cube steak 肉块 VCR videocassette recorders rectangular 矩形的 wire cable 有线电缆 live with 忍受(不愉快的事) unsightly ugly cellular phone mobile pho