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Reading Skills,Text Study,Notes to the Text,Words and Expressions,Idea Sharing,Exercises,Understanding Idiomatic Expressions,I. Understanding Idiomatic Expressions,The meaning of idiomatic expressions can be very hardeven impossible to guess. Word formations in dictionaries dont always help, and can even fool us entirely! However, context clues, such as examples, opposites explanations, or similar phrases can be helpful to figure out the meaning of them.,Reading Skill,1. The new comer was as comfortable as an old shoe and we soon became friends.,Guess the meaning of the following idiomatic expressions.,easy to talk and work with,II. Exercises,Reading Skill,2. A motor would be a white elephant to him, because he cant drive.,a big but useless object to its owner,3. I told her to read over her composition and weed out every sentence that was not about the subject.,to remove what is unwanted,Reading Skill,4. Some students are lazy, but others beat their brains and succeed.,to think out sth. difficult,Reading Skill,5. The way most people look at you, youd think a trashman was a monster. Say hello and they stare at you in surprise. They dont realize were human.,A trashman is someone that everyone wants to get away from.,Reading Skill,True or False Statement,Main Idea with the Numbers,Give complete information with the numbers below:,at 3:00 A.M.,The company man worked himself to death, finally and precisely, at 3:00 A.M. Sunday morning.,I. Main Idea with the Numbers,Text Study,at 3:00 A.M. 18 years 51 years old one of three six days monthly 60 48 years old,Give complete information with the numbers below without looking at the text book:,the eldest 24 20 over the last two years the sixty-year-old company president by 5:00 P.M. one of three men,Text Study,Text Study,II. True or False Statement,1. Phil was a devoted executive.,2. Phil could have been promoted to the top position if he had worked hard enough.,3. Very often Phil had his meals at home.,4. When Helen said “I already have,” we know her husband had neglected her.,T,F,T,F,6. Phil worried about his youngest child most.,7. Phil got more than he lost .,8. The writer tells this story in an ironic manner.,5. Phils youngest child seems to be following Phils steps working as a company man .,F,T,T,F,Text Study,Focus Study,Active Expressions,I. Active Expressions,1. and one of three that might conceivably have been promoted to the top spot. A company friend said, “I know how much you will miss him.” “Missing him all these years,” that the fifty-one-year-old deceased and would be missed and hard to replace. 3. He is a natural choice for a heart attack.,Practice,Notes to the TextActive Expressions,Notes to the TextActive Expressions,This is the very spot where he was murdered.,The police were on the spot within a few minutes of my telephone call.,She spotted her friend in the crowd.,a particular place or area,at the place where an event happened,pick out, catch sight of,Notes to the TextActive Expressions,We really missed being able to go to the beach whenever we wanted.,The goalkeeper just missed the ball.,The house is on the corner, you cant miss it.,feel sad without,fail to hit, catch, reach,not notice,Notes to the TextActive Expressions,By the time we got there wed missed the beginning of the movie.,Ill take your luggage to your room, Miss.,fail to be present at, too late for,a polite form of address to a young lady,She realized she had missed an opportunity to speak to Mary.,fail to take advantage of doing sth.,Notes to the TextActive Expressions,His keenness on music indicates he is a natural musician .,Its natural that she should be upset by the insult.,He is not our natural sonwe adopted him when he was three.,born with a certain skill,expected; normal,related by blood,Its difficult to be natural when one is tense.,not pretending,Notes to the TextActive Expressions,像他这个年纪的孩子这么安静实属少见。 她生来具有舞蹈家的优雅风度。 在照片里她显得放松自然。 麦克是被收养的,他从不知道他的亲生父母是谁。,Keys,Notes to the TextActive Expressions,Its not natural for a child of his age to be so quiet.,She has the natural grace of a born dancer.,She appeared relaxed and natural in her photograph.,Michel was adopted; he never knew his natural parents.,Notes to the TextActive Expressions,understanding personal pronoun by contextual clues,It said he died of a heart attack, but every one of his friends and acquaintances knew it instantly.,II. Focus Study,Notes to the TextFocus Study,What does “it” refer to?,it said = the article said, knew it = knew the truth that he worked himself to death,Practice,1) To Phil, it was work.,Notes to the TextFocus Study,What does “it” refer to in the following sentences?,2) But it did list his “survivors” quite accurately.,Monthly game of golf.,The article about his death.,2. He worked himself to death, finally and precisely, at 3:00 A.M. Sunday morning.,Practice,Repetition emphasizes some key idea or writing style.,N
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