(分号前为“果”，后为“因”。因为用错了钥匙， 所以“开门”的一切尝试都失败了。“无效的，徒劳
（三）利用生活常识
In old days, when girls from rich families were married, they expected to bring with themselves a large quantity of dowry.
聚集
1.解释性线索
语
2.同义词线索
境 线
3.反义词线索
索
4.例证性线索
5.修饰语线索
6.标点符号线索
善用语境线索，猜测生词意思
Pantomime refers to a short play in which no words are spo哑ke剧n.
1.解释性线索 （to be defined as ,to be called, that is to be, to refer to , in another word, in other words ,that is , that is to say）
高二英语专题复习
阅读技巧
一 猜测词义 二 抓住主题思想 三 进行推理和判断 四 确定作者的观点和态度
阅读中的生词问题
1.生词
生 词
2.熟词生用
3.一词多义
语 境 context 线 clues 索
所谓猜测词义,是指在阅读过程中根据对语篇的信息、 逻辑、背景知识及语言结构等的综合理解去猜测或推 断某一生词、难词、关键词的词义,它是一种非常有用 的阅读技巧,获得这种技巧之后,读者在阅读过程中能 很快通过上下文提供的线索或生词本身的结构特点推
1).Anthropology is the scientific study of man.
2).The powerfu人l p类ois学on was imperceptible when mixed
in liquid; that is , it could not be tasted, seen, or
3. 反 义 词 线 索 (yet, but ,unlike, however, while ,not…but, instead, on the contrary, in contrast, rather than)
1.Unlike the United States, where many different nationalities make up the population, Japan’s population is quite homogeneous. 同类的 2.Written language tends to be static, while spoken language constantly changes.
变戏法的人
5.修饰性线索(词，短语，从句）
1).He began to shave his whiskers, which had grown thick on both cheeks. 胡须
2). He takes a special interest in botany which
concerns the study of plants.植物学
善用语境线索，猜测生词意思
Many United Nations employees are polyglots; Mr Simoson, for example ,speaks five languages fluently. 4.例证性线索 通晓多种语言的人
(for example, for instance, such as, like etc.) Cars must have certain safety devices such as
3. The flowers in the vase withered because they had no water.
A.became sweeter B.became red C.became dry
4. Just for fun, they decided to try a very circuitous country road instead of the more direct highway.
A.direct
B.indirect
C.straight
5. That museum is so immense that it will be
impossible to see all the exhibits in one day.
A.small
rge
C.dull
阅读技能
如何提高阅读能力
loquacious
多话的
2.同义词线索 (or ,like, similarly，also )
Doctors believe that smoking is detrimental to your health. They also
regard drinking as有h害ar的mful.
1.Like her younger sister who is gregarious, Alice also likes to make friends.
善用语境线索，猜测生词意思
6,标点符号线索:括号、破折号在句中常引出注 释性词语，通过这些解释和注释，我们可以推 断出词的含义。
1). One of the major features of English一词多 vocabulary is polysemy—many meaning义s.的
2).The major fault in your composition is redundancy, using more words than necessary to expres不s 简yo练ur的idea.
静止不变的
Mr.Wang is a gentleman who is always punctual for all his classes, but he arrived over 10 minutes late yesterday morning .
（punctual 与 over 10 minutes late 形成鲜明 的对比。“守时的”）
( 根据常识，在旧社会，有钱人家的姑娘出嫁当 然要带很多“嫁妆”）
（四）利用构词法知识
▪ 英语中的构词法主要有三种： ▪ （Derivation） 派生 ▪ （Conversion） 转化 ▪ （Compounding） 合成
-To select the definition of italicized word or phrase
TIPS
▪ Words, like people, are frequently known by the company they keep. A word’s context or surroundings, can provide clues to meaning.
善用语境线索，猜测生词意思
1. Don’t listen to his nonsense. A. foolish talk; meaningless words B.beautiful words C. clever talk; meaningful words
2. He misunderstood me. A.understood wrongly B.understood rightly C. understand truly
资金 3.In some countries where there is very little rain, the farmers have to irrigate, or water, their fields.
灌溉Βιβλιοθήκη 善用语境线索，猜测生词意思
Some people like to walk quickly home, but I prefer to stroll home and look at the store windows along the way 漫步
A.one who sells tickets
B. taxi
C. one who carries luggage(行李）
Exercise 1
--To tick off the correct choice from A,B,and C.
1. Charles asked the bank for a small
社交的
2.At the beginning they did not have enough capital to start a business, nor were they able to borrow the amount of money they needed from the bank.
smelled.
感觉不到的
3).Desert can be defined as a large area of land where
there is not enough rain and vegetation to support
human life.
沙漠
善用语境线索，猜测生词意思
Mr Smith loves to talk, and his wife is similarly
loan so that he could repair his
house. A.sum of money B.load C. tool
2. One who is destitute has a great
need for food and clothing. A.very tall B.very poor C.very rich
1．The people who survived the earthquake cried bitterly over the bodies of their relatives．