Comprehension of Words
Dealing with new words or phrases in reading comprehension
猜测词义 读懂文章
1. Teaching background 教学背景
1. 主旨大意
阅
题 2. 细节理解
读 理
型 及 3. 猜测词义 解 4.推理判断
解
题
技
5. 篇章结构
巧
6. 观点态度
Question Form
1.The word “…” refers to/ means/could best be replaced by _________.
2.The underlined word/sentence means _________.
3.Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word “…”.
有害的 adj.
同义词、近义词
At the beginning they did not have enough c同a义pit词al常to见s信ta词rt：a business, nor wore,renathmeelyy,able to borrow the amtohautntiso,f mi.oe.n,ey they needed from ththeabt ainskt.o say,
坚决的
技巧 4 因果关系
With the help of conjunctions like: because, as，since，for，so， thus，as a result，therefore， so that， etc.
--- since you are my superior（上 级）, it would be presumptuous of me to tell you what to do .
（利用上下文线索）
技巧 1 同义词、近义词
作者可能会用一个近义词或者同义词去解释另一
个更难的词，以便使他的文字意思更清楚，近义词往
往出现在同一句或者同一段落中。
Doctors believe that smoking is detrimental to people's health. They also regard drinking as harmful.
（2005年上海卷） A．full of respect B．too confident and rude C．lacking in experience
2. Approach introduction 方法介绍
• 方法一： Using word formation
（构词法）
Guessing the meaning
unbelievable
prefix (前缀）
un-
word root (词根） believe
suffix（后缀）
-able
With their shining brown eyes, wagging tails, and unconditional love, dogs can provide the nonjudgmental listeners needed for a beginning reader to gain confidence.(2003NMET)
Rather than liking the movie, as I expected them to, all my
friends abhorred it.
厌恶，憎恨
If you agree, write “yes”; if you
dissent, write “no”.
不赞成；不同意
In the past the world seemed to run in an orderly way. Now, however, everything seems to be in a state of turmoil.
等。 资金 n.
技巧 2 反义词
With the help of words like: unlike; but however, while, instead, on the other hand...
eg. UUnnlikkee his brother, who is truly a hhaanndsommeeman, John is quite homely． “homely” means “ ugly ”.
unconditiБайду номын сангаасnal: 无条件的,
绝对的 adj.
condition conditional
情况，条件 n.
有条件的 adj.
nonjudgmental:没有判断力的
judgmental adj.
judgment 判断 n.
judge
判断 v.
• 方法二： • Using context clues
一片混乱
技巧 3 定义、解释或举例
通过定义,定语从句/同位语/词或词组 (is; was; mean; that is; that’s to say; or; namely ; in other words ; to put it another way; i.e , such as ; like; especially; for instance; for example )来确定词义
1.When常w见rit的in信g 号an词a：rticle, we often use ssiumcihlea, ss,uch as “brave as a lionf”oar nedxa“mqupilcek, like lightnifnogr”i．nstance 等。
“simile” means“【__修_辞__】__明_喻___”.
2. Social mobility is the movement from one class or level of living to another.
社会流动性
3. He is a resolute man, once he sets up a goal, he will not give it up easily.