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1、Unit7SectionBAIRFORCEUNIVERSITYOFENGINEERINGFOREIGNLANGUAGETEACHINGANDRESEARCHPRESSMartinLutherKingNHCEContentsReadingSkillsTestYourselfReadingComprehensionNHCEIdentifyingtheWriter’sPurposeIntroductionPracticeLiketheotherskillsforyouruse,theskillintroducedinthisunitdoesrenderyoubet
2、terableinreading.Thispracticeisdesignedtohelpyougetadeeperinsightintotheskillforthisunit.NHCE自测课文IntroductionNHCE自测课文Back阅读实践随笔IdentifyingtheWriter’sPurposeWriterswriteforapurpose.Threecommonpurposesofwritingare: 1.toinform—toprovidereaderswithinformationaboutatopic; 2.topersuade—t
3、oconvincereaderstobelieveacertainviewpointortotakeacertaincourseofaction;and3.toentertain—toamusereadersinsomeway(althoughveryoftenthere’ssomefoodforthoughtaswell).NHCE自测课文Back阅读实践随笔Readingeffectivelyinvolvesrecognizingthewriter’spurpose—whichmaynotalwaysbeaseasyasitsounds,especial
4、lywhenyou’rereadinginaforeignlanguage.Writerssometimesdisguisetheiraims:Atextthatappearstobefactualmayreallybefullofemotionalappeals;oranapparentlyseriouspieceofpersuasionmayinfactbeahumoroustextintendedmainlytoamuseyou.Therearealsotimeswhenthequestionofwhetherawriterisseriousmayde
5、pendlargelyoneachreader’sindividualperception.NHCE自测课文Back阅读实践随笔However,therearesomecluesthateffectivereaderscanwatchfortohelpthemidentifywhatkindofwritingthey’redealingwith:1.Informationalwritingfeaturesfactsandevidence,notopinionsorvaluejudgments.Itoftencontainsdates,statisticsor
6、otherfigures,and/orquotesfromexpertsorwitnesses.Dependingonthesubject,thelanguagemayincludetechnicaljargon(行话),butthevocabularyandsentencestructureareoftenquitesimple.NHCE自测课文Back阅读实践随笔2.Persuasivewritingfeaturesemotionalappeals:Opinionsandarguments(whichmaybepresentedasiftheyweref
7、acts,sobecareful!);rhetoricalquestions;evaluatinglanguage(good/bad,right/wrong,horrifying/wonderful,etc.)and/orjudgmentallanguage(must,should,hadbetter,etc.).3.Textswrittenmainlytoentertaincan,ofcourse,bequitevaried—buttheyoftenuseratherinformallanguage,simplesentencestructure,dial
8、ogs,puns(双关语)and/orfigures
