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1、HowtodealwithquestionsofwordguessinginreadingcomprehensionLearningaims:Studentsshouldmastertheskillsofguessingthemeaningofunfamiliarwordsandphraseswhilereading.Step1Pre-classReadthefollowingpassageandguessthemeaningsoftheunderlinedwords.CanAnimalsCount?TheAme
2、rican coot isaduck-likeNorthAmericanbird.Sometimesa coot willtryand sneak oneofitseggsintoaneighbor’snest.Some coots recognizethe deception,androllthestranger’seggoutagain.Othersdon’tcatchon,andraisethestranger’seggastheirown.ResearcherBruceLyonattheUniversit
3、yofCalifornia,SantaCruz,andhisteamobservedaseriesof coot nestsforfourseasons,notingwhichbirdscouldspotastranger’seggsandwhichcouldn’t.Thentheycomparedhowmanyeggseachkindlaid.Theirfinding?The coots thatcouldn’ttellwhenastranger’segghadbeenstuckintotheirnestlai
4、dthatmanyfeweroftheirown.Sneak onein,the coot laysonefewer.Sneak twoin,the coot laystwofewer. Coots thatsuccessfullyspotted intruders knockedthemoutagainandthenlaidthesamenumbertheynormallywould.Lyonarguesthat,alongwithegg recognition,the coots mustthereforeb
5、edoingsomeversionof“IseeIhavenineeggshere–timetostoplayingnow.”Andthatmeans coots count.Otherresearchersaren’tconvinced.Butthoughthedebategoeson,thecaseforanimalcountingjustgotstronger…bytheweightofone coot.Writedownthemeaningsoftheunderlinedwords:cootsneakde
6、ceptioncatchonspotintrudersStep2During-class猜测词义的方法:一,根据构词法知识猜测词义。在英语中有许多种构成单词的方法,常见的有三种:合成法,派生法和转化法。1.合成法是指由两个或两个以上的词组成一个新词的构词法。如:nightlife,snow-white,ice-covered,good-looking,typewriter,absent-minded,darkroom,downtown,sightseeing等。2.派生法,也叫词缀法。一般是通过在已有词语的词根加
7、上前缀或后缀而形成的一个新词。如:dislike,unnecessary,impossible,endanger,retell,useless,foolish,national,friendly,golden,movement,worker,childhood,happiness,direction等。3.转化法是指不通过给一个已有的词语加上前缀或后缀却能改变词语的词性或词义。Haveyoubookedyourticket?(n.—v.)Hishairisbeginningtogrey.(adj.—v.)Letm
8、ehaveatry.(v.—n.)Tomwenthomeearly.(n.—adv.)注:首先要熟悉基本的构词法及其规律,其次要掌握一定的词根和词缀。二,联系上下文,猜测词义。1.关注上下文中的定义,定语从句,同位语短语或从句,is,means,thatis(tosay),or,orrather,i.e.,inotherwords,namely,:,(),①Itwillb