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Unit 2
Colours
Study skills
能掌握扫读阅读技巧。
学习目标
How to find information quickly
Here is an article about a wonderful film !
But I am short on time!
Who is the hero in it
Scanning (寻读,查读,略读)means moving our eyes quickly over the text to look for specific information such as names or numbers. We do not need to read every word. Instead, we look for the key information that will answer our questions.
Scanning
新课讲授
Scanning is often used when we read:
● some parts like “What’s on TV” in the newspaper.
● a bus / train timetable.
● a guidebook.
Millie is reading an English magazine article to find out why many boys and girls dress in different colours.
Scan the article to help Millie find the answers.
1. What did it mean if the sky was blue
2. Why did women in the past like pink and red
3. What power was blue once believed to have
4. Where did girls come from according to a European story
Blue for boys and pink for girls
In many places, baby boys are dressed in blue and baby girls in pink. Why the difference
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Scientists now think this started many years ago. When most men worked in the fields, the weather was very important to them. If the sky was blue, it meant good weather. So when the men thought of blue, they were very happy. In the past, women’s main job was to look for food for their family. They liked pink and red because these were the colours of healthy food, such as strawberries and apples.
People were also influenced by old stories. The colour blue was once believed to have the power to drive evil spirits away, so people dressed baby boys in blue in the hope that boys would be protected. Baby girls were dressed in pink because, according to a European story, girls were born inside pink roses.
1. What did it mean if the sky was blue
2. Why did women in the past like pink and red
Good weather.
Because these were the colours of healthy food, such as strawberries and apples.
3. What power was blue once believed to have
4. Where did girls come from according to a European story
The power to drive evil spirits away.
They came from pink roses.
Scan the article to find the answers to the questions.
Let’s Practice more!
1. When the robber came out of prison, what did detectives do
2. What did Johnny buy
3. Could detectives find out what Johnny would do
4. Could the inspector find the money Can you guess
Detective Work
A bank robber stole a lot of money. He was caught and sent to prison, but the money was never found. When he came out of prison, they watched him to see what he would do. Here is the detective, reporting to the inspector.
“Yes, sir, I found Johnny. I followed him all around the town, but frankly, I couldn’t make anything out of what he bought. Here’s the list, shirt, heavy crowbar, box of chocolates, shovel, heavy hammer, bunch of flowers.” The inspector said, “Good. That helps me a lot. Do you remember how we watched him helping his neighbour, old Mrs. Judson to cover her backyard with cement ”
1. When the robber came out of prison, what did detectives do
2. What did Johnny buy
They watched him to see what he would do.
Shirt, heavy crowbar, box of chocolates, shovel, heavy hammer, bunch of flowers.
3. Could detectives find out what Johnny would do
4. Could the inspector find the money Can you guess
No. They couldn’t make anything out of what he bought.
Yes. I guess they can.
Use the scanning skill to do more exercises.
Preview the next lesson.
Homework