课件16张PPT。9A Unit 5 Art worldStudy skillsFree talkDo you often read English newspapers or novels? If there’s a new word that you don’t know, what do you do? Do you look it up in the dictionary or guess its meaning?When we read, sometimes we can guess the meaning of a new word from the context.
If a new word appears in a sentence, the
sentence itself might give the meaning of the word, it is possible to find its meaning.The teacher’s question was a real
riddle, a very difficult question to understand.
In the sentence above, “a very difficult question to understand” explains the meaning of the word riddle.A. Underline the meaning of the word in bold in each sentence.1. The conductor, the person who sold and checked tickets on the bus, got very angry and told him to get off.
2. She decided to study agriculture, the
science of farming, at university.
3. When we talk about the curriculum, we refer to the students’ course of study at school.If the sentence does not define the word, first, try to determine the word’s part of speech. Then look at the way other words are used in the sentence, as this might give a clue to the meaning of the new word.I sat on the green grass watching the white clouds sailing across the azure sky.
In the sentence above, azure is the colour of the sky-blue.B. Read the sentences below. Guess the meaning of the words in red.1. I do not like pop music. I prefer
blues instead. _____________
2. Vehicles such as cars and buses are
not allowed on this road.
_______________________________
__________a kind of musiccars, buses and other means of transport3. I have few close friends, but many
acquaintances at school that I like to
talk to. _________________________
__________
4. It was Sunday, so there were many
pedestrians walking along Orange
Street. __________________________
____________ people that/who/whom you known people that/who are walking in the street5. The fruit was no longer fresh. It was
starting to go rotten, and the whole
house smelt bad. __________not freshGuess the meaning of the words in blue.1. Although Jane and Lisa are very close friends, they are very different. Jane spends a lot of money to buy things while Lisa love to economize. save money2. He replied quickly. But after he considered the problem more carefully, he felt that it was not right to make such a hasty decision. quick3. The local government wants to improve the infrastructure, such as buildings and transport, in order to let more visitors come to the city. buildings, transport, etc.1. Finish?the?exercises?in?the?
workbook.
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