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Guessing Meanings
(英语阅读理解之词义猜测)
高三英语复习—阅读理解
Two Interesting expressions
1.when pigs fly
2.john (not John)
—Do you think Mary will quit her job now that she’s pregnant(怀孕)
—When pigs fly! There is no way she is giving up her career.
2.john(not John)
Tim drank too much water last night, so he went to visit john twice.
厕所
What helped you understand the meanings of the above expressions
Context
上下文
1、定义或解释说明(definition or explanation)
2、对比关系(contrast)
3、因果关系(cause and effect)
4、举例法(examples )
5、重述(retelling)
6. 前后缀猜词(word-formation)
猜 词 技 巧
上下文(context)
构词法
●信号词:
1. be
2.be called…
3. means…
4. be defined as…
5.refer to
1、定义或解释说明(definition or explanation)
是…
被称为…
意思是…
被定义为…
指的是..
Ex. 1
◎A person who is skilled at making or repairing wooden objects is called a carpenter.
◎His uncle is a zoologist, which refers to an expert who does research on animals.
木匠
动物学家
We can feel acceleration, which is an increase in speed. But we notice it for only a short time. For example we feel it during the takeoff run of an airplane.
1. the underlined word acceleration means _______.
A. any kind of movement
B. the movement of a plane
C. a steady speed
D. to make something move faster
直击高考
D
2、对比关系(contrast)
信号词:
1. but/however/yet/while…
2. otherwise/or/or else…
3. instead of
4.although/though/as
但是;然而
否则
代替;而不是
尽管
Ex. 2
◎ John usually wastes a lot of money on such useless things, his wife, however, is very thrifty.
◎If you agree, write “ yes”; if you dissent, write “no”.
◎Although a large number of people considered him to have stolen the money, I was sure that he was innocent of the thing.
无辜的
节约的
不同意
(2019全国1卷) We can allow time to slip by and let it be our enemy. However, we can also take control of it and make it our ally.
56. The underlined word “ally” in Para. 3 most likely means somebody or something that is ______.
A. your slave and serves you
B. your supporter and helps you
C. under your control and obeys you
D. under your influence and follows you
直击高考
B
n.同盟者
...The ordinary bat flying around at night is a remarkable quick-moving creature in the air.But placed on the floor or flat ground, it has to shuffle about helplessly and,no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.
65. The underlined word “ shuffle” is closest in meaning to_____
A. walk slowly B. mix up
C. fly low D. run fast
A
举例法
猜词
对比
定义
解释
因果
重述
前后缀
How to guess the meaning of words