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KeytotheExerciseofUnit5•VocabularyBuildingHistoricalhistoricrejectedresistTest/analyzeanalyzed•Clozeexisted/appearedoverhead/brainbodyfoundlanguageuse/value/significance/importancesinglepassedaheadsurvival/existencehandling/overcomingKeytotheExerciseofUnit5•SectionB1.C2.A3.B4.C5.B6.B7.T8.T9.T10.F11.T12.T13.C14.A15.C•TextII1.B2.B3.A4.A5.A6.C7.B8.CReview•Whatisskimming?•skimmingstrategies?•StepsofSkimming?•TipsofSkimming?LOGOPage4ReadingSkill:SkimmingWhatisskimming?ØSkimmingisaprocessofspeedreading.ØItisusedtoquicklyidentifythemainideasofatext.ØSkimmingisastepyoushouldalwaystakebeforeyoureadanyarticleoffactualorpracticalnarrative.Youwillsoonbeabletodetectmostimportantfacts,strangevocabulary,andwordsthatarecluestoimportantrelationships.ØIt'sagoodpracticetoskimeverythinginmassmediaafterreadingthetitleandfirstparagraph.Youmaygetalltheinformationyouwant.Thiskeepsyourskimmingskillsfromdeteriorating,orwillgiveyouthepracticeyouneedtodevelopnecessaryskills.ØSkimeverythingyouintendtoreadbeforeyoumakeafinaldecisiontoread,discard,orstudythematerial.LOGOPage5skimmingstrategiesDon'treadthewholetextword-for-word.Useasmanycluesaspossibletogiveyousomebackgroundinformation.Theremightbepicturesorimagesrelatedtothetopic,oraneye-catchingtitle.Readthetitle,subtitlesandsubheadingtofindoutwhatthetextisabout.Considerreadingthefirstandlastsentenceofeachparagraph.Thistechniqueisusefulwhenyou'reseekingspecificinformationratherthanreadingforcomprehension.Letyoureyesskimoverthesurfaceofthetextand,whilstthinkingaboutanycluesyouhavefoundaboutthesubject,lookoutforkeywords.Skimmingworkswelltofinddates,names,andplaces,graphs,tables,andchartsandotherillustrationstogiveyoufurtherinformationaboutthetopic.LOGOPage6StepsofSkimming(shortarticles)Inscanning,youknowwhatyouarelookingfor.Inskimmingyoudon't.Sinceyoudon'tknowexactlywhatyouarelookingforwhileskimming,prepareyourselfbyreadingthetitle,source,author,andpicture:thenyouquestionyourself,--who,what,when,whereisthislikelytobemainlyabout?Withaquestioningmindyoudirectyoureyesdownthecolumnofprint,orinazig-zag,ifthelinesarequitelong.Lookforexactnamesofpeople,places,things,ideas,numbers,andwordsliketherefore,whenever,until,because,andinstead,toclueyoutohowandwhy.LOGOPage7StepsofSkimming(book)ReadtheTitle-deadgiveaway.Readthesubtitle-sometitlesareambiguous,butsubtitlestendtoshedmorelight.Readthepreface-usuallythewriter(s)explainexactlywhatthebookisabout.LookattheTableofContents-thiswillgiveyoufurtherinformationonthebookssubjectstructureandcomponents.ReadthePublisher'sblurb-usuallylocatedintheback,somearefoundinthebook'sdustcover.Thistooisanexcellentwaytodiscoverthegistofabook.Identifyimportantchapterstoreadandlessimportantchapters.Readthefirstandlastlinesofeachparagraphtogetafeelfortheflowofargumentandthetopicsofthechapter.LOGOPage8TipsofSkimmingTakenotes,sinceyouarenotreadingyouwillneedthesenotestohelpyouremember.Readingtopicsentencesandconcludingsentences.CheckouttheIndexofabook.Thiswillgiveyousomewhatofabird'sviewofsubjectsandamountofspacethewriterdevotestoeachtopic.Thisiscalledasubjectindex.Somebooksevenofferaindexofauthorsthewriterreferstointhebook.Thisiscalledanauthorindex.ReadingSkill:Scanning•Therearedifferentstylesofreadingfordifferentsituations.Thetechniqueyouchoosewilldependonthepurposeforreading.•Forexample,youmightbereadingforenjoyment,information,ortocompleteatask.•Ifyouareexploringorreviewing,youmightskimadocument.•Ifyou'researchingforinformation,youmightscanforaparticularword.•Youneedtoadjustyourreadingspeedandtechniquedependingonyourpurpose.Howis'skimming'differentto'scanning'?•Thetermskimmingisoftenconfusedwithscanning.Remember:Skimmingisusedtoobtainthegist(theoverallsense)ofapieceoftext.E.g.Useskimmingtogetthegistofapageofatextbooktodecidewhetheritisusefulandshouldthereforebereadmoreslowlyandinmoredetail.Scanningisusedtoobtainspecificinformationfromapieceoftext.E.g.Usescanningtofindaparticularnumberinatelephonedirectory.•Sometimesyoucanusebothreadingmethods.Afteryouhaveskimmedapieceoftexttodecidewhetherthetextisofinterest,youmaywishtousescanningtechniquestolocatespecificinformation.Scanning•Scanningisatechniqueyouoftenusewhenlookingupawordinthetelephonebookordictionary.Yousearchforkeywordsorideas.•Inmostcases,youknowwhatyou'relookingfor,soyou'reconcentratingonfindingaparticularanswer.•Scanninginvolvesmovingyoureyesquicklydownthepageseekingspecificwordsandphrases.•Scanningisalsousedwhenyoufirstfindaresourcetodeterminewhetheritwillansweryourquestions.Onceyou'vescannedthedocument,youmightgobackandskimit.•Whenscanning,lookfortheauthor'suseoforganizerssuchasnumbers,letters,steps,orthewords,first,second,ornext.Lookforwordsthatareboldfaced,italics,orinadifferentfontsize,style,orcolor.So[e-mail]8WomenVideoenjoyingEnjoythefollowingtwopiecesofads,andthentelluswhatarethethemesofthem,andwhattheyreflect(esp.fromwomen'sperspective)?南方黑芝麻糊广告性感女郎广告PonderingQuestions•Whatdothinkisthesocialstatusofwomeni