Intensive Reading
Book 1
Rosa Zhang
strech
Roads
like
maze.
College
vigorous
is
night.
at
buildings
are
a
is
and
artistic.
shining
at
beautiful
daytime,
Campus
Lead-in activities
College
• pursue your dream
• prepare for future life
• A small society
• learn self-discipline
• learning methods
• A new beginning in our life
hope is a good thing, maybe
the best thing in the world...
The Shawshank Redemption
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•
•
•
Banker Andy
misjudged by the court
murder his wife
put in prison
• receive a life sentence / life
imprisonmemt
• Andy told Red his dream to live
in Zihuatanejo in Mexico
The Shawshank Redemption
What’s the secret of learning English?
Before Reading
The secret ingredient of my secret ingredient
soup is...nothing.
Global Reading
New words
①Skim the whole text and get the main idea.
Learning English is not easy. It is a process of
accumulation. But there are some strategies we
can use.
②Read the text as quickly as you can and
answer the following questions.
How many learning strategies for learning
English are mentioned in the text?
What are they?
Six Strategies
• 1. Do not treat all new words in exactly
the same way.
• 2.Watch out for idiomatic ways of
saying things.
• 3. Listen to English every day.
• 4. Seize opportunities to speak.
• 5. Read widely.
• 6. Write regularly.
Text: Organization
Divide the text into 3 parts and get the main
idea of each one.
Text organization
Part1(1-2)
Part 2 (3-8)
Part 3 (9)
Main ideas
Part one:
Learning english is not easy,
but it has some strategies.
Part two:
Useful tips on learning
English
Part three
Language learning is a
process of accumulation.
Text
Unit 1 Some Strategies for Learning English
Para 1
Learning English is by no means
easy. It takes great diligence and
prolonged effort.
New words
strategy: n. plan that is intended
to achieve a particular purpose 策略
development strategy
service strategy
marketing strategy
发展战略
服务战略；服务策略
营销战略；营销策略
diligence: n. steady effort; careful and
hard effort
勤勉，用功
The police are pursuing their inquiries with
great diligence.
警察正以不懈的努力进行着调查。
diligence in sth./ in doing sth.
She shows great diligence in her school work.
她做作业非常用功。
diligent adj. 勤勉的，勤奋的
Mike is a diligent and prolific worker.
迈克是个勤奋而且出活多的工人。
prolong vt. make sth. last longer 延长，拖延
eg. Drugs that help to prolong life;
prolong the agony: make an unpleasant
experience, a tense situation, ect. last
longer than necessary
Don’t prolong the agony – just tell us the
result.
prolonged adj.
There will be prolonged delays for rail
travelers.
Para 3. Do not treat all new words
in exactly the same way.
Have you ever complained about
your memory because you find it
simply impossible to memorize all the
new words you are learning?
Homophonic Memory
谐音记忆
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•
Ponderous
笨重的
胖得要死
Sting
蛰；叮
死叮
Frugal
节俭的
腐乳就够
Formula memory
口诀记忆
• brief 简洁的
• grief 悲伤的
• relief 缓解
• 不简洁，哥悲伤，阿姨说谎(为缓解)。
• b简洁， g悲伤， re lie 为缓解
Story memory
故事记忆
• If you cram your head with too many new
words at a time, some of them are bound to
be crowded out.
•
force sth. into a small place so that
that place is completely filled
• Terry crammed the dirty clothes
into his bag.
词组：cram…with…
eg: Father Christmas crams his bag with
all kinds of presents.
If you cram your head with too many new
words at a time, some of them are bound to
be crowded out.
be bound to: be certain to
eg: You are bound to succeed if you
persistently work hard.
• But, in fact, it is not your memory
that is at fault.
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•
•
•
The Emphatic Pattern
It is …that…
It is John that broke the window.
at fault: guilty of error; deserving blame
Mr. Smith was so pig-headed hat he could
never accept that he had been at fault.
subject
predicative
What you need to do is to deal with
new words in different ways
according to how frequently they
occur in everyday use.
While active words demand constant practice
and
useful words must be committed to memory
,
words that do not often occur in everyday
situations require just a nodding acquaintance.
: memorize
commit vt. ①give …to sb. or sth. to take care of
把...交托给；
The old man committed his will to the care of
the lawyer.
老人把他的遗嘱委托律师保管。
②犯罪，做错事
I have never committed any crime.
我从没有犯过任何罪。
③使…承担义务,做出许诺
Don't commit your promises to paper if you are
如果你没有把握兑现你的许诺，
not certain you keep them.
你就不要做出书面保证。
Commit oneself
承诺，答应负责
Commit a crime
犯罪；犯下罪行
Commit murder
谋杀
Commit suicide
自杀
acquaintance n. ①knowledge of sb. or sth. ;
（对某人某事的）了解
She has some acquaintance with French.
她懂点法语。
② (a relationship with) sb. you know a little
He is not a friend, only an acquaintance.
他不是朋友，只是相熟。
nodding acquaintance
不完整或肤浅的知识; 泛泛之交; 点头之交;
continue acquaintance
继续交往;
Active words
Active
words
Useful words
& phrases
seldom
used
words
seldom
used
words
You will find concentrating on
active and useful words the most
effective route to enlarging your
vocabulary.
concentrate: v. give all your attention to
what you are doing
concentrate on 全神贯注做某事
You must concentrate all your energies on
the study of English.
你必须集中全力学习英语。
Quick Responses
Para 4
Watch out for idiomatic ways
of saying things.
Have you ever wondered why we say, “I am
interested in English”, but “I am good at
French”? And have you ever asked yourself
why native English speakers say, “learn the
news or secret”, but “learn of someone’s
success or arrival”? These are all examples of
idiomatic usage.
When pigs fly.
不可能。It’s impossible.
See the elephant.
见世面。
The Effects of English Culture on Idioms:
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•
The living circumstance Factor
The Historical Factors
The Religious Factor
The Literary Art Factors
The living circumstance Factor
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Geographical environment
island
Sea
water
sailing
island
• fish
Don’t teach fish to swim.
不要班门弄斧。
more examples :
• as close as an oyster
• ( 守口如瓶 )
• at sea
• ( 茫然 )
• in full sail
• ( 全力以赴 )
• dull fish
• ( 枯燥无味的人 )
Climate
• western hemisphere
• North Temperate Zone and marine climate,
• (北温带海洋气候)
• "west wind" is the symbol of spring.
• Shirley'' s "Ode to West Wind" is a praising song of
spring.
• Summer: "lovely", "gentle" and "nice".
• shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
(Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18)
• 能否把你比作夏日璀璨？
•
你却比炎夏更可爱温存。
The Historical Factors
• Appeal to Caesar （诉诸最高权力机关(或上级、长辈)
• Do in Rome as the Romans do
• Rome was not built in a day
• All roads lead to Rome
）
The Religious Factor
• Christian
• Jesus
• Bible
•as poor as a church mouse
The Literary Art Factors
• Idioms from literary works
• Shakespeare
• die in harness ( 因公殉职 ) ——Macbeth
• to claim one's pound of flesh ( 割某人的一磅肉 )
•
——The Merchant of Venice
Useful Idiomatic sayings
• dead president
•
美钞
• goose flesh
•
鸡皮疙瘩
• American Beauty
•
美国产四季开花的蔷薇
• Dutch treat
• AA制；各付己账
In learning English, you must
pay attention not only to the
meaning of a word, but also to
the way native speakers use it
in their daily lives.
To para 5
Listening to English on a regular basis will
not only improve your ear, but will also help
you build your speaking skills.
on a regular basis: often and according to a set frequency
I write to him on a regular basis.
Para 5 送奶员定期给我们送奶。
The milkman sends us milk on a regular basis.
Paraphrase the phrase “improve one’s ear”.
“Ear” here means sense of hearing. This phrase
may be paraphrased as “develop one’s listening
competence”.
To para 6-9
It pays to absorb as much as you can from
reading and listening and then try to put what
you have learned into practice through speaking
and writing.
Para 9
pay: v. give money in exchange for goods or
Collocation:
services; bear a cost or做某事是大有益处的
penalty
it pays to do (sth.)
注意
Eg.
He
paid
the
bill.
pay attention to
赞颂
pay
tribute
Mum
paidto
for my driving lessons.
拜访
pay a call/vist to
有一天你一定会为你的自私付出代价。
付清
pay off
付出
payhave
out to pay for your selfishness some day.
You'll
put…into practice: carry out or perform
One must have thoroughly mastered a theory
before one can put it into practice properly.
对任何理论，先要融会贯通，才谈得上运用自如。
A project to modernize the teaching process has
recently been put into practice in colleges in China.
Analyze
Translate
thethe
structure
sentence
of the
intosentence
Chinese.
It pays to do sth.
从读和听中尽量多吸收，然后再试着把学到的东
It is beneficial to do sth.
西通过说和写加以运用，定会大有收益。
It pays to read as many classic works as
possible..
Summary Remarks
As pointed out in the text, learning English is
a process of accumulation. Learning English
requires some helpful strategies as well as
diligence and effort. It is urgent to remember
those strategies and try consciously to develop
them for our English study. You also should
balance your input and output.
Homework
作业本：作文
Is Military Training Necessary Now?
• 作文题纲：
• Outline：
• 1.有人认为现在的大学生军训没必要
• 2. 有人则认为有必要
• 3. 我认为……
Useful expressions:
By no means
决不,毫不
At fault
有过错，有责任
At a time
每次，一次
Be bound
to
Commit to memory
Watch out for
肯定会
记住
密切注意
Learn of/about
得知，听说
On a regular basis
经常
In addition to
除…之外
Over and over again 反复，
Seek out
寻找，找出
For instance
例如
In detail
详细地
Act out
将…表演出来
Apart from
除…之外
Put …into practice 把…付诸实践
Pen pal
笔友
Bound book
精装书
绵绵不断的雨
constant rain
Commit to flames
付之一炬
犯罪
commit a crime
Have some acquaitance with 略懂，略知
航线
air /sea route
Enlarged meeting
扩大会议
习惯用法
idiomatic usage
Additional tax
附加税
校园里
on campus
Dancing partner
舞伴
可靠的信息来源 a reliable soure of information
Assign a day
指定一个日期
文字处理
word processing
Cultural difference
文化差异
总而言之
in summary/ sum up
Capital accumulation 资本积累
专注，专心于
be absorbed in
战略计划
strategies plan
Means of communication
通讯工具
长期努力
prolonged effort
A good command of english 精通英语
可持续发展
sustainable development
A letter of complaint
仓促用功备考
投诉信
Cram for a test
Vocabulary Activities
1.1) e 2) g 3)j 4)a 5)b 6) I 7) c 8) d 9) h 10)
f
2. 1)handing 2) summarized 3）process 4）
absorb 5） be bound to 6)feel free 7) for
instance 8)strategies 9)complained 10)has
committed …to memory 11)Nevertheless
12)rely …on 13)Apart from 14) command
3. 1) over and over again 2) at a time 3) put
it into practice 4)watching out for 5)by no
means 6) concentrate on 7) In addition to
8) in detail
Enriching Your Word Power
①a) additional b) add c) addition d) addition
② a) effectively b)effect c) effective d) effect
③ a)helpful
b) help c)helpless d)help
e)helplessly f)helpfully g) helpful
④a)reliant b)reliable c)reliance, reliable d)relies
e)reliably
⑤ a) repetition b) repeating c)repetadely d)
repeated e)repetation
Usage
 1)In my opinion 2)According to Mary 3)In our
opinion 4)According to today’s papers5)In most
doctors’ opinion / According to most doctors
 structure
1) ① Shakespeare was not only a dramatist but also
an actor.
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structure
② Miss Crain not only took me home in her car ,
but also came the next day to see if I had
recovered.
③ Hainan Island attracts tourists not only in winter
but also in summer.
④There is always a black market not only in
Britain , but also in other European countries
⑤ At the Athens Olympics in 2004, Liu xiang not
only won a gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles,
but also broke the Olympic record.
structure
2)①It is true that your sentences are all
grammatically correct, but they don’t make any
sense.
②It is true that they lost that battle,but they still
went on fighting.
③It is true that Tom’s very clever and hardworking,
but I still don’t think he is the right person for the job.
④It is true that learning English is by no means easy,
but we can make the task easier by using some
learning strategies.
Cloze
1)①strategies ②frequently ③ over and over again
④commit to memory
⑤acquaintance ⑥ watch out for ⑦communicate
⑧process
⑨opportunities ⑩rely on ⑾put into practice ⑿
absorbed
2) ①if ②about ③it ④know ⑤up ⑥as ⑦addition
⑧even ⑨ into ⑩other ⑾for ⑿ while
Translation
1)Mrs .Smith complained to me that she often found it
simply impossible to communicate with her 16-year
old daughter.
2) I firmly believe that reading simplified English novels
is an easy and enjoyed way of enlarging our
vocabulary.
3)I don’t think we’re doing enough to protect our
environment from pollution.
4)In addition to /Apart from writing composition on a
weekly basis, our English teacher assigned us eight
books to read during the summer vacation.
Translation
• 5)We’ve learned from reliable sources that a native
English speaker is going to teach us spoken
English next term /semester.
• 6)Seeing English movies on a regular basis will not
only improve your ear , but will also help you build
your speaking skills.
7)If you have any questions about these learning
strategies, please feel free to ask me . And I ‘ll
explain them in greater detail.
Translation
8)The Canadian girl is good at seizing every
opportunity to speak Chinese. That’s why
she has gained a good command of
spoken Chinese in less than three years.
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