1、Guessing Meanings ( (英语阅读理解之词义猜测英语阅读理解之词义猜测) ) 高三英语复习高三英语复习阅读理解阅读理解 Two Interesting expressions 1.when pigs fly 2.john (not John) Do you think Mary will quit her job now that shes 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
2、 night, so he went to visit john twice. 厕所厕所 What helped you understand the meanings of the above expressions? Context 上下文上下文 1、定义或解释说明、定义或解释说明(definition or explanation) 2、对比关系、对比关系(contrast) 3、因果关系、因果关系(cause and effect) 4、举例法、举例法(examples ) 5、重述重述(retelling) 6. 前后缀猜词前后缀猜词(word-formation) 猜猜 词词 技技
3、 巧巧 上下文 (context) 构词法 信号词：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（、定义或解释说明（definition or explanation） 是是 被称为被称为 意思是意思是 被定义为被定义为 指的是指的是. 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 a
4、n expert who does research on animals. 木匠木匠 动物学家动物学家 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
5、a plane C. a steady speed D. to make something move faster 直击高考直击高考 D 2、对比关系、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.
6、 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. 无辜的无辜的 节约的节约的 不同意不同意 (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
7、 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 直击高考直击高考 B n.同盟者同盟者 .The ordinary bat flying
8、 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 举例法举例法 猜词猜词 对比对比 定义定义 解释解释 因果因果 重述重述 前后缀前后缀 How to guess the meaning of words
