Intensive ReadingBook 1

Rosa Zhang

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vigorous

Campusdaytime,

shining

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night.

Roads

beautiful

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maze.

areis

strech

and

buildings

College

artistic.

like

College

• pursue your dream pursue your dream

• prepareprepare for future lifefuture life

• A small societysociety

• learn self-disciplineself-discipline

• learning methodslearning methods

• A new beginningnew beginning in our life

Lead-in activities

hope is a good thing, maybe the best thing in the world... 

The Shawshank Redemption

• 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.

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.

Global Reading New words

How many learning strategies for learning English are mentioned in the text?

What are they?

②Read the text as quickly as you can and answer the following questions.

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.

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Text organization

Part1(1-2) Part 2 (3-8) Part 3 (9)

Divide the text into 3 parts and get the main idea of each one.

Text Organization

Part one:

Main ideas

Part two:Useful tips on learning English

Part threeLanguage learning is a process of accumulation.

Learning english is not easy, but it has some strategies.

Unit 1 Some Strategies for Learning English

Learning English is by no means easy.

It takes great diligence and prolonged

effort.

Para 1

Text

New words

strategy: n. plan that is intended to achieve a particular purpose 策略

发展战略 development strategy

服务战略；服务策略 service strategy

营销战略；营销策略 marketing strategy

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.

Mike is a diligent and prolific worker.

迈克是个勤奋而且出活多的工人。

diligent adj. 勤勉的，勤奋的

She shows great diligence in her school work.

她做作业非常用功。

prolong vt. make sth. last longer 延长，拖延

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.

eg. Drugs that help to prolong life;

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?

• Ponderous • 笨重的• 胖得要死• Sting • 蛰；叮• 死叮• Frugal • 节俭的• 腐乳就够

Homophonic Memory

谐音记忆

• 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

Formula memory 口诀记忆

Story memory故事记忆

• If you 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.

cram

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.

• 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.

The Emphatic Pattern

What you need to do is to deal with new words in different ways

according to how frequently they occur in everyday use.

predicative subject

While active words demand constant practiceand

useful words must be ,

words that do not often occur in everyday situations require just a nodding acquaintance.

committed to memory

: memorize

commit vt. ①give …to sb. or sth. to take care of

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

把 ... 交托给；

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 not certain you keep them.

如果你没有把握兑现你的许诺，你就不要做出书面保证。

Commit oneself

Commit a crime

Commit murder

Commit suicide

承诺，答应负责

犯罪；犯下罪行

谋杀

自杀

acquaintance n. ①knowledge of sb. or sth. ;

She has some acquaintance with French.

她懂点法语。

（对某人某事的）了解

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

Useful words

& phrases

Useful w

ords

& phra

ses

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

You must concentrate all your energies on the study of English.

你必须集中全力学习英语。

concentrate on 全神贯注做某事

Quick Responses

Watch out for idiomatic ways of saying things.

Para 4

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:

• The living circumstance Factor

• The Historical Factors

• The Religious Factor

• The Literary Art Factors

The living circumstance Factor• 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.

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”.

Para 5

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.

pay: v. give money in exchange for goods or services; bear a cost or penalty

Eg. He paid the bill.

Mum paid for my driving lessons.

有一天你一定会为你的自私付出代价。

You'll have to pay for your selfishness some day.

Collocation:

it pays to do (sth.)pay attention topay tribute topay a call/vist topay offpay out

做某事是大有益处的注意赞颂拜访付清付出

Para 9

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 the structure of the sentence

It pays to do sth. It is beneficial to do sth.It pays to read as many classic works as possible..

Translate the sentence into Chinese.

从读和听中尽量多吸收，然后再试着把学到的东西通过说和写加以运用，定会大有收益。

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.

Summary Remarks

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……

Homework

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 肯定会

Commit to memory 记住

Watch out for 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 投诉信

仓促用功备考 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) Shakespeare was not only a dramatist but also ①an 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) It is true that your sentences are all ①grammatically 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) strategies frequently over and over again ① ② ③commit to memory④

⑤acquaintance watch out for communicate ⑥ ⑦process⑧

⑨opportunities rely on put into practice ⑩ ⑾absorbed⑿

2) if about it know up as addition ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ even into other for while⑧ ⑨ ⑩ ⑾ ⑿

Translation1)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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