Archive for July, 2005

今天宝宝游泳了

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

今天是星期六。早上我们去看了宝宝的弟弟。弟弟已经12天了,长得还可以。这两天宝宝的舅舅一直在忙着给小弟弟取名,可总找不到一个合适的,骄阳、昊阳、致远、炯、烨、炜、烽,都觉得不满意。

吃好晚饭,下起了雷雨。等雨稍微小了点。大爸爸带着宝宝和姐姐一起去太平洋大酒店游泳了。妈妈和大妈妈站在游泳池边观看。刚开始,宝宝和姐姐都放不开手,套了两个救生圈,还需要大爸爸扶着。大概过了十分钟。大爸爸松手了。只见宝宝能浮在水面比较自如地划行了。宝宝可开心了,一边划水一边兴奋地叫嚷着“我能游泳了”。妈妈还给宝宝拍了照也录了像。宝宝一直玩了一个多小时,还没尽兴。今天晚上可苦了大爸爸一个人,负责两个宝宝的安全,累也累死了,刚把我们宝宝抱到岸上休息一会儿,我们宝宝就大叫“大爸爸!大爸爸!抱我下去!”不过,看我们宝宝的游泳姿势,看来还是有点天赋的呢。应该学会游泳是没什么问题了。

人民币升值2%

Thursday, July 28th, 2005

After a decade of being rigidly pegged to the US dollar, Chinas currency is finally free. Well, sort of. The Peoples Bank of China announced a new value, 8.11 to the dollar, strengthening the Yuan by about two percent. Something the Bush Administration has been pushing for and a move economists has been saying China need to make for its own good.
The aim of the Chinese move is not to satisfy US politicians, but to start a very important regime changes and revaluation process.

Here are some of the details. Instead of being pegged to the dollar, the yuan is now linked to a number of foreign currencies. But the bank didn
t indicate which ones. It will trade within a 0.3 percent band; the Central Bank also said that the trading range will be adjusted when necessary. US Federal Reserve Chairman Allen Greenspan called the reform a good first step. But in many analysts minds, China still has a long way to go.
And the economic cycle in China is not necessarily fully coordinated with the world economy and therefore, it is just imperative for China to pursue an independent monetary policy.

As recently as Tuesday, US President Bush had called China
s currency regime a difficulty in his countrys trade relationship with China. News of Beijings move was welcomed by the White House.
This is a step that we are encouraged by and the presidents encouraged by because it is a step toward adapting a more flexible market-based currency system.

Strengthening the yuan could make US products slightly cheaper in China while the American and other consumers may end up paying more for Chinese goods. It will also strengthen the purchasing power of Chinese companies seeking to invest overseas. Chinese officials had long insisted they would eventually reform the exchange rate system when the time was right. And they also made no secret of the fact that they
d do it when no one is expecting it.
Now the world
s markets will be watching to see how much this first step can cool Chinas red-hot economy, which grew at 9.5% last quarter, and theyll also be watching to see whether it will be enough to temper Washingtons concerns about its 162 billion dollars trade deficit with China.

高考阅读理解的试题类型和解题技巧

Thursday, July 28th, 2005

通过对历届高考试题的分析与归纳,我们可以把高考试题类型主要归纳为(1)事实细节型(2)推理判断型(3)写作意图型(4)主旨大意型(5)词义判断型。下面我们主要讨论不同类型试题的特点及解题技巧。

(一)事实细节题

    在高考阅读理解题中,事实细节题占很大的比例,2004年北京卷考查了6个事实细节题,全国卷也考查了78个此类题型,由此可见,做好这类题,对考生能取得高分至关重要。此类题主要考查考生对文章(或某一段落)中某一些特定细节或文章的重要事实的理解能力。比较容易的事实理解题是考生可以从文章中直接找到答案的,他们是由who, what, which, where, when, why, how等疑问词提出的问题,答案容易在文章中辨认。但是更多的细节题往往不是直接用文章中的原词,原句,而是换用同义词或不同句式来表达。另外,此类题目有时需要考生根据文中的信息通过自己的归纳总结能对图表进行辨别,能对发展顺序进行判断,能对细节进行比较以及能对具体情况进行计算。做这类题时,考生经常会出现这样的情况,即文章本身似乎读懂了,但题却做错了,这往往还是因为未能正确理解基本的事实与细节,做这类题目时必须注意以下几点。(1)问到what, when, which, where等具体细节时,往往有according to the authorpassage)这样的限制语,回答时,一定要以文章所谈到的内容为据,而不要凭自己的观点和经验去选择不符合文章内容的答案。(2)如果问的内容是由数字表示的事实或细节,比如时间,价格,次数,人数等,答案往往要经过计算才能回答,不要轻易从文中直接找出数字,文中直接出现的数据有可能只是其中之一,而要把文中出现的数字都要找到,确定它们之间的关系之后,再做出最后选择,以免理解错误。(3)如果问题中含有否定意义的词语,如有not, except for, least, never等,要特别留心,不要理解错了,而选相反的答案。

  解题策略

  1. 事实细节判断题

Exercise.

    For almost two months Dominic York, a 23-year-old hairdresser, wandered about hospitals all night, wearing a white coat and pretending he was a doctor. Yesterday he proudly claimed in court that despite his complete lack of medical experience or qualifications, he had saved several people’s lives. He had even been allowed to assist a surgeon during an emergency operation on a patient who was about to die on something she had swallowed.

Q: York was proud of the fact that ________.

    A. a surgeon let him watch an operation.

    B. He could perform some duties of a doctor.

    C. He had cheated doctors for so long.

    D. People thought he could become a real doctor.

Key: B

  2. 计算题

    Sandeen  Mukerji was on his first visit to Thailand but would leave the Land of smileswith a frown and an empty pocket.

    A stone’s throw from the Grand Palace in Bangkok, the 26-year-old Canadian ran into a monk in a robe. The monk told him that the attraction he was hoping to visit had been closed.

    The monk then introduced Mukerji to a jewellery store instead. On the way there, three different people told him that it was the last day of a once-a-year, tax-free jewellery promotion to encourage tourism.

    They said that tourists can make a lot of money by buying gems (宝石)in Thailand and selling them once at home.

    Two hours later, Mukerji had spent US $ 1250 on a set of almost worthless jewellery.

    The whole process took me by surprise. They take advantage of your greed. he said.

    In fact, Mukerji is just one of a huge number of tourists who are cheated by the promise of making a fortune. The scam (诡计)brings Thailand more than US $10 million each year.

    Q 1 How many people at least together cheated Sandeen Mukerji?

    A. Two          B. Three         C. Four          D. Five

Key: D

    Q2: Suppose everyone who was cheated lost as much as Mukerji did, how many visitors to Bankok would be cheated each year?

    A. About 6,000              B. About 8,000

    C. About 10,000            D. More than 10,000

Key: B

  3. 排序题

    文章中叙述某个故事,然后在题中将各个情节改变措辞,打乱顺序,然后作ABCD四种方式整理,要求考生鉴别哪个答案符合文章的顺序,这类题就是排序题,作此类题要善于抓住四个选项中首项与尾项的对比,答案就很容易选出。

    In the 19th century England people liked to go to the seaside. In those days, ladies wore long bathing dresses, and men wore bathing suits. Women did not walk about on the beach in their bathing dresses. They hired a bathing machine. A bathing machine was used for changing in, and for taking the bather down to the sea. It cost 2 pence to hire a machine and an attendant. When she had paid, the bather climbed up the back steps and got into the bathing machine. Then she changed into her bathing dress. When she had changed, the machine was pulled down to the sea. The bathing machine stopped in the water and the bather went down the front steps into the water. If she didn’t want to get into the sea, the attendant pulled her in.

    Q: In 19th century people who used the bathing machine usually did the following things. Which is the right order for doing them?

    a. Changing into bathing clothing

    b. Getting out of the bathing machine

    c. Paying 2 pence

    d. Getting into the bathing machine

    e. Being taken down the beach

    f. Getting into the water

    A. e, d, a, b, f, c           B. c, d, a, e, b, f

    C. c, d, e, a, b, f           D.  d, a, e, b, f, c

Key: B

  4. 识图题

    近几年的高考题中常有识图题,比如2004年北京考卷第一题就为识图题。这种题型将文字内容,改用图表或示意图的形式表达,这实际上是一种信息转化。看懂英语解释的图表,也是一种运用英语的能力。这种题初看起来令人有点茫然,但是碰到这种题时,只要保持冷静,略加分析材料中的相关内容,就能找出答案。

    Every object has weight. But the center of its weight is not always in the middle of the object. If the top of an object is heavier than its bottom, it will fall over easily. We say that its center of gravity is high. But if the bottom is heavier, it won’t fall easily. Then we say that its center of gravity is low.

    Look at the first picture. This empty box must fall over, because its center of gravity Cis not above the line of its bottom. AB

    Now look at the second picture. There is some heavy iron in the bottom of this box. It will not fall, because its center of gravity is above its bottom.

   

Q: Please point out which box will not fall.

   

Key: C

学生经常在细节题中所犯的错误题型

    细节是构成主要事实的局部因素或充实事实的例子,数据等细枝末节。一篇文章一般都包括这些要素。所以阅读理解考核中要求寻找的主要事实和特定细节都可以在文章中找到。但是,要注意的是往往出题者不会很明白很直接地提问,而是设障碍,或是把文中细节稍做改动从而引起意思上的细小变化,造成你寻找的困难,这时就需要你仔细琢磨。在细节题方面,学生常犯的错误题型是:

    Which of the following is true / not true according to the passage?

    Which of the following is mentioned / not mentioned in the passage?

Exercise :

    One word that sums up our age better than any other— whether our ageis the technological ageof western countries or the modernizing ageof China— is the word CHANGE. But has change not always been present? True, but never before at such a breakneck speed. Today it is more than just change. It is unprecedented change. In such a world reading provides the best tool we have for keeping up and for avoiding future shock in a world continually being remade.

Q: Which of the following is not true?

    A. Western countries and China are being remade.

    B. Reading will help understand our age.

    C. The present age and future world are continually changing.

    D. Reading is the best tool provided by our age.

Key: D

 

(二)推理判断型

    此类试题,指的是作者并没有把它要表达的意图说出来,而是要求读者根据字面的意思,通过文章的逻辑关系,推理以已知事实为依据来获得未知的信息,研究细节的暗示,推敲作者的态度,理解文章的含义。这类问题在文章中没有直接可以找到的答案,必须通读整篇文章,理解主要内容的基础上,通过对备选答案的逐个分析,对照原文已知内容,运用逻辑思维,进行思考,分析,推理,有时还要借助于一定的常识来选出正确答案。而且更重要的是,题目中往往使用与原文不同的表达形式,如用词,句型等,所以要特别注意审题。推理判断题常用的试题形式有:

  1. It can be inferred / concluded that ______.

  2. The writer suggests that _______.

  3. Which of the following conclusions can we draw according to the passage?

  4. The writer probably feels that ______.

  5. The passage implies, but doesn’t directly state that ______.

解题策略

  1. 细节推理题

    When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog. Her body was numb. She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours. Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions. Now at age of 34, her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast.

    On that fourth of July morning in 1952, the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was so dense. She could hardly see her support boats. Sharks cruised toward her long figure, only to be driven away by rifle shots. Against the frigid grip of the boat, she struggled on, hour after hour, while millions watched on national television.

    Alongside Florence in one of the boats, her father and her trainer offered encouragement. They told her it wasn’t much farther. But all she could see was fog. They urged her not to quit. She never had until then. With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out.

Q: What does She never had…”in the third paragraph mean?

    A. She had never been so desperate.

    B. She had never thought of giving it up.

    C. She had never seen such thick fog.

    D. She had never swum across the strait before.

Key: B

  2. 因果推理题

    推理是揭示事态的原因或结果,这类文章通常是以两种方式展开的。第一种是从结果到原因,重点在原因。其推理方式往往是首先提出一个问题或叙述一个事实,然后给予答案或说明原因。第二种推理方式是从原因到结果,重点在结果。其推理方式是首先在导言中提出问题,然后指出或列举这个问题可能引起或已经引起的后果。

Exercise

    Frank Smithson woke up and leaned over to turn off the alarm clock. Oh, no! he thought to himself, Another at that office a boss who shouts at me all the time. As Frank went downstairs his eyes fell on a large brown envelop by the door. He was overjoyed when he opened it and read the letter inside. Bigwoods Football Pools(足球赌博公司)would like to congratulate you. You have won half a million pounds.

    Frank suddenly came to life. The cigarette fell from his lips as he let out a shout that could be heard halfway down the street. At Frank arrived at work. Please explain why you are so late, his boss said. Go and jump in the lake, replied Frank. I have just come into a little money so this is a good-bye. Find yourself someone else to shout at.

    That evening Frank was smoking a very expensive Havana cigar (雪茄)when a knock was heard on the door. He rushed to the door. Outside were two men, neatly dressed in gray suits.

    Mr. Smithson, one of them said, We are from Bigwoods Pools. I’m afraid there’s been a terrible mistake…”

    Q: On hearing “… there’s been a terrible mistake…”Frank was most likely to be ______.

    A. disappointed                    B. worried

    C. nervous                           D. curious

Key: A

  3. 人物性格,态度及观点推理题

    当遇到问及作者的态度,观点的题时,首先要通读全文,对文章的写作风格有所了解,尤其要仔细领会文章的主题思想,因为它通常能规定作者的写作笔调。其次要注意作者在描述事物,表达观点时所用的遣词造句的方式,因为作者在表达观点时,往往用一些带有个人色彩的或褒贬分明的词汇。阅读时对这些方面多加注意就能做出正确的选择。

    People are always talking about the problem of youth. If there is one which I take leave to doubt, then it is older people who create it, not the young themselves. Let us get down to the base and agree that the young are after all human beings--people just like their elders. There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the young man has a glorious future before him and the old one has a proud history behind him; and maybe that is where the rub is.

    When I was a teenager, I felt that I was just young and uncertain. I was a new boy in a high school, and I would have been very pleased to be regarded as something so interesting as a problem. For one thing, being a problem gives you a certain identity (身份), and that is one of the things the young are busily engaged in seeking.

    I find young people exciting. They have an air of freedom, they are not anxious social climbers and they have no devotion to material things. All this seems to me to link them with life and the origin of things. All that is in my mind when I meet a young person. He may be conceited, ill-man-nered, rash or childish, but I don’t turn for protection to dull cliches (陈词滥调)about respect for elders as if only age were a reason for respect. I accept that we are equals, and I will argue with him, as an equal, if I think he is wrong.

Exercise

    What’s the writer’s attitude to young people?

    A. He has got an positive attitude towards young people.

    B. He look down upon the young.

    C. He thinks the young are childish and rude.

    D. He has got a negative attitude towards the young.

Key: A

  4. 预测想象题

    有些内容在文章中并没有明确的说明。这就要求同学们根据语篇,对事情可能发生的结局或下段可能涉及的内容等进行预测推理。做这类试题的时候应该把握作者的写作思路,如文章可能按事件发展的经过描写,也可能按照因果关系,对比关系来叙述,从而做出比较科学合理的预测。对于预测性的试题,我们一定要把握它的设题思路,决不能自己乱加分析与猜测。

    We are in the computer age. We often see computers at work. They are especially useful in automatic control, date processing and solving complicated problems. And they are finding their way into the home. The part played by computers is becoming even more important with each passing day.

    More and cleverer computers will continue to appear. They will run faster, have more functions and work more skillfully. They will take over more tasks from us, helping to change the face of our world. Some people even think that sooner or later computers will replace us.

    However

    Q: Which of the following statements is most likely to be talked about in the third paragraph?

    A. Computers will soon stop developing.

    B. Computers are as clever as man.

    C. Many people like computers very much.

    D. I don’t think computers will replace very much.

    Key: D

(三)写作意图推断

    写作意图推断也是作者写文章的目的所在。作者一般不直接陈述自己的意图,而是通过文章所提供的事实,形象和客观地使读者了解和信服某种观点和看法。此类试题要求学生根据文章的论述,推断作者的写作意图及利用某种写作手段的目的,这种题型要求考生不但能理解文章的内容,同时还要具备对作者的写作内容,方法等方面进行归纳和总结的能力。

    常见的试题类型

  1. The purpose in writing this text is to ________.

  2. The author writes this passage to _______.

  3. What does the author mainly want to say? 2004年北京考卷62题)

  4. The passage is most likely to be taken from _______

  5. The passage is most likely a part of ______

  6. What conclusion can we draw from the passage?

  7. The author in this passage intends to _______.

解题策略

    解这类题一定要(1)吃透文章的字面意思,从作者的字里行间找有用的提示,切勿用自己的主观想法观点去理解试题,造成误解。(2)要特别注意文中描写环境氛围的语言,以及表达感情,态度观点的词语,还要注意作者在文章中的措辞及表达感情色彩的形容词。(3)在忠实于原文的基础上,以文章提供的线索事实为根据,并运用自己积累的相关英语国家文化传统,风俗习惯等背景知识来识别评价。(4)把握句与句之间,段与段之间的关系,了解文章的篇章结构,同时要透过字里行间仔细体会作者的态度,明了他的弦外之音。

    Sport not only is physically challenging, but it can also be mentally challenging. Criticism from coaches, parents, and other teammates, as well pressure to win can create an excessive (过度的)amount of anxiety or stress for young athletes. Stress can be physical, emotional, or psychological and research has indicated that it can lead to burnout. Burnout has been described as dropping or quitting of an activity that was at one time enjoyable.

    The early years of development are critical years for learning about oneself. The sport setting is one where valuable experiences can take place. Young athletes can, for example, learn how to work together with others, make friends, and gain other social skills that will be used throughout their lives. Coaches and parents should be aware, at all times, that their feedback to youngsters may take their parents’ and coaches’ criticisms to heart and find a flaw (缺陷)in them.

    Coaches and parents, should also be careful that young sport participation doesn’t become the work for children. The outcome of the game should not be more important than the process of learning the sport and other life lessons. In today’s youth sport setting, young athletes may be worrying more about who will win instead of enjoying themselves and the sport. Following a game, many parents and coaches direct their attention on the outcome and find fault with young people’s performances. Research indicates that positive reinforcement (加强)motivates and has a effect on learning than criticism. Again criticism can create high levels of stress, which can lead to burnout.

Q; The author’s purpose in writing the passage is to ________.

    A. Teach young athletes how to avoid burnout.

    B. Persuade young children not to worry about criticism.

    C. Stress the importance of positive reinforcement to children.

    D. Discuss the skill of mixing criticism with encouragement.

Key: C

(四)主旨大意型

    这类题型在高考阅读理解题中所占的比例相当大。这类题型一般不容易直接找到答案,最简单的方法是要注意文章开头的一,二句,因为他们通常是文章的主题句,同时要快速阅读文章的结尾,一般文章都要在结尾进行归纳总结,这样可以帮助你对文章的大意有所了解。这类题型常见的题干有:

  1. The main idea of the passage is ________.

  2. The main purpose of the story is to tell us _______.

  3. Which sentence best express the main idea?

  4. Which of following best summarizes the passage?

  5. The passage is mainly about ______?

  6. The central idea of the paragraph is that _______.

  7. The passage is mainly concerned with _______

  8. Which of the following is the best title?

    这类题型基本上可以归为两类(1)寻找文章某一段的段落大意或文章全文的中心思想(2)确定文章合适的标题。

解题策略

  1. 段落大意和中心思想归纳题

    读者要把握一点,文章是段落组成的,段落是发展一个主题的一群句子,段落的主题就是该段的中心思想,就一整篇文章而言,具体段落的中心思想又是为文章整体的中心思想服务的。寻找具体段落的中心思想的方法是找出每段的主题句。

    其次,寻找全文的主旨大意的方法是建立在寻找具体段落大意的基础上,各段落中心句的整体归纳便是文章的中心思想。因此在做题时,不能只依据只言片语,或光看文章的某些段落,就确定全文的中心,而要观察全文的结构安排,理解文章浓墨重笔写的“重心”,要看文章的组织材料及支撑性细节是为什么服务的,分析故事的发展情节是围绕什么表意中心来安排的。

    学生在做题时经常犯的错误有以下几个方面

    1)忽视文章的整体结构,分辨不清文章的重心,常常把某一支撑细节误作为全文的大意,以偏概全。

    2)忽视文章表意的倾向性,即作者写此篇文章主要想表达什么,主要想给读者传达什么。

    3)漏掉最主要的特征词,有时题干所设的四个选项非常接近,容易给读者一种茫然的感觉,这时要特别注意题干中一些表示事物特征的词,尤其是形容词,要通过分析确定哪个选项当中的表示特征的词最能够表达段落主题或文章主题,从而选出正确答案。

Exercise:

    That night, the men of his own village came to the school. For a while no one said anything. At last Carlos spoke, We want to thank you for being in our village. He said. we want to thank you for teaching our children.

    Ed looked at him. I like teaching your children, he said.

    Then please don’t leave us, Carlos said.

    Ed understood. Now he knew why the men were there. They had heard Ed talk about the other village. They thought he was going there to teach.

    But I am not leaving., Ed said. This is my home as long as I’m in Ecuator. John. Kennedy No 1 is my school.

Q: What’s the main idea of the passage?

    A. The school Ed had visited was a great school.

    B. The men of the village wanted to thank Ed.

    C. Ed liked teaching the children of the village he lived in.

    D. Ed was loved and respected by the villagers of the village he worked in.

Key: D

  2. 正确选择合适的标题

    文章的标题是全文中心思想的最精炼的表达形式,它的特点是:短小精悍,多为一短语,概括性强,一般要求能覆盖全文,其确定的范围要恰当,既不能太大,也不能太小。此外,标题要非常精确,不能随意改变语言表意的程度及色彩。在作这类题时,应注意以下三个原则。(1)概括性。要求标题应该在最大限度上覆盖全文,囊括文章的主要内容,体现文章的主旨大意,读者要通过体会字里行间的意思从整体上把握文章的主旨大意,从全局的角度归纳概括出文章的标题,要防止本末倒置,主次不分,以偏概全。(2)针对性,文章的标题不能太概括,太大而导致对本文内容没有针对性,标题应该直接指向文章的主要特点。(3)醒目性。标题是文章的点睛之笔,是文章的灵魂和门面,标题的好坏往往影响到读者对文章的兴趣,所以文章的标题要醒目,甚至于要独特,这样才能吸引读者,唤起读者对文章的兴趣,所以在标题的选择上,在满足了前两点的前提下,还要充分考虑标题的独特性。

 

    Social customs and ways of behaving change. Things which were considered impolite many years ago are now acceptable. Just a few years ago, it was considered impolite behavior for a man to smoke on the street. No man who thought of himself as being a gentleman would make a fool of himself by smoking when a lady was in a room.

    Customs also differ from country to country. Does a man walk on the left or the right of a woman in your country? Or doesn’t it matter? What about table manners? Should you use both hands when you are eating? Should you leave one on your lap, or on the table?

    The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs. For example, in both America and England people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time. Also, most Englishmen will open a door for a woman or offer their seats to a woman, and so will most Americans. Promptness (守时)is important both in England and in America. That is, if a dinner invitation is for 7 o’clock, the dinner guest either arrives close to that time or calls up to explain his delay.

    The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable, especially if they are your guests. There is an old story about a man who gave a formal dinner party. When the food was served, one of the guests started to eat his peas with a knife. The other guests were amused or shocked, but the host calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. It would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.

Exercise

    Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?

    A. Social Customs and Behaviors

    B. Social Life and Bad Manners

    C. American and British Customs.

    D. Promptness Is Rule One.

Key: A

(五)如何猜测词义

    猜测词义的目的是在考查学生根据上下文推测生词短语含义的同时,突出考查学生对具体语境的分析和把握能力。猜词能力不仅涉及到学生的语言知识水平,还涉及到学生的语言运用能力和综合素质水平。因此,在碰到生词时,我们要对全篇文章进行理解,再根据含有该词句子的上下文,以及句子和段落之间的关系来判断,理解生词,猜测出生词的大意。下面介绍几种猜测词意的技巧。

  1. 通过定义解释来推测词义。有时直接进行解释,但是更多的体现在使用一些词汇上,如is, or, that is to say, in other words, be called或破折号来表示。

Exercise

     Archaeologist spent years studying and searching for remains of the Chinese civilization.

Key: Exercise

terrible mistake…”

Key: 考古学家

    Treating disease by bathing has been popular for centuries. Modern medical bathing or hydrotherapy, first became popular in Europe by the late 1700’s also became popular in the United States.

Key: medical bathing

2. 通过对比关系来推测词义,如利用反义词说明生词的含义,常用的对比关系的词汇常有but, however, on the one hand, on the other hand, for one thing, for another和众多反义词。

Exercise

    The ruler had been so cruel and dishonest that after the revolution she was banished. A few members of the Senate opposed this decision, but the majority voted that the ruler should leave the country forever.

Key: 驱逐出境

  3. 根据同类关系来推测词义。同类关系的内容通常由such as, like, for example等连词列举同类词汇来体现。

Exercise:

    At forty-two he was in his prime and always full of energy.

Key: 盛年时期

  4. 根据生活常识来猜测词义。猜测词义时需要上下文语境,结合自身生活经验进行逻辑推理。

Exercise:

    The football game was getting more and more exciting, however, the old lady was still as dozy as she usually was.

Key: 昏昏欲睡

  5. 利用文义及逻辑关系来推测词义,运用此技巧关键应在理清前后文义的基础上着重分析前后文的逻辑关系,是递进,转折还是并列,还是因果关系等等。

Exercise:

    One mistaken idea about business is that it can be treated as a game of perfect information. Quite the reverse, business, politics, life itself are games which we must normally play with very imperfect information.

Key: 完全相反

  6. 根据构词法,英语中的构词法主要有三种。即复合法,派生法及转化法。而派生法是最重要的方法,在平时的练习中,要在理解词根的基础上,掌握前后缀规律,如un-, im-, in-, dis-, 等前缀和less-等后缀可以构成反义词,后缀ness-, ty-可以转换词性等。另外,还要格外注意猜测熟词新含义。在平时的学习过程中,尽量扩大知识面,对常见的有不同含义的词汇,要注意归纳总结。

Exercise:

  1. Even when a man is said to be a best friend, the two share a little about their innermost feeling.

Key: 内心深处的

  2. The major market force rests in the growing population of white collar employees, who can offer the new service.

Key: 依赖于