WelcomeReadingStrategyHowtogetthemainidea?Findoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.Report:Themainideais______because______.

(EitherEnglishorChineseisOK.)

Themainideais_______because__________.

(EitherEnglishorChineseisOK.)1.PopcornParkisaveryspecialzoo.Becauseworkersatthezoocareforhurtorsickanimalsandtheyreturnsomeoftheseanimalstotheirnaturalhomes.ThoseanimalsthatcannotliveontheirownstayatPopcornParkZoo.

Themainideais_______because__________.

(EitherEnglishorChineseisOK.)1.PopcornParkisaveryspecialzoo.workersatthezoocareforhurtorsickanimalsandtheyreturnsomeoftheseanimalstotheirnaturalhomes.ThoseanimalsthatcannotliveontheirownstayatPopcornParkZoo.Because2.CanyouimaginetheveryfirstmodernOlympicsin1896withnolandingmats(海綿墊),nostopwatchesandnophotofinishes?Infact,camerasandstopwatcheswerenotuseduntilthe1932OlympicGamesinLosAngeles,USA.Sothanksfortechnology,Olympicshavebeendevelopingatanunbelievablespeed.2.CanyouimaginetheveryfirstmodernOlympicsin1896withnolandingmats(海綿墊),nostopwatchesandnophotofinishes?Infact,camerasandstopwatcheswerenotuseduntilthe1932OlympicGamesinLosAngeles,USA.thanksfortechnology,Olympicshavebeendevelopingatanunbelievablespeed.So

3.“Teenager”meansapersonfrom13to19yearsold.Althoughthey’reyoung,theyhavetomakemanyimportantchoicesbythemselves.Oftenteachersandparentscannothandlethembecausetheydon’tunderstandandknowteenagers,especiallytheirwishes,problemsordifferentmoodsinashorttime.Theyneedtothinkaboutquestionslikethese:Shouldwegotocollege?WhatkindofjobdoIwant?However,otherpeoplealsoinfluencetheirchoices.

3.“Teenager”meansapersonfrom13to19yearsold.Althoughthey’reyoung,theyhavetomakemanyimportantchoicesbythemselves.Oftenteachersandparentscannothandlethembecausetheydon’tunderstandandknowteenagers,especiallytheirwishes,problemsordifferentmoodsinashorttime.Theyneedtothinkaboutquestionslikethese:Shouldwegotocollege?WhatkindofjobdoIwant?However,otherpeoplealsoinfluencetheirchoices.Forexample,whentheybuythings,friendsarethemostimportantinfluence.4.Inrecentyears,researchonbabydevelopmenthasshownthatthestandard(水平)achildcanreachislargelydeterminedinthefirstthreeyearsofhislife.Soababy’sabilitytobenefit(得益于)fromtherightplaymaterialsshouldnotbeunderestimated（低估的）.Ababywhoisencouraged,talkedtoandshownthingsandplayedwith,hasthebestchanceofgrowingupsuccessfully.4.Inrecentyears,researchonbabydevelopmenthasshownthatthestandard(水平)achildcanreachislargelydeterminedinthefirstthreeyearsofhislife.Soababy’sabilitytobenefit(得益于)fromtherightplaymaterialsshouldnotbeunderestimated（低估的）.Ababywhoisencouraged,talkedtoandshownthingsandplayedwith,hasthebestchanceofgrowingupsuccessfully.Righttoyscanhelpababyimprovehisability.

5.GiraffesliveinpartsofAfrica.Theirnecksarelongsotheycanreachhighintotreestoeattheleaves.Leavesgivegiraffesmostofthewatertheyneedsothattheydonotoftenhavetodrinkwater.Agiraffeonlydrinksaboutonceaday,Giraffes‘longlegsmeantheytakebigstepswhentheywalkorrun.Onestepcanbeabout5meterslong.Somefactsaboutgiraffes.Howtofindthemainideaofaparagraph?StructureTheposition（位置）ofthetopicAtthebeginningAttheendAtthebeginningandendInthemiddleNocleartopicsentenceStructuresOfText(文本的結構)Notonlyinparagraphs,butalsoinpassages...Really?Tosummarizethemainidea,inmostcases,thebeginningandendingparagraphsaretheonlythingweneedtofocuson.WhatdoesthestorymainlytellusaboutSaunders?A.Heisasuccessinsports. B.HeistheyoungestBritishskier.C.HeisRidgway’sbeststudent.D.Heisagoodinstructoratschool.首段：

Fatandshy,BenSaunderswasthelastkidinhisclasspickedforanysportsteam.“Football,tennis,cricket-anythingwitharoundball,Iwasuseless,”hesaysnowwithalaugh.ButbackthenhewastheonealwaysmadefunofinschoolgymclassesinDevonshire,England.尾段：SaundershassincebecometheyoungestpersontoskialonetotheNorthPole,andhe’sskiedmoreoftheNorthPolebyhimselfthananyotherBritishman.Hisoldplaymateswouldnotbelievethechange.(2011石景山一模B)

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WhatdoesthestorymainlytellusaboutSaunders?A.Heisasuccessinsports. B.HeistheyoungestBritishskier.C.HeisRidgway’sbeststudent.D.Heisagoodinstructoratschool.首段：Fatandshy,BenSaunderswasthelastkidinhisclasspickedforanysportsteam.“Football,tennis,cricket-anythingwitharoundball,Iwasuseless,”hesaysnowwithalaugh.ButbackthenhewastheonealwaysmadefunofinschoolgymclassesinDevonshire,England.尾段：SaundershassincebecometheyoungestpersontoskialonetotheNorthPole,andhe’sskiedmoreoftheNorthPolebyhimselfthananyotherBritishman.Hisoldplaymateswouldnotbelievethechange.(2011石景山一模B)

Whatisthepassagemainlyabout？A.Theexplanationofbuildingsignalsonanisland.B.Theimportanceofbuildingsignalsonanisland.C.Waysofsendingoutsignalsonalonelyisland.D.Waysofreceivingsignalsfromalonelyisland.首段Whatdoyoudoifyou’restranded（處于困境的）onalonelyisland？Surelyyouneedtofindawaytogetintouchwiththeoutsideworld.YourbestchanceofBodysignals（信號）.尾段However,thereisnosignalwhichmeans“messagenotreceived”.Whynot？(2011中考C)Thereasonyougiveforwhysth.happenedWhatisthepassagemainlyabout？A.Theexplanationofbuildingsignalsonanisland.B.Theimportanceofbuildingsignalsonanisland.C.Waysofsendingoutsignalsonalonelyisland.D.Waysofreceivingsignalsfromalonelyisland.首段Whatdoyoudoifyou’restranded（處于困境的）onalonelyisland？Surelyyouneedtofindawaytogetintouchwiththeoutsideworld.YourbestchanceofBodysignals（信號）.尾段However,thereisnosignalwhichmeans“messagenotreceived”.Whynot？Whatcanbethebesttitleforthepassage?A.Netspeak:AWidely-UsedLanguageonInternetB.IsNetspeakHarmingtheEnglishLanguage?C.IsNetspeakHelpfulinLanguageLearning?D.Netspeak:AdvantagesandDisadvantages首段MysummerholswrCWOT.B4,WEUSED2go2NY2Cmybro,hisGF&thr3:-@KIDSFTF.ILNY,itsgr8.尾段Perhaps,weshouldgiveteenagersalittlemoretrustanyway.Erin,age12,says,“Iwouldn’tusetextlanguageinmyhomework.Textisjustforfun.”C.AnexampleofNetspeak.F.WhatisNetspeakandthetranslationoftheexample.A.TeachersandparentsthinkNetspeakisharmingtheEnglishlanguage.

B.LinguisticsthinkNetspeakisgood.E.Languagecan’tbeharmed.D.Weshouldtrustteenagers.G.NetspeakersthinkusingproperEnglishisimportant.C_________________DReadandputthemainideaofeachparagraphinorder1MysummerholswrCWOT.B4,WEUSED2go2NY2Cmybro,hisGF&thr3:-@KIDSFTF.ILNY,itsgr8.

2Canyouunderstandthissentence?Ifyoucan’t,don’tfeeltoobad:neithercouldthemiddleschoolteacherinEnglandwhoreceivedthisashomework.ThisisNetspeak:thelanguageofcomputerizedcommunicationfoundonInternetorcellphones.Tonewcomers,itcanlooklikeacompletelyforeignlanguage.So,whatisthe“translation”ofthesentenceabove?Mysummerholidayswereacompletewasteoftime.Before,weusedtogotoNewYorktoseemybrother,hisgirlfriend,andtheirthreescreamingkidsfacetoface.IloveNewYork;it’sgreat.F3Schoolteachersandparentssaythisnewformofwritingisharming(破壞)theEnglishlanguage.Increasingspellingandgrammaticalmistakescanbeseeninstudents’writing.Theyfearthelanguagecouldbecomecorrupted(面目全非的).4Everyoneshouldjustrelax,saylinguists(語言學家).TheybelieveNetspeakisinfactmoreofagoodthing.DavidCrystal,fromtheUniversityofWales,arguesthatNetspeakandInternetcreateanewlanguageuseandthealmostlostartofdiarywritinghasbeenpickedupagain.GeoffreyNunberg,fromStanfordUniversity,agrees.“Peoplegetbetteratwritingbywriting,”hesays.“Kidswhoarenowdoingtextmessaging,e-mail,andinstantmessageswillwriteatleastaswellas,andpossiblybetterthan,theirparents.”AB5LinguistJamesMilroysays,forcenturies,itisbelievedwithoutexceptionthatyoungpeopleareharmingthelanguage.Andyoucanbetyourbottomdollarthatwhentoday’steenagersbecometomorrow’sparents,theytoowillthinkthisway.Milroyarguesthatlanguagesdonotandcannotbecome“corrupted”;theysimplychangetomeetthenewneeds.6However,NetspeakersdoagreethatitisimportanttoteachyoungpeoplehowtospeakandwriteStandardEnglish.CynthiaMcVeysays,“IcanunderstandNetspeakworriesteachersandit’simportantthattheygetacrosstotheirpupilsthattextmessagingisforfun,butthatlearningtowriteproperEnglishisamustfortheirfuture.”7Perhaps,weshouldgiveteenagersalittlemoretrustanyway.Erin,age12,says,“Iwouldn’tusetextlanguageinmyhomework.Textisjustforfun.EG

What’sthestructureoftheparagraph?

P1,2Nets