Intensive Reading Book 1

1. Intensive ReadingBook 1 Rosa Zhang

3. strech Roads maze. at College like vigorous buildings is are a is night. and shining artistic. at beautiful daytime, Campus

4. 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

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

6. 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

9. The Shawshank Redemption

11. Before Reading What’s the secret of learning English? The secret ingredient of my secret ingredient soup is...nothing.

12. 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.

13. 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?

14. 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.

15. 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)

16. Main ideas Learning english is not easy, but it has some strategies. Part one: Useful tips on learning English Part two: Language learning is a process of accumulation. Part three

17. Text Para 1 Unit 1 Some Strategies for Learning English Learning English is by no means easy. It takes great diligence and prolonged effort.

18. New words strategy: n. plan that is intended to achieve a particular purpose 策略 development strategy 发展战略 service strategy 服务战略；服务策略 marketing strategy 营销战略；营销策略

19. 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。

20. 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. prolongvt. make sth. last longer 延长，拖延

21. Article2_S 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?

22. Homophonic Memory 谐音记忆 • Ponderous • 笨重的 • 胖得要死 • Sting • 蛰；叮 • 死叮 • Frugal • 节俭的 • 腐乳就够

23. 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

24. Story memory 故事记忆

25. If you your head with too many new words at a time, some of them are bound tobe 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

26. 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.

27. 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

28. What you need to do is to deal with new wordsin different waysaccording to how frequently they occur in everyday use. subject predicative

29. While active words demand constant practice and useful words must be , words that do not often occur in everyday situations require just a nodding acquaintance. committed to memory : memorize

30. 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 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。

31. 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

32. 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;

33. Active words

34. Active words

35. Useful words & phrases

36. Useful words & phrases

37. Useful words & phrases

38. seldom used words

39. seldom used words

40. You will find concentrating on active and useful wordsthe most effective route to enlarging your vocabulary.

41. 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。

42. Quick Responses

47. Watch out for idiomatic ways of saying things. Para 4

48. 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.

49. When pigs fly. 不可能。It’s impossible.

50. See the elephant. 见世面。