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Good Morning  Ladies and Gentlemen Nice to meet you! 王晓明 中国社会科学院研究生院 国际文化中心 主任 北京市国际语言工程建设委员会 顾问 剑桥大学BETS考试北京地区 考官组长 (RTL) 国家外专局BFT 考试高级考官及资深培训师 General skills Test-taking skills Be familiar with the tests Reading Strategies and Skills Reading Strategies and Skills 1.? Prediction 2.? Skimming 3.? Scanning 4.? Detailed reading (Meaning Groups, Eye Span) 5.? Guessing unknown words 6.Understanding the main idea (Topic sentence) 7.? Inferring (imply infer) 8.? Understanding text organization 9.? Assessing a writer’s purpose 10.? Evaluating a writer’s attitude 1. Prediction Use some knowledge of the subject to help you anticipate what a reading text contains. E.g. Title, picture, diagram etc. “Caught in the Web” “In Case You Lose Your Luggage” “Six months in Another World” “Cultural Variation on Style of Thinking” 2. Skimming Read quickly through a text to get an overall idea of its contents. Features of the text that can help you include the following: 1) Title 2) Sub-title (s) 3) Details about the author 4) Abstract 5) Introductory paragraph 6) First, second and last sentences of following paragraphs 7) Concluding paragraph Hints for Skimming 1. Move your eyes across the lines rapidly. 2. Do not stop. Always look forward; do not look back. 3. Focus as much as possible on key words. 4. Remember that the first sentence usually prepares the reader for the paragraph. 5. The last sentence of the part will imply the content of the following paragraphs. Paragraph 1 1. The main idea of Paragraph 1 is that ______________. a. people speak differently when they have a problem b. people may have a better relationship if they talk to each other c. the situation affects how people speak 3. Scanning Looking for specific words, phrases and items of information as quickly as possible, which involves rapid reading for the specific rather than the general