专四阅读总策略概要1.ppt

专四阅读总策略 1、略读(skimming) 2、看题(questioning) 3、查读(scanning) 4、精读(perusing) 5、答题(answering) (1)略读(Skimming)。 拿到文章和考题后，首先要对文章进行略读，以获得总体印象，知道文章的主题、作者总的态度等重要信息，以便可以联系自己的背景知识。正因为是略读，时间控制在1分钟以内，所以不可能全文阅读，阅读的部分应该是标题、小标题、第一段以及每段第一句话等处。 以下以2008年真题Text D为例说明。 Public speaking fills most people with dread. Humiliation is the greatest fear; self-exposure and failing to appeal to the audience come a close second. Women hate it most, since girls are pressurized from an early age to be concerned with appearances of all kinds. 　 Most people have plenty of insecurities, and this seems like a situation that will bring them out. If you were under pressure to be perfect, you are terrified of falling in the most public of ways. While extroverts will feel less fear before the ordeal, it does not mean they will necessarily do it better. Some very shy people manage to shine. When I met the British comedian Julian Clary, he was shy and cautious, yet his TV performances are perfect. 　 In fact, personality is not the best predictor of who does it well. Regardless of what you are like in real life, the key seems to be to act yourself. Actual acting, as in performing the scripted lines of a character other than yourself, does not do the job. While politicians may limit damage by having carefully rehearsed, written scripts to speak from, there is always a hidden awareness among the audience that the words might not be true. 　　Likewise, the incredibly perfect speeches of many American academics are far from natural. You may end up buying their book on the way out, but soon afterwards, it is much like fast food, and you get a nameless sense that youve been cheated. Although, as Earl Spencer proved at his sister Princess Dianas funeral, it is possible both to prepare every word and to act naturally. A script rarely works and it is used to help most speakers. But, being yourself doesnt work either. If you spoke as if you were in your own kitchen, it would be too authentic, too unawa