掌握一些英语学习方法,会让我们的学习效率更上一层楼。下面请欣赏51自学小编带来的怎样做英语阅读理解的方法。 一、定义猜词法 即根据定义猜测词义的方法。需要定义或解释的单词或短语大多是专有名词、生僻词或文中的关键词,作者为了使读者正确理解它们,就得做出较浅显的解释或说明。 例一:Giraffe is an animal with a very long neck, four legs and orange skin with dark spots. 根据后面对 Giraffe 的解释,它的词义为“长颈鹿”。 例二:Anthropology is the scientific study of man. 由定义可知 Anthropology 的词义为“研究人类的科学”即“人类学”。 例三:What is plagiarism? It is using others’ ideas and words without clearly mentioning where the information is from. 根据定义我们知道plagiarism的词义为“剽窃”。 二、定语从句 定语从句对先行词起限定、修饰或解释作用,因此我们可以利用定语从句来推测先行词的词义。 例一:Second generation Puerto Ricans who were born in New York but who have returned to the island, are called Nuvoricans. Nuvoricans 的词义可以由Second generation Puerto Ricans后面的两个定语从句来得到, 即生在纽约,后又回到波多黎各的人。 例二:Psychophysiology is a science which deals with the relationship between mind and body. 根据定语从句我们可以看出Psychophysiology的意思为“身心联系的科学”,即“心理生理学”。 三、同位短语或同位语从句 同位关系的两部分之间多用逗号连接,有时也用破折号、分号、引号和括号连接。 例一:According to a report published on the British medical magazine, The Lancet, a study of ten German mobile phone users found that when they turned on their phones, their blood pressure goes up by 5 to 10 millimeters of mercury. 根据句法结构的知识,我们知道The Lancet是the British medical magazine的同位语,由此可知The Lancet是一个杂志的名称。 例二:Semantics, the study of the meaning of words, is necessary if you are to speak and read intelligently. 两个逗号中间的短语the study of the meaning of words是Semantics的同位语,意为“对词义进行研究的科学”, 即“语义学”。
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