literature 10 大学英语泛读课件

Scanning
❖ To scan is to read quickly in order to locate or find the place in a piece of writing where a particular item of information is given and to take in that item of information. This kind of reading involves no reading in and detail of large sections of the piece of writing. Perhaps it is particularly useful in reading newspaper or some magazines.
❖ Currently, the two groups most affected by HIV in the UK are gay men and heterosexual people who have lived in Africa. Although HIV infection is most common in these groups in the UK, anybody can be infected with HIV through unprotected sex or needle sharing.
❖ Blood transfusions and the use of other blood products are safe in the UK, and mother to baby transmission can be prevented by proper treatment and care.
❖ You can get HIV in four ways:
❖ unprotected sexual intercourse with an infected partner (the most common);
❖ sharing needles or other contaminated injection or skin-piercing equipment;
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a. 0734 861266 b. 0734 586111
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c. 0734 774966 d. 0734 465456
❖ Questions
❖ 1. Margaret Mee went on her first expedition to the Amazon in
❖ a. 1952 b. 1968 c. 1947 d. 1956
❖ The steps involved in scanning are the following.
❖ 1. Decide exactly what information you are looking for, and think about the form it may take. For example, if you want to know when something happened, you would look for a date. பைடு நூலகம்f you want to find out who did something, you would look for a name.
❖ HIV is not transmitted by casual physical contact, coughing, sneezing and kissing, by sharing toilet and washing facilities, by using eating utensils or consuming food and beverages handled by someone who has HIV; it is not spread by mosquitoes or other insect bites.
❖ In the UK, there are fewer people are dying of AIDS but incidences of HIV in the UK than ever before. With testing and proper treatment, through anti-HIV drugs, many people in the UK are now able to halt or delay the damage caused by HIV.
❖ In 2003, almost 5 million people acquired HIV, which means there are now almost 38 million people living with HIV and AIDS. Despite best efforts from governments, non-profit organisations and healthcare practitioners around the world, HIV and AIDS is still having huge global impact.
❖ 2. Next, decide where you need to look to find the information you want. You probably would not look for sports scores on the front page of the newspaper, nor would you look under the letter S for the telephone number of Sam Potter.
❖ 1.___ (not) + appear = _________(vanish) ❖ 2.___(beforehand) + cast = ______(predict) ❖ 3.____(back, again) + produce = ____(grow anew) ❖ 4.___(together) + pose = _______(form) ❖ 5.____(beyond) + live = ______(live longer than) ❖ 6.____(self) + biography = _________(自传) ❖ 7.____(thoroughly) + fect = ______(faultless)
❖ Scanning a reading passage before you read it can be a very useful way to improve your comprehension if you keep your mind active as you scan.
❖ To scan the content of the reading passage, we should carefully read the subject, the paragraph headings, the first sentence of a paragraph or sometimes just part of the first sentence to get enough information for our thinking. Although we may not be able to understand every detail from the subject or the first sentence ---- and although a writer may surprise us with unexpected ideas ---- we can often see the general direction in which the writer is going. This reading skill can help us understand the text better when we go back for a closer reading, or give us a good idea of where in the reading passage to look for answers to specific questions.
❖ 2. The night-flowing Amazon Moonflower was painted at the age of
❖ a. 47 b. 79 c. 36 d. 68
HIV and AIDS
❖ HIV is one of the biggest social, economic and health challenges in the world. It is a global emergency claiming over 8,000 lives every day. In fact 5 people die of AIDS every minute.
❖ HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. This is the virus known to cause AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). If someone is HIV-positive, it means they have been infected with the virus.
Questions
1. If a secondary school leaver wishes to seek advice on his job prospects, which of the following telephone numbers should he call?
2.
a. 0734 234809 b.0734 234011