1、Coupled with the growing quantity of information is the development of technologies which enable the storage and delivery of more information with greater speed to more locations than has ever been possible before.,If the bees had stayed in Brazil, this would have been bad enough. But now they are o

2、n the move, heading northward in countless millions towards Central and North America.,It was not unusual to see children doing the work of adults in great many rural areas.,Harry was a capable lawyer, but it was difficult for him to live up to the reputation established by his more brilliant father

3、.,He found out that Kit Williams has spent his childhood near Ampthill, in Bedfordshire, and thought that he must have buried the hare in a place he knew well, but he still could not see the connection with Katherine of Aragon, until one day he came across two crosses in Ampthill Park and learnt tha

4、t they had been built in her honor in 1773.,We have to pay special attention to the complex sentences containing lots of clause-level information. They account for a large proportion in the reading materials for tests.,Teaching procedures: .Lead-in (2) Start the class by presenting some long and dif

5、ficult sentences , and lead the learners into todays topic naturally . .Pre-task:(10) 1. Explain to the learners the main factors that make sentences hard to understand;,2. Introduce basic ways to deal with those long and difficult sentenceshow to make good analysis of sentence structures. Offer the

6、 students selected reading comprehension tests of NMET and PMET (Guangdong). With the guidance of the teacher, students explore the example sentences one by one.,造成句子理解困難的主要原因: 1.Inversion: 倒裝句與正常語(yǔ)序不同,往往會(huì)加深理解的難度 Coupled with the growing quantity of information is the development of technologies whic

7、h enable the storage and delivery of more information with greater speed to more locations than has ever been possible before., 2.Subjunctive mood:虛擬語(yǔ)氣是一個(gè)語(yǔ)法難點(diǎn)。其表示的內(nèi)容與真實(shí)相反，加上其形式變化多種多樣，就加大了理解上的困難。 If the bees had stayed in Brazil, this would have been bad enough. But now they are on the move, heading

8、northward in countless millions towards Central and North America.,3. Comparative degree and superlative degree: 比較級(jí)和最高級(jí)也是增加句子難度的因素之一 No less important than students academic work are their extra-curricular activities. A. Extra-curricular activities are equally important compared with academic work.

9、 B. Academic work is less important than extra-curricular activities. C. Extra-curricular activities are much more important than academic work. D. Academic work, no less than extra-curricular activities, is important.,4.Double-negation: 雙重否定 : 有的句子含有形式上和語(yǔ)義上的雙重否定設(shè)置圈套,會(huì)干擾閱讀者的思維。 It was not unusual to

10、 see children doing the work of adults in great many rural areas. =It was usual that children often did adults work in many rural areas.,5. Set phrases and expressions that are difficult to understand： 有時(shí)一個(gè)句子難以理解，是由于句子中的某一個(gè)習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)或固定詞組引起的。如果閱讀者不熟悉的話，整個(gè)句子的理解也就無(wú)從下手。因此平時(shí)盡可能地多掌握一些固定詞組和習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)是非常必要的。 Harry was

11、 a capable lawyer, but it was difficult for him to live up to the reputation established by his more brilliant father. =Though Harry was a capable lawyer, it was difficult for him to equal the reputation set up by his father, who was more brilliant than him.,6.以高考試題 reading comprehension tests of NM

12、ET and PMET(Guangdong)作為實(shí)例來(lái)進(jìn)行句法分析，采取”分割”的辦法（即去掉主要句子成分主語(yǔ)、謂語(yǔ)和賓語(yǔ)之間的分割成分），來(lái)分析語(yǔ)法，找出主要意思，以達(dá)到”化繁為簡(jiǎn)，化難為易”的目的，因?yàn)楸砻婵雌饋?lái)復(fù)雜的句子其實(shí)都由若干個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單句所構(gòu)成。 Complex sentences contains lots of clause-level information. They account for a large proportion in the reading materials for tests.,(NMET) He found out that Kit Williams h

13、as spent his childhood near Ampthill, in Bedfordshire, and thought that he must have buried the hare in a place he knew well, but he still could not see the connection with Katherine of Aragon, until one day he came across two crosses in Ampthill Park and learnt that they had been built in her honor

14、 in 1773. 分析:這是由三個(gè)并列分句構(gòu)成的句子: He found out that Kit Williams has spent his childhood near Ampthill, in Bedfordshire;, He thought that he must have buried the hare in a place he knew well; he still could not see the connection with Katherine of Aragon, until one day he came across two stone crosses in

15、 Ampthill Park and learnt that they had been built in her honor in 1773.在第一和第二個(gè)分句中,分別有兩個(gè)賓語(yǔ)從句： Kit Williams has spent his childhood near Ampthill, in Bedfordshire和he must have buried the hare in a place he knew well. 第三個(gè)分句較為復(fù)雜些：其中有一個(gè)句型not until; 在由until 引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句中又有一個(gè)賓語(yǔ)從句：they had been built in her h

16、onor in 1773作learnt 的賓語(yǔ)。,Work in groups: (6 students in a group) Eight groups are formed out of 48 students, each having 2 exactly the same complex sentences (A judging panel of 6 students was previously formed). Each group is required to either translate the 2 designated sentences into proper Chine

17、se or paraphrase it.,. Main task: ( 23 ) Activity 1:,Activity 2: Display and compete,Get the groups to display their results one by one; The judging panel decides the best two groups; Then the group leaders of the two groups verbally share how they got their work done.,1 .(PMET GD2006)How many peopl

18、e have I met who have told me about the book they have been planning to write but have never yet found the time? 2. (PMET GD2007) If we told the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty and we would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we m

19、ight never share with another soul.,. Post-task:( 4) 1. Teacher offers congratulations to the winners; 2. Teacher summarizes the activities, suggesting ways for improvement. . Assignment: (1) 1.Give the students opportunities to practice more reading comprehension. They are encouraged to apply the a

20、nalyzing skills they have just learned.,2.Students are expected to take down the complex sentences they meet with in their reading practice, share with each other and deal with the sentences together and progress in reading comprehension together. Be cooperative and competitive!,Practice: (PMET GD 2

21、006) 1. Whether the final consequences of such an experiment will cause serious damage or nothing more than a small trouble still remains to be seen. 2.These are times when nothing is important but the bottom line, when you can do things any old way, when, in short, people look on work as a path to

22、ever-increasing consumption rather than a way to realize their own abilities.,3.(2006) In such a period it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done. 4.(2006)What makes this class differ from the lower class is, first, longer periods of empl

23、oymentand therefore, more fixed incomesand, second, employment in skilled or semiskilled occupations, not unskilled ones.,5.(2007)Today it seems that one of the best ways to protect your savings and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects from the past. 6.(2007) For decades, the first-

24、choice treatment for malaria parasites in Africa has been chloroquine, a chemical very cheap and easy to make.,7. (2008) It very well might be that you are experiencing a negative self-image because you cant move past one flaw or weakness that you see about yourself. 8.(2008) The best way to get rid

25、 of a negative serf-image is to realize that your image is far from objectives, and to actively convince yourself of your positive qualities. Changing the way you think and working on those you need to improve will go a long way towards promoting a positive self-image.,9.(2008) The issue is not the

26、accuracy of Tolstoys descriptionit seems not that far off from historical accounts but his choice of facts: other things that could be said of the man are not said. 10.(2008)To have ones ear pulled by the Emperor was considered the greatest honor and mark of favor at the French court. “Well, well, why dont you say anything?” said he, as if it was ridiculous in his presence to respect anyone but himself, Napoleon.,General reading strategies(策略) for students: 1. Read phrase by phrase, rather than word by word. 2. Dont try to