新视野大学英语Book2.1-B Reading Skills

 Reading for the Main Ideas in Paragraphs
     Being able to determine the main idea of a passage is one of the most useful skills you can develop. It is a skill you can apply to any kind of reading. The main idea of a passage is the thought that is present from the beginning to the end. In a well-written paragraph, most of the sentences support, describe or explain the main idea.
    Writers most frequently use the first sentence of a paragraph to state the main idea, as is clear from the following example taken from Reading Passage A:

    Consequently, we work hard at the task of saving time. We produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices; we communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts, which though pleasant, take longer -- especially

新视野大学英语Book2.1-A Pre-reading Activities
 
First Listening
Please listen to a short passage carefully and prepare to answer some questions.
    Americans value time and save it carefully. Time is a real, precious resource to them so every minute must count. Visitors may think Americans are always in a rush and under pressure. Smiles, short conversations, and small exchanges with strangers don’t exist because Americans dislike “wasting” too much time. Americans assess others professionally rather than socially, so they start talking business immediately since they are always conscious of time. Americans work hard at saving time so they may have meetings using equipment like television screens and telephones rather than in person. Quickly solving a problem or doing a job successfully is a sign of skill. The more important the job, the

新视野大学英语Unit8-B Exercises-Vocabulary 
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新视野大学英语Unit8-A Pre-reading Activities

 First Listening 
Having ideas about a story before you read it is an important reading skill. Please listen to a very short piece of recording.
    Good ideas come from the unconscious mind or brain activity usually not controlled by us. It is easiest to examine this kind of thinking in famous people. For example, Wagner thought about writing some music for many years and struggled for many months to start it. Then, suddenly, when he was ill and not able to sleep, he fell into a sleeplike state and the sound of water in his mind became the music for the opening of his work. His conscious mind at that moment did not

pre-reading activities
 
First Listening
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    People judge other people within the first seven seconds of meeting them. You can ha

reading skills

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    Although a sentence may give a great deal of information, it usually offers one key idea. Readers must be able to find