Unit 1 Reading and interaction Life in a day 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语上教版（2020）必修第一册

第一课 Reading and interaction I : Life in a Day Objectives By the end of the lessons, Ss will be able to: 1. explain the reasons for making the film Life in a Day and how it was made; 2. explain the meanings of some of the scenes shot in the film； 3. show or tell how to make their own digital time capsule and give reasons. Before you read Take one thing out of your pocket or school bag and then answer the questions . What is it about? Is it important to you? Why? Meet the film Skimming What is the general idea of this text? Skimming Definition Requirement How to skim Skimming 1. Definition Skimming means reading selectively to get a general idea of what an article is about and to become familiar with the most important ideas in it. Skimming 2. Requirement (speed and comprehension) comprehension level is about 50-70%; speed should be about twice as fast as the average reading speed or even faster.  Skimming 4. How to skim 1). read the title 2). read the introduction 3). read any headings and subheadings 4). notice any pictures, charts or graphs included 5). read the first sentence of each paragraph 6). glance at the remainder of the paragraph 7). read the summary or last paragraph Some points in skimming 1. Concentrate on the main idea and keep high speed 2. Don’t read every word of the material. 3. Pay attention to the key words and signal words. 4. Catch or summarize the topic sentences. Skimming What is the general idea of this text? Scanning Definition Difference between skimming and scanning How to scan Scanning 1. Definition Scanning in reading is a technique for quickly looking through reading material to locate a particular piece of information --- a fact, a date, a name, a statistic. Scanning 2. Differences between skimming and scanning: 1). For skimming, in most cases we do not know what the material is about beforehand; for scanning, we usually have some idea about the content of the material beforehand. 2). Purpose for skimming---to get th