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Unit 5 Understanding Ideas Reading 1 Let’s review and choose. What is the writer’s purpose(目的)? Tip 1: Read for purpose. The purpose of a text is what the writer wants to do. Think about: Where is the text from? Who is it for? Was it written to explain, describe or persuade(说服)? A. To introduce the Plateau's features(特点)to more people. B. To persuade(说服) the readers to visit his hometown. C. To show love for the hometown by describing(描述) its natural sight. 图片来自教材 2 A simple introduction (简介) The colour white The colour blue The colour green Comments (评价) Let’s choose. Tip 2: Read for structure. Read the topic sentence of each paragraph. What is the structure (结构) of the passage? ② ③ ④ ⑤ ① A ③ ④ ① ② ⑤ B ① ② ③ ⑤ C ④ 图片来自教材 Let’s complete. A simple introduction (简介) Three colours Comments (评价) Location: Famous places: Features: the world’s _mountain full of the most _ in nature on the _ amazing colors highest Qinghai-Tibet Plateau blue white green clouds _ _ sheep mountains sky rivers lakes _ _ grassland forests fields _ _ _ trains _ _ _ than big cities shops and restaurants presents from nature _than any other places one of _ places in the world quieter fewer the best better the most beautiful Tip 3: Read for details. Find out the key words. 4 Let’s choose. In this passage, what figures of speech(修辞手法) are used? C. Hyperbole(夸张). A. Simile(明喻). B. Personification(拟人化). There are a hundred kinds of blues in the water. Tip 4: Read for language. Understand the figures of speech to know the passage better. The mountains are like white lotus flowers. The clouds are clean and soft, like white sheep. The sky is like a great sea above the plateau. Simile(明喻) 5 Use “comparatives(比较级)” or “superlatives(最高级)” to show love for hometown. How does the writer show his love to his hometown? Tip 5: Read for thinking. Understand the meaning behind words and think deeply. Let’s summarize. When we are reading, what should we read for? Read for purpose. Read for structure. Read for details. Read for language. Read for thinking. 7 What is the writer’s purpose? A. To persuade and encourage readers to visit Zhangye Geopark. B. To share the facts about how the rainbow hills were formed. C. To make readers amazed at how the rainbow hills were created. Tip 1: Read for purpose. The purpose of a text is what the writer wants to do. Think about: Where is the text from? Who is it for? Was it written to explain, describe or persuade(说服)? Let’s apply and choose. What is the structure (结构) of the passage? ② ③ ④ ① A ③ ④ ① ② B ① ② ③ C ④ Tip 2: Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. Let's choose. What do they look like? How did they form? When is the best time to visit? Let's find. 10 What do they look like? How did they form? When is the best time to visit? _ _ _ hills colors grass on the land a b c d 1.Millions of years ago 2.Overtime/later 3.Then 4.Now _ _ _ _ b d a c low different little _ June to Sepetember Time: Reason: cooler,brighter and more beautiful _ Tips3: Read for detail Find out the key words Let's complete . put them in order 11 Tip 4: Read for lanugaue. Understand the figures of speech to know the passage better. 1.They are low hills that look like waves and have many different colours, just like a rainbow! 2.When you see the hills from above, it’s like you’re looking at rainbows painted on the ground. Simile(明喻) Let's read and find. Can you find any beautiful sentences? Why do you think they are beautiful? 12 Tip 5: Read for thinking. Understand the meaning behind words . How does the writer persuade readers to visit Zhangye Geopark? Use “comparatives(比较级)” or “superlatives(最高级)” to show his opinions. Homework. Must-do Choose-to-do Draw a mind-map about the reading skills we learnt today. Complete the worksheet. $$