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大学英语高级I：大学学术英语College English Advanced Level I:English for General Academic PurposesLecture 12.1:Lecture 12.1:Reading EffectivelyReading EffectivelyGuessing the Meaning of New Guessing the Meaning of New Words Words Examples 01.01.It had been raining hard through the night so the ground was saturated.02.02.What does the word saturated mean?Context Clue 1The words and sentences that come before and after the unknown wordIn some societies,a marriage is traditionally a union between families rather than individuals.a.members plete strangers c.single peopleContext Clue 2 For exampleDefinitionsVarious studies showed,for example,that preschool to high school,girls were given less attention than boys.This gender bias may have been unintentional,but 30 years of research showed that it occurred in almost all education settings.Lets try more practice.these differences are too small to explain the difference in boys and girls achievement.As a result,researchers have looked for other reasons for this gender gap in achievement.Context Clue 3Sense of the sentence.My husband is an Irish-Indian from the Bronx,while I am an American-born Korean from New Jersey.Most of our friends have been expecting an exotic wedding ceremony.For exampleContext Clue 4l SynonymsFor examplel Sherrys malevolence,or ill will,toward her brother became obvious when she tried to push him down the stairs.0102For example:Louis must be very affluent.He wears expensive clothes and jewelry,drives a Rolls-Royce car and owns 1,700,000 house in Beverly Hill.Context Clue 5:ExamplesContext Clue 6:ContrastFor example:Kate is usually loquacious,but tonight she is rather silent.0102For example:In hate crimes,the victims are chosen because of their race,ethnicity,gender,national origin or other personal characteristic.Context Clue 7:Lists0201谢谢观看Thanks