The Cases Study for Guessing Vocabulary in English Reading论文
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Atroubled thing in English language reading is that it seems there are numerous new words, which may always make reading in English monotonous, and even let one lose interest in English learning. Hence this thesis tries to analyze the methods of how to guess unfamiliar words.
GuessNew wordEnglish readingAs is known, the language before or after the word you may not know often gives you enough of a hint as to the meaningof the new word. Meanwhile we need not always know exact definitions or shades of meaning of new words, but a general understanding of them. Therefore it is probable and necessary to guess the meaning of unknown words according to contextual clues so as to help you to speed up your reading pace and get main ideas of reading materials, and become a faster, more effective reader. However, how to guess?
The casesstudy for guessing words in English readingfalls into five categories.
ⅠAccording to punctuation
1.This stream was made up of the tiny larvae- newly-born ants - being carried out of the nest by the workers.
Suppose "larvae"is new to you. Behind "larvae"there are two words "newly-born"and "ants", and they are divided off by dashes. Here the function of the punctuationisto show that "newly-born ants"is an explanatory parenthesis for "larvae". Therefore "larvae mean newly-born ants".
2.They can make the abstract concrete; the elusivecomprehensible; the unfamiliar familiar.
Maybe you don't know "elusive". By observation you may find this sentence is made up of three short ones, and they are parted by two semicolons. That tells us the three are paralleled and some sentence elements are omitted. So through inferring the original sentence should be like this: "They can make the abstract concrete, they can make the elusive comprehensible and they canmake the unfamiliar familiar."However, "abstract"and "concrete"are opposite in meaning; "unfamiliar"and "familiar"are opposite too, so do "elusive"and "comprehensible”. It is clear that “comprehensible”means “of being understandable”. The opposite meaning of “comprehensible”should be “not being understandable”. Now you know what does “elusive”mean!
ⅡAccording to signal words: in other words, that is, however, unlike, not, or, etc.
1.It must be lasting and easy to recognize, to divide, and to carry about. In other words it must be "durable, distinct, divisible and portable".
Guess "portable"is unfamiliarto you. In this sentence the signal word is "in other words", which shows the meaning of the first sentence should be repeated in different statement. By comparison, you can find "be lasting"corresponds to "durable""easy to recognize"to"distinct"and"easy to divide"to "divisible", so "portable"is "easy to carry about".
GuessNew wordEnglish readingAs is known, the language before or after the word you may not know often gives you enough of a hint as to the meaningof the new word. Meanwhile we need not always know exact definitions or shades of meaning of new words, but a general understanding of them. Therefore it is probable and necessary to guess the meaning of unknown words according to contextual clues so as to help you to speed up your reading pace and get main ideas of reading materials, and become a faster, more effective reader. However, how to guess?
The casesstudy for guessing words in English readingfalls into five categories.
ⅠAccording to punctuation
1.This stream was made up of the tiny larvae- newly-born ants - being carried out of the nest by the workers.
Suppose "larvae"is new to you. Behind "larvae"there are two words "newly-born"and "ants", and they are divided off by dashes. Here the function of the punctuationisto show that "newly-born ants"is an explanatory parenthesis for "larvae". Therefore "larvae mean newly-born ants".
2.They can make the abstract concrete; the elusivecomprehensible; the unfamiliar familiar.
Maybe you don't know "elusive". By observation you may find this sentence is made up of three short ones, and they are parted by two semicolons. That tells us the three are paralleled and some sentence elements are omitted. So through inferring the original sentence should be like this: "They can make the abstract concrete, they can make the elusive comprehensible and they canmake the unfamiliar familiar."However, "abstract"and "concrete"are opposite in meaning; "unfamiliar"and "familiar"are opposite too, so do "elusive"and "comprehensible”. It is clear that “comprehensible”means “of being understandable”. The opposite meaning of “comprehensible”should be “not being understandable”. Now you know what does “elusive”mean!
ⅡAccording to signal words: in other words, that is, however, unlike, not, or, etc.
1.It must be lasting and easy to recognize, to divide, and to carry about. In other words it must be "durable, distinct, divisible and portable".
Guess "portable"is unfamiliarto you. In this sentence the signal word is "in other words", which shows the meaning of the first sentence should be repeated in different statement. By comparison, you can find "be lasting"corresponds to "durable""easy to recognize"to"distinct"and"easy to divide"to "divisible", so "portable"is "easy to carry about".