Basic Reading Power

171 Pages·2008·59.73 MB·English

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Acknowledgments
Our thanks to the many people who gaveu s valuable feedbacko n
BasicR eadingP ower:E lizabethS chmid, Orlando, Fla., Charlotte
SeeleyN, ewton, Mass.,a nd SandraS klarew,R eston,V a., who
revieweda nd piloted parts of the text; Masako Kirihara, Osaka,
Japan,J ane Stevenson,M odena, Italy, and Letizia Senni, Bologna,
Ita1y,w ho reviewedp arts of the text and made useful comments;
Allen Ascher,s enior acquisitions editor, and Christine Cervoni,
production editor, at Addison WesleyL ongman; and Kathy Sands-
Boehmer,d evelopmental editor, who deservese xtra praisef or
working with us on all of our books.
Basic Reading Power
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Introduction vii
Part One:P leasureR eading 7.
Unit L: Fables 4
Unit 2: Stories 1,9
Unit 3: ReadingB ooksf or Pleasure 36
Part Two: GomprehensionS kills 41,
Unit 1: Scanningfo r KeyW ords 42
Unit 2: Scanning for Information 48
Unit 3: Making Inferences 56
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Unit 4: Looking for Topics 64
Unit 5: Understanding and Building Sentences 75
Unit 6: Understanding Paragraphs 86
Part Three:V ocabularyB uilding 99
Unit L: New Words from Your Reading 100
Unit 2: The 100W ords 104
Unit 3: Learninga bout Context tLz
Unit 4: GuessingW ord Meanings 1,17
Unit 5: LearningN ew Words in Categories Lzl
Part Four: Thinking Skills 1:29
Guidelinesf or Thinking SkillsE xercises 130
Answer Key L49
Teacher'sG uide L57
Dear Student:
BasicR eadingP owerc an help you read well in English. In this
book, you can work on reading in four ways:
1. PleasureR eading
Readm any storiesa nd books.
2. Comprehension Skills
Understand what you read.
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Learn many new words.
4. Thinking Skills
Learn to think in English.
Work on all four parts of the book every week. This way you
can learn to be a good reader!
Yourst ruly,
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> Answer the questions' Thentalk to other students about you answers.
1. What is vour name?
2. Where do you live?
3. What country do you come from?
4. What is your first language?
5. Do vou like to read?
6. Do your parents or friends like to read?
7. What do you like to read?
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8. What do you read every day?
books magazrnes
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9. How manv books do vou read in one year?
10.What book do you like a lot?
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> This exerclseg ivesy ou somen ew words. Thesew ordsa re in the exercises
in this book, Readt he sentences.C any ou do what they say?
L. Draw a circle around the last word in this sentence.
2. There is a picture of a house below these sentenceso n the
next page.D raw a circle around the house.
3.A word is missing from this -. Write in the word.
4.There are two blanks in the next sentence.T hink of some
words. Write them in the blanks.
5.My - goes to everY daY.
6. Draw a line from number 6 to number 1,.
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7. One word in this snetnecei s not correct. Write that word
correctlv in the blank.
8. Crosso ut the first word in this sentence.T hen crosso ut the
last word in this sentence.
9. Draw a garden near the house below. Follow the stepsi n
number L0.
10. Step 1".D raw a tree.
Step 2. Draw some flowers.
Step 3. Draw some grass.
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> Which words are new for you? Wrlte them here.
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Pleasure Reading
Good readersr ead a lot of storiesa nd books. They read for
pleasure,n ot only for school or work. This part of the book is for
pleasurer eading. You are going to read and talk about many
stories.Y ou can learn to be a good readeri n English.
Sometimess toriesh ave a lot of new words. Do you have to
know all the words?N o!
Understandinag Story with SomeN ew Wordsi n lt
\-- 7, Readt he story.T hena nswert he questions.
Magda is a student atPoznan University in Poland. Shei s 23
yearso ld. She xxxxx in Mosina. It is a small xxxx near Poznan.
Every day, Magda takes xxx train to the city. She goes xx her
classesa t the university. After her xxxxxxx, she studiesw ith her
friends. Sometimes,x xxx have dinner at a restaurant.X xxx she
takest he train home. Shex xxxxxx all evening. Shew ants to be
x doctor. She must study hard for xxxx years!
a. Does Magda live in Poznan?
b. Doess he take the train to Poznan?
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d. What is she studying?
:- 2. Readt he story.T hena nswert he questions.
Gerald is a student at Harvard University in Cambridge,
MassachusettsH. e is 20 yearc old. Xx is from a small xxxx in
California. He can't xx home very often. Gerald xx studying
Chinese.H e wants xx go to China next xxxx. In China he can
learn Xxxxxxx well. He can also xxxxx about the country. Some
xxx, Geraldw ants to work xx business.H e wants to xxx and sell
things in Xxxxx. But first he must xxxxx how to speakC hinese.
a. Where is Gerald from?
b. Does he go home every weekend?
c. Can he speakC hinese?
d. Does he want to teach Chinese?
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Pleasure Reading
Reading to Undelstand Stories
Good readerst hink and ask questionsw hen they read. Follow
these stepsw ith the story on the next page.
Stept . Think before you read.
Look at any pictures.
Read the title of the storY.
Can you answera ny of these questions?
What is the story about?
Who is in the story?
Where are thev?
Step2 . Readt he story.
Do you have to know all the words?N O!
You can understand the story without all the words.
Don't ask the teacher or other studentsa bout new words.
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Step3 . Talk about the storY.
When you finish, talk about the story with another student.
What is the story about?
Who is in the story?
Where are they?
Do you like the story? WhY?
Step4 . Learn new words.
Now look at the story again.
Find some new words.
Write the new words on the lines under the story.
Make a vocabulary list. (Seep ages1 00-103.)
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