文档介绍：Find Out Word Meaning
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Finding out Word Meaning
Most experienced readers try to guess or make out the meaning of unfamiliar words through context. Meanwhile, in order to make meaning clear, good writers often provide or give such clues for readers.
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After a day’s hunting, Harold is ravenous. Yesterday, for example, he ate two bowels of soup, salad, a large chicken, and a piece of chocolate cake before he was finally satisfied.
After the accident, the ship went down so fast we weren’t able to salvage any of our personal belongings.
Guessing
Extremely hungry
To save from damage
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Guessing
How to figure out the meaning of a certain word within context
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New words
Context
Clues
Guessing
Checking
Memorizing
Guessing
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Using context Clues
Definition
Restatement
General knowledge
Related information (Logic relationship)
parison and contrast
Word-building clues
Guessing
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The harbor is protected by a jetty --- a wall built out unto the water.
Jane is indecisive, that is, she can’t make up her mind.
Definition
堤坝
Not good at making
decisions
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He had a wan look. He was so pale and weak that we thought he was ill.
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a noxious gas which can cause death.
Restatement
(face) paler than usual and
tired-looking.
poisonous
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The door was so low that I hit my heads on the lintel.
Mark got on the motorbike, I sat behind him on the pillion, and we roared off into the night.
General knowledge
(门窗上的)过梁
(摩托车的)后座
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“She went to school for 12 years and she can't write a sentence?” Timken said. “They made an illiterate out of my daughter!”
Timken was now angry…once again he flew into a rage.
Related Information
Lose one’s temper
Unable to read
or write