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Section E Reading Skills- Referents [Bg]

Referents. Referent-is applied to all words that act as substitute. Referents refer (backward or forward) to things or people mentioned elsewhere in the text.. Forms of referents. A. PronounsB. Paraphrase (rewrite) e.g. The public in America is concerned about America's crime rate? The publ

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Section E Reading Skills- Referents [Bg]

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    1. Section E Reading Skills- Referents [B(g)] It is a BAD style to write Mary shouted. Vivian heard Mary Why is it BAD? ? Clumsy ?unnecessarily repetitive

    2. Referents Referent-is applied to all words that act as substitute. Referents refer (backward or forward) to things or people mentioned elsewhere in the text.

    3. Forms of referents A. Pronouns B. Paraphrase (rewrite) e.g. The public in America is concerned about America’s crime rate ? The public in America is concerned about the country’s crime rate. C. Pro-verbs e.g. I told him to jump and he jumped.? I told him to jump, and he did so.

    4. D. ‘Inclusive” relatives e.g. He turned right. Turning right was wrong. He turned right, which was wrong. E. Indicators e.g. the following as before the above rule the diagram below

    5. WHY should we learn this skill? It is the mark of a good reader that he/she recognizes, very quickly, what each referent in a text refers to. Good readers are also quick to recognize ambiguous referents, and have a techniques for dealing with them. When they meet them, they pause and re-read the sentence, then make a quick decision about the referent’s correct meaning.? understand the text !!!

    6. Exercise A - Pronouns 1 a. it: the situation of having so many children 1 b. it: could be understood as referring to the child 2 a: It was a local resident ( who saw the monster) 2 b: it could be understood as referring to the monster 3 a. Can you tell me why ( I cannot get sick pay/) 3 b: Could be understood as Can you tell me why I have six children?

    7. Exercise B - Paraphrase The problem 2. The area 3. The style 4. The vehicles 5. The project 6. The theory 7. The custom

    8. Exercise C They – Bloomingdales their – Bloomingdales’ their – the clothes of HK designers the country –the USA This – the seven-week promotion a top fashion designer – Michael Arcenaux His – a top fashion designer it looks - impersonal expression this – promoting HK designers him – Michael Arcenaux

    9. Reading texts – Exercise A 3 One of the biggest fashion events – after One of the first event – before It – before Of which – before Which – before A Japanese director – after Which – before Which – before One – NIL He or she – before When - before The following themes – after The category - before

    10. Reading Texts – Exercise C Dates of Fashion Week : January 18-21 Covers an area of : 9,000 square meters Chairman of organizing committee : Kenneth Fang Premiere shoe : Title EGO Time : 35 mins. It will show fashions for : autumn / winter

    11. No. of women’s garments 155 No. for men’s 30 Divided into 5 categories Date of exhibitors from : the USA : 6 Japan : 5 China : 20 Britain : 1 Taiwan : 5 Italy: 2 Total No. of exhibitors : 181 [Text A] 262 [Text B] Fashions included : ALL

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