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Unit 7 Text I How to Use an English Dictionary?

Unit 7 Text I How to Use an English Dictionary?. Do you know how to use a dictionary? What skills do you use when looking up new words in a dictionary?. Take a dictionary and show the students how to use the dictionary in a correct way. The most important information include: Word entry

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Unit 7 Text I How to Use an English Dictionary?

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  1. Unit 7 Text I How to Use an English Dictionary? Do you know how to use a dictionary? What skills do you use when looking up new words in a dictionary?

  2. Take a dictionary and show the students how to use the dictionary in a correct way. The most important information include: Word entry Part of speech Meaning Usage Derivations Pronunciation Spelling

  3. Unit 7 Text I How to Use an English Dictionary? New words: parts of speech 词性 context 上下文 the word “fast”. fast, 作为形容词解释为“快”， 作动词解释为“禁食”

  4. Unit 7 Text I How to Use an English Dictionary? Pre-reading questions. If you don’t know an English word, what would you do? Consulting a dictionary is the most possible and effective means of making clear the meaning of the word. Do you have any difficulties in consulting a dictionary? If you do, what are the difficulties? 2. A dictionary is the best source for spelling a word correctly and, also, for clarifying the meaning of the word. But is that all? Do you often forget the word even when you have found it in the dictionary? Or do you find you may still don’t know how to use the word even if you get the meaning? Read the following passage to explore the answers.

  5. Unit 7 Text I How to Use an English Dictionary? First reading Ask students to read the whole text through in 10mins. Then answer those comprehension questions.

  6. Unit 7 Text I How to Use an English Dictionary? Second reading Language points： follow the rules 遵守规则 take time 花费时间 the opposite way 相反的方式 large numbers of 大量的 reverse 相反的 impersonator演员，模拟（名人等的）艺人

  7. Unit 7 Text I How to Use an English Dictionary? • Sentences for paraphrase or translation. • I find that it’s a rather more word that I should not use in spoken English. • Another strategy, if you’re using a Chinese-English dictionary is to use a “reverse search”. • “I mean you should turn to an English-Chinese dictionary to confirm the meaning.” • 3. When she heard the news, she was greatly disappeared. • (The location of adverbial is very flexible in the English language.)

  8. Unit 7 Text I How to Use an English Dictionary? Cracking vocabulary. 1. There are incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. 2.Choose ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Study the words of physical movement in the following bank. Choose ONE from the bank to complete each of the following sentences, making changes, if necessary, to the verb. 3.Study the idioms about numbers in the following form. Choose ONE from the idioms to complete each of the following sentences, making changes, if necessary.

  9. Unit 7 Text I How to Use an English Dictionary? Contextual clues. Fill in each black with a word beginning with the letter printed below. Homework after class: 1.Read Text II Class：the reason you’re here and Supplementary Readings. 2.Finish the following exercises.

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