Lesson 1A Click here to enlarge the passage.

Lesson 1AClick here to enlarge the passage

VocabularyLesson 1A

intelligent

(adj.) having the ability to think, understand, and learn things quickly and well

smart

(adj.) clever or intelligent

alike

(adj.) similar

specific

(adj.) precise and exact

system

(n.) a way of doing something

conversation

(n.) a talk with someone, usually in an

informal situation

strategy

(n.) a plan to achieve something, especially over a long period

method

(n.) a particular way of doing something

advantage

(n.) a way in which one thing is better

than another

assist

(v.) to help someone

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intelligentstrategy

system

conversation

methodassist

alikeadvantage

specificsmart

trunk

xylophoneelephant

instrumentsdrum

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Lesson 1BClick here to enlarge the passage

VocabularyLesson 1B

popular

(adj.) well liked by a lot of people

huge

(adj.) something extremely large in

size, amount, or degree

gentle

(adj.) kind, mild, and calm

encourage

(v.) to give someone confidence,

letting the person know what they are

doing is good

performance

(n.) entertaining an audience by singing, dancing, or acting

properly

(adv.) correctly, in a satisfactory way

creative

(adj.) able to invent, create, and develop original ideas

trainer

(n.) someone who teaches people or

animals necessary skills

earn

(v.) to receive money in return for work that one does

artist

(n.) someone who draws, paints, or

produces works of art, or a person

who performs such as a musician or

actor

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trainers

creative

encourage

artistsearn

monkey

trainer

rope

coconut

intelligenttrainer

encourage

advantagemethod

popularhuge

earnassistance

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Reading SkillsReading Skills

Reading for Gist Reading for Gist

• Reading for gist is reading to get a general sense of what a reading passage is basically about. In other words, we read to understand the main topic, or theme of the passage. For example, a reading passage might basically be about a new type of technology, or a tourist's vacation trip, or a story about a fictional character.

Identifying Detail

• Identifying details in a text to answer specific questions (eg: who, what, when, where, why) is often achieved through a strategy known as ‘Scanning’ for details. This is actually a technique often used in daily life when looking up a word in the telephone book or dictionary. Also when you read a newspaper, you're probably not reading it word-by-word, instead you're scanning the text for important information of interest.

Understanding Main ideas(Skimming)

• Once we've determined the text type of a passage, and what it's generally about, we usually then read on to understand the main idea of the passage. In other words: What is the writer basically telling us? Or, What is the writer's main message? Understanding the main idea of a text means being able to identify the most important point or information in the passage.

Defining Vocabulary

• Often a reading passage contains definitions or explanations of new words related to the topic. The definitions in the text may be given through different clues to help you identify how the author has explained its meaning. It is important to understand synonyms or parallel expressions are often used to define target vocabulary items.

Understanding Reference

• Understanding Reference in a text is an important reading skill which involves focusing on specific meaning of ‘pronoun references’ used throughout a passage (eg: this, those, their, it). This is an important skill to help develop full comprehension of significant details of a section of a passage which refer back to previous statements made.

Identifying Paraphrase

• Paraphrasing involves the skill of identifying a restatement of a section in a passage that retains the basic meaning while changing the words, often explained in a more simplified form. A paraphrase often clarifies a more ambiguous original statement in the text by putting it into alternative words that are often more easily understood.