1、Unit 5,Unit 5 Art world,Study skills,Free talk,Do you often read English newspapers or novels? If theres a new word that you dont know, what do you do? Do you look it up in the dictionary or guess its meaning?,When we read, sometimes we can guess the meaning of a new word from the context. If a new
2、word appears in a sentence, the sentence itself might give the meaning of the word, it is possible to find its meaning.,The teachers question was a real riddle, a very difficult question to understand. In the sentence above, “a very difficult question to understand” explains the meaning of the word
3、riddle.,A. Underline the meaning of the word in bold in each sentence.,1. The conductor, the person who sold and checked tickets on the bus, got very angry and told him to get off. 2. She decided to study agriculture, the science of farming, at university. 3. When we talk about the curriculum, we re
4、fer to the students course of study at school.,If the sentence does not define the word, first, try to determine the words part of speech. Then look at the way other words are used in the sentence, as this might give a clue to the meaning of the new word.,I sat on the green grass watching the white
5、clouds sailing across the azure sky. In the sentence above, azure is the colour of the sky-blue.,B. Read the sentences below. Guess the meaning of the words in bold.,1. I do not like pop music. I prefer blues instead. _ 2. Vehicles such as cars and buses are not allowed on this road. _,a kind of mus
6、ic,cars, buses and other means of transport,3. I have few close friends, but many acquaintances at school that I like to talk to. _ 4. It was Sunday, so there were many pedestrians walking along Orange Street. _,people that/who/whom you known,people that/who are walking in the street,5. The fruit was no longer fresh. It was starting to go rotten, and the whole house smelt bad. _,not fresh,Finish the exercises in the workbook. Preview the next lesson.,Homework,
