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1、BackgroundKnowledgeReadingSkillsTextUnderstandingFocusonLanguageOedipusBackgroundKnowledge11BackgroundKnowledgeOedipusOedipusisthesonofKingLaiusandQueenJocastaofThebes.Becauseoftheoraclethathewouldkillhisfatherandmarryhismother,hewasleftonahillside,butwasrescuedandbroughtupasthesonofkingofC

2、orinth.Hearingtheoracle,OedipusleftCorinth.WhiletravelinghemetandkilledLaius,withoutrecognizinghim.1BackgroundKnowledge1OedipusAfterriddingThebesoftheSphinx,hemarriedJocastaandbecameking,unwillinglyfulfillingtheoracle.Laterrealizingthetruthofhisbirth,hestabbedouthiseyesandwentintoexilewithh

3、isdaughterAntigoneasguide.HisstorywasusedbySophoclesin“OedipusRex”and“OedipusatColonus”.1BackgroundKnowledge1Whenweread,itisalmostcertainthatwewillcomeacrossnewwords.Shallweconsultthedictionaryeverytime?Notnecessarily.Infact,therearemanywaystofindoutthemeaningsofnewwords.Youmaystartfromword

4、formation.Thatistosay,youmaytakethebasicpartoftheword,andgetitsmeaningfromtheprefix,suffix,orthepartsthatcombinetoformthewords.FindingouttheMeaningofWordsReadingSkills11Anotherwayistomakeuseofthecluesgivenbythecontext.Inotherwords,thetextitselfmayexplainthemeaningofacertainwordbyusingexpres

5、sionssimilarinmeaningoroppositeinmeaning.Thetextmayalsousesimplerwordstodefineitortogiveexamplestoillustratethepoint.FindingouttheMeaningofWordsReadingSkills11Trytofigureoutthemeaningsofthewordsinitalicsinthefollowingsentencesinthetext.YoushouldgiveanswersinbothEnglishandChinese.1)…Ihavehea

6、rdthisquestion:fromanEnglishmajor,fromastrangeronthestreet,…,fromadarkshadowbesidemeoneeveningatanEnglishcorner.(Para.1)Theword“shadow”means________________________________.ReadingComprehensionTextUnderstanding11thedarkimagecastbyanobject影子Trytofigureoutthemeaningsofthewordsinitalicsinthefo

7、llowingsentencesinthetext.YoushouldgiveanswersinbothEnglishandChinese.2)Ihateitbecauseitseemscompletelyreasonablebutisactuallyatrap….(Para.3)Theword“completely”means___________.ReadingComprehensionTextUnderstanding11totally完全地Trytofigureoutthemeaningsoft