E102 (20200908)

1. Skimming
2. ..., fanboys...
3. 逗點"," comma, not a conjunction
4. relative pronouns

5. negative adverbs
I cannot swim.   ... (1)
He cannot swim.  ... (2)
(1) + (2)
I cannot swim, and neither can he.
I cannot swim, nor can he.
I can't swim, and he cannot, either.

Source (來源): Textbook

Task/Job/Mission/Errand:

(1)   We use the reading strategy (策略),

“skimming” (略讀),

to find the main ideas (: gist 主旨) and

the title (標題) for each passage (選文)

or chosen (: selected) article.

(2)   “Skimming for Main Ideas:

Use the title and

 the Opening Sentences”:

You can sometimes (: at times) find (: spot)

the main idea (: gist) of an article

by reading parts (部分) of it (: the article)

quickly.  This is called (: named) skimming (略讀).

The reading is mainly (: mostly) about _____.

(A)   the things

that have stayed (: kept/remain)

the same in classroom.

(B)   how technology has changed teaching in classrooms.

(C)   what students need to stay ahead in today’s classroom.

(D)  how students have changed

the classroom over the years (: recently)."

pp. 16-

Paragraph 1 (段落1)/The first paragraph

(1.1)         Technology has changed (: altered)

how (: the way/the degree) and

what (: the content)

students are taught (: teach變; instructed)

in classrooms. 

(1.2)         Many (: Lots of) of the biggest changes have happened (: have occurred/have taken place) in the past (: last) 50 years.

(1.3)         Classrooms in the past (: in the former times) were significantly (: meaningfully) different (: diverse/various/multiple) from classrooms today (: nowadays/currently).

Paragraph 2

(2.1) Just 50 years ago,

most schools did not have computers.

(2.2) They weren’t anywhere in the school, not even in the principal’s office!

Paragraph 3

(3.1) Today (: Currently/Nowadays), students

in the classroom must (: have to) learn about

computers and technology.

Paragraph 4

(4.1) Students today must

also (:, in addition,)

learn how (: the way/the degree) to use

computers properly (: appropriately/suitably).

Paragraph 5

(5.1) In the future (未來), technology will

change classrooms even (: much/

far/still/a lot/a little/a bit/ a little bit) more

(than it can change classrooms now).

形容詞比較級:

I am much elder than you are now.

=> ...far/still/even/a lot/ a little/ a bit/ a little bit

對等連結詞
..., for...
..., and...
..., nor...
..., but...
..., or...
..., yet...
..., so...

口訣:

dot dot dot 逗點

粉絲男孩子們 dot dot dot

(coordinating conjunction)

…, fanboys …

(dot dot dot comma fanboys

dot dot dot)

cf.

He/She is not here because

he is sick or ill now.
=> ... because (: to show a direct cause of an event)...

cf.

She had a fever.

She is not here,

for she had a fever.
(: to show an indirect cause of an event)

p. 14

1. He is using a projector to put correspondence on paper.

2. Yes, it is useful. 

Students can hear

what the teacher says clearly.

Also, they can see the information on the slides.

2. Yes, maybe someday students will have robots as teachers.

字頭: Prefix

(1) Pre-: preview; predict (: foretell)

(2) Per-

(3) Pro-

(4) Con-

關代
瞻左顧右
瞻前顧後
有時顧後比瞻前重要

瞻左:
    judge 判斷先行詞的性質
   人: who/whose/whom/that
   非人: that/which/of which/of whom
人加上非人: that ...
..., 關代...
...關代...

顧右: 格與介
子句缺主格?所有格? 受格?
子句缺介係詞嗎?

I have an elder brother, who lives in Tainan with Mom.
I have only one older brother.
(逗點表唯一, 不用再限定, 非限定子句)


I have an older brother who lives in Tainan with Dad.
I have more than one older brother.
(沒有逗點, 不只一位, 所以要限定範圍, 限定子句)

ex. 春天是百花盛開的季節

Flowers are in bloom in Spring.

Spring is a season in which (: when)

flowers are in bloom/blossom.

Spring is a season when flowers bloom.
Spring is a season flowers bloom in.
Spring is a season that flowers bloom.