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[Sentence
Structure] [Scanning]
[Skimming]
[Idea
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Skimming |
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Skimming
also helps us read fast to skip the information which
does not have |
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anything to do
with our present work. The
purpose of skimming is to help us |
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find out the main idea of the
information we are reading in order to figure |
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out relationships of the other
details to support the paragraph as a unit.
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this way, we are
able to understand the author¡¦s ideas particularly when
the article |
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is lengthy and complicated. How do we
skim? Read the title because the title |
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contains the most important idea of
the article. After this, read the first and last |
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paragraph. The first
paragraph of paragraph contains introduction and thesis |
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statement which is the theme of the
whole article. At the same time, the last |
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paragraph is summary of the previous
discussion. Sometimes, conclusion offers |
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suggestions or solutions which are
considered important for readers to know. |
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Most importantly, find out the topic
sentence, read it carefully and understand it |
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because topic sentence contains the
main idea of the paragraph. An article is |
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entitled "Different cultures,
different calendars" The title implies that different |
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calendars are used in additional to
the western or solar calendar we are using |
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worldwide now. We are going to learn
several different calendars. |
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