一是带来外语知识、文化知识和思想;
二是带来乐趣 ( reading for fun)阅读可以扩大我们的视野，丰富我们的知识和语言经验。
小学英语是希望通过阅读帮助学生学英语，通过阅读帮助学生巩固所学的字词句，发展听、说、读、写的能力，所以英语阅读教学的目的与英语阅读的目的有所不同。
小学英语学习目标以听说为主，大量的口头表达，但是学生到了高年级，如只是听说，学习能力发展不快。所以各种技能在小学都要培养，才能适应上中学后英语进一步的学习。
小学生，特别是中国的小学生，由于自然的学习环境还不是特别理想，没有语境，所以需要大量的接触英语素材、资料。
如四年级下，read and write 通过生动活泼的情景呈现趣味对话，扩展语言知识面，提高学生阅读理解的能力。
五、六年级是通过真实、活泼的情景，提高学生阅读理解的能力。力求通过真实自然的.语言情景来巩固、拓展语言知识。
所以小学阶段，即便是低年级阶段我们也应该安排一些小故事，让学生来阅读，来表演，这样能够通过学习故事，表演故事，能够有更多语言输入。
听、说、读、写中，要属“读”输入最大，而读中，属默读输入量最大，朗读是不思考地读，如果真正理解，只有默读。让学生默读，让他眼睛看、心理想着，输入量大而且也能很快理解，速度也快
总结阅读的真正目的：
1、学生综合运用能力的形成离不开阅读能力的培养。
2、 阅读是扩大语言输入量的有效途径。
3、 巩固学过的知识。如词汇、语法、交际用语等。
4、 有趣的阅读材料还能给人们带来乐趣(Reading for fun)。
5、 通过阅读可以培养学生相应的学习策略。( 如粗读、精读、跳读、抓关键词读。)
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Most people usually traveled by ship and train which are driven by steam engine. It played an important part in many kinds of vehicles several scores of years ago. Who invented steam engine and what units could be used to measure the power of engine?
The word “horse-power” was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt from a worker's family made the world first widely used steam engine. At first, he couldn't tell people how powerful it was, because there were no units at that time. Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He named that unit one horse-power. In this way he could measure the work of his steam engine.
He discovered that a horse could lift a 3300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in one minute. His engine could lift a 3300-pound weight 100 feet in one minute. Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten horse-power engine.
31. The main idea of the passage is __B_.
A. James Watt invented the steam engine
B. James Watt first used horse-power as a unit of measure
C. how much power does a horse have
D. why Watt's engine is called a ten horse-power engine
32. The story says that Watt made the first __D__.
A. engine
B. horse-power engine
C. useful engine
D. widely used steam engine
33. James Watt was born in _A___.
A. a worker's family
B. a farmer's family
C. a teacher's family
D. a doctor's steam engine
34. Watt wanted to find a way to _D___.
A. measure the work his engine could do
B. tell people how powerful his engine was
C. lift a 3300-pound weight
D. both A and B
35. One horse-power means the __A__.
A. work a horse could do in a minute
B. weight a horse could do in ten minutes
C. work a horse could do in ten minutes
D. weight of one horse
A holiday jet pilot(飞行员)said that he would land and call the police after a woman refused to stop smoking. He WARNED Maureen Harkavy, ―Put that cigarette(香烟)out ,or I'll land the plane and have you arrested(逮捕)
Maureen, 47, was so shocked she wrote to airline's chairman. But his reply was even ruder. ―You seem to think you have a God – given right to pollute your neighbours' atmosphere, wrote John Ferriday of Paramount Airways. (a) Said Maureen, ―I only found out about it when I was checking in. I'm a nervous flyer so I lit a cigarette during the flight. A stewardess(空姐)asked me to put it out, but I said I wanted to carry on as there was no rule against smoking on the plane. She was just finishing her cigarette when the pilot arrived. (b) ―I've never seen such an unpleasant letter, she said, ―I don't think I'll ever fly again. But there was a funny side. Maureen explained, ―We were offered duty – free(免税的)cigarette from the stewardess on the plane! (c) Mr Ferriday went on, ―Believe me, you haven't Especially when you travel on my planes. Maureen and her husband Michael were moved to paramount flight just before they left Portugal. But they were not told of the company's no smoking policy. (d) ―He was loud and rude, said Maureen. ―He said if I lit another cigarette he would land the plane at Bordeaux and hand me to the French police. Later, from her home in Mosely, Birmingham, Maureen wrote to company and received the rude reply.
1. The Second half of the story has been in wrong order. (parts a – d). Choose the rearranged order (重新排列的顺序)which you think is right.
A. a, c, b, d B. c, a, b, d C. c, a, d, b D. d, a, b, c
2. Maureen Harkavy _________on the plane.
A. accepted the warning B. agreed to the warning
C. refused to do what she was told to
D. was so shocked that she wrote to the airline's chairman.
3. In the answer letter to Maureen Harkavy the airline's chairman_______.
A. made an apology to her for his worker's rudeness.
B. made sure that he would solve the problem.
C. said that she had the right to smoke on his plane because the right is given by God to everyone
D. actually completely agreed with what the pilot said
4. From the story we can see that the writer probably takes the side of _________.
A. the pilot B. the airline's chairman C. the stewardess D. Maureen Harkavy
1、学生综合运用能力的形成离不开阅读能力的培养。
2、阅读是扩大语言输入量的有效途径。
3、巩固学过的知识。如词汇、语法、交际用语等。
4、有趣的阅读材料还能给人们带来乐趣(Reading for fun)。
5、通过阅读可以培养学生相应的学习策略。( 如粗读、精读、跳读、抓关键词读。)
不同的阅读目的决定了学生们要采取不同的阅读方法。接下来我为你整理了高中英语阅读教学的目的与方法，一起来看看吧。
1.获取语言知识( Reading for language)。
高中英语课程标准重视英语语言知识的学习，把它列为综合语言运用能力不可缺少的一个组成部分。阅读教学是帮助学生获取语言知识的主要途径之一，NSEC的每一篇阅读文章都承载了语言知识的教学任务。例如：通过A short history of Western painting (6-1)学生将学会时间表达法和虚拟语气的用法。
2.获取信息知识( Reading for information)。
高中英语课程标准提出了“着重提高学生用英语获取信息、处理信息、分析问题和解决问题的能力”的目标要求。NSEC的每一篇阅读文章都介绍一个话题，阅读教学不仅能帮助学生获取英语语言知识，同时也拓宽了学生的视野、增长了学生的见识、提高了学生的认知水平。例如，通过阅读California(8-1)，学生将了解美国的历史，尤其对Native Americans, the Spanish, Russians, Gold miners, Later arrivals, Most recent arrivals等美国土著和移民有一个更加深刻的认识。
3.消遣与欣赏( Reading for pleasure)。
日常生活中的阅读不全是为了学习，等公共汽车时的阅读可能就是为了打发时间。有时，阅读是为了放松或调节个人情绪;有时，阅读是为了欣赏或提高人文修养。NSEC的每一篇阅读文章都有很强的可读性，有的文章知识性强，有的文章趣味性高，也有的文章内涵丰富。例如，NSEC介绍中外音乐，改编中外名著，收录中外诗歌，给学生创造了立体的文学和艺术氛围。
1、朗读与默读
1)朗读。将书面语言有声化是最基本的阅读技能。朗读过程中学生入于眼、出于口、闻于耳、专于心，能直接感知和体味文章内容;朗读能加速对读物的理解、培养正确而丰富的语感并通过佳词美句在心灵深处播下真善美的种子。朗读可以分为三类：
(1)宣读。依照对语言文字的理解，平正地朗读，不以情动人，而以义喻人。它适用于像The road to modern English (1-2)这样的纪实文章的朗读。
(2)美读。也叫表情朗读，运用停顿、重音、语速、语调等朗读技能打动人心。它适用于像The Million Pound Bank-Note (3-3)等文学作品的朗读。
(3)吟读。适用于像Cat's in the cradle(Reading Task of Workbook, 2-5)这样的歌词或诗歌的朗读，抑扬顿挫、突出韵律，吟读中品位作品的情感，发现作品的艺术魅力，领会作品的意义。
指导学生朗读的方法多种多样，主要有：
①范读。教师给学生做朗读示范，或借助于录音媒体，传语感于学生。
②领读。教师带领学生朗读阅读文章，教师读一句，学生就跟读一句。
③接读。教师先读文章的第一段或第一部分作为示范，让学生接着往下读。
④齐读。教师先读第一句，引领学生一起同声朗读阅读文章。
⑤轮读。让学生个人、以小组为单位或男女生分开轮流朗读阅读文章。
⑥演读。依据文章中的人物分派角色进行朗读。
2)默读。相对与朗读而言，指不出声的视读，是学习、生活和工作中运用最普遍的阅读方式，是阅读深化的高级阶段和检验阅读能力的重要标尺，也是英语课堂教学中要重点训练的阅读方法。对学生进行默读训练时要注意以下两个方面：
(1)培养学生良好的默读习惯。默读的目的之一是提高阅读速度，要求学生不能出声，也不能有唇动(尽管没有发出声音，但心理还是按照朗读的方式阅读)现象，还要克服指读(用手指或笔指着一字一句地读)、回视(反复阅读)、心译(在心理进行中英文对译)等不良习惯。
(2)教会学生常见的默读技巧。从速读的角度看，教师要训练学生掌握略读和寻读两种常用的阅读技巧。
①略读( Skimming)。快速阅读文章获得对文章的大体印象和中心思想。它适用于有主题句或主题段的文章的阅读。
②寻读( Scanning)。快速阅读文章获得诸如时间、地点、人物等具体信息。它适用于有段落标题的文章的阅读，这样才能在有限的时间内有针对性地阅读并迅速找到所需要的信息。
阅读过程中，略读和寻读常常结合使用。读者先略读文章了解大意，以决定能否在文章中找到或确定在文章的什么地方能找到所需要的信息。
2、精读与泛读
1)精读。“精”有两层意思：一是读得精细，不仅对文章的字、词、句、篇仔细阅读，而且要关注与文章相关的文化背景知识;二是所得精细，不仅领会文章的字面意思，而且理解文章的深刻内涵。NSEC中的Reading部分主要是为精读设计的。
英语阅读其实就是考验你对一国语言的理解，通过阅读的形式来考验你对英语的理解，对单词意思的认识，是一个不错的测验。
