Identifying the story map in reading (2)
Victor GAOZhejiang International Studies
University
Inside a dreamA reading
passage from 21st Century Newspaper for junior
middle school learners
高 歌浙江外国语学院
2010 年 11 月
Inside a dreamA reading passage from 21st century newspaper for junior
middle school learners
Victor GAO
Skimming 就是轮廓阅读
Story map 1
Topic
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3
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4
5 People’s beliefs: in cultures
6 Scientist’s beliefs:
7 Technology use: get into it!
Topic
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Paragraph 11. Have you watched the new Hollywood movie, Inception? 盗梦空间2. It tells an amazing story about people’s dreams: 3. People can walk into other’s dreams and steal their secrets. What is a dream ? 4. What do dreams tell us? 5. Fellows us as we look for the answers.
Paragraph 11. Have you watched the new Hollywood movie, Inception? 盗梦空间2. It tells an amazing story about people’s dreams: 3. People can walk into other’s dreams and steal their secrets.4. What is a dream ? What do dreams tell us? 5. Fellows us as we look for the answers.
Paragraph 11. Have you watched the new Hollywood movie, Inception? 盗梦空间2. It tells an amazing story about people’s dreams: 3. People can walk into other’s dreams and steal their secrets.4. What is a dream ? What do dreams tell us? 5. Fellows us as we look for the answers.
Dreams
2A movie
Paragraph 21. You fight scary monsters; you live in a house made of chocolate; you don’t have to go to school anymore. How could all of these impossible things happen? --- in my dreams.
Paragraph 2You fight scary monsters; you live in a house made of
chocolate; you don’t have to go to school
anymore. How could all of these
impossible things happen? --- in my dreams.
Paragraph 21.You fight scary monsters; 2.you live in a house made of
chocolate; 3.you don’t have to go to school
anymore. How could all of these
impossible things happen? --- in my dreams.
Paragraph 21.You fight scary monsters; 2.you live in a house made of
chocolate; 3.you don’t have to go to school
anymore. How could all of these
impossible things happen? --- in my dreams.
Dreams
2•Monsters•Chocolate house•No more schooling1
Dreams
2 What’s in dreams?
•Monsters•Chocolate house•No more schooling1
3
Paragraph 31. A dream is a series of pictures,
ideas and emotions playing in the mind during sleep.
2. Humans spend one third of life sleeping and six years dreaming.
3. A person usually has three to five dreams a night, although one may not remember his or her dreams.
Paragraph 31. A dream is a series of pictures,
ideas and emotions playing in the mind during sleep.
2. Humans spend one third of life sleeping and six years dreaming.
3. A person usually has three to five dreams a night, although one may not remember his or her dreams.
Dreams
2 What’s in dreams?
•Monsters•Chocolate house•No schooling1
3•A series of something while asleep•1/3 of life sleeping, 6 yrs dreaming
Dreams
2 What’s in dreams?
•Monsters•Chocolate house•No schooling1
3 Dream facts
•A series of something while asleep•1/3 of life sleeping, 6 yrs dreaming
4
Paragraph 41. Many dreams, at least the
ones we remember, are strange and interesting.
2. That’s why most people believe that dreams must have some deep meaning or important message.
Paragraph 41. Many dreams, at least the
ones we remember, are strange and interesting.
2. That’s why most people believe that dreams must have some deep meaning or important message.
Paragraph 41. Many dreams, at least the
ones we remember, are strange and interesting.
2. That’s why most people believe that dreams must have some deep meaning or important message.
Dreams
2 What’s in dreams?
•Monsters•Chocolate house•No schooling1
3 Dream facts
•A series of something while asleep•1/3 of life sleeping, 6 yrs dreaming
4 How to understand dreams
Paragraph 51. For example, when dreaming
of fire, Chinese people think of money.
2. The Japanese would say it’s “trouble”.
3. For people in the West, a dream of fire means something new is coming.
Paragraph 51. For example, when dreaming
of fire, Chinese people think of money.
2. The Japanese would say it’s “trouble”.
3. For people in the West, a dream of fire means something new is coming.
Paragraph 51. For example, when dreaming
of fire, Chinese people think of money.
2. The Japanese would say it’s “trouble”.
3. For people in the West, a dream of fire means something new is coming.
Dreams
2 What’s in dreams?
•Monsters•Chocolate house•No schooling1
3 Dream facts
•A series of something while asleep•1/3 of life sleeping, 6 yrs dreaming
4 How to understand dreams
5 People’s beliefs: in cultures
Dreams
2 What’s in dreams?
•Monsters•Chocolate house•No schooling1
3 Dream facts
•A series of something while asleep•1/3 of life sleeping, 6 yrs dreaming
4 How to understand dreams
5 People’s beliefs: in cultures
6 Scientist’s beliefs: (1) (2) (3)
Paragraph 61.Scientists have very different opinions about the deep meaning of dreams. Some believe that a dream is only a normal process of sleep and doesn’t tell us anything. 2.Other scientists think that a dream is a direct message from one’s mind.3.Dreams are like a window into one’s desires ( 愿望 ) and fears. For example, if you’re very nervous about an exam, you may have nightmares ( 噩梦 ) of monsters running after you.
Paragraph 61.Scientists have very different opinions about the deep meaning of dreams. Some believe that a dream is only a normal process of sleep and doesn’t tell us anything. 2.Other scientists think that a dream is a direct message from one’s mind.3.Dreams are like a window into one’s desires ( 愿望 ) and fears. For example, if you’re very nervous about an exam, you may have nightmares ( 噩梦 ) of monsters running after you.
Dreams
2 What’s in dreams?
•Monsters•Chocolate house•No schooling1
3 Dream facts
•A series of something while asleep•1/3 of life sleeping, 6 yrs dreaming
4 How to understand dreams
5 People’s beliefs: in cultures
6 Scientist’s beliefs: (1) (2) (3)
Dreams
2 What’s in dreams?
•Monsters•Chocolate house•No schooling1
3 Dream facts
•A series of something while asleep•1/3 of life sleeping, 6 yrs dreaming
4 How to understand dreams
5 People’s beliefs: in cultures
6 Scientist’s beliefs : (1) (2) (3)
7 Technology use: get into it!
Paragraph 71. Technology also helps us to know more about dreams. 2. In the film Inception, people enter others’ minds while they are dreaming. 3. Well, in real life we can do that, too. Scientists can now read people’s dreams by scanning ( 扫描 ) their brain ( 大脑 ) activity during sleep. 4. Would you let scientists look into your dreams?
Paragraph 71. Technology also helps us to know more about dreams. 2. In the film Inception, people enter others’ minds while they are dreaming. 3. Well, in real life we can do that, too. Scientists can now read people’s dreams by scanning ( 扫描 ) their brain ( 大脑 ) activity during sleep. Would you let scientists look into your dreams?
Dreams
2 What’s in dreams?
•Monsters•Chocolate house•No schooling1
3 Dream facts
•A series of something while asleep•1/3 of life sleeping, 6 yrs dreaming
4 How to understand dreams
5 People’s beliefs: in cultures
6 Scientist’s beliefs : (1) (2) (3)
7 Technology also helps us
Topic
2•Monsters•Chocolate house•No schooling
3
•A series of something while asleep•1/3 of life sleeping, 6 yrs dreaming
1
4
5 People’s beliefs: in cultures
6 Scientist’s beliefs:
7 Technology use: get into it!
Dreams
What’s a dream?
•Monsters•Chocolate house•No schooling
Dreamsfacts
•A series of something while asleep•1/3 of life sleeping, 6 yrs dreaming
Lead-in
How to understand dreams?
5 People’s beliefs: in cultures
6 Scientist’s beliefs:
7 Technology use: get into it!
Dreams
What’s in a dream?
•Monsters•Chocolate house•No schooling
Dreamfacts
•A series of something while asleep•1/3 of life sleeping, 6 yrs dreaming
Lead-in
How do we understand a dream
•People’s beliefs: in cultures•Scientist’s beliefs: a window into a desire or it is nothing.•Technology use: get into it!
Scanning 就是找读
• Inside your dreams• HAVE you watched the new Hollywood
movie, Inception? (盗梦空间) It tells an amazing story about people’s dreams: People can walk into other’s dreams and steal their secrets. What is a dream ? What do dreams tell us? Fellows us as we look for the answers.
You fight scary monsters; you live in a house made of chocolate; you don’t have to go to school anymore. How could all of these impossible things happen? --- in my dreams. A dream is a series of pictures, ideas and emotions playing in the mind during sleep. Humans spend one third of life sleeping and six years dreaming. A person usually has three to five dreams a night, although one may not remember his or her dreams.
Many dreams, at least the ones we remember, are strange and interesting. That’s why most people believe that dreams must have some deep meaning or important message. However, people in different cultures have different understandings of the same dream.For example, when dreaming of fire, Chinese people think of money. The Japanese would say it’s “trouble”. For people in the West, a dream of fire means something new is coming.
Scientists have very different opinions about the deep meaning of dreams. Some believe that a dream is only a normal process of sleep and doesn’t tell us anything. Other scientists think that a dream is a direct message from one’s mind. Dreams are like a window into one’s desires ( 愿望 ) and fears. For example, if you’re very nervous about an exam, you may have nightmares ( 噩梦 ) of monsters running after you.
Technology also helps us to know more about dreams. In the film Inception, people enter others’ minds while they are dreaming. Well, in real life we can do that, too. Scientists can now read people’s dreams by scanning ( 扫描 ) their brain ( 大脑 ) activity during sleep. Would you let scientists look into your dreams?
Dreams
What’s ina dream?
•Monsters•Chocolate house•No schooling
Dream facts
•A series of something while asleep•1/3 of life sleeping, 6 yrs dreaming
Lead-in
How to understand dreams
5 People’s beliefs: in cultures
6 Scientist’s beliefs:
7 Technology use: get into it!
Dreams
What’s ina dream?
•Monsters•Chocolate house•No schooling
Dream facts
•A series of something while asleep•1/3 of life sleeping, 6 yrs dreaming
Lead-in
How to understand dreams
5 People’s beliefs: in cultures
6 Scientist’s beliefs:
7 Technology use: get into it!
Dreams
What’s in a dream?
•Monsters•Chocolate house•No schooling
Dreamfacts
•A series of something while asleep•1/3 of life sleeping, 6 yrs dreaming
Lead-in
How do we understand a dream
•People’s beliefs: in cultures•Scientist’s beliefs: a window into a desire or it is nothing.•Technology use: get into it!
Dreams
What’s ina dream?
•Monsters•Chocolate house•No schooling
Dream facts
•A series of something while asleep•1/3 of life sleeping, 6 yrs dreaming
Lead-in
How to understand dreams
5 People’s beliefs: in cultures
6 Scientist’s beliefs: (1) (2) (3)
7 Technology use: get into it!
Dreams
2 What’s in dreams?
•Monsters•Chocolate house•No schooling1
3 Dream facts
•A series of something while asleep•1/3 of life sleeping, 6 yrs dreaming
4 How to understand dreams
5 People’s beliefs: in cultures
6 Scientist’s beliefs : (1) (2) (3)
7 Technology also helps us