Inglês A1 · Leitura: notas, sinais e mensagens
Inglês A1 Tópico 14 2:53 Narração em inglês · Legendas em inglês + 中文 gravadas
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A1 reading is not reading everything; it is reading for the purpose.
A1 阅读不是逐字读完，而是读出目的。
A note on a door, a sign on a wall and a text on a phone each want something from you.
门上的便条、墙上的标识、手机里的短信，都对你有所要求。
Find what, and you have read them. Be a detective: who wrote it, for whom, and what must I do? Three questions, and short texts open like doors.
像侦探一样问三个问题：谁写的、写给谁、要我做什么。
Public signs are laws in two words. They use capitals, no polite words, and often no verbs at all.
公共标识是两个词的法律：全大写、无客套、常没有动词。
NO PARKING is the rule, not a suggestion. MIND THE STEP is a warning. PUSH and PULL tell you the door opens one way, and STAFF ONLY tells you this door is not yours.
NO PARKING 是规则不是建议；MIND THE STEP 是提醒；STAFF ONLY 是此门不对你开放。
One sign, one job: read it once and act.
一个标识只做一件事，读一遍就行动。
A note or message is a small text with a job. Read it in three steps: the names, the time and place, the action. Here is a worked note: Lin, football starts at 4.15 today, not 5, bring your blue shirt, Dad. The names are Lin and Dad. The time is 4.15, and the small word NOT changes it from five. The actions: bring the shirt, remember the change. That is the whole note, and you never translated a word.
便条是有任务的小文本，分三步读：人名、时间地点、动作。 示例便条里：Lin 和 Dad 是人名，4.15 是时间，not 5 是关键变化，带蓝衬衫是动作。 整张便条读完，一个词都不用逐个翻译。
To scan is to walk your eyes quickly over the page looking for one thing: a time, a name, a price.
扫读就是带着一个目标让眼睛快走：找时间、找名字、找价格。
Know what you are looking for before your eyes move.
出发前先想好找什么。
In the class-trip message, the day and date are Saturday the fourteenth of May; the time and place are 8.30 at the school gate; the bring-list is lunch and water, and walking shoes go on your feet.
班级出游短信里：周六 5 月 14 日、8.30 校门口、带午餐和水，穿步行鞋。
Numbers and capital letters are the brightest stones; grab them and stop.
数字和大写字母最亮，抓住就停。
Meet one new word in a short text?
遇到一个生词，让句子替你猜。
Let the sentence guess it for you. The soup was too hot, so I blew on it: by the end of the sentence you know what blowing is for. Do not stop at the new word; finish the sentence, then look back.
The soup was too hot, so I blew on it：读完这句你就知道 blew 是干嘛的。
And if the word is not the action and not the time, it can wait for the dictionary.
不要停在生词上，先读完，再回头看。 不是动作也不是时间的词，可以等词典。
Watch out for three traps. Do not translate word by word: the three questions are faster. Do not miss the small change-makers, not, at, before and after: class is at eight and class is before eight are different days of your life. And remember that capital letters are the skeleton of the text: names, days, months and rules hold it up.
三个陷阱：不要逐词翻译（三个问题更快）；不要漏掉 not、at、before、after 这些小词（八点上课和八点前上课是两种人生）；大写字母是骨架：人名、星期、月份、规则。
Check yourself. Name the three questions of every short text.
自测：短文三问是哪三问？
What does STAFF ONLY want from you?
STAFF ONLY 要你做什么？
In the class-trip message, what time, what place, and what goes on the bring-list?
出游短信的时间、地点、带什么？
And catch the trap: the class is at eight, or the class is before eight.
at 8 和 before 8 差在哪？
If the questions fire without thinking, the detective is working.
三个问题脱口而出，侦探就上岗了。