阅读的目的就是要获取书面信息。因而阅读时不能逐字逐句地去分析语法,而是要快速完成树材料的阅读, 抓住大意, 再深层次地去理解内容。在阅读时教师可指导学生根据不同题材、体裁的阅读材料采取不同的归纳形式去归纳材料内容,快速、准确地猎取文章信息, 培养学生良好的阅读习惯。如SEFC 1B Unit 21 Karl Mark, 文章介绍了马克思学习外语的经历,时间线条较详细, 每个时间点的出现都反映了他一生中的某一事件, 可以根据时间线索进行归纳 Time What happened in 1818 was born in Germany as a young man was forced to leave his homeland for political reasons; went to Belgium, France in 1849 went to England; made London the base for his revolutionary work later started working hard to improve his English; made rapid progress in 1853 wrote articles in English; praised him; encouraged him; was not sure about two things later Kept on studying and using English in the 1870s began to learn Russian; read articles and reports in Russian at the end of six months。
培养具有健全人格的人是当前素质教育的目标之一。高中英语阅读教材是一套集思想性、科学性、趣味性与实用性于一体的好教材,具有很强的思想性。阅读教学应结合教学内容, 寓思想品德教育于英语阅读教学中,提高学生的政治思想素质。因此,教师要努力挖掘教材中的思想教育因素, 以知识为载体,适时适度地渗透思想品德以及爱国主义教育。譬如SEFC 1B An interesting Life讲述了歌星Bob Geldof实施了一个为非洲贫困地区献爱心的计划, 教师可这样设计问题: What should we learn from Bob Geldof? 引导学生谈谈帮助身边贫困学生, 为希望工程献爱心、为灾区人民出力、为建设祖国努力学习的情况等。