- English Class Introduction
  - Greeting and motivation
  - Learning objectives
    - Reading strategy focus
    - Skimming and scanning tasks
    - Note-making practice
- Skimming Technique
  - Definition of skimming
    - Quick reading for general idea
    - Ignoring detailed understanding
  - Key features to focus on
    - Titles and subheadings
    - Boldface prints
    - Illustrations and photos
    - Maps and columns
  - Practical example
    - Identifying passage features
      - Heading: "An Amazing Rescue"
      - Photo: "The girl with the long hair"
      - Map: Australia
      - Columns in the text
    - Guessing the passage type
      - Not a fairy tale or detective story
      - Likely a factual report
    - Second glance details
      - Date: 5th January 1997
      - Location: Southern Ocean
      - Names: Harry Dubois, Tony Blymore
      - Organizations: Australian Search Rescue Centre, Australian Defence Forces
- Scanning Technique
  - Definition of scanning
    - Locating specific information quickly
    - Skipping through the text
  - Practical example
    - Describing Emma from Jane Austen's novel
      - Handsome, clever, rich
      - From a comfortable family
      - Happy disposition
      - The best blessing of existence
      - Age: 21
      - Youngest in the family
      - Mistress of the house
- Application of Scanning
  - Recipe example: Ingredients for omelet
    - Potatoes, onions, eggs, milk, cheese
  - Benefits of scanning
    - Finding specific details efficiently
- Note-Making Strategy
  - Problem: Difficulty selecting key information
  - Solution: Combining skimming and scanning
    - Summarizing main ideas
    - Extracting useful information
  - Practice: London project
    - Condensing four paragraphs into notes
      - World’s center: finance, fashion, arts, entertainment
      - Attacked during World War II
      - Post-imperial and multi-ethnic metropolis
      - Two cities: City (east end) and Westminster (west end)
      - Center: west end; slums: east end
    - Writing an introduction based on notes
- Assignment
  - Write an introduction to Beijing
    - Use skimming and scanning techniques
    - Condense a long passage into a short introduction