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Activity 4

After reading the essay entitled “Comparing and Contrasting London and
Washington, DC”, write your own opinions about London and Washington
DC and share your opinion in groups. You can strengthen your opinion by
providing facts.
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2. Deducing Meaning of Words based on the Context

What do you usually do when you come to a word that you do not know in

your reading? Do you look it up in the dictionary? Do you try to guess what it
means or just skip it? If you do those, then you are not reading as effectively and

efficiently as you could be. In fact, the best strategy for dealing with an unknown
word is to try to guess what it means based on the context. Context refers to the

sentence and paragraph in which a word occurs. Although there is no formula that
you can memorize to improve your ability to guess the meaning of unfamiliar

words, you should keep the following strategy in mind.

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