1、Lesson 4 Whats in the Papers?Time Allocation: 3 periodsTeaching Objectives:1. To practise identifying the type of newspaper an article is from. 2. To read three newspaper articles.3. To create a headline for an article from newspaper.Teaching Importances :1. To master the Key Words and some useful e
2、xpressions2. To read and sumarize the first two passages 3. To read Text C and answer the questions of Ex.4.Teaching Difficult Points:1. To read and sumarize the first two passages 2. To read the text and answer the questions by students themselves.Teaching Methods:1.Asking-and-answering activity to
3、 check the Ss understanding of the text.2.Individual, pair or group work to finish each task.Teaching Aids: multimediaTeaching Procedures:Step. Greeting and leading inLead the whole class to have a quick look at the objectives and be clear what we are going to do in this period.Step. Before StartT:
4、Now, I have a note in my hand. There are some easy words in it for you. Please make them in correct order. That means making up a sentence with them. Lets see who will be the first!S: What is in the papers?T: Yeah! Youve got the answer. Its just the topic for us to talk about today-Whats in the pape
5、rs? Do you have a habit of reading newspaper to update yourself what happened around?S: Yes!T: Good! Im glad to hear that. Reading is good for us. We can benefit a lot from it. So can you remember what the types of report are in newspapers?S: Social affairs, political issues, business, sports events
6、, entertainments, etc.T: I have collected some headlines for you. Please identify the types of the report. Lets check whether you are a good reader. (Show them on the screen.)1.China, Germany sign 19 deals 2. Tang Jiaxuan meets Annan3. 2005 Laureus awards go to Federer, Kostelic 4. Gong Li tops beau
7、ty list; Li Yuchun followsAnswers: 1. business & political issues 2. political issues 3. sports events 4. entertainmentT: Have a look at all the news again, can you give brief information about the news according to the headlines?Step . Read to learn Good! From the above, we can see that headlines p
8、lay an important role in news. Next time if you want to save your time, you can just scan the headlines. And today we will have a look at three articles in newspaper.1. Do Ex.2. Read the newspaper articles and match them with the headlines.Answers: 1) Text A 2) Text C 3) Text B 2. Work on Ex.3. Read
9、 the three groups of Key Words below and match them with the three articles.( See to P.28.)Answers:Text B: escape, crash, bravery Text A: consideration, attitude, innocentText C: contact, cry with happiness Step. Read AgainT: In this part, we will practice different exercises according to the three
10、articles.I ) Consolidating the understanding of the textText A: Read and decide the statements true or false.1. There was “surprising agreement “ about when bad language was serious and when it was not.2. The well-known film Pulp Fiction is a suitable programme for adults as well as children because
11、 it is funny. 3.People make a distinction between bad language used in programmes for adults and children.4.The report gives serious information about attitudes to bad language on screen according to Susan.5.It is ok that we increase the amount of bad language used on television.Key: 1.T 2.F 3.T 4.F
12、 5. FText B: Read and complete the blank on the screen:More than 30 astronomers on a _ trip to the museum of science had an _ escape, after their trolleybus _ into a greengrocers truck.The accident _ because of the fog. The _driver of the truck did not know that he was parked _the trolleybus. Fortun
13、ately, he_ the truck at the last minute, only hurting his ankle.A _ for the police said, “Its _ that no one was badly hurt.” When they arrived , they saw _ everywhere. However, they soon realized that the blood was really _ carried by the truck .He praised the _ of the astronomers who were _of the w
14、indows of the trolleybus by firemen.Answers: sightseeing, amazing, crashed, happened, 60-year-old, in the way of, jumped out of, spokesman, amazing, blood, strawberry juice, bravery, helped out.Text C: Read answer the questions in Ex.4.Answers:1.They were 7, 6, 5 and 3. 2. Because the dialogue and s
15、ituation made it funny. 3. Because the driver jumped out of the truck before the trolleybus crashed into it and he would have been killed if hed staged in his truck.II) Collecting MessagesDo Ex.5. Answers: TV channels: BBC, ITV, Channel 4 A TV series: Brookside Towns and villages: Kingston Cities: L
16、eeds, Manchester Districts: West Gorton A main road: Park AvenueDo Ex.6. Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. bV. Language Points1. as long as 如同 一样长久；只要We must stay with the task as long as we can.As long as the green mountains are there, one need not worry about firewood.As long as we are united, there is no dif
17、ficulty we cannot overcome. 2. comment on 对作评论He refused to comment on the committees decision.Government hasnt so far commented on these reports.3. make a distinction (between) 区分；辩别It is necessary to make a distinction between friendship and love.They tried to make a sharp distinction between the
18、two possibilities.4. keep away from 让远离 Students must keep their cellphones away from class.Parents must keep their children away from drugs.5. in the way of 挡道；妨碍He believed that I stood in the way of those plans.I think its for your good, and I dont want to stand in the way of that. 6. get stuc k
19、in 卡住；陷入In this city people always get stuck in rush hour traffic.If a sweet potato is eaten too quickly, itll get stuck in the throat7. crash intoA big bird crashed into a tall building and was killed.The plane get out of control and crash into the seaStepI. Vocabulary 1. Work on Ex.7 In modern Amr
20、.English, for the convenience to expression, typical compound adjectives are frequently used. Can you find them from the three passages?Answers: 1) well-known film 2) 60-year-old driver 3) a 31-year holiday 4) 3,000-mile journey2. Do Ex.8 Rewrite these sentences using compound adjectives.Answers: 2.
21、 He broke the 10,000-mile record/the 10,000-metre race record.3. She went for an early-morning walk.4. I saw a documentary about a 120-year-old man.VII. Writing and Speaking1. Work on Ex.9. Write a not according to the hint of the exercise.2. If time permits, do Ex.10.Step VIII. HomeworkDo the exercise 9 in your exercise books
