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Lesson 4

What’s in the Papers?

Lesson 4

What’s in the Papers?

Reading

Read the headlines and

make a prediction.

Bad language on TV not OK for kids

Astronomer’s amazing escape

Mum finds her four girls

Read text A carefully and see how it is organized

Organization

• Para1

• Para2

• Para3

• Para4

... a research …

… the study…

… people…

… a writer…

…a director…

OK

NOT OK

Question

How old were Lillian’s children when she last saw them?

They were 7,6,5 and 3

Mum finds her four girls

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Questions

1.What were the astronomers doing?

2.What happened?

3. Where were they?

4.Why was the truck driver lucky to escape?

Writing and Speaking

Imagine you work for a local

newspaper. You usually first write

notes about real news stories like

this:

What?

Who?

When?

Where?

Why?

Comment:

ExampleExampleA road accident----The trolleybus crashed into a truck.

the bravery of the astronomers;

amazing escape

because of the fog

Park Avenue

Astronomers

Write a newspaper article according to the video

Group work---Work in groups of fourWrite notes first: What? Who? When? Where? Why? Comment

Useful words and phrases:• 笑脸 Smiling face • 吸毒 take drugs• 阳性的 positive eg. The test results came back positive. • 尿 urine 尿检 urinalysis• to take strong measures against taking drugs

Read the three texts again and underline the key words and phrases which are important to you

COMPETITION--Match the following

words and phrases with the three articles.

textA

textB

textC

publish

publish,

escape

escape,

bravery

bravery,

contact

contact,

crash

crash,

attitude

attitude,

spokesman

spokesman

distinction

distinction

be meant for

be meant for,

cry with happiness

cry with happiness

keep away from

keep away from

Fill in the blanks, using the proper form

1. He has never shown much ______

( 体谅 ) for his wife’s feeling. innocent

consideration

2. “I didn’t kill him I’m __________( 清白的 )!”David shouted.

3.The report __________ ( 作出结论 ) that the school should be closed immediately.

4.The light was red but the __________ ( 救护车 ) drove straight through.5.Your shoes are really_______( 沾满泥的 )-

take them off before you come in.

concluded

ambulance

muddy

6.After an afternoon’s __________ ( 游览 )we were all exhausted.

sightseeing

astronomer

8.My work _______( 工作量 ) has doubled

since Harry left.

7.The __________ ( 天文学家 ) is a scientist

who studies the stars and planets.

load

Match the compound adjectives with the nouns.

1 ） ten-pound a) audienc

e

2 ） 400-strong b) lesson

3 ） well-known c) actress

4 ） fifteen-year-old d) note

5 ） two-hour e) mountai

n

6 ） three-thousand-meter- high f) girl

Complete the text with the phrases below.

help out, take place, get stuck in, as long as, comment on

1.I’ll lend you bike__________ you promise that you can return it in time

2.My uncle hurt his face in a big fire,so his neighbors are always ____________his looks.

as long as

commenting on

3.A traffic accident____________at this

crossing three years ago which caused a

girl to die.

took place4.It was my parents who________me________with some money when I was out of work.

helped out5.Because of the heavy rain my car____________the muddy ground yesterday,so I had to ask somebody for help.

got stuck in

Mum finds her four girls

Astronomer’s amazing escape

Bad language on TV not OK for kids

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___________

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• Leeds University------ name of a university• Pulp Fiction------ name of a film • Channel 4------TV channel• Brookside------ TV series• South Park-------name of a cartoon• Peter Moore------name of a writer• BBC------British Broadcasting Corporation• Susan Bold------name of a director• ITV------Independent Television (英国 )独立电视

(公司 )

Cultural reference