1、Unit 11 Lesson 4 Whats in the Papers?,What is often reported in the newspapers? Give some examples.,e.g. social affairs, political issues, business, sports events, entertainment, etc.,Some examples,The price of oil is rising crazy.,Do you know her?,Reading,Read the newspaper articles and match them
2、with the headlines.,1) Bad language on TV not OK for kids.,2) Mum finds her four girls.,3) Astronomers amazing escape.,text A,text C,text B,Read the three groups of Key Words below and match them with the three articles.,KEY WORDS,Escape, crash, bravery, incident, attitude, consideration, innocent,
3、cry with happiness, contact,Answers,Text B: escape, crash, bravery,Text A: consideration, attitude, innocent,Text C: contact, cry with happiness,Post-Reading,Read the articles again and answer these questions.,1) How old were Lillians children when she last saw them?,They were 7, 6, 5 and 3.,Because
4、 the dialogue and situation made it funny.,3) Why was the truck driver lucky to escape?,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.,2) Why did some people find bad language “OK” in films?,Find examples of
5、names of these things in the texts.,Example West Gorton = a district of a city,a) TV channels:,BBC ITV Channel 4,b) a TV series:,c) towns and villages:,d) cities:,e) districts of cities:,f) a main road:,Brookside,Kingston,Leeds Manchester,West Gorton,Park Avenue,Use the Reading Strategies above to a
6、nswer these questions about the texts.,1) How far is 20 yards? (text B),a) 18 metres b) 7 metres c) 12 metres,2) What does BBC stand for? (text A),a) British Boxing Club,b) British Broadcasting Corporation,c) Black Bulls Company,a) 18 metres,b) British,3) How far is 3,000 miles? (test c),a) 3,000 km
7、 b) 4,800 km c) 6,000 km,Language points,1) according to依照,According to the study, which of the following state is true?,根据这项研究，下面的陈述哪一个是正确的,b) 4,800 km,2)as long as 只要,As long as you work hard your dream will come true.,As long as you accept our conditions, well start working immediately.,只要你答应我们的条
8、件，我们立即开始工作。,只要你努力你的梦想就会实现,I often wish I could comment on your articles but there is never time.,3)comment on 发表意见，提出看法,我总想评论一下你的文章，但总没 有时间。,I wont comment on this matter.,我对此事不予置评。,4)help out 帮忙做事，帮助克服困难,Tom usually helps out on the farm after school, so you can find him there.,汤姆放学后总是在农场里帮忙，你可 以在那
9、儿找到他。,5)60-year-old driver,60-year-old，复合形容词,An 220-meter-long bridge a three -hour meeting,Grammar,-as long as it is not used in programmes watched by children.,watched, 过去分词作后置定语.,过去分词只有一种形式：规则动词由动词原形加词尾-ed构成;不规则动词的过去分词没有统一的规则要求，要一一记住。,Our class went on an organized trip last Monday. 上周一我们班开展了一次有组
10、织的旅行。,Those elected as committee members will attend the meeting. 当选为委员的人将出席这次会。,注意当过去分词是单词时，一般用于 名词前，如果是过去分词短语，就 放在名词,过去分词作定语：,的后面,做后置定语，相当于一个被动语态的定语从句。,Find phrases with compound adjectives in the texts which mean the following:,the well-known film,1) a famous film (text A),Example a 31-year holid
11、ay,4) a journey of 3,000 miles (text c),3) a very long holiday (text c),a 31-year holiday,3,000- mile journey,2) a driver of 60 years old (test B),60-year-old driver,1 I gave the man a ten-pound note when I bought The Times and got 9.65 back.,2 A won one of the big womens tennis championships in the
12、 USA last year.,3 Mrs. Pierce gave us a just before the exam. It helped us to revise everything.,fifteen-year-old girl,two-hour lesson,4 At the age of forty, fireman Dennis Thomas climbed a .,6 A called Barbara Windsor is appearing in the soap EastEnders on TV.,5 The shouted for more after Shania Tw
13、ain finished singing.,three-thousand-metre mountain,400-strong audience,well-known actress,Complete the text with the words below.,ambulance, district, ex-husband, fog, ankle, scene, tyre, sightseeing, muddy,Yesterday, Mary heard that her (1) had broken his(2) .,He had been doing(3) in the country a
14、nd got lost in the(4) !,ex-husband,ankle,sightseeing,fog,He kept on walking, and finally landed up in a (5) field. In this field, he fell over a sleeping sheep and hurt himself. He phoned the(6) doctor on his mobile phone, and then waited in the mud for the(7) to come. But when it arrived, its(8) go
15、t stuck in the mud!,muddy,district,ambulance,tyre,He only got to the hospital four hours later. Mary described this whole(9) to me with a big smile on her face. “ He always hated sheep!” she said. I dont think the sheep liked him very much!,scene,Writing and Speaking,Imagine you work for a local new
16、spaper. Write notes about real or imaginary news stones. Choose one of these areas: entertainment (e.g. a concert),sports (e.g. a local match),personal (e.g. a local girl won a national chess competition),good news (e.g. a new hospital opened), bad news (e.g. an accident),Example What? 24-hour concert Who? Local group-the plastic Roses When? next Tuesday Where? the district centre Why? to raise money for charity Comment: brilliant idea,Thank you!,
