1、Lesson 4 Whats in the papers?,Vocabulary,Objectives,At the end of this lesson, youll be able to use compound adjectives correctly. create an article for a local paper.,What day is it today?,Chinas first national disaster prevention day& the one-year anniversary of the Wenchuan earthquake.,After fata
2、l lesson, China builds stronger school in quake zone. (Xinhua) Updated: 2009-04-29 20:47,A worker drives a digger at the construction site of the Leigu Middle School, one of the worst-hit schools in the quake in Beichuan county, southwest Chinas Sichuan province. In the background, more than 100 wor
3、kers were busy finishing the three-story building, which is set to open on May 12, the first anniversary of the massive earthquake.,Construction of the Beichuan Middle School is to start on May 12, the first anniversary of the quake, and the school is scheduled to be in use next September.The new, 2
4、00-million-yuan building, which can hold 5,000 students, was sponsored by overseas Chinese from around the globe. It was designed by staff at well-known universities like Qinghua University, the University of Hong Kong, Tongji University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Construction wor
5、ker Song Guobin hopes his3-year-old son, Wang Haoyu, can study in a safe building. “Now that his brother is dead, he carries all my hopes,“ Song said.,Compound adjectives,Leigu Middle School is one of the worst-hit schools in the quake in Beichuan county. More than 100 workers were busy finishing th
6、e three-story building. The new 200-million-yuan building was designed by staff at well-known universities like Qinghua University. Song Guobin hopes his 3-year-old son, Wang Haoyu, can study in a safe building.,What do the underlined words mean?,Compound adjectives,the worst-hit schools well-known
7、universities the three-story building. the 200-million-yuan building. His 3-year-old son,P29 7 Find more phrases with compound adjectives in the texts .,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-
8、year-old driver,1) a famous film (text A),the well-known film,Compound adjectives,the worst-hit schools well-known universities the three-story building. the 200-million-yuan building a 31-year holiday 3000- mile journey his 3-year-old son 60-year-0ld driver,副词+过去分词adv+ p.p,数词+ 形容词+名词 (numeral + adj
9、.+n.),数词+ 名词 (numeral +n.),Discuss: How are the compound adjectives formed?,Notes: the nouns after numbers are singular.,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 USA last year.,3 Mrs. Pierce gave us a just
10、before the exam. It helped us to revise everything.,fifteen-year-old girl,two-hour lesson,P72 EX3,Practice,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 Twain finished singing.,three-
11、thousand-metre mountain,400-strong audience,well-known actress,Practice,一个五年计划 一个三岁的男孩 一座30米长的桥 一张10美元的钞票,a five-year plan,a 3-year-old boy,a 30-meter-long bridge,a 10-dollar note,Rewrite the sentences using compound adjectives.,We went on a holiday for two weeks. We went on a two-week holiday.,Exam
12、ple:,Practice,2. He broke the 10,000-metre 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.,Practice,Speaking and writing,Imagine you work for a local newspaper. Write notes about real or imaginary news stories. Choose on
13、e 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),Speaking and writing,Report the Ballet girl, liyues visit to Hongkong for Takung Pao (大公报)
14、.,5月10日来自四川的12岁的“芭蕾女孩”李月与母亲到香港庆祝她们灾后第一个母亲节。香港迪士尼乐园接待了李月及其他十多位地震生还者及其家人，让他们共度溫馨感恩的灾后第一个母亲节,李月还在观塘一商场表演芭蕾舞，她的坚持、认真和勇敢，感动在场不少围观市民。对于首次來港表演，李月表示，心情非常激动，很感谢主办单位给予的机会，给她一个这么好的平台去度过这个母亲节。失去一条腿的李月表示，她没有准备什么礼物，因为好好生活就是送给妈妈最好的礼物。“今天是妈妈照顾我，将来妈妈老了，就由我来照顾她！我要好好学习，长大了报答妈妈。”,Work in groups. Make notes about what,
15、when, where, why, how and comment.,Example What? A family reunion. Who? Lillian Derbyshire When? Now, (31 years ago) Where? West Gorton, Manchester. To California, America Why? Lillians four daughters went on holiday to America with her ex-husband and never came back. Comment: “I cant stop crying with happiness.”,TEXT C,Homework,Finish your writing, try to use some compound adjectives in your writing.,
