Lesson 4

What’s in the Papers?

Lesson 4

What’s in the Papers?

Objectives

☆ To practise dealing with cultural refere

nces in texts.

☆ To practise identifying the type of news

paper an article is from.

☆ To practise using compound adjectives.

☆ To create an article for a local newspap

er.

Pre-Reading

☆What is often reported in the newsp

apers? Give some examples.

social affairs, political issues,

business, sports events,

entertainment, etc.

Some examples

2005―― 国际油价在风雨中沉浮

国际原油价格由 2005 年 1 月份的每桶 42.12 美元一路飙升到今年 4 月 17 日的每桶 70.40 美元的历史最高点。这是 17 日 , 一名石油交易员在美国纽约商品交易所大声报价。　新华社报道

河南科大 400 多学生集体发烧病情得到控制

3 月 30 日 ,一名女学生在河南科技大学第一附属医院接受观察治疗。

从玉女转型熟女 苏慧伦 5 月发片迎“新生”

[ 乒乓 ] 国乒磨刀奥地利 施拉格“讨教”王励勤

Reading

Read the newspaper articles and

match them with the headlines.

1) Bad language on TV not OK for

kids.

2) Mum finds her four girls.

3) Astronomer’s 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, 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 Lillian’s children when

she last saw them?

They were 7, 6, 5 and 3.

2) Why did some people find bad

language “OK” in films?

Because 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 he’d staged in his truck.

☆ Find examples of names of these things

in the texts.

Example: West Gorton = a

district of a city

a) TV channels:

b) a TV series:

c) towns and villages:

BBC ITV Channel 4

Brookside

Kingston

d) cities:

e) districts of cities:

f) a main road:

g) a play:

h) an organisation:

Leeds, Manchester

West Gorton

Park Avenue

Pulp Fiction, South Park

a group of mothers

☆ Use the Reading Strategies above

to answer these questions about t

he 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

3) How far is 3,000 miles? (Test C)

a) 3,000 km b) 4,800 km

c) 6,000 km

1) according to 依照 According to my watch it is 10

o’clock.

按我的表是 10 点钟。 Pay is according to quality.

依照质量付费。

Language points

2) as long as 只要 As long as you can be back before 10 o’

clock, you can go out. 只要你 10 点钟以前能回来 , 你可以外出。

As long as you accept our conditions, w

e’ll start working immediately.

只要你答应我们的条件 ,

我们立即开始工作。

3) comment on 发表意见 , 提出看法 I don’t feel I can comment on their

decision.

我觉得我无法对他们的决定作出评论。

I won’t comment on this matter.

我对此事不予评论。

4) a load of (=loads of) [ 俚 ] 很多 , 大量

a load of cobblers[ 俚 ] 胡说 , 废话5) help out 帮忙做事 , 帮助克服困难 When I bought the house, my sister

helped me out with a loan.

我买这所房子时 , 我姐姐借给我一笔钱解了急。

6) 60-year-old driver

60-year-old 是复合形容词 a six-year-old boy

a two-meter-long desk

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。

过去分词作定语： Our class went on an organized trip last M

onday. 上周一我们班开展了一次有组织的旅行。 Those elected as committee members will a

ttend 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 adjec

tives in the texts which mean the fol

lowing:

Example a 31-year holiday

1) a famous film (Text A)

well-known film

2) a driver of 60 years old (Test B)

60-year-old driver

3) a very long holiday (Text c)

a 31-year holiday

4) a journey of 3,000 miles (Text c)

3,000- mile journey

☆Match the compound adjectives with the nouns. Then use the phrases to complete the sentences.

1 ） ten-pound a audience

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-metre high f girl

1. I gave the man ________________

-when I bought The Times and got

￡ 9.65 back.

2. A _________________ won one of the

big women’s tennis championships in

the USA last year.

fifteen-year-old girl

a ten-pound note

3. Mrs. Pierce gave us a ______________

just before the exam. It helped us to

revise everything.

4. At the age of forty, fireman Dennis

Thomas climbed a ______________

______________.

two-hour lesson

three-thousand-

metre mountain

5. The _________________ shouted

for more after Shania Twain

finished singing.

6. A ________________ called

Barbara Windsor is appearing

in the soap East Enders on TV.

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 and 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) ____

got 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 don’t think the sheep liked

him very much!

scene

Complete this radio news report using the

Passive form of the verbs in brackets.

Good afternoon. The lunch-time news

today(1) ______ (read) by John Howard.

The Prime Minister has visited a

primary school in Ipswich where she

(2) _______ (meet) by the children and

their teachers. She opened a new sports

is read

was met

centre that(3) ____________ (build) with

money raised by the parents and teachers.

Another ￡ 20,000(4) ________ (need) to

finish the swimming pool so more money

raising activities (5) ______________ (or

-ganise) for the summer months.

Earlier today a group of teachers was i

n an accident when their coach

is needed

will be organized

is being built

(6) ______ (hit) by a truck. The teachers

(7) __________ (help) by local people

until ambulances arrived. Most of the

teachers (8) ___________ (allow) to go

home immediately, but those with more

serious injuries (9) _________ (take) to

Norwich Central Hospital later today.

was hit

were helped

were allowed

were taken

Writing and Speaking

Imagine you work for a local

newspaper. Write notes about real or

imaginary news stories. 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)

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

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