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ObjectivesObjectivesTo practise dealing with cultural references
in texts.
To practise identifying the type of newspaper
an article is from.
To read three newspaper articles.
To create a headline for an article from a newspaper.4
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Pre-readingPre-reading
What is often reported in the newspaper?
social affairs, political issues, business, sports events, entertainment, etc
Task 1
Headlines Types
China, Germany sign 19 deals
Tang Jiaxuan meets Anna
2005 Laureus awards go to Federer, Kostelic
Task 2
Guess and identify the types of reports according to
the headlines.
Gong Li tops beauty list; Li Yuchun follows
Entertainment
Political & bussiness issues
Political issues
Sports events
ReadingReading
Text C
Task 1Read the first sentence of each newspaper article and match them with the headlines.
Text BText A
Bad language on TV not OK for kids
Astronomers’ amazing escape
Mum finds her four girls
Text A Text B Text C
The first sentence of each newspaper article is about the main idea of the whole article.
Conclusion
True or False
3.People make a distinction between bad language used in programmes for adults and children.
1.The well-known film Pulp Fiction is a suitable programme for adults as well as children because it is funny.
4.It is ok that we increase the amount of bad language used on television.
2.The report gives serious information about attitudes to bad language on screen according to Susan.
Task 2 Details of each textText A
Text B
More than 30 astronomers on a ____________ trip to the museum of science had an _________ escape, after their trolleybus ________ into a greengrocer’s truck. The accident __________ because of the fog. The ______________ driver of the truck did not know that he was parked ________________the trolleybus. Fortunately, he _______________ the truck at the last minute, only hurting his ankle. A ___________ for the police said, “It’s _________ 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 windows of the trolleybus by firemen.
sightseeingsightseeing
amazingamazingcrashedcrashed
happenedhappened60-year-old60-year-old
in thein the way ofway ofjumped outjumped out ofof
spokesmanspokesman amazingamazing
bloodblood strawberry juicestrawberry juice
braverybraveryhelped outhelped out
Text C
1.How old were Lillian’s children when she last saw them?
2. Can you explain the phrase “Cry with happiness”?
They were 7,6,5 & 3.
The person can’t control his or her mind to cry when he or she meets a very happy matter.
After - readingAfter - reading
•Consideration, attitude, innocent
• escape, bravery, crash, incident
• cry with happiness, contact
Text A Text A
Text B Text B
Text C Text C
Task 1
Exercise 3, on page 28
Task 2
British or American Culture
How far is 20 yards?
a. 18 metres
b. 7metres
c. 12 metres
What does BBC stand for?
a. British Boxing Club
b. British Broascasting Corporation
c. Black Bulls Company
How far is 3,000 miles?
a. 3,000 km
b. 4,800 km
c. 6,000 km
Yard: 码 , 在美国习惯体系和英国皇家体系中的一种基本长度单位,等于 3英尺或 36英寸 (0.9144米)
Mile: 英里 , 一种长度单位,等于5,280英尺或 1,760 码 (1,609米),在美国和其他讲英语的国家中使用
TV channels:
a TV series:
towns & villages:
cities:
a main road:
a play:
Task 3
Find examples of names of these things in the texts.
an organisation:
BBC, ITV, Channel 4
Brookside
Kingston
Leeds, Manchester
Park Avenue
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