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A Brief Introduction

I. A general understanding

II. Presentation

III. Learn to read the headline

IV. Two passages

V. Stylistic features of news reports

How many pages does it have? 8

How many parts does it consist of? 7

They are… …

Front Page

1

2

News Watch

3

School Time

4&5

Window of Knowledge

Light Reading

6 7

English Workshop

Arts & Sports

8

Which part do you like most?

Making water work

News Watch

Making water workHeadline & lead study （ Task 1)

A: Quesswork:

1.What does the “water” mean by?

It’s the water in _____________.

2.What project it is ?

3.When will the project be finished?

4.Where will the electricity be used?

Yangtze River

Study of news details

(Bigger than ever)

( ) 3. With the dam on the river, bigger ships can go.

( ) 4.Over 1 thousand people have had to leave their home because of the dam.

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F

(Read the first 4 paragraphs) (Task 2 ）

Tick the answers:(Read the 5th & 6th paragraph) (Task 3)

( ) 1.The highest part of the dam is ____metres tall.

A. 157 B. 175 C.125 D. 171

( ) 2. In the middle of the dam there is a ___-metres lowered part for water to flow through.

A.843 B.2438 C.483 D.384

B

C

Tick the answers:

( )3.The dam has ___ water gates,

which is ___ metres wide.

A. 22, 8 B. 28, 2

C. 82, 22 D.8, 22

A

(Task 4)

Cloze:(the last two paragraphs)

The Yangtze River has not lost it’s______._____ of the beautiful places are ____ there.When the project is finished, visitors can take a ____ trip _____ the river to see over ____ new islands in it.

beauty Moststill

boat along100

Vocabulary (Task 6)

equal to

make way for

hand in

be proud of

The Three Gorges Dam

electricity

generator

Yangtze River

Making the water work (Task 5)

This news headline is made of:

( ) 1. A. A noun( 名词 ) group

( ) 2. An elliptical sentence

( 省略句 )

Learn to read the headline

I promise not to be a cheat考场上没人监考，你会作弊吗？

Making water work三峡工程进展迅速，已有五台机组并

网发电 

Secrets of the dead告诉你木乃伊的秘密

 

Which one are you interested in?

Learn to read the headline

Six top tips on how to keep safe一旦发生地震 , 你怎么办 ?

 Clean your room for a better life

房间整洁代表成功人生 ? 看看其中的逻辑 

Laugh & learn Why are your eyes closed 看不到的一面

 

Which one are you interested in?

The usage of tense in the headlines

1.Simple Present Tense( 一般现在时 )

( 标题的时态 )

为了给人一种新鲜感和现实感 , 虽然事情已过去 , 但在标题中却可使用一般现在时 .

如 :I promise not to be a cheat

Brave students reporters get day to party

… … … …

The usage of tense in the headlines

1.Simple Present Tense( 一般现在时 )

( 标题的时态 )

如 :Sun shines brightly

Yao just keeps on winning

Don’t worry about the little things

Super kids save the hotel

… … … …

The usage of tense in the headlines

2. Present continuous tense( 现在进行时 )

( 标题的时态 )

The verb “be” is omitted.( 省略 be ) 为了表示正在进行的动作 . 可用省略了 be 的现在进行时 .如 :Making water work

Making the earth move

Living out his NBA dreams

… … … …

The usage of tense in the headlines

2. Present continuous tense( 现在进行时 )

( 标题的时态 )

Reaching for the sky

Scoring a goal for the futurre

Changing lives

Learning a lot online

… … … …

Which part consists of the most important information?

What can you get from the front page?

I promise not to be a cheat

Headline( 标题 ):I promise not to be a cheat

Guesswork (Task 1)

1.What does it mean “a cheat” ?

2.What does “I” refer to? A middle school student ,a thief or someone else?

Headline and Lead( 导语 ) study

Start reading the lead and try to find the answers to the questions. (Task 2)

1.What is the “dream” in the news?

2.Where can the dream come true?

There isn’t any teacher watching in the exam.

At the Affiliated Middle School to Northeast Normal University.

Study of news details (Task3)

Fill in the blanks: (paragraph 2)Fill in the blanks: (paragraph 2)

1.1.____ Junior 1 students there took ____ Junior 1 students there took their first ___________exam.their first ___________exam.

2.2.After the teacher ______ ____ the After the teacher ______ ____ the exam papers, he left the room exam papers, he left the room and ______ came back.and ______ came back.

3.3.A student _______ ___ the papers A student _______ ___ the papers when the exam _____.when the exam _____.

169no-teacher

handed out

never

collected inended

(Read Paragraph 3,4,5)1.What did the school’s headmaster say?2.What did the students do before the exam?3.How did Lang Yudan feel during the exam? Why?

Answer these questions(Task4)

Answer these questions:

(Read the last paragraph)

4.Was there any cheating in

that exam?

5.What will the school do

next year?

6.Do you enjoy the no-

teacher exam? Will you

cheat ?

Grammatical Points (Task5)

Paraphrase the following expressions:1.A no-teacher exam

= an exam ________ a teacherwithout

2.assure( 保证 ) to do sth.

= ______ to do sth.promise

3.have confidence in

=_______trust

Discussion:

What do you think of no-teacher exam?

Task 6

1.cheat 作弊 , 骗子 n. v.

2.promise 承诺 , 保证

3.affiliated 附属的 , 分支的

4.normal 师范的 , 正常的

5.moral 道德

Front page (Task 7)

I promise not to be a cheat

6.honesty 诚实

7.trust 信任

Stylistic features of news reports

新闻报道的风格特点

A news report contains three parts:

1. the headline( 标题 ),2. the lead( 导言 ),3. the body( 正文 ).

Stylistic features of news reports

新闻报道的风格特点 1. 大众性 .(popularity) 报道语言必须 适应其读者的阅读水平 .

2. 趣味性 .(interest) 内容和语言应适应读者的爱好和习惯 .

3. 节俭性 .(economy) 为了在有限的篇幅里报道尽可能多的内容 , 就必须精炼语言 .

It’s a good newspaper.

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