Step1: Greeting
Step2: Revision
Go over the words and expressions of the unit.
Ask some students to read the words.
Step3: Lead-in
There are many things happened around us every day. How do you know what happened around us? Please look at some pictures about the news that we are familiar with and try to answer my questions.
Step4: Warming-up
1. Questions
(1) From where do we get these news?
(2) How many different forms of news media do you know?
Show some pictures about different forms of news media and ask the students what they are.
2. Discussion
(1) what is the most reliable medium?
(2) Are there any differences among the five news media?
TV
cheap, quick, with pictures and sounds
// have to own a TV set
Internet
update, much information, quick, you can comment on the affairs immediately if you want / have a computer which is linked to the Internet
Radio
quick, convenient // can’t enjoy pictures
Newspaper
much information, quick // can’t express one’s idea freely
Magazine
provide people with detailed information on a certain subject / focused on a topic /published weekly / monthly // news comes late
Step5: Speaking
1. lead-in
Imagine you are an editor of Suqian Daily. Here are ten things that happened today, form which you can choose five and decide which events you are going to put in your newspaper. Give your reasons for your choices. Then act out your discussion .
Ten things for you to choose from:1. 200 people died in an earthquake in Turkey.
2. France elected a new president.
3. Two men robbed a bank in Shanghai.
4.A house in your city burnt down. Nobody was injured.
5. 2,000 people in your city moved into new buildings today and were happy.
6. A Chinese scientist has invented a new car engine that does not pollute the air.
7. There is a rumour that a large company wants to build a factory in your city.
8 China beat Brazil 2-1 in football.
9. Three children from your city were killed.
10. Food prices are going up.
2. language points
(1) Two men robbed a bank in Shanghai.
rob 是及物動詞，意為“搶”，其賓語必須 是人或地點，即搶劫的對象，而不能是所搶的東西；對于所搶的物品要用of短語表示，可構成“rob+人/地點+of+某物”的結構。
Eg: 1. 那個人搶了我的金表。
The man robbed me of my gold watch.2. 他們從銀行搶走了一大筆錢。They robbed the bank of a big sum of money.steal是“偷”的意思，其賓語可以是人也可以是某人的物品，即steal sb’s sth.或steal sth. from sb.
小偷偷走了我的金表。The thief stole the gold watch from me.
The thief stole my gold watch.
(2) China beat Brazil 2-1 in football.beat與defeat同義,他們的主語必須是“人”或是一個集體，如a team, a class, a school, an army等。 beat的本義是指在比賽中打贏或勝過某人，而defeat的本義是指在戰場上打敗敵人，但它們通常可以互換使用。
win表示在較強的競爭中取得了勝利，其賓語可以使game, war, prize, fame, battle等，但不能是競爭或戰爭的對手。.我們在籃球比賽中贏了他們。
We beat them in the basketball game他打敗了所了有其他的選手而獲得金牌。
He beat all the other players and won the gold medal.我們以6：3戰勝了他們。We beat/defeat them by the score of 6 to 3.3.Discussion
2000 people in your city were happy today and moved to new buildings.
People want to know what happened to the people and why they moved to new buildings and who built the houses.
France elected a new president.
People who care for international problems would like to read the news, especially those who want to know the result of the election in France.
There is a rumor that a large company wants to build a factory in your town.
People, especially in my town, want to know if it’s a rumor or not. If a new factory is built, they can get jobs, which are important to their lives.
Food prices are going up.
Food is very important to people’s life. On one hand, going-up prices can increase farmers’ income; on the other hand, it will affect other people’s living standards.
Three children from your city were killed.
Many people are interested in social problems. They may be eager to know the causes and the results of the accident.
Example:
A: What do you think of these events?
B: I think we should choose the story about the three children in our city. This event is the most important because the people in our city need to know about this.C: Maybe it would be better to choose the story about the earthquake in Turkey. 2oo people died there, not just three.
D:I agree that we should report that too, but the story about the children is more important. What’s your opinion?
When you ask your partner, you may say:
What do you think of …?
What’s your opinion?
Why do you choose…?
When you answer the question, you may say:
I would rather choose…I don’t think we should choose…Maybe it would be better to choose..
Our readers want to know about…5. Make up dialogues
Ask the students to make up dialogues to decide which events they are going to put in their newspaper and give the reasons for their choices. They can use the useful expressions that are given.
Step6 Homework
Prepare the reading passage.