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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HomeworkHomework

Read the text again.

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