TEENS 382Sean

Age of Information21st Century

Title Picture Topic sentence or first sentence Key information：What？Who？When?

Where? DO NOT read word by word NO NEED to understand every word

How to read English newspapers？

Choose a page you are interested in to read

3 minutes

Free Reading

What have you read？

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I read a report about Jeremy Lin, who is on the list of ____________________ in the world of this year. Jeremy graduated from _______________ and now plays basketball for _______________. He became famous in _______________ by leading his team to a series of wins. From his story we can learn that ______________ and it is possible to be _____________ and _______________ at the same time.

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Page 2I read _____ pieces of news. The first one is about a special picture of __________, which is made up of __________ self-portraits. It is projected on the front of Buckingham Palace to celebrate ____________ and ___________. The second is an interesting picture of __________ which acted like the famous Kungfu star __________. The last news introduces a new invention called ________. A UK company made them for __________, who sleep in ____________ at the office when there’s a ____________.

Page 3On this page, five Chinese students are talking about their dream holidays. I like __________’s idea best. He/she wants to make a day called _______________. On that day, people ___________________________. I would like to set up a day called ______________. On that day, people __________________________. At the bottom of this page, there’s another article which is about American school time. The students from _____________ went to ____________ on ___________ in a park. They think it good to get to ____________ instead of ____________.

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On this page, I learn how to enjoy the time spent with ________. The writer gives some useful ________. Among them, I think the following is the most important: ____________________. Because ____________________. From the passage, I also learn that Chinese kids like to ___________________________________ while American children often ____________________. I think it’s true/not true. I like ____________________ with my friends.

Page 5I read two pieces of entertainment news. One is about a young Chinese _____ and _____ Jing Boran. He won __________ for the mainland category at ________________ in Jinan on ______. The other news is about the world-famous movie Star Wars. George Lucas, _______________, said “______________________” on a German TV show in 2005, but his translator translated it as “_______________________.” Thus, a new holiday was born. Many Star Wars fans celebrate “__________” on __________ in various ways.

Page 6I read a short detective story. In the story, Bob, ____________, likes to ____________ for a drink before going home, near where there is __________, __________ and __________. One night Bob is shot in __________ on his way home. It happens in front of __________, but it is the owner of __________ who calls an ambulance. Later the police come and ask the __________ of the three shops to tell their stories. After reading the three stories, I find ____________ is telling a lie and he must be the shooter, because ________________________________.

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i__________: (adj.) having or exercising influence or powerg__________: (n.) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)s__________: (n.) similar things placed in order or happening one after anothera__________: (n.) anything that happens by chanceh__________: (adj.) modest; not too much proud of oneself

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p____________: (n.) a painting of a person's facep____________: (n.) a large and stately building where king or queen livesp____________: (n.) someone who takes photographs professionallya__________: (v.) to intend; to wisht__________ j__________: a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can hardly move

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b__________: (n.) a person who lives by beggingr__________: (n.) one of the characters that an actor or singer can play in a movie or a playe__________: (adj.) well matched; having the same quantity, value, or measure as anotherc__________: (n.) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fears__________: (adj.) truthful; honest; open and genuine

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d__________: (adj.) sad; unhappy; low in spiritsv__________: (v.) a way of making a decision by asking a group of people to choosee__________: (adv.) to the same degreet__________: (n.) something that somebody buys or pays for another personh__________ o__________: to spend time in a certain location or with certain people

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c__________: (n.) a type, or a group of things having some features that are the samer__________: (v.) to allow something to be shown in public or to be available for use or to buyf__________: (n.) power; strengthl__________: (n.) the words that an actor speaks when performing in a film or a playt__________: (n.) a device or hole for catching animals or people and preventing their escape

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Page 6

b__________: (n.) someone who owns or is an boss of a bankp__________: (n.) a building where people can have drinks, especially alcoholic drinks, like wine, and talk to their friendsb__________: (n.) the stomach or the front part of the body between your chest and your legsd__________: (n.) a police officer who investigates crimesg__________ s__________: a marketplace where food and daily necessities are sold

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Task Reading

Choose a page out of the rest three to read

Fill in the blanks to complete the report

Find the definition of the words on your paper

Report Time

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Cloze TestMy friend Allen is a b__________. Although he is very rich, he feels d__________ these days. His daughter Linda is a g__________ of a famous university but doesn’t want to work in his bank. She would like to be a p__________. Her dream is to travel around the world to take pictures of different people. Recently she has taken quite a few photos of a b__________ who always sits in front of the g__________ s__________ opposite their house.

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Last night Linda h__________ o__________ with her friends in a p__________. At around 11 pm, Linda went home on her own. When she got to the front door of the house, a car suddenly stopped beside her and two men jumped out to drag her into the car. The poor man in dirty shabby clothes sitting across the street rushed over to save the girl. Amazingly, he turned out to a d__________ of the city police station.

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Read Page 7 & 8Do the exercises on the newspaper

Homework