Objectives 1. predict what a news story is about according to the headlines. 2. list some facts or words hinting the writer’s attitude. 3. identify the.

ObjectivesObjectives

1. predict what a news story is about according to the headlines.2. list some facts or words hinting the writer’s attitude.3. identify the type of newspaper an article is from.

By the end of this class, you will

be able to:

Can you find out what it is about?

☆ Read the newspaper articles quickly

and match them with the headlines. Text A:

Text B:

Text C:

Bad language on TV not OK for kids.

Astronomers’ amazing escape.

Mum finds her four girls.

How do you find out the answers?

Key wordsKey words

Bad language on TV not OK for kids.

Astronomers’ amazing escape.

Mum finds her four girls.

What do you want to know about them?

Read the following articles to find out some detail information. Mark × if there is no information about it.

B: Astronomers’ amazing escape

C: Mum finds her four girls.

News story

What When Why Where

Astronomers’ amazing escape

Mum finds her four girls

What happened to them?

What happened to the four girls?

When did it happen?

When did it happen?

Why is it an amazing escape?

Why did the girls never come back?

Where did the accident happen?

Where are they?

had an amazing escape

after their trolleybus crashed into a greengrocer’s truck

no one was badly hurt

on Park Avenue, Kingston, a town southwest of London

31 years ago

Mum:

the girls:

West Gorton

California

×

went on holiday with their father and never came back

Local newspapers

Local newspapers

Tabloid newspapers

Tabloid newspapers

Read the two news articles again to see in which paragraph you can find out the key information.

Astronomers’ amazing escapeMore than 30 astronomers on a sightseeing trip to the museum of science had an amazing escape, after their trolleybus crashed into a greengrocer’s truck on Park Avenue.The accident, which took place in Kingston, a town southwest of London, happened because of the fog. The 60-year-old driver …At the last minute, he jumped out of the truck, …“I would have been killed if I’d stayed in the truck, ” he said afterwards.A spokesman for the police said, “It’s amazing that no one was badly hurt. … however, that the blood was really strawberry juice! The greengrocer’s truck ….” He praised the bravery of the astronomers who were helped out of the windows of the trolleybus by firemen.

Mum finds her four girls Mum Lillian Derbyshire is

going to see her four daughters again—after a 31-year holiday!

Shonda (now 38), Shelley (37), Sherri (36) and Shirin (34) went on holiday to America with Lillian’s ex-husband—and never came back. Sherri wrote a letter to a local paper asking her mother to contact her.

Now Lillian, of West Gorton, Manchester, is making the 3000-mile journey to California to see her daughters. “I can’t stop crying with happiness,” she said.

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Text B: More than 30 astronomers on a

sightseeing trip to the museum of science had

an amazing escape,

after their trolleybus crashed into a

greengrocer’s truck on Park Avenue.

Text C: Mum Lillian Derbyshire is going to see

her four daughters again—after a 31-year

holiday!

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Read Text A carefully to complete the form first and then 1. identify the type of newspaper it is from .2. see if you can work out the writer’s attitude.

Bad language on TV not OK for kidsThe research shows: _________________________________________________.

It found ______________________ about when bad language was serious and when it was not.

A group of mothers’ opinion

Some people’s opinion

Peter Moore’s attitude

Susan Bold’s attitude

people don’t mind bad language on TV as long as it is not used in programmes watched by children

there was “amazing agreement”

A certain amount of bad language in the well-known film was “OK” because ...made it “funny”.

The use of drugs in the film more worrying than the bad language.

We have always tried to keep … from innocent ears and this is a very important consideration when deciding …

The report gives interesting information…; it doesn’t meant that we can increase the amount of bad language used on TV.

Even

Bad language on TV not OK for kids

According to a research published by Leeds University yesterday, people don’t mind bad language on television as long as it is not used in programmes watched by children.

The study found there was “amazing agreement” about when bad language was serious and when it was not. Even a group of mothers agreed that a certain amount of bad language ...because … made it “funny”. Some people said they found the use of drugs in the film more worrying than the bad language.

People were asked to comment on scenes …Leeds University concluded that people made a distinction between bad language used in programmes for adults, and those meant for children.

Peter Moore…said, “…” Susan Bold, director of programmes at ITV, said, ”The report gives interesting information about attitudes to bad language on screen. But it doesn’t mean that we can increase the amount of bad language used on television. ”

Bad language on TV not OK for kids

Quality newspapers

Quality newspapers

Bad language on TV not OK for kids

Read the article to see if these statements are True or False?Read the article to see if these statements are True or False?

1. The research is about people’s attitudes to bad language on screen by Leeds University.

2. People don’t mind bad language on television.

3. Some people find bad language “OK” in films.

4. Pulp Fiction, Brookside and South Park are books, while BBC is a TV program.

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People don’t mind it as long as it is not used in programs watched by children.

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• People were asked to comment on

scenes from films like Pulp Fiction

and TV series like Channel 4’s

Brookside and cartoons like South

Park.

Use the context to guess.

What do the underlined parts stand for?What do the underlined parts stand for?

Five-W(新闻写作五要素 ) (at least two) Who When Where What why

Headlines

Exercise 3 on your handout:3. Read the articles fast to decide which one is

suitable to the layout of a piece of news. Then work out the key information about the news story.

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Fearing Radiation, Chinese Rush to Buy...Table Salt?

　 Japan's nuclear crisis is fueling panic in China, where shoppers have spurred a run on salt in attempt to prevent radiation-related illnesses and to secure uncontaminated salt sources.China's top economic agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, warned consumers Thursday against hoarding salt, and said it would work with local authorities to maintain price stability and market supply. Grocery store shelves have been ransacked over the past several days.

Many shoppers in China are also buying up sea salt instead of typical table salt fear future sources will be depleted and unsafe, according to China's state-owned media company Xinhua.

One person on China's Sina Weibo, a micro blogging site similar to Twitter, wrote, 'I have 2 kilograms of salt in stock, do you want to marry me?'

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Since our school sports meeting has just passed, act as a reporter to report something that happened during the meeting, using the style of a news article

1. Read the II news story again and share the information you get.

Introduce it briefly. (who ,what, where, when, why)

Report the writer’s attitudes if possible. (According to the facts, words or sentences)

2. Write a news story about the school sports meeting.

Thank you !

Bye-bye!