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Unit 1 What’s the matter?
Section A Reading
(3a-3c)
Learning objectives
1. Learn to use new words & expressions and master
the target sentences structures:
passenger off onto trouble hit …& to one’s surprise…
2. Be able to read the material type of news.
3. Master some reading skills, like predicting information
from the title and key words and guessing word
meanings according to the contexts.
4. Learn to help others in need.
Discussion
If you see an old man lying on the side of the street, will you offer help or not? Discuss and give a short reason.
3a
Look at the article. Does it come from a newspaper or a book? How do you know?
I think it comes from a newspaper. It is reporting something that happened very recently and the whole story is very short.
In a piece of news, the first paragraph is usually about time, place, characters and event.
genre(体裁)
title in bold
picture
Tips: 1. 报纸新闻标题可省略冠词。
2. 报纸新闻标题一般采用一般现在时。
4
What happened to the man lying by the road?
What was the person next to him doing?
Did this man die? Why?
Who do you think is going to save the man?
He may have a terrible health problem.
She was shouting for help.
No, he didn’t. Because the title says he was saved.
From the title, it’s bus driver and passengers who saved the man.
Look at the title and picture& predict
Pre-reading
While reading
Skim the passage and match the main idea.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
The result and comments
the general information
the details of the event
Careful-reading
Read Para.1 and find out the key words to finish the mind map.
the general information
when
where
who
what
at 9:00 a.m. yesterday
along Zhong-
hua Road
a driver, an old man and a woman
an old man was lying on the side of the road
Task 1
1. Why was the old man lying on the road?
The old man had a heart problem.
2. What did Mr. Wang decide to do?
Mr. Wang decided to take the man to the hospital.
3. Why was Mr. Wang surprised?
Passengers agreed to go with Mr. Wang.
4. What did passen