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JUST A BROTHER
Unit 3
Developing ideas
1. To understand a feature story and be familiar with the characteristics of feature stories.
2. To get a further understanding about the relationship between family members.
1.What may be the relationship between the two people?
2.What may happen to them?
Just A Brother
(1).Where is the passage from?
It is from the newspaper.
(2).What is the style of this text?
A special news report with a longer story
——a feature (新闻特写,专题报道).
Feature Stories 新闻特写
Learning to learn
Features are ”people stories”, and are typically longer than standard news stories. Features are written in an individual style, with extra detail and background.
Features stories typically start with a “book” that gets the interest of the reader. The style of the first paragraph also needs to set the part contains the ”meat” of the story, with the ending a summary, a powerful quote or even a surprise for the reader.
◌ “people stories”;
◌ typically longer than standard news stories;
◌ written in an individual style;
◌ with extra detail and background.
feature story:
Pre-reading
Task 4.Why is there a question in the first paragraph?
It is used to raise readers' interest.
hook
幻灯片
Task 5.Why are there so many quotes in the text?
Support the theme.
Make it more real more persuasive.
Which sports event are they competing in?
Pre- reading
Pre-reading-predicting
Pre-reading
Which sports event are they competing in?
Triathlon
/trai’æθlən/
A triathlon is an athletics competition in which each competitor takes part in three events:
___________, ___________, and _________.
swimming
cycling
running
Swimming
1.5km
Cycling
40km
Running
10km
The Brownlee brothers-- “Super triathletes”
Task 1
(1).How many parts can the passage be divided into ?
(2).What’s the main idea of each part?
A brief introduction
P1
Details
P2/3
Opinions
P4
While- reading
Task 2
What’s the auth