内容正文:
Unit 2
Natural disasters
Report 1: Pupil’s lives spared
during Falmont earthquake
Report 2:
Girls saves 100 from tsunami
Step 2 Pre-reading
NEWS REPORT
02
Where can we find stories about natural
disasters?
How is a news report usually organized?
Inverted pyramid
倒三角形
NEWS REPORT
02
The tail 结尾
optional 选择性的
The lead
导语
The body
主体
the most important information
最重要的信息
detailed information
细节信息
background or supporting information
背景或支持信息
Inverted pyramid
We can focus on the first paragraph, or the lead, which gives the main idea and the most important facts.
The second paragraph gives the important facts that are not included in the lead.
The rest introduces new but less important background information.
Where
When
What
Who
17 March
at 2:27 p.m.
Falmont Primary School
476 Students and 36 teachers
Escaped the earthquake with 5 of them injured
Report 1
Task 1: read for key information
20 December
Goldshore Beach
A 10-year-old girl
Saved around 100 people on the beach from a terrible tsunami
When
Where
Who
What
Report 2
Task 1: read for key information
1. What are the elements of a news report?
The title, the lead, the body and the tail.
2. What kind of information does the lead mainly cover?
The most basic information: where, when, who, what, why and how.
Pre-reading
Inverted pyramid structure (倒金字塔)
The tail
The lead
The body
the most important information
detailed information
background or supporting information
A news report.
direct
eye-catching
The Lead
The Body
The Tail
Fast-reading
The Lead
The Body
Task 4:
Important phrases
1. 整个,全部 (L.4)
2. 正在做某事时…这时(突然)…(L.5)
3. 紧紧抓住 (L.7)
4. 同时 (L.7)
5. 以防,以防万一 (L.8)
6. 保持静止 (L.10)
7. 一…就… (L.12)
8. 逃走 (L.13)
9. 示意某人做某事 (L.13)
10.下楼 (L.15)
at large
hold on to
at the same time
in case
remain still
the moment+句子
make one’s escape
signal to sb. to do
go down the stairs
was/were doing…when…
11. 匆匆到(某地) (L.15)
12. 点名 (L.16)
13. 安然无恙 (L.16)
14. 一系列 (L.1)
15. 急速穿过 (L.2