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Unit 1 Cultural Heritage
Reading for Writing
Mark Liu
敦煌
Write a news report
Lead - in
Explore by yourself
Focus on the News Title
Headline
Every letter in
the headline is capitalized(大写)
通力合作以加强人们对中国古代文化遗产的认知和鉴赏力
digital photography
Culture is a bridge for communication and understanding among different cultures.
Read for information
Read for structure
Make these parts in the report: Headline, lead sentence, body, direct quote.
1. Which parts tell the main idea of the news report?
2. Which sentence further explains the lead sentence?
3. Where can you get some detailed information?
4. What’s the purpose of using quotes in a report?
A news report
Promoting culture through
digital images
means
purpose
Headline
Lead
sentence
(5W)
main idea
Body
Headline
detailed information
a news report
Read for structure
Ending
Summary of the structure
Headline
(Place and time) Lead
Body
End
the most important
A news report is developed in order of importance, and it has a structure of “inverted pyramid”.
Read for language points
Preserving cultural heritage through photos
why
what
why
what
Write the headline
Headline:
get the readers’ attention
who
what
why
Chen Lei is a senior teacher who takes photos of old buildings in Wuhan in order to preserve the city's cultural heritage.
Lead sentence:
Write the lead sentence
tell the readers who, what, where, and why
A picture is worth a thousand words
Chen Lei is a senior teacher who takes photos of old buildings in Wuhan in order to preserve the city's culture heritage.
Every day, Chen Lei takes his camera and walks patiently through the older parts of the city. Over the years he has taken thousands of pictures of old buildings to create a record for his fellow citizens in the present and future. Besides, he interviewed over 50 old people to write stories about the old buildings. When he is free, he visits schools to tell students about the ways of preserving the cultural herit