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Unit4 Looking good, feeling good
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Learning objectives
1.Understand the content of the news report
2.Identify typical features of a news report
3.Learn the features of a news lead
4.Adopt a positive attitude towards weight problems and beauty
Lead-in
Do you have the experience of losing weight?
What kind of way will you take if you want to lose weight?
Pre reading
Can you predict what will be covered in this news reports?
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Step1 Fast reading
Can you find something that differs from other articles?
While reading
The lead of the news report
While reading
Let’s have a deep look at this lead.
A teenage girl fainted yesterday at Stonechester High School
after skipping meals.
Who
What
When
Where
Why
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Conclusion:
What information will a lead contain?
While reading
It gives the most important information about an event, including 5W1H.
While reading
Step2 Grasp the structure of this news report
Part 1
The lead
Para. 1: A teenage girl fainted at school yesterday after ______________.
Para. ___ : A survey shows that many teenagers are using ______________ to lose weight.
Paras. ______:
The expert ____________ on how to lose weight properly.
Paras. _____:
The girl skipped meals to _______. She is now ______________
______________.
Part 2
More detailed information
Part 3
Background or supporting information
skipping meals
2-4
get slim
recovering in hospital
5
extreme methods
gives advice
6—7
While reading
Step2 Grasp the structure of this news report
While reading
Step3 Careful reading
1. Why was Jennifer rushed to hospital?
Because she passed out in the morning PE lesson.
2. Why did Jennifer have dangerously low blood sugar level?
Because she missed breakfast that day and hardly touched dinner the night before.
Paras. 2-4
She has not eaten breakfast.
She hardly touched her dinner.
She missed her breakfast.
She passed out.
For the last few months
The night of 26 October
Breakfast time of 27 October
In PE lesson
What did Jennifer do?
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