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Outline: A headline; a list of main ideas; A list of important details
2. Headline
⑴ Appreciation of headlines
New business regulations; New tax on housing sales A Night the Earth didn’t Sleep; Cyclists Ready to Go on the Road for Blind Kids; China Marks 30th Anniversary of Tangshan Earthquake; Does Beijing snack change its flavor? Memories of quake die hard for Tangshan survivors; Chao Chien-ming released.
⑵ characteristics of headlines
Q: what’s the characteristic of headlines?
⑶ practice ---- write headlines for the following news according to the picture and information given
Flood relief efforts----The death toll on the Chinese mainland from Typhoon Kaemi has risen to 32, with at least 65 still missing. Local governments are sparing no efforts to carry out relief work.
PLA celebrates 79th birthday----The Chinese People's Liberation Army is 79 years old, and the Defense Ministry has held a reception to celebrate.
Quake hits Indonesian island----A moderate earthquake has struck near Indonesia's Nias island off northern Sumatra. The quake, with a magnitude of 5.6 struck just before 8.30 am, and was centered under the Indian Ocean, about 55 kilometers northwest of the main town on the island, Gunung Sitoli.
Railway's impact on Tibetans----The Railway brings the remote Qinghai-Tibet plateau closer to the rest of the world. With people able to move in and out of the region more easily and the economic benefits the railway brings, the lives of Tibetans will never be the same again. 3. Content
---- How to organize your content of news
⑴ Tips----Be clear of the content you want to mention; List your ideas; Write the most important
thing in the beginning and the less ones in the following
⑵ Practice----write the beginning of news according to the information and picture given
A woman; A woman points at the rifts on the wall
rifts on the wall; of a village school after an earthquake
earthquake measuring 5.1degrees; measuring 5.1 degrees on the Richter
Wen'an County, north China's scale jolted Wen'an County, north
China's Hebei Province at 11:56 a.m. Hebei Province; 11:56 a.m. Tuesday, July 4, 2006; (Beijing Time) Tuesday, July 4, 2006.
the quake’s epicenter --about 110 The quake was a shallow-focus one,
kilometers from Beijing and 80 with its epicenter being around 110
kilometers from Tianjin; kilometers from Beijing and about 80
casualty –not known kilometers from Tianjin. No casualty
was reported at press time.
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Special plane landed; Beijing Wednesday morning (8.2); the body of Chinese UN observer Du Zhaoyu killed last week during Israel's air raid on Lebanon; Du's coffin covered with Chinese and UN flags; Eight Chinese soldiers.
4. Language
Chinese UN Observer's Coffin Sent Home Special plane landed in Beijing Wednesday morning, carrying home the body of Chinese UN observer Du Zhaoyu, who was killed last week during Israel's air raid on Lebanon. Du's coffin, covered with Chinese and UN flags, was carried down the plane by eight Chinese soldiers. Tips----clear; objective; brief; accurate; written English…
Step 4: Appreciation of news
Radio----VOA news: ―Aid for tsunami victims‖
News report----―Tangshan Quake 30th Anniversary”
Step 5: Improvement of students’ writing
----Improve your news writing about Tangshan earthquake
Using Language
----Reading, writing and speaking
Teaching Aims:
1. Enable the students to make a speech
2. Let the students enjoy some famous speeches
Teaching Important and Difficult Points:
1. Review something about disasters 2. How to make a speech
Teaching Methods:
1. Individual work 2. group work
Teaching Aids: Computer, blackboard Teaching Procedures:
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Step 1 Lead-in
(Teacher shows a series of pictures of some disasters on the screen, let the students talk about their feelings or anything they feel about the pictures.)
(The pictures are: fire, hurricane, typhoon, tsunami, earthquake…)
T: In this unit, we learn a lot about disasters. We know disaster is not a good thing to us. We often feel sad or sorry if a disaster happens.
T: Right now, you have just seen some of the disasters. Do you feel worried about these refugees? Ss: Yes.
Step 2 Discussion
T: Yes, everybody will feel sorry for them. But who is the most worried people when a disaster happens?
Ss: families and friends / government and president / ……..
T: Suppose, there is an earthquake happen somewhere in China, and you have a friend happens to be there. You are very worried. What will you do when you hear that an earthquake happens there? (Let the students discuss with their partner)
Ss: I will feel very worried. I will make sure my friend is Ok as soon as possible. I will make a call to see if he is Ok.
T: Again, suppose you are a president of a country, and an earthquake happens in your country. What will you do?
Ss: It is my duty to comfort the refugees and the society. So first I will make a live speech to the whole country, telling my people that I know it and I will try my best to organize the rescue work and the rebuilding work after the earthquake.
T: Yes, you are very clever. In fact, a real president will do just as you said ----- to make a speech. Now just let’s listen to a real speech made by President Bush after a big earthquake hit India on the first day of New Year.
(Play the tape record for the students)
Step 3 Speech
T: Right now we’ve just listened to a speech made by President Bush. Do you know something about how to make a speech? Can you tell me when should we make a speech?
Ss: a speech competition / election / the beginning of a new year / the opening of some activity / anniversary…..
T: Yes, people need to make speeches at those times. Then do you know how to make a speech? What should we contain when we make a speech?
Ss: Introduction: Give a strong first impression & preview your speech
Body: Explain your ideas and support them
Conclusion: Review your speech and leave a lasting final impression.
Step 4 Text
T: It seems that you know a lot about making a speech. I remember we say that we may need to make a speech when it is some important anniversary.
T: You know 2006 is the 30th anniversary of Tang Shan Earthquake. Here is an invitation, inviting
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you to make a speech about it. You can look at the letter on your text book. T: You can include these points in your speech;
1. thank Mr Zhang Sha and the city government for inviting you to speak 2. thank the visitors, especially the survivors
3. thank those who worked hard to save survivors
4. list some of the things the workers did to help the survivors 5. thank those who worked hard to build the city
6. describe your feeling about the city, which is known as the ―Brave City of China‖. 7. encourage the people to be always proud of their city. 8. thank the visitors for listening to your speech.
T: So try to give a speech, using these points. Now I will give you 5miniutes to finish the speech. (after 5 minutes)
Step 5 Speech contest
T: Times up. Have you finished your speech? Ok, I think it is time for us to hold a speech contest. We have 4 groups in our class. Each group, please choose one contestant to represent your group and join the class speech contest. …, …and … will be the judges.
(Ask each group to give a speech and the chosen judges will choose the winner.) T: Congratulations to the winner!
Step 6 Conclusion
T: In this lesson we learned a lot about speech and we also made a speech by ourselves. So do you know how to make a speech now?
T: At the end of the class, let’s enjoy a very famous speech in human history. (Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address)
六．评估与反馈
----according to the ―Summing Up‖ in unit 4
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