牛津必修模块2 Unit1 reading-2课时 课件

Homework :
• read the text to make sure you know the way of writing a news article • review the new words • find a news article to read and tell it to your classmates in your own words, using the strategy we learned today.
Reading strategy :
title ‘Boy missing, police puzzled’
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A boy is missing and the police are puzzled.
the features of a news title
brief attractive exact direct …
6. look into ( examine )
• The police are looking into the reason why the plane crashed into the sea. • Would you mind ____lo_o_k_i_n_g_i_n_t_o_ the problem for me?
It’s about a missing boy
Who When What why …
a boy named Justin last Friday night went missing unknown …
evidence given by Justin’s parents, sister, neighbors …
2. go+adj. ( become+adj. )
• His hair has gone grey/white over the years. • The heat has caused the milk to go sour . • She went crazy when she found out that she had failed the exam.
• reviewing the new words and phrases • finish the exercises in the workbook
At 10.45 p.m. _________________________
Justin Foster
At 11 p.m. _________________________ After 11 p.m. , he was heard ______________ The next morning, he was found __________
strange objects
its appearance its inside
shape colour size
Discussion
• Do you often read newspapers? • What kind of news do you like to read? ( sports news, entertainment news, political news or economic news …) • How do you select the news you like to read, by taking a look at its title or by being attracted by its colorful pictures?
( make sb. embarrassed) • The sunlight showed up the marks on the glass.
( make sth. become visible)
5. rule out ( get rid of )
• The police ruled out the possibility that the boy had been murdered by his step-mother. • We had to rule out the possibility of increased supplies. • His suggestion _w__a_s_r_u_le_d__o_u_t_ as unworkable.
3. due to
( because of, caused by)
•Due to his rudeness, I didn’t say one more word to him. •Due to illness, the scheduled visit to a factor has been put off. •He arrived late due to _____来自______________.
the following paragraphs
( to give detailed but less important information )
“A boy missing, police puzzled”
the first paragraph
the following paragraphs
4. show up
• we have been waiting for you to show up. ( arrive, appear)
• You showed him up by calling him by his nick name in front of his girlfriend.
It’s about a missing boy,UFO and aliens. 2. Who is missing?
Justin Foster is missing. 3. Do the police know what happened to Justin?
No.
✓ Exercise C1
1. Where does Justin Foster live?
( replace sth. that has been lost)
• Girls make up 45% of the student population in
our school.
( form )
• Tom watched his sister make herself up for her date. ( make one more attractive by putting sth.
He lives in Dover, New Hampshire.
2. Why did Justin’s mother go to bed early?
Because of a headache.
3. What sports does Justin play?
He plays baseball.
4. What time did the witnesses see Justin walking home?
At 10.45 p.m.
5. Does Justin have any brothers and sisters?
He has a sister.
6. What colour were the aliens?
They were white.
7. Who else has been taken by the aliens?
like powder or lipstick on one’s face )
• We haven’t been getting on well. Let’s make up. ( end a quarrel with sb. and become friendly again. )
Homework :
1. step up ( increase, speed up)
• When John realized he was going to be late, he stepped up his pace. • We decided to step up production to try to meet the increased demand. • We will have to step up training for __________
‘How to read a newspaper article’
title
( to give a general idea
about the news )
the first paragraph
( to tell readers “who” “when” “where” “what” “why” “how” )
7. make up
• Uncle Dick likes making up interesting stories for the children. ( invent ) • I feel I have been mean to you. I want to make it up to you. ( do sth. that corrects a bad situation ) • She had been absent from school for two weeks, so she had a lot of exams to make up.
Mavis Wood has been taken by the aliens.
8. Who is in charge of the case?
Detective Sam Peterson is in charge of it.
✓ diagram for self-evaluation
At 8 p.m. ______________________
• Do you really believe in aliens? Why?
• Watch a short video, and discuss what it is like?
• Listen to the tape and finish Exercise A
✓ Exercise A 1. What is the article about?