2023学年完整公开课版Unit4Earthquakes4

Unit4Earthquakeswritting1.WhatisaNewsArticle?2.WhataretheelementsofaNewsArticle?3.HowtoreadaNewsArticle.HowtoreadNewsarticlesYouaregoingtowriteanarticleforanewspaperaboutaspecialeventthathappenedinyourhometown.Beforeyouwriteanewspaperstory,youshouldwriteanoutline.Anoutlinewillprepareyoutowriteabetterstory.Ithelpsyoutoo.1.Chooseatopic2.Decide

whatyouwanttosayaboutthetopic3.Organizeyourideasandwriteclearly.Anewspaperoutlineshouldhave:1.aheadline2.Alistofmainideas3.alistofimportantdetailsAttention!Whenyouwriteanewspaperstoryyou

wantthereadersto

noticeit.Soyougive

thereader

aheadline

whichisan

interestingtitle

thattellsthereaderwhatyourtopicis.Thenyouorganizeyourideasintoparagraphs.

Eachpara

hasa

different

mainideaorpurpose.

Next

putsomedetailsintoeach

para.

Thesedetails

helpthereaderto

better

understandthemainidea.Oneotherthingtoremember:anewspaperstorygivesthemostimportantfirst

andtheleastimportantnewslast.Anewspaperstoryneeds

aheadline

toattract

thereader'sattentionsincethereadermaynothaveboughtthe

newspaper

beforetheyreadtheheadline.Newspaperstoriesandshortstoriesareorganizedverydifferently.Usuallyashortstorybeginswithsmalldetailsandincludesdetailslater.Anewspaperdoesthe

opposite.Bothkindsofstoriesuseparawiththemainidea.PointofviewAInagoodnewspaperstoryitis

objective.BInashortstoryitissubjective.Readtheexampleofanewspaperstoryonpage31.Findtheheadline,mainideasanddetailsofeachparagraph.Thetitleofthisstoryis“CyclistsReadytoGoontheRoadforBlindKids”

Therearetwopartsinthestory.Thefirstoneisfromthebeginningto“toleanbetter.”Thesecondpartisfrom“thecyclistscomefromChina”totheend.Themainideaofthefirstpartisthatthecyclistsplantogetmoneyforblindkids.

假如你是一名记者,20多年前7月28日凌晨3点钟,当你由于写稿子在熬夜,经历了那场唐山大地震.请用英语写一篇报道,写出你当时的感受.提示:whatyouheard2.whatyousaw3.whatyoufelt4.theresult/loss5.therescue

Itwasearlyinthemorning,atabout3o'clock.AsIhadtofinishareportforthenewspaper,Istayedup.Iwasabouttosleepwhentherewasaterribleearthquake.AtfirstIheardastrangenoise.Itsoundedlikeatraingoingunderthehouse.ThenIrealizeditwasanearthquake.IwastryingtowakeupmyfamilieswhenIfeltthefloormove.Isawglassesonthetablefalloffontothefloor.IfeltlikebeingonaboatandIcouldn'tstandfirm.

Itlastedabout10minutesorso.Luckily,

thegovernmentcametoourrescueimmediately.Becauseoftheearthquake,agreatnumberofpeoplelosttheirlives.

Iwasaluckyone.Themomenttheearthquakeended,thepeopleinTangshanweredeterminedtorebuildtheirhometown.NowTangshantak