新编大学基础英语综合教程教案unit .docVIP

————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 新编大学基础英语综合教程4教案unit 5 Lesson 1 Hitting the Headlines Learning Objectives: 1. Discussing newspaper headlines and matching to photos. 2. Matching stories to headlines. 3. Reading news stories for detail. 4. Listening to news reports for detail. 5. Revising amp; practising passive constructions. 6. Writing and presenting a news report.. Speaking 1. Work in pairs. Look at the sentences (1–5) and discuss these questions. 1) Where do you think they come from? 2) What do you notice about the language used? (1) Where do you think they come from? They are all headlines from newspaper stories. 2) What do you notice about the language used? They use simplified language, e.g. Omitting articles and simplifying tenses. They also use assonance (avalanche agony) and alliteration (Seb the Sailor). Neat, catchy and established phrases (happy ending, perfect alibi) are used to attract the reader. 2. Match the sentences (1–5) to the pictures (a– e). Reading: Lexical preparation (1) accuse: v. (accuse sb. of sth.) : to say that sb. has done sth. wrong or is guilty of sth. e.g. The government was accused of incompetence. 2) charge: v. (charge sb. with sth./ with doing sth.): to accuse sb formally of a crime so that there can be a trial in a court of law e.g. He was charged with murder. 3) convict: v. [often passive] (convict sb. of sth.): to decide and state officially in a court of law that sb. is guilty of a crime e.g. He was convicted of fraud. 4) allege: v. [often passive] (formal) to state sth. as a fact but without giving proof (It is alleged that?) e.g. — It is alleged that he mistreated the prisoners. — He is alleged to have mistreated the prisoners. 5) chance: [U] the way that some things happen without any cause that you can see or understand (by chance) e.g. I met her by chan