World News

第一課時學案
i. warm-up:
1. read and tell your partners about yourself.
1) do you listen to the radio much?  which programmes?
2) how many hours of tv do you watch each week?  what are your favourite tv programmes?
3) what magazines do you read regularly?
4) do you sometimes use the internet?  what for?
5) do you often read a newspaper?  if so, which one?
2. word bank:

             ________________
newspaper                             the internet ______________
             ________________

ii. pre-reading:
1. listen to the beginning of a radio programme and answer the following questions.
  1) what is talked about in the programme?     the _____ summit in __________.
2) what does g8 stand for?
3) what issue is going to be discussed on the summit?
how to deal with _______________.
iii. while-reading:
1. read the news and answer the following questions.
1) what is talked about on the meeting?
the topic on the agenda this week in _________ among the g8 leaders is how to ___________________________.
2) why is this year’s meeting unusual?
3) what are some of the major problems in africa?
4) how can the g8 nations help africa’s poorest countries?
2. read in detail and fill in the blanks.
1st paragraph    the full name of g8: ________________
                  formation: _________, __________, ________, ________,
__________               _________, __________, ________, ________ 
                  how often is the meeting held? _____________________
                  discussion about: major problems that ____________________
2nd paragraph   1) ______________________
                    many people cannot get the ______, _____, _____, _______ or
__________       ________.
                 2) ________