Unit 2  News media（The First Period）

t: ok. now, please listen to each part once again and then work in pairs to talk about the questions in exercises 2,3,4 and 5. are you clear?
ss: yes.
  (teacher allows them enough time to talk about the questions. then ask some students to say their answers.)
step iv speaking
t:　well,　now it's time for us to be the editors of a newspaper. here is a list of ten things that happened today. look at the screen. (teacher shows the screen and read through the list to the       whole class.)
200 people died in an earthquake in turkey.
      china beat brazil 5-1 in football.
      france elected a new president.
     three children from your city were killed.
      someone robbed a bank in shanghai.
food prices are going up.
 a house in your town burned down. nobody was injured.
     2 000 people in your city were happy today and moved into new buildings.
     a chinese scientist has invented a new car engine that does not pollute the air.
     there is a rumour that a large company wants to build a factory in your town:
    (bb :go up, burn down)
    t: now, you've known the ten things, but you only need to report five of them. so, first decide which events you are going to put in your newspaper. then give reasons for your choices and compare with your classmates. work in groups of four or five. and the following expressions on the screen can help you with your dialogue. after a while, i'll ask some of you to act out your dialogue.
   (teacher shows the screen. )
what do you think of'…?
  i would rather choose.…
  what's your opinion?
  i don't think we should choose…
 why do you choose…
 maybe it would be better to choose…
 perhaps… is more important.
our readers want to know about….
  (teacher goes around the ss and checks their work. if necessary, teacher may join in them. ) sample dialogue:
a: hello!  how is everything going? have you finished your work?
b: i'm very busy today. i've chosen five events among ten things that happened today to report in our newspaper. but i'm not sure whether i made the best choices. i need your advice.
c: tell us more about your choices.
b: the first event i chose is "france elected a new president". it is an important event these days. i think it may have a great effect on international affairs. the second is "there is a rumour that a large company wants to build a factory in our town." what is your opinion?