Unit

1

PeopleofAchievementReading

&Thinking選擇性必修一BREAKING

NEWS2015年10月06星期一ObjectivesBytheendofthis

period,youareexpectedto:analysesome

longanddifficultsentences1

masterthe

keywordsand

key

phrases

Whatis

anewsreport?”新聞報道”是對最近發生的重大事件進行簡要而迅速地報道新聞報道一般包括四個部分：

(1)Headline

(新聞標題)(2)Lead

(導語)(3)Body

(主體)(4)Ending

(結束語)V新G(1)Headline

(新聞標題):新聞的題目，是對最有新聞價值的內容的

濃縮、概括和提煉。(2)Lead

(導語):簡要敘述報道的核心內容(時間、地點、人物和事

件)(3)Body

(主體):消息的主要部分交代事件發生的主要細節(過程及結果)(4)Ending

(結束語):對該事件進行簡要的總結和評價。What

is

a

news

report?Lookatthepicture

and

answerthefollowingquestion.1.Who

is

the

woman

in

the

photo?Thewoman

is

Tu

Youyou.2.What

is

happening

in

this

photo?She

is

being

awarded

the

Nobel

Prize.3.What

more

can

you

find

from

this

photo?Everyone

present

is

standing

up

to

showrespect

and

admiration

to

her.青

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新聞的題目，是對最有新聞價值的內容的濃縮、概括和提煉。Lead:

簡要敘述報道的核心內容(時間、地點、人物和事件)Body:

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件發生的主要細節(過程及結果)Ending:對該事件進行簡要的總結

和評價。TU

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