Unit 6

1. Unit 6

2. Unit 6 TV programmes

3. Study skills

4. Free talk Have you ever read any English newspapers? When you read a newspaper, how can you find out the most important information quickly?

5. How to read a newspaper When you read a newspaper, you should skim the headlines first. They will tell you the topic of each article. Newspaper headlines use present tense. Some words are left out to save space, including a/an/the, do/does/did, the verb be and and/but/or.

6. Read the newspaper headlines below. Pay attention to the tense and the words left out.

7. Newspaper articles Most important Least important

8. 1 The Driver was killed, and eight were hurt in a bus crash 2 Heavy fog delays flights in Xinjiang 3 A Cat show was held in Shanghai 4 New artist sweeps American Music Awards 5 Here are some Xi'an travel trips

9. Left out some words to change the sentence to the newspaper headlines. A train is saved by a boy A man is killed on the mountain Train saved by boy Man killed on mountain

10. Newspapers use a special style of writing. Usually the most important information— the who, what, where, when and how— comes first in an article. The details come next, from the most important details to the least important ones.

11. Read the article below. Then answer the questions. Popular poet passes away Susan Hunter, a poet whose poems were loved by millions, died of cancer on Tuesday in London. She was 73. Ms Hunter wrote hundreds of poems. They were mostly about home, family and life in the countryside.

12. People around the country grew up listening to her poems on the radio, and her books have always been popular. She was also famous for helping other young poets get their start, and she taught writing at universities.

13. 1 Who was Susan Hunter? 2 What happened to her? 3 Where did she die? 4 When did she die? 5 How did she die? A poet. She died. In London. On Tuesday. She died of cancer.

14. Language points 1.Popular poetpasses away 流行诗人去世 pass away 意为“去世” e.g. The old man passed away peacefully last week. 这个老人上个星期很安详地离世了。

15. 2. Susan Hunter,…, died of cancer on Tuesday in London. 苏珊亨特，……因癌症而在星期二死于伦 敦。 辨析：die from 与 die of die of “因......而死” ，主要指情感、冻 饿、疾病、衰老等自身的原因，后常 加这样的名词。如: die of illness (heart trouble, cancer, a fever, hunger, cold, poison, old age, thirst, sorrow, etc.)

16. die from “由于......而死”（死因不是存在人体之内或之上，而是由环境造成的，主要指事故等方面的外部原因)，后常加这样的名词。如: die from an earthquake (a traffic accident, a lightning, wound, lack of food, over work, carelessness, drinking, some unknown cause, etc.)

17. 【运用】 用die of或die from填空。 A lot of people _________ the earthquake. 2. The young lady _________ serious blood disease. died from died of

18. Homework • Finish the exercises in the workbook. • Preview the next lesson.