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Think of a recent example of one of the types of news. Tell other students about it. Add details to other students’ news items. Example: Student A: Celebrity news: Jennifer Lopez visited China last week. Student B: She visited Shanghai and Hong Kong. 3. What were your feelings when you heard the news? 4. Do you think China should continue with its space program? 5. Would you like to travel into space? Discuss these questions in groups of four. 1. Do you remember the news about Yang Liwei in October, 2003? 2. How did you find out about it? (a) From TV / radio. (b) From a newspaper / magazine. (c) From a person (friend, family…). (d) From the Internet. * Work in groups of four and give some examples of magazines and newspapers. politics finance economy daily life English study things people are concerned about fashion magazine Match these words with the numbered items in the illustration of the newspaper and magazine. article front cover front page headline photograph front cover front page headline photograph article Read the words and divide them into these groups. A. people who work on newspapers and magazines. B. types of news items you can find in newspapers and magazines. Example: celebrity news business celebrity economy editor fashion politics sport international journalist photographer people: editor, journalist, photographer types of news item: business, celebrity, economy, fashion, international politics, sport Do you know what it is? spacesuit Yang Liwei is ready to fly into space. Yang Liwei is in space. Taikonaut is teaching physics from space. Yang Liwei comes back on the earth. Complete the passage with these words. A(n) _________ is a person who travels into space. The word comes from the Greek words astron (which means “star”) and nautes (which means “sailor”). A Rus