2018届牛津译林版九年级英语上册课件：Unit 6 Study skills.ppt

Homework Master the reading skills in practice. * Unit 6 TV programmes Study skills Objectives To learn 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 the present tense. Some words are left out to save space, including a/an/the, do/does/did, the verb be and and/but/or. How to read a newspaper Read the newspaper headlines below. Pay attention to the tense and the words left out. 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 Xian travel tips A 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. newspaper articles Most important Least important B Read the article below. Then answer the questions. In newspaper headlines, the present tense is used for immediate past information to draw the readers in. 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. People Thames Post 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. Who was Susan Hunter? A poet. 2. What happened to her? She died. 3. Where did she die? In London. 4. When did she die? On Tuesday. 5. How did she die? She died of cancer. Exercises A boy is wanted Boy wanted 2. A train is saved by a boy Train saved by boy 3. A man is killed on the mountain