新视界综合教程2 Reading across cultures.pptVIP

Leading-in Reading comprehension Vocabulary Cultural awareness Discussion Reading across cultures The press across the world Leading-in Game: Extracting information from text. The Southport Reporter Yomiuri Shimban The Times of India 1. The oldest newspaper in the world: 2. The biggest seller in the world: 3. The country with highest sales in the world: 4. The largest selling English language broadsheet: 5. The UKs first web -based daily: Post-och Inrikes Tidningar China 《读卖新闻》 （瑞典的）《英里克斯邮报》 《印度时报》 《南港报道者》 Read the passage and answer the questions. 1. What has happened to the number of papers sold since the appearance of the Internet? Sales of papers have declined in the US, but worldwide sales have continued to grow slowly. 2. How many of the worlds 100 top -selling papers are Asian? Seventy per cent. 3. What do people read more of, online articles or hard copy versions? In the US, people read more online articles. 4. In which countries do the largest number of adults read a newspaper every day? Japan and Norway. Reading comprehension New Words 1. decline 2. approximate 3. attain 4. exceed 5. meanwhile New Words Vocabulary 6. moreover 7. survey 8. conclude 9. compact 10. circulate date back to Phrases vi. to become less or worse 减少；变糟；衰退 例句 翻译 释义 decline Back 上周的股票价格急剧下降。 Share prices declined sharply last week. Words 例句 翻译 由于水坝和抽水机太多，导致水质在下降。 Water quality is declining due to too many dams and pumps. 真题 The goal is to extend product life so that sales and profits do not decline. (Jun. 2001, CET4, Reading comprehension) 例句 翻译 释义 a. not exact, but close to an exact amount, number, time etc 大约的；大概的 approximate What is the approximate cost of the materials? 中国人口大约有 13 亿。 Words The approximate population of China is 1300 millions. 例句 翻译 那些材料的大概花费是多少？ Back Today many people attain the age of 80. 如今很多人能活到 80 岁。 释义 vt. to reach a particular age, amount, or level 达到 例句 翻译 attain Words Back He has attained the state he will not be proud