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课件网) Unit1 Cultural Heritage Reading for writing The Mogao Caves Read the news report and complete the activities in groups. Activity 1: Read for information (Group1&2) Please find out the following information in the news report. Where When How do they promote the ancient culture What are they trying to do Who Read for language points 1. What are the researchers and scientists trying to do What modern technology are they using 2 .Why are so many people interested in the Mogao Caves 3. What do you think of the researcher's opinion in the last paragraph Activity 1: Read the news report and answer the questions. Activity 2: Read the news report again and find these parts. A. Lead sentence B. Direct quote C. Paraphrase D. Background information Para 1.Lead (who, when, where, what, why) Para 2. Body: background information Para 3: Ending: the significance of the news Lead sentence Paraphrase Direct quote Background information Read the news report again and find these parts. Lead sentence (导语 Para 1) (5W1H) Direct quote (直接引用语 Para3)(引用某人说的话,增强说服力） Paraphrase (解释 Para 1) （对专业词汇简要解释） Background information (背景信息 Para 2) (背景知识介绍， 帮助读者更好地理解事件) E.Reporting verbs (引述动词 Para 3) （直接或转述引用的动词，如say,tell,explain,suggest等） F. 表示比较或Words to show comparison and/or contrast 对比的词( Para 2) （as…as…,than 等） A Lead sentence B Direct quote C Paraphrase D Background information E Reporting verbs F Words to show comparison or contrast Read the news report and find out what these parts are. The ending is optional(可选的；非必须的）. Ending(a short summary) Every letter in the headline is capitalized（大写）. Headline (what the report is about) Lead Sentence (where;when;who;what) Body (details, background, quotes...) Activity 3: Read for language features Exchange your passage with your partner and pay attention to the following points. Evaluation □1.Is there a title □2.Does the lead sentence tell the reader about the situation □3.Has the writer included details and explanations □4.Are there quotes and paraphrases □5.Does the writer use relative clauses to identify people, places, things, times, etc □6.Does the writer end with a short summary □7.Are there grammar or spelling mistakes？ A picture is worth a thousand words Wuhan, Dec 2020. Chen Lei is a senior teacher who takes photos of old buildings in Wuhan in order to preserve the city's cultural heritage. Every day, Chen Lei carries his camera and takes photos of old buildings.When asked the reason why he does so, he usually says, “A picture is worth a thousand words, so taking photos is an important way to protect cultural relics.” Thanks to his thousands of photos, more than ten old buildings have been preserved by the government and even more people begin to appreciate and protect the cultural heritage. Besides, he interviews over 30 old people to write stories abo ... ...
