课件23张PPT。Unit 11 Culture CornerBritish Newspapers
英国报纸《星期日泰晤士报》创意广告英国报纸《星期日泰晤士报》创意广告-国语流畅.qsv Match some words and expressions with their meanings1.tabloids a. 版本;译本
2.scandal b. 独立自主的
3.royal c. 反馈
4.section d. 王室的,皇家的
5.quality papers e. 小报
6.inconvenient f. 丑行,丑闻
7. independent g. 金融的,财政的
8. version h. 部分,片段
9. feedback i. (内容较严肃的)大报
10. financial j. 不方便的 The Sun The Mirror The Daily Mail The Times The Telegraph
The Guardian The Financial Times The Independent Tabloids and Quality Papers▲ Tabloids:
1. The Sun 2. The Mirror 3. The Daily Mail
▲Quality Papers:
4. The Times 5. The Telegraph 6. The Guardian 7. The Financial Times 8. The Independent Read the text again and answer the following questions.
1.How many copies of The Sun and The Mirror are sold every day?
▲ They sell around four or five mllion copies a day.
2. How are quality papers thought to be different from the tabloids?
▲They are much bigger and wider than the tabloids and they also have longer and more serious news articles with fewer pictures.
3. Why do many people like the bigger size of the quality papers?
▲It shows they are reading a serious paper.
4. Which serious newspaper first tried the tabloid size?
▲The Independent.
5. Why do some people like having a quality newspaper that has the tabloid size?
▲Because it is interesting, intelligent and also convenient to read.
Task 1. Fill in the blanks according to the text1.In Britain, the (nation) newspapers are very important.
2.The oldest and most famous quality newspaper is The Times, the best selling ones nowadays, are The Telegraph and The Guardian.
3.Tabloid papers do not have many serious articles, but they contain lots of of stories about sex (scandal), famous people and the royal family.
4.They sell around four or five million copies day.
5.Another tabloid is the The Daily Mail, is more serious than the other two tabloids.
6.They are much bigger and (wide) than the tabloids and they also have longer and more serious news articles with fewer pictures.
7.The “quality” papers are large and (convenient) to read.
8.For some people, this is not popular they want their serious paper to look like a serious paper.
9.For many years, people (wonder) why they refuse (change) their size.
10.For others, is good to have a newspaper is interesting, intelligent and also convenient to read.
Check the Answers
1.In Britain, the national (nation) newspapers are very important.
2.The oldest and most famous quality newspaper is The Times, but the best selling ones nowadays, are The Telegraph and The Guardian.
3.Tabloid papers do not have many serious articles, but they contain lots of of stories about sex scandals (scandal), famous people and the royal family.
4.They sell around four or five million copies a day.
5.Another tabloid is the The Daily Mail, which is more serious than the other two tabloids.
6.They are much bigger and wider (wide) than the tabloids and they also have longer and more serious news articles with fewer pictures.
7.The “quality” papers are large and inconvenient (convenient) to read.
8.For some people, this is not popular because they want their serious paper to look like a serious paper.
9.For many years, people have been wondering (wonder) why they refuse to change (change) their size.
10.For others, it is good to have a newspaper that is interesting, intelligent and also convenient to read.Task 2. Sentence Correction1.There are some very good local newspapers and most people read one of the main national newspapers.
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2.The most popular newspapers are the tabloid.
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3.They are very bigger and wider than the tabloids and they also have longer and serious news articles with fewer pictures.
→把very改为much; 在serious前面添加more
4.The oldest and most famous quality newspaper is The Times, but the best selling ones nowadays, is The Telegraph and The Guardian.
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5.The Financial Times, a pink business newspaper in which is now the most important international business newspaper.
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6.The two types of newspapers are a interesting part of British culture.
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7.For many years, people have been wondering that they refuse to change their size.
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8.Because it shows that they are not reading a tabloid, and are therefore reading a seriously paper.
→ 把seriously改为serious
9.The first quality paper that started producing a tabloid format was The Independent, and quite soon after that, The Times produced a tabloid version either.
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10.Feedback on the such changes is varied.
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Task 3. Voice your opinion
1. Introduce British newspapers briefly with some sentences.
Key words: tabloid, quality papers, scandal, section, version, feedback
2.Show the picture of different British newspapers and discuss their characteristics HomeworkWrite an introduction of an British newspaper and you can describe it with some words and expressions in the text.
Thank you!