1、Unit 11 Culture CornerBritish NewspapersObjectives1.To practise reading a text quickly to get the main information.2.To practise vocabulary related to British newspapers and culture.The mass media1.newspaper,magazine2.broadcast(radio,TV)3.internetPre-readingnewspapers and magazinesbroadcast cable TV
2、Internetmobile phonesthe traditional media the traditional media the media tycoon-Rupert Murdoch While reading Read the passage and find the main idea.Task1While reading Whats the main idea of the passage?The British newspapers.(category,difference)While reading Pair work Whats the main idea of each
3、 paragraph?2The difference between tabloid and quality papers.The change of layout design and the feedbackPeoples attitude to the size of the quality papersTabloidThe examples of quality papers513 Task 2:Read the text again and complete the table.While reading TabloidQualitycontent of the articleexa
4、mplessizepicturesreadersTabloidQualitycontent of articleexamplesizepicturesreadersDont have many serious articles.It contains lots of stories about sports and TV programmes.Not very longLonger and more serious news articlesThe Sun The MirrorThe Daily MailThe Times The TelegaphThe Guardian The Financ
5、ial Time The Independentbiger and widerbigfewer picturesfewer readersTrue or False1.The most popular newspapers are the quality papers.()2.The two best-selling tabloid newspapers are The Sun and The Mirror.()3.The quality papers are smaller than the tabloid.()Task 24.The tabloid and the quality pape
6、rs are the important part of British culture.()5.The first quality paper that started producing a tabloid format was The Independent.()6.The oldest and most famous quality paper is The Sun.()True or False1.The most popular newspapers are the quality papers.()2.The two best-selling tabloid newspapers
7、 are The Sun and The Mirror.()3.The quality papers are smaller than the tabloid.()Task 2FTF4.The tabloid and the quality papers are the important part of British culture.()5.The first quality paper that started producing a tabloid format was The Independent.()6.The oldest and most famous quality pap
8、er is The Sun.()TTFRead the passage and answer the questionsTask 3Task 31.How many copies of The Sun and The Mirror are sold every day?2.How are quality papers thought to be different from the tabloids?3.Why do many people like the bigger size of the quality papers?4.Which serious newspaper first tr
9、ied the tabloid size?5.Why do some people like having a quality newspaper that has the tabloid size?Check the answers1.How many copies of The Sun and The Mirror are sold every day?2.How are quality papers thought to be different from the tabloids?Around four or five million copies are sold a day.The
10、 quality papers are much bigger and wider than the tabloids and they also have longer and more serious news articles.3.Why do many people like the bigger size of the quality papers?4.Which serious newspaper first tried the tabloid size?Because it shows that they are not reading a tabloid,and are the
11、refore reading a serious paper.The Independent first tried a tabloid formant.5.Why do some people like having a quality newspaper that has the tabloid size?Because some people think it is good to have a newspaper that is interesting,intelligent and also convenient to read.VocabularyGuess the meaning
12、 of the words Task4scandalroyalinconvenientindependentfeedback2.an event in which someone,especially soeone iportant behaves in a bad way that shocks people1.relating to or belonging to a king or queen4.causing troble,difficulties,or discomfort3.not owned or cntrolled by sth.5.advice,criticism etc.a
13、bout how successful or useful sth is 21435Read the text again and make up a dialoge or a conversation according to the information in the table.Task5 Group workPost-readingTabloidQualitycontent of articleDont have many serious articles.It contains lots of stories about sports and TV programmes.Not v
14、ery longLonger and more serious news articlesexampleThe Sun The MirrorThe Daily MailThe Times The TelegaphThe Guardian The Financial Time The Independentsizebiger and widerpicturesbigfewer picturesreadersfewer readersInterviewer:Welcome to our talk show.How do you do?Interviewee:Thank you very much.
15、How do you do?Interviewer:Since you are working in a British newspaper office,I have some queations on British newspaper to ask you.What kind of British newspapers can be divided into?What are they?Interviewee:The.Task5 Group work Summary British newspapers are an important part of British culture.Try to read more newspapers and magazines after class to broaden your horizon.HomeworkWrite a passage to retell the passage with your own words
