A hero: a person who is
admired by many people
for doing something brave
or good
What do you think of the college
student in the report?
He is a hero,
because he risked
his own life (冒着生
命危险) to save
another person’s life.
He did a good thing.
He is brave and
warm-hearted.
Heroic Teenager
Receives Award
1.Read the passage quickly and guess:
Where does it probably come from?
A. a novel
B. a research paper
C. a student’s composition
D. a newspaper report
Heroic Teenager Receives Award
Seventeen-year-old teenager,
John Janson, was honoured
at the Lifesaver Awards last
night in Rivertown for giving
lifesaving first aid on his
neighbour after a shocking
knife attack.
Headline新闻标题 lead导语
When you read newspaper articles,
you may only want to get a quick idea
of a newspaper article and do not want
to know all the details. For this reason,
you might just read the headline and
the lead. This is because the headline
gives readers a clue about the content
and the lead gives the most important
information. It gives information that
answers the questions Who? When?
Where? What? and often also Why? and
How?
2.Read the lead(paragraph1) to get the
following important information :
1) Who? ___________________
2) What? _____________________________
3) Where?___________________
4) When? ___________________
5) Why? ____________________________
____________________________
teenager John Janson
was honored at the Lifesaver Awards
in Rivertown
last night
for giving lifesaving first aid on a
neighbor after a shocking knife attack
Main idea
3.Read the rest of the newspaper article and
then put these events in the order that they
happened.
_____ The attacker ran away.
_____Anne was attacked and started to scream.
_____John performed first aid on Anne.
_____John was studying in his house.
_____The ambulance arrived.
_____John ran outside with his father.
_____John found Anne in her garden
withterrible knife wounds.
4
2
6
1
7
3
5
4. First, listen to the recording and
then answer the following questions.
1. What saved Ms Slade’s life?
2.What first aid did John perform on Anne?
3.What adjectives would you use to describe
John’s actions? Give at least three.
1. What saved Ms Slade’s life?
It was John’s quick action and knowledge
of the first aid that saved her life. (P4 L1-3)
There is no doubt that John’s quick thinking and
the first aid skills he learned at school saved her
life. (P6 L6-9)
It is/was……that 强调句
There is no doubt that……毫无疑问……
2. What first aid did John perform on Anne?
First, he used some tea towels and tape
to treat the most severe injuries to Ms
Slade’s hands. Then he slowed the
bleeding by applying pressure to the
wounds until the police and ambulance
arrived. (P4 L9-14)
3.What adjectives would you use to
describe John’s actions? Give at least
three.
John.
quick-thinkinghelpful
fearless courageous
brave
warm-hearted
heroic
kind
Do you think John was silly or brave to
get involved in the situation? Give your
reasons.
controversial
Task3:Debating
will you help the old man up?
假设你是李华。最近,你班同学
在课堂上针对“老人摔倒了该不该扶”
这个话题进行了辩论。请把此次辩论
情况写成一篇小短文,然后发表在你
校英文论坛上。
Write a report on your
debate, using the
following guidance.
State the _________.question
State some opinions that are ____ it.for
State some opinions that are _______ it.against
Give your own_______ .opinion
• 1. 开头部分
We had a heated discussion about/on ...
• 2.总起过渡句
Opinions about it are divided.
People have taken different attitudes towards it.
Opinions on this topic vary from person to person.
Different people, however, have different opinions on this matter.
Different people, however, think quite differently on this matter.
• 3. 正方观点
Some are for / in favor of the idea that ...
Some of them hold the view that…
Some students agree to the point that…
• 3. 反方观点
However, some of them hold a different view / hold the opposite opinion.
People who are against it think ... /Others prefer to…
• 4. 个人观点
In my opinion, ... /As far as I am concerned, ...
From my personal point of view, ...
Personally, I think ... /As for me, ...
• 5、连接词/过渡词
What’s more,…而且In addition,…另外Besides,…除此之外
To begin with…首先Worse still…更糟糕的是Afterwards…之后