1、Reading IBoy missing,police puzzledMr.FosterMrs.FosterKellyDetective Sam Peterson？Do you often read newspapers?How do you select the news you like to read,by taking a look at its title or by being attracted by its colorful pictures?Have you ever noticed there are differences in writing styles betwee
2、n newspaper articles and other kind of articles you read?Can you tell me the feature of a news title?Lets take the passage were going to learn as an example,the title is“Boy missing,police puzzled”,whats special?The title of a news story is usually incomplete,attractive,exact and direct Can you comp
3、lete the title?Boy missing,police puzzledBoy missing,police puzzledA boy is missing,and the police are puzzled.why are the police puzzled?how/when/where was the boy missing?The structure of a news storytitlethe first paragraphto give a general idea about the newsto tell readers“who”“when”“where”“wha
4、t”“why”“how”the following paragraphsto give detailed but lessimportant information the second paragraphto give more important factsThe structure of a news storyThe reading skills of news storiesFor general ideas,read the topic if any and the first one or two paragraphs;For details,read the rest of t
5、he story.Skimming&ScanningBoy missing,police puzzled Its about _the first paragraph:when_;where_;who_;what_;how_;why_the following paragraphs:evidence given by_a missing boythree days agoDover,New HampshireJustin Fosterwent missingshow great interestreports of strange lights&of alien visitsJustins p
6、arents,sister,neighbors Find the best answers1.The reason why people were interested in the disappearance of the child is that_A.The lost boy was 15 years old.B.The police advised them to do so.C.The disappearance might have sth.to do with strange lights and of aliens visits around the time the boy
7、disappear.D.All of the aboveStep 4 Listening and Detailed reading2.In the seventh paragraph,“show up”means _.A.arrive or appearB.ReachC.DisappearD.reach for3.We can infer that the boy might go missing_.A.in his own roomB.on the playgroundC.in Kellys roomD.in his brothers room4.What is the attitude o
8、f the police to the disappearance of the boy?_A.They cant make sure that Justin was taken by aliens.B.They think it possible for some people to make up an amazing story.C.They are looking at other possibilities.D.All of the above.5.We can know_.A.The police have known the cause of the boys disappear
9、ance.B.the police havent found hard evidence about the boys disappearanceC.the police will catch the aliens who took away the boy.D.the police wont get any information about the childs disappearanceMain pointsSupporting details(Para.2)Justins friends said _.Witnesses said _.Kelly heard _.Justin went
10、 home after the game with themthey saw Justin walking towards his home at 10.45 p.m.her brother return home at about 11 p.m.The police found that Justin returned home.Main pointsSupporting details(Para.7)Mrs.Foster had _.Mr.Foster was surprised _.Justin Foster _.no idea that his son didnt tell anyon
11、e that he was staying out latedidnt show up at the family lunch the next dayJustin Foster went missing.Main pointsSupporting detailsMavis Wood said _.that the aliens took her away so that they could do research on her(Para.8)The boy was taken away by aliens.Consolidation:Fill in the blanks to summar
12、ize the storyJustin Foster went 1 last Friday night.He didnt 2 3 at the family lunch the next day.That evening,Justin 4 home after the game.5 also said they saw Justin walking towards his home.Justins sister,Kelly 6 him 7 8 his 9 CD and she also saw a large spaceship 10 outside.She heard Justin 11 .
13、missingshow upreturnedWitnessesheardput onfavouriteflyingshoutMavis Wood said that she was 12 13 the UFO by 14 .They did some 15 on her.The whole 16.was 17 .Police 18 that Justin did return home.But police have not 19 the possibility that Justin was taken away by aliens.Detective Sam Peterson was 20
14、21 22 the case.taken aboardaliensresearchexperienceterriblefounddismissedincharge ofInterview Mr.FosterMrs.Foster KellyDetective Sam Peterson(from China Daily)Can you tell me what happened that night?For example(with Mr.Justin):Students A:Can you tell me what happened that night?Students B:I went on
15、 night work that evening.surprised not tell stay out late.not show up lunch the next day my wife worry ask me.policeStudents A:So far,the police havent found about,but not rule out the possibilities taken by aliens,also look into othernot give up untilDont worry too much.Discussion Students are enco
16、uraged to choose one of them to discuss it with their partners.1.Do you believe that Justin wasreally taken away by the aliens?Why or why not?2.Suppose you were taken away by the aliens,what would you do?Homework 1.Finish the rest exercises on pages 4-52.All the people are concerned about Justins disappearance.What do you think might have happened to him?Please give an ending to the story.
