Lesson1《World News》Objectives ■ To practise using the Passive
■ To practise identifying the type of newspaper an article is from
■ To talk about what is in the news
Resources used World map (Before you start), Grammar Summary 5, a selection of the day’s newspapers (in Chinese)
Possible problem Students should have no great difficulties with the form of the Passive, but need to be aware that the Passive is used more in English than in other languages (which use other impersonal structures instead)
Background Montserrat (population about 15,000) is a British colony in the Caribbean
Its capital and main port is Plymouth
It is a mountainous island with active volcanoes
In 1997 there was a major volcanic eruption in the south of the island and most of the inhabitants had to be evacuated