Lesson1WorldNews教案Objectives■TopractiseusingthePassive
■Topractiseidentifyingthetypeofnewspaperanarticleisfrom
■Totalkaboutwhatisinthenews
ResourcesusedWorldmap(Beforeyoustart),GrammarSummary5,aselectionoftheday’snewspapers(inChinese)
PossibleproblemStudentsshouldhavenogreatdifficultieswiththeformofthePassive,butneedtobeawarethatthePassiveisusedmoreinEnglishthaninotherlanguages(whichuseotherimpersonalstructuresinstead)
BackgroundMontserrat(populationabout15,000)isaBritishcolonyintheCaribbean
ItscapitalandmainportisPlymouth
Itisamountainousislandwithactivevolcanoes
In1997therewasamajorvolcaniceruptioninthesouthoftheislandandmostoftheinhabitantshadtobeevacuated
Routesthroughthematerial
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