Study skills

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Newspaper articles
Most important
Least important
Read the article below. Then answer the questions on the right. Popular poet passes away Susan Hunter, a poet whose poems were loved by millions, died of cancer on Tuesday in London. She was 73. Ms Hunter wrote hundreds of poems. They were mostly about home, family and life in the countryside. People around the country
Have you ever read any English newspapers? When you read a newspaper, how can you find out the most important information quickly?
How to read a newspaper
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grew up listening to her poems on the radio, and her books have always been popular. She was also famous for helping other young poets get their start, and she taught writing at universities.
She died of cancer.
1. Popular poet passes away pass away 意为“去世” e.g. The old man passed away peacefully last week. 这个老人上个星期很安详地离 世了。
Susan Hunter, a poet whose poems were loved by millions, died of cancer on Tuesday in London
1 Who was Susan Hunter? She was a popular poet. 2 What happened to her? She died. 3 Where did she die? She died in London. 4 When did she die? She died on Tuesday. 5 How did she die?
information— the who, what, where,
when and how— comes first in an article.
The details come next, from the most
important details to the least important
用die of或die from填空。 1. A lot of people _________ died from the earthquake. 2. The young lady _________ died of serious blood disease.
Hundreds of /three hundred
When you read a newspaper, you should skim the headlines first. They will tell you 大标题 the topic of each article. 话题 Newspaper headlines use present tense. Some words are left out to save space, including a/an/the, do/does/did, the verb be and and/but/or.
辨析：die from 与 die of die from “由于......而死”（死因不是存 在人体之内或之上，而是由环境造成的， 主要指事故等方面的外部原因)，后常加 这样的名词。如: die from an earthquake (a traffic accident, a lightning, wound, lack of food, over work, carelessness, drinking, some unknown cause, etc.)
3 A Cat show was held in Shanghai
推迟航班
4 New artist sweeps American Music
Awards
席卷，囊括 旅游指南
5 Here are some Xi'an travel tips
Newspapers use a special style of writing. Usually the most important
Read the newspaper headlines below. Pay attention to the tense and the words left out.
1 The Driver was killed, and eight were
hurt in a bus crash 汽车装车事故 2 Heavy fog delays flights in Xinjiang
有具体数字，不加s, of
无具体数字，加s,of ,表示好几百
等同用法如：thousand ,million
1，two _____( hundred) of birds are chosen to
make a research
2,there is a ____( divide) line between the countries, but do you know who ___( divide ) it 3, there are many ____( view) ___( watch) the drama series “ Miyue biography” 4,I grew up ____( listen ) to the songs of HanHong 5, our teacher encourages me ___( try ) again 6, male ___( wolf)will protect their family if there is in danger 7,除非天下雨，否则我们可以在公园里踢球
Susan Hunter,A poet died of cancer on Tuesday in Lopoems loved by millions Whose
Susan Hunter ,一个诗人在伦敦周二死于 癌症，他的诗备受上百万人的喜爱
3. Susan Hunter,…, died of cancer on Tuesday in London. die of “因......而死” ，主要指情感、 冻 饿、疾病、衰老等自身的原因，后常 加这样的名词。如: die of illness (heart trouble, cancer, a fever, hunger, cold, poison, old age, thirst, sorrow, etc.)