Activity two: Learn the function of the brochure

T: What is the purpose of these brochures? A. To persuade. B. To warn. C. To inform.

Sa: I think A and C are right, because in a brochure you can find what interests you easily and the language is very persuasive.

T: Yeah. The purpose of all the ads is to give people clear information and persuade people to have a try of it. And also the way they organize these promoting activities or sales is very special.

Activity three: Learn the structure

T: Now please scan the brochure on page 12 and tell me in what way the organization of brochure is different from that of other reading materials we read.

Sa: There are a lot of sub-titles.

Sb: The whole article is divided into small items.

Sc: There are eye-catching pictures.

T: Yeah. You surely have got the answers. The brochures are to promote something, and they will use pictures and make the whole text short and easy to read. The titles and subtitles make the whole passage like different kinds of products for you to choose from. Therefore if you want to find any information that interests you, you just find the subtitles and find information under it.

Step III While-reading

Activity one: Discover useful information

T: Read the brochure. Please find the subtitles in the brochure.

Ss: There is one big title and five subtitles in the brochure. Under the fifth subtitle, four items are included.

T: OK. In what way do you know that?

Ss: The size of these subtitles is different and this makes me easy to distinguish the whole structure.

Activity two: Locate information

T: Well-done job. Next please read the brochure and quickly locate the information in the text. Find where you can see these things in Underwater World. (activity 2)