T: Quite right. How about the differences between them?

S4: The quality newspapers have home and international news, sports, cultural events and financial reports, while the popular newspapers have large headlines, a lot of big photographs and concentrate on news and events about famous people and news about the British royal family.

T: Yes. You got it.

Task 2 Careful reading

This step is designed to help the Ss grasp some detailed information. Ask them to read carefully to tell whether the statements are true or false.

T: Please read the article once more and decide whether the following statements are true or false.

Show the following sentences on the screen.

1. The quality press is more serious. ( )

2. You can know about famous pop stars in a popular newspaper. ( )

3. You can find large headlines and a lot of big photographs in The Times. ( )

4. The Sun is the most successful quality newspaper in Britain. ( )

5. The New York Times is produced in New York. ( )

5 minutes later call back the answers from the whole class.

key: True: 1, 2, 5 False: 3, 4

Important phrases and sentences:

1. the quality press

2. home and international news

3. financial reports

4. concentrate on: focus one's attention on

5. It's read by important people such as politicians, lawyers and businessmen.

6. be similar to: of the same sort

be similar in ...

e.g. Gold is similar in color to brass.

Step IV Reading (WORKBOOK)

Task 1 Skimming