在学习课文内容之前先教阅读策略与技巧，然后鼓励学生运用刚才学习的技巧去阅读，方便教师了解学生对该技巧的掌握情况，也有利于培养学生的阅读技巧和促进学生阅读理解.能力的提高。

　　Step 3 Skimming& Scanning

　　1. Tell the students it's time for them to check their imagination of the story. Ask the whole class to skim the passage, trying to fill in the following blanks.

　　● Boy missing, police puzzled It's about ___________( a missing boy )

　　Para______ tells us the most general information and the important facts. (1)

　　Para______ are about the time and place Justin was missing. ( 2-4 )

　　Para______ are about possible causes of his disappearance. ( 5-7 )

　　2. Ask how many of the students guessed the story right at the beginning of the class. Tell the students to attach importance to news titles if any while reading news stories.

　　●the first paragraph: when______; where_______; who________; what________; why________ ( two days ago; in Dover; a fifteen-year-old boy; went missing; unknown )

　　●the following paragraphs: evidence given by______________( Justin's parents, sister and neighbours. )

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　　希望以此练习来帮助巩固前面所学的阅读技巧之一，即让学生明白如何捕捉新闻类文章的大意，那就是抓住文章开头，尤其是第一节。其次，要向学生强调新闻类文章标题的特点。

　　通过此练习还可以培养学生对文章整体结构的分析理解能力。

　　Step 4 Listening

　　Get students to listen to the tape and then answer the following questions:

　　1. Why did Justin's mother go to bed early? ( Because of a headache.)

　　2. What sports does Justin play? ( Basketball.)

　　3. What time did the witness see Justin walking home? ( At 10:45 )

　　4. What colour were the aliens? ( White.)

　　5. Who else has been taken by the aliens? ( Mavis Wood.)

　　6. Who is in charge of the case? ( Detective Sam Peterson.)

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通过此环节培养学生的听力能力