Read Chinese News: Headlines, Summaries & Fact–Opinion Practice

By the end you can

• Decode compressed headlines and the short words news writers love
• Find who, what, when and where in a news lead in under a minute
• Tell facts from opinions and summarise a news item in two sentences

What’s inside

• Unit 1: Learn: Headlines Drop the Small Words · Learn: One-Character Headline Verbs · Practice: Unpack the Headline
• Reference: Headline Word Bank
• Unit 2: Learn: The Passive in Headlines · Learn: Time Words in News · Practice: Who Did What, and When?
• Unit 3: Learn: The News Lead
• Story 1: A New Bus Route · Practice: Find the Facts
• Unit 4: Learn: Numbers Up and Down
• Reference: Number and Trend Words
• Story 2: Travel Over the Holiday · Practice: Read the Numbers
• Unit 5: Learn: Who Says So? Reporting Verbs · Practice: Track the Source
• Unit 6: Learn: Fact or Opinion?
• Story 3: A Phone Ban at School · Practice: Sort Fact from Opinion
• Unit 7: Learn: Summarise in Two Sentences
• Story 4: Robots in the Restaurant · Practice: Write the Summary
• Unit 8: Cards: News Section Words
• Story 5: Electric Cars Go Abroad · Practice: Read Like an Analyst
• Review: Talking About the News · Headline Challenge
• Planner: Your Daily News Habit

Who it’s for

Learners past the basics who want to say more, and say it more naturally.

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