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€ Read the lead paragraphs of the news articles below and discuss the following questions about each . £ } What is the topic of the article ? & In which section of the newspaper did the article probably appear ? ( December 12 , 2002 , ) A team of scientists in southern Mexico recently made a discovery that amazed them more than words could say . On December 6 , project leader Dr . Mary E . D . Pohl announced that her team had found a 2 , 600-year-old stone cylinder , carved with symbols that may represent words . She believes that it shows the earliest known system of writing in the Americas . Although some experts doubt this claim , Pohl's report could change history as we know it . Pohl is due to present her findings at a conference ... ( December 20 , 2002 ) Joshua Marcus , 1 6 , is never short of school supplies . When he was 10 , Joshua founded an organization called Sack-lt-to-You . This charity gives backpacks filled with pencils , notebooks and other supplies to poor schoolchildren . He was honored this month with an award from Volvo Cars . "Things we take for granted can make such a difference in another child ' s life , " he says . "For many children around the city , these are luxury items . " Marcus told us that . .. ( January 5 , 2003 ) Fertilizer bags that had become too hot were probably the cause of the fire that broke out in a Haifa chemical warehouse last month . Firefighter commander Moshe Rebek explained that fertilizer becomes very hot during production . If the bags are not allowed to cool off before storing them , they become even hotter until they burst into flames . Officials say that this chemical reaction is very common and fertilizer must be stored in a cool area . They will continue investigating ... 7 Choose one of the articles above and do the following activity in your notebook . 3 Answer the questions from activity 3 on page 8 . $ List the kind of information that may be found in the next paragraph . <§ Write a headline for the article . 8 Choose a recent news event and write the headline and lead paragraph for an article about the event .
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