_Unit_4_Making_the_news-Using_Language

1、 edition department accurate employ polish approve processj. one printing of a book, newspaper etc. e. one of several divisions of a government, business, shop etc. h. careful and exact; free from errorb. improve in behavior, intellectual interests, etc; making refined or elegantf. first in rankg. c

2、onfirm; agree toi. series of operationsDo you want to get some information everyday? How can you get the information?There are so many ways to get information, but reading newspapers is one of the oldest. This class well learn a passage about how to make news. Lets come to the passage.2. Can you gue

3、ss how complex it is to make news?Read the text and try to get the main idea of it.the passage tells us the process of writing and printing for a newspaper article. What was Zhou Yangs first task?How should he write about the story?How many people read his article before it was ready to be processed

4、 into film negative? Who are they? an editor from his department copy-editor native speaker chief editor news desk editorRead the passage and finish the chart for the writing and printing process for an article. You go to an interview to get the information for your story You begin to write the stor

5、y using the notes from the interview. You give the article to the sub-editor to check. The article is given to a native speaker to check the use of English and improve the style. The first edition of the newspaper is printed. The last stage the article is checked /approved by the chief editor. 1. Yo

6、u go to an interview to _for your story.2. You _to see if the story is true or not.3. You begin to write the story using _from the interview.4. You give the article to the copy-editor to_.get the informationdo some researchnotesdesign5. The article is given to a native speaker to _7. All the stories

7、 and photos are set and _ for the printing are made ready.8. The first edition of a news paper is made.polish the stylechecked /approved color negatives6. The last stage the article is _by the chief editor. In pairs make a list of things that the film star might have done. Compare your list with ano

8、ther pair and choose the most interesting idea. Be prepared to tell it to the class and explain why the film star would not want others to know about it.He took money but act badly in a film.He lied about getting drunk at a restaurant.She stole something from a shop and lied about it.He said some ru

9、de remarks about his ex-girlfriend to a journalist.Read the passage again and think about the following questions:What did you think about making news and being a reporter before you read this passage? How about now? Do you think its a easy job to be a reporter?Read the passage on Page 65 and try to

10、 find out the main idea of it. Main idea: The passage tells us what a primary source and a secondary source are and the difference between them.Reading task When we read about Jia Sixie in our textbook we are reading a primary source.2. As we watch the news on TV, the person presenting the programme

11、 in the studio is the secondary source.FT3. Photographers sometimes are both primary and secondary sources.4. Knowing the difference of primary and secondary sources can help us decide what is a fact and what is an opinion.5. Often facts and opinions are mixed in any report.TTFPrimary sources and se

12、condaryTips The following phrases may help you.Evaluation tableThink about what you have learned in this period. Then tick the boxes. I have learned I need to this well learn more I have learned about:l the polite expressions useful in making an appointment; l the skills you need as a newspaper repo

13、rter; l the stages in making news; l making an appointment; l interviewing someone. 1. From the passage on Page 3031 we know the steps to make news, now would you like to have a try?2. If you have a chance to be the reporter of our school newspaper, will you take it? Why?making an interviewSuppose y

14、ou are the reporter of our school newspaper, and you want to write a newspaper article about an excellent student.Now make an interview in pairs, one is the reporter, another one is the excellent student, then change the roles. ( When you interview your partner you should write down the information

15、you get. ) After the interview, the students write an article about the excellent student.( There are at least 100 words. )Checking the articles.1. Ask the students to check the articles for their partners.2. Show some articles on the screen, other students should give some advice.accurate adj. 正確無誤

16、的正確無誤的,精確的精確的,準(zhǔn)確的準(zhǔn)確的accuracy n. 準(zhǔn)確，精確準(zhǔn)確，精確precise adj. 精確的，獨(dú)特的，精細(xì)的精確的，獨(dú)特的，精細(xì)的exact adj. 正確的，準(zhǔn)確的，嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)模艿恼_的，準(zhǔn)確的，嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)模艿腶ccurately adv. 精確，準(zhǔn)確精確，準(zhǔn)確correct adj.正確的，準(zhǔn)確正確的，準(zhǔn)確Language Points for Using Language1) _ statistics, measurements, calculations, are very important.2) Its impossible to say with any

17、_ how many are affected.3) This is the _ dress for a formal dinner.4) The _ time is three minutes and thirty-five seconds.Accuratecorrectaccuracyexact5) They both came here at _ the same time.6) He is _ in everything.7) The diagram had been copied with great _.8) He is a man with a _ mind.precisepre

18、ciseexactlyprecisionedition 版本版本,書報等一次發(fā)行總數(shù)書報等一次發(fā)行總數(shù)editor n. 編輯編輯editorial adj. （定語）編輯的（定語）編輯的n. 社論，社評社論，社評edit v.編輯，剪輯編輯，剪輯edit sth. out of (sth)刪除刪除note v.注意，觀察，記錄注意，觀察，記錄 n.摘記，短信，注釋，紙幣，音摘記，短信，注釋，紙幣，音 調(diào)，暗示，含義調(diào)，暗示，含義note down 記錄記錄notedadj. 聞名的，著名的聞名的，著名的take / make a note of記錄記錄sound/ strike a note

19、 of表示某種感情觀點(diǎn)表示某種感情觀點(diǎn)compare notes交流看法交流看法chief adj. 最重要的最重要的, 主要的主要的,最高權(quán)威的最高權(quán)威的辨析：辨析：chief, principal 和和 majorchief 主要的，首要的主要的，首要的. 指人時表示地位高、權(quán)指人時表示地位高、權(quán)力大，指物時表示重要。力大，指物時表示重要。principal 首要的，主要的。正式用語。由于首要的，主要的。正式用語。由于某中重要性而具有首要的地位。某中重要性而具有首要的地位。major 主要的，首要的。指與他物相對比時突主要的，首要的。指與他物相對比時突出顯赫的地位。出顯赫的地位。翻譯句子翻

20、譯句子 他是我們的處長他是我們的處長 那場意外事故的主要原因是什么？那場意外事故的主要原因是什么？.上海是中國的主要城市之一。上海是中國的主要城市之一。He is the chief of my department.Whats the chief cause of the accident?Shanghai is one of the chief cities of China.senior adj. 年長的，（級別、職位、資格）較年長的，（級別、職位、資格）較高的，高年級的（作定語）高的，高年級的（作定語）senior n. 年較長的人，畢業(yè)班或高年級的學(xué)生年較長的人，畢業(yè)班或高年級的學(xué)生junior adj. 較幼的，較小的較幼的，較小的superior adj. 較高的，優(yōu)越的，優(yōu)良的，不屈較高的，優(yōu)越的，優(yōu)良的，不屈服的服的注意：注意：本身都是比較級形式，無須再添加本身都是比較級形式，無須再添加 more 或或-er；這三個詞用于比較級中不與這三個詞用于比較級中不與 than 連用，而與連用，而與 to 連用。連用。1) He is not superior to temptation.2) This engine is superior in many aspects.3) He is two