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Revision What did we talk about last period News Media ?

Brainstorm newspapers magazines reports Radio broadcastsWebsites TV programes journalists reporters newspaper photographers

Behind The Headlines (Reading) Unit 2 News media

skimming Look at the title, the pictures and the text quickly and try to decide which of the following questions the text answers.

Scanning Please read the text carefully and then answer some detailed questions.

1.Who were asked to be interviewed and who are they? (Two talented journalists from China.) Part1(Para.1):

Part 2(Para.2-3): How do you decide what you are going to write? 2.Whom does a reporter have to discuss with before he decides what to write? 3.What’s the editor’s job? ( The editor.) (To keep the newspaper balanced and interesting to the readers.)

4.Why is interviewing someone difficult? (A reporter must know how to ask the right question and how to get people to talk about the topic.)

Part 3(Para.4-5):Which of the articles that you have written do you like best? 5.Which article is chen ying’s favorite one?Why? 6.What about Zhu Lin? Why? The one she wrote about the efforts to bring stolen cultural relics back to China. The story she likes best is about an ordinary woman who tries to adapt to her new life after studying abroad.

Part 4(para.6-8):If you could write any article you want, what would you write about and why? Zhu Lin: Chen Ying: Music, art, nature and the importance of spiritual fulfilment About people you seldom read about,for example people who have AIDS or who are addicted to drugs.

Newspapers and other _____ do more than simply _____what happens. ____ editors and reporters make ______ decisions about what _____ to report, how to report them and why. They also ____ ____ that readers can relate to the stories. Fill in the blanks according to the text:

Chen Ying and Zhu Lin are both ______ journalists. Both of them agree that much of a reporter’s work is done before he or she actually ___ writing. Chen Ying’s ___ article is one he wrote about the ___ to bring stolen ______relics back to China and he wants to write about people who we seldom read about. The story Zhu Lin likes best is about an ____ young woman who tries to ___ to her new life after studying abroad and he would like to write about ___, art, nature and the ___ of ___ fulfillment.

The media can often help solve problems and draw ___ to situations where help is needed. With the help of the media, we can understand the world ___ ___ ___ and go to a future world ___ people from all countries are ___ and different ___ and opinions are ___.

Homework: If you were a reporter, what would like to write about?

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