Getting the “Scoop” Shaoguan No.2 Middle School Yang Xiuhong

Media ｛ television radio newspaper magazine Internet How can we get the latest information? Lead-in computer There are so many ways to get information, but reading newspapers is one of the oldest.

Can you guess how complex it is to make news? This class we’ll learn a passage about how to make news.

Getting the “Scoop” 抢发独家新闻

Read the text and try to get the main idea of it. The passage tells us the process of _______ and ________ for a newspaper article. writing printing Scanning

Careful reading Task 1: Ask and Answer Task 2: Fill in the blanks The process of writing and printing for a newspaper article Task 3:Complete Exercise 1(Page30)

1.What is a scoop? 2.What is the scoop about ? 3.How many people read Zhou Yang’s article before it was ready to be processed into film negative? Who were they? Careful reading 一： Answer the following questions 被制成胶片

1.What is a scoop? It means an important story which your newspaper gets ahead of all the other newspapers.

The scoop tells about a famous film star, who has done something wrong but has been lying. 2.What is the scoop about ? -- Did he really do that? -- Yes, I’m afraid he did. What do you suppose the film star may have done?

3.How many people read Zhou Yang’s article before it was ready to be processed into film negative? Who were they? a senior editor from his department the copy-editor native speaker chief editor news desk editor 资深的编辑 技术编辑 母语为英语的编辑 主编 新闻文字编辑 Five people ：

二. Make some question sentences according to the following statements. Who knew Zhou Yang must not accuse him directly (1)________________________________________________? (2)________________________________________________? Zhou Yang knew he must not accuse him directly. Example: What did Zhou Yang know

Make some question sentences according to the following statements. 1._______________________________________________? Zhou Yang’s first task was to write his story. 2._______________________________________________? After one last check the page was ready to be printed. What was Zhou Yang’s first task? When was the page ready to be printed?

The process of writing and printing for a newspaper article ： Task 2: Fill in the blanks

1. You 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 information do some research notes design

5. The article is given to a native speaker to __________________. 7. All the stories and photos are set and ________ _________ for the printing are made ready. 8. The __________of a newspaper is made. polish the style checked /approved color negatives 6. The last stage the article is _________________ by the chief editor. first edition

Work out the process of writing and printing an article. (Page30 Exercise 1) Task 3:Complete Exercise 1(Page30)

← → → 1. You go to an interview to get the information for your story. 2. You do some research to see if the story is true or not. 3. You begin to write the story using notes from the interview. 4. You give the article to a senior editor to check and copy editor to do editing. Work out the process of writing and printing an article.

← → → 5. The article is given to a native speaker to check the use of English and improve the style. 6. The article is checked/approved by the chief editor. 7. All the stories and photos are set and the color negatives for the printing are made ready. 8. The first edition of the newspaper is made.

Learn the language points by doing the following exercises. Task 1: Words Task2: Phrases Task3: Sentences

1.(1) v. ____________ (2)n. （人） _________ (3) n. ___________ 2. (1) v. __________________ (2) adj. ________________ (3) adv. _________________ 一 词性转化 二 翻译 1.department __________ 2. accurate _____________ 3.senior _______________ 4.chief _________________ 5.approve _____________ 6.process _______________ edit editorexcited excite excitedly 部门，部，系 精确的，正确的 年长的, 高（年）级的主要的，首领 赞成；批准加工；过程；程序 edition 3.(1)n. ____________ (2) v. ________________approvalapprove

Translation 1. ahead of _________________ 2. set to work _________________ 3.accuse sb. of sth. _________________ 4.pass …on to …. __________________ 5.polish the style __________________ 6.last of all ___________________ 在 …… 的前面 开始工作 指诉某人犯某罪 把 ……. 传给某人 对（语言）风格进行润饰 最后

1.Although he realized the man had been lying, Zhou Yang knew he must not accuse him directly. 2.Months of training had taught him to write with no wasted words or phrases. Analyze 尽管他认为那个人一直在说谎，但周阳懂得，他决不 能直接指责那个人。 过去完成进行时 经过几个月的培训，他已经学会了写文章，全然没有废话。 充当主语 伴随有 ……. 副词修饰动词

1. 你可以参加这个班, 如果你母亲同意的话 (approve) 。 2. 他比我大两岁 (senior to ) 。 3. 他是班上最优秀的学生。 (ahead of ) 。 4. 把这封信传给班里的其他同学 (pass….on to) 。 1.You can join the class if your mother approves. 2. He is two years senior to me. 3. He is ahead of the rest of the class. 4. Pass the letter on to the others in the class. Translate the following sentences into English using the words or phrases we have learnt just now.

Task 1: Impossible to escape being punished If you were Zhou Yang, you want to publish this accident in the newspaper. Can you tell me the process of writing and printing for this newspaper article?

← → → 1. Go to an interview to get the information for the story. 2. Do some research to see if the story is true or not. 3. Begin to write the story using notes from the interview. 4. Give the article to a senior editor to check and copy editor to do editing.

← → → 5. The article is given to a native speaker to check the use of English and improve the style. 6. The article is checked/approved by the chief editor. 7. All the stories and photos are set and the color negatives for the printing are made ready. 8. The first edition of the newspaper is made.

123 ride along the street knock him off … drive away fast the number of the car Task 2: Retell the story This Monday morning, Chen Fei, a student of Senior Two in our school, saw a traffic accident on her way to school.

Impossible to Escape Being Punished This Monday morning, Chen Fei, a student of Senior Two in our school, saw a traffic accident on her way to school. A boy was riding along the street. Suddenly, a car ran towards him fast, knocking him off the bike. Instead of stopping, the driver drove away fast and was soon out of sight, leaving the boy helpless. Luckily, Chen Fei saw the accident and told the police the number of the car. Now the driver has been caught and will be punished for his wrong doing.

Recite the language points.

1. 你可以参加这个班, 如果你母亲同意的话 (approve) 。 2. 他比我大两岁 (senior to ) 。 3. 他是班上最优秀的学生。 (ahead of ) 。 4. 把这封信传给班里的其他同学 (pass….on to) 。 1.You can join the class if your mother approves. 2. He is two years senior to me. 3. He is ahead of the rest of the class. 4. Pass the letter on to the others in the class. Translate the following sentences into English using the words or phrases we have learnt just now.

1. 你可以参加这个班, 如果你母亲同意的话 (approve) 。 2. 他比我大两岁 (senior to ) 。 3. 他是班上最优秀的学生。 (ahead of ) 。 4. 把这封信传给班里的其他同学 (pass….on to) 。 Translate the following sentences into English using the words or phrases we have learnt just now.