Unit 4 Making the News

What is news? NEWS---North, East, West, South NEWS---North, East, West, South Comes from all d_____________ Comes from all d_____________ irections

1. Definition （定义） 1 ） News is any event, idea or opinion that is timely, that interests or affects a large number of people. 1 ） News is any event, idea or opinion that is timely, that interests or affects a large number of people.

Do you know “ What can be news ” ? Here is a special answers. ordinary people + ordinary thing≠news ordinary people + ordinary thing≠news ordinary people + unordinary thing = news ordinary people + unordinary thing = news unordinary people + ordinary thing = news unordinary people + ordinary thing = news unordinary people + unordinary thing = big (good) news unordinary people + unordinary thing = big (good) news

If a dog bites a man, it is not news; if a man bites a dog, it’s （ big ） news.

Where can we get news? &so on…

News media Print Media Print Media Newspapers Newspapers Magazines Magazines Broadcast Media Broadcast Media radio stations radio stations television stations television stations Internet-based media Internet-based media World Wide Web pages (websites) World Wide Web pages (websites) Weblogs (blogs) Weblogs (blogs)

Types of News 1. Sports News 2. Weather News 3. …….

Jobs needed In order to make the news, what kind of jobs are needed? In order to make the news, what kind of jobs are needed?

reporter / journalist Interviewee interviewer

editor

photographer

Designer

printer

Elements of news 5W 5W WHEN WHEN WHERE WHERE WHAT WHAT WHY WHY WHO WHO

Read this piece of news, try to find out the 5W Read this piece of news, try to find out the 5W

Pair work Suppose you were making a piece of news Suppose you were making a piece of news One is an interviewer,the other is an interviewee. One is an interviewer,the other is an interviewee. making a dialogue and act it out according to the topic you choose. making a dialogue and act it out according to the topic you choose.

north east south west

north east south west

What do you think of…? What do you think of…? What’s your opinion? What’s your opinion? Why do you try to …? Why do you try to …? What leaves you the deepest impression? What leaves you the deepest impression? How do you feel when … How do you feel when … I don’t think we should … I don’t think we should … Maybe it would be better to … Maybe it would be better to … Our readers want to know about… Our readers want to know about… Useful expressions

Try to be a host or hostess Write a piece of news according to the interview just now. Write a piece of news according to the interview just now. Try to report the news like a host or hostess Try to report the news like a host or hostess

We should try our best to realize our dreams