Unit4 Make the news Objectives: Know about the news and journalist Read the passage and use the reading skills to acquire information as soon as possible Learn some useful words, phrases and sentence structures.

Question Where can we get the information?

newspaper internet

radio magazine

TV programmes

Questions How many different kinds of jobs do newspapers have? What are they? Look at the following pictures, and guess what they are?

Reporters/journalists Who interviews people and writes news stories? stories?

Chief editor Who is in charge of the newspaper?

Photographer Who takes photos of important people or events? events?

designers Who designs each section of the paper?

printer Who prints the newspaper?

editor deputy editor sub editor critic cartoonist correspondent More jobs 编辑 副主编 审校编辑 评论员 漫画师 通讯员

If you want to be a reporter, do you think what qualities a good news reporter needs to have?

Very important Important Not very important 1 Higher level of education □□□ 2 Work experience □□□ 3 Good communication skills □□□ 4 Curious, active personality □□□ 5 Hard-working □□□ 6 Enthusiasm for the job □□□ 7□□□ 8□□□

The conversation may like this: A: Do you think the higher level of education is important for a journalist? B: No, I don’t think so. / Yes, I think so./ I think it’s OK./ No, I don’t think it is important… Do you think the work experience is important for a journalist? … (what else )

Ability to work in a team Prepared to work long hours Very important Important Not very important 1 Higher level of education □□□ 2 Work experience □□□ 3 Good communication skills □□□ 4 Curious, active personality □□□ 5 Hard-working □□□ 6 Enthusiasm for the job □□□ 7□□□ 8□□□

My First Work Assignment “Unforgettable,” says new journalist Step1-----Prediction

Read the first part to get the main idea of the passage.(1’) The passage is about a ___________ between ________ and ____________ on the ____ day of his work, which was to strongly ______________ as a journalist. conversation Zhou Yang his boss Hu Xin first influence his life

Read the questions raised by ZY, and divide then into 3 sections. (3mins) Step2___skimming( 跳读 )

Underline the questions brought up by Zhou Yang find out the accurate answers: on 1.Can I go out on a story immediately? with 2.What do I need to take with me? cover 3.What do I need to remember when I go out to cover a story? keep in mind 4.What should I keep in mind? 5.Why is listening so important? taking notes 6.How can I listen carefully while taking notes? accusedof 7.Have you ever had a case where somebody accused your reporters of getting the wrong end of the stick?

What’re the questions talking about? Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7 How to work in a team (before) How to get an accurate story (during) How to protect a story from accusation (after) The quality

1.Where did the conversation happen? 2. Who were talking? 3. What does the reading passage mainly talk about? (a multiple choice) At the office of a popular English newspaper. Zhou Yang and his new boss Hu Xin. Step3__fast reading （快读，获取基本信息）

4. What does the reading passage mainly talk about? talk about? A.The skills necessary to become a good reporter B.The skills necessary to become a good photographer C.How to conduct a good interview D.Being carefully in the new environment

Read the passage carefully. This time you need to do 2 things: （ 15 mins ） Step4__careful reading

1.Underline the useful expressions be to do an assistant journalist an assistant (to) submit the article professional photographer take photographs have a “nose” for

inform sb. of sth. keep sth. In mind miss the deadline ( 反 meet) a trick of the trade get the facts straight this is how the story goes. score goals deny doing be supposed to do demand damages a scoop

1.which of the following statements are true? A. It is usual for a new journalist to cover a story. B. It’s necessary for ZY to take a camera with him. C. ZY doesn’t know photography at all. D. A journalist should have a strict sense of time. 2.Decide the true answer

2. According to the passage, we can learn that___. A. The first work assignment is meaningless for Z Y. B. people take up the interview will always tell the truth. C. when conducting an interview, the journalist should talk more than listening. D. it’s useful for a journalist to use a recorder to protect himself.

3. According to HX, what can we know___. A.The footballer admitted taking money. B. the footballer tried to keep us from publishing the article, and he succeeded. C. HX have ever been accused of getting the wrong report. D. the footballer lost the game by accident.

注定做 sth ，必将做 助理记者 …… 的助理 提交文章 专业摄影师 拍照 对 …… 敏感的嗅觉 be to do an assistant journalist an assistant (to) submit the article professional photographer take photographs have a “nose” for

通知某人某事 记在心里 错过截稿日期 行业技巧 真相大白 故事是这样的。 进球 否认做某事 被认为做某事 索要赔偿 独家新闻 inform sb. of sth. keep sth. In mind miss the deadline ( 反 meet) a trick of the trade get the facts straight this is how the story goes. score goals deny doing be supposed to do demand damages a scoop

1.Can I go out on a story immediately? on 后接名词，与 come, go 等动词连用， 可表 ____________ ，表示 ____________ =go out to cover a story 我们决定这个夏天去北戴河海边游玩。 We have decided to _____________________ the seaside in River Beidai this summer. 目的去做某事 go on a visit to Difficult sentences

2.later you can cover a story. 1). She was sent to cover the event. ( ) 2). The road was covered with snow. ( ) 3). She laughed to cover her worry. ( ) 报道，采访 覆盖 遮盖

3.You’ll find your colleagues very eager to assist you, so you may be able to concentrate on photography later if you’re interested. 1 ） find+ 宾 + 宾补（形容词短语） 2 ） be eager for sth. 渴望 …… be eager to do sth. 渴望做某事 be eager that 从句 3 ） assist sb. with sth./ in doing sth. 帮助

4.Not only am I interested in photography, but I took an amateur course at university to update my skills. Not only…but also 引导的并列句, 如 not only 位于句首, not only 所在句倒装。 Not only will I go, but also I will take my parents there.

5. have a nose for 对 …… 嗅觉灵敏, 表示探查或发现某事的能力。此类形 象表达法还有： She has an ear for music. ( ) She has an eye for color and style in clothes. ( ) 对 …… 有欣赏能力 对 …… 有眼光

6.Have you ever had a case where somebody accused your reporters of getting the wrong end of the stick ？ 译： ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 1)case/situation/stage/point/condition/ activity 作先行词，关系词在定语从句中作状语 时，常用 where 引导，译为到了某种地步，在某 种境况中。 你有没有遇到过这种情况：别人控告 你的记者，说他的报道失实呢？

7. so as to do sth. “ 为了 ……” 不能用在句首 = in order to do sth. 可放句子中任何位置 =so that + 从句 = in order that + 从句 句型转换 : I got up at five so as to catch the train = __________________________ =______________________________________ __________________ I got up at five in order to catch the train. I got up at five so that I could catch the train.

discussion After reading the passage, what is important for a journalist according the passage? Do you agree with it?