2. Talk about the pictures 1 What kinds of news media are they ? 2 What is the difference between the news media? ( website---personalized ; radio & TV--- edited, report live,using talk show ; magazine – monthly/weekly specialized, deeper coverage ; newspaper ---the latest ) 3 Which of the news media do you rely on for information ? 4 Which may contain untrue information ? What would you do ? ( to be a critical reader )

3. To be a critical reader Read the two reports on page 15

4. 1 The company in the first report is considered to be ____ while in the second it is regarded as ________. A the best ; the worst B a best ; the best C the richest ; the poorest D richest ; poorest 2 What ’ s the best title for each story in passage two ? A The most successful company / The worst company B A fight with the police / A fight with citizens C Friends or enemies ?/ Bad or good citizens ? D Making trouble / Carrying out the right of the citizens

5. 3 From the two reports in passage 2, we can infer _____. A the most successful company in the first report is really the worst polluter in the second one. B the citizens against the pollution in the second report are the trouble-makers in the first report. C police in the first report are the angry men armed with sticks to fight with the citizens in the second report. D all of the above

6. To be a critical listener ! EXX 1 Page 10

7. Rely on / upon They relied on themselves. You may rely on me to help you. Rely on sb to do sth You can rely on Tom to do whatever he promises. You can ’ t rely on his coming on time. Rely on sb ’ s doing sth

8. Face Our house faces the park. Vt 面临, The kitchen faces south. Such was the situation we are facing. Face the facts, sir ? Vt 正视, 面对 be faced with We are all faced with the problem of rising costs. Phrases! Face to face It ’ s all your own fault ! He shouted in her face. I want you to look facts in the face.

9. beat 连续不断的拍打, 敲击 (heart) beat fast ; (birds) beat the wings (waves) beat the shore (rain ) beat the window I can easily beat him in golf. 打败, 击败, beat sb The difficulty has beaten him. The beaten dog crawled to his master ’ s feet.

10. rob To get rich, they decided to rob a bank. rob sb /sth He lived by robbing the rich I was robbed of my watch rob sb of sth 抢。。。东西 Bad weather robbed a holiday of half its pleasure. A thief stole some books from the bookshop. steal sth from sb 偷。。。东西

11. go up The shares have gone up by three points since yesterday. 涨价， 上涨 Everything went up except salaries. The goods have gone up in quality. 上升， 升级 His temperature is going up. New office blocks are going up everywhere. ( 楼房）盖起来 There are supermarket going up everywhere. Phrase! The hunter went up to the bear.

12. would rather I would rather not go to the cinema and stay at home would rather (not ) do 宁愿（不 ) 做 The film was really bad, I would rather not have seen it. would rather (not )have done 宁愿 ( 没）已做 It ’ s too late, I ’ d rather you took a taxi there. would rather that … 过去（完成）时 I attended the party yesterday, but I would rather I hadn ’ t gone there. He would rather sit there doing nothing than go out. Would rather do than do 宁愿做。。而不是做。。

13. more than This museum is more than a museum, I have learned a lot in it. 不仅仅， He was more than a scientist ; he is also a poet. I was more than glad to see you here. 注意： More than one house was burned down in the fire. 主谓一致用单数

14. Switch Switch on /off = turn on /off You should always switch off the electricity before going on holiday. He is always switching his jobs The horse switched his tail to drive off the flies. He switched over to teaching in his thirties. 改为， 转而做。。工作

15. Rather than The color seems green rather than blue. Rather than sth 而不是。。。 He ran rather than walked Rather than cause trouble, he left. This is rather for your father to decide than for you. Rather … than … 是。。而不是。。 His age, she thought, would be rather over thirty than under it Would rather do … than do

24. 不仅做 而不是 均衡版面 找回被偷的文化古迹 这个领域的专家 适应她的新生活 出国学习 怀着真正的激情写作 阅读有关。。。的内容 惹麻烦 do more than rather than keep the newspaper balanced bring the stolen culture relics back expert in the field adapt to her new life study abroad write with real passion read about cause trouble 在两者间做出比较 指望某人做某事 在某人看来 摆在某人面前的问题 向警方报告这抢劫案 抢劫他的包 选他入工会 把。。。烧光 污染河流 伤得很重 make a comparison between the two rely on sb to do in one’s opinion the difficulty facing me report the robbery to the police rob him of his bag elect him to the union burn..down / burn..to the ground polluted river be badly injured

25. 一个消息灵通的人 均衡的饮食 有经验的老师 有才能的作家 印刷精美的文章 一个受人尊敬的领导 被偷的文化古迹 受伤的人 一个已婚女人 一个退休工人 a well – informed person a balanced diet an experienced teacher a talented writer a well-printed article a respected leader stolen culture relics the injured person a married woman a retired worker