1. What are the qualities you need if you choose one of the following occupation?

3. Unit 4 Making the News

4. Training Camp for a Journalist Course Ⅰ : Job Description Course Ⅱ : Equipment Course Ⅲ : Working diagram Course Ⅳ : Required qualities & Special skills Course Ⅴ : A simulated test

5. Course Ⅰ: Job Description Different types of jobs involve different works. If you are going to work as a journalist / reporter, what do you think it involves? Interview people or find out some interesting events for the readers. In order to produce a piece of news, is a reporter enough to do all the work? Apart from the journalist, can you describe some other jobs in making a news? Photographer; editor; printer; designer; … etc. TEAM WORK

6. Course Ⅱ: Equipment A workman must first sharper his tools if he is to do his work well. Here is a list of things I prepared for you. You’re going to choose those which you think are necessary for a journalist and try to give some reasons for your choice. pen; notebook; recorder; DC/traditional camera; sports shoes; cars; umbrella; medicine; map; water; computer; cell phone;

9. CD A B Course Ⅲ: Working diagram

10. Complete the diagram which shows how a newspaper is made. Complete the diagram which shows how a newspaper is made. 1. The __________ holds a meeting. 2. ____________ interview people and write stories. 3. ____________ take ____________. 4. ___________ are quickly developed. 5. Editors _______ the reports. 6. Editors write the __________. 7. The newspapers are ___________. 8. The newspapers are __________ by train and truck. printed; photographs; headlines; chief editor; journalists; delivered; check; photographers printed chief editor Journalists Photographersphotographs Photographs check headlines delivered

11. Course Ⅳ : Required qualities Special skills Higher level of education Work experience Good communication skills Curious, active personality Hard-working Enthusiasm for the job … …… …

12. True or false questions: 1.As a freshman, you can go out on a story right away. 2.You have to take a camera with you all the time. 3.To be curious is very important to a reporter. 4.In order to be a successful reporter we should be able to judge whether a information is true or not. 5.Listening is more important than asking questions. 6.There ’ s no need to take notes if we have a recorder. Course Ⅳ : Required qualities & Special skills

13. Course Ⅵ: A simulated test In order to know whether you ’ ve known the key points of being a good journalist, here I prepared several cases for you as a simulated test. I ’ d like you to form groups of 4~6 and choose one of them to produce your news.

19. Home work Read the passage carefully and find out all the difficult words and phrases. Finish exercise 1~3 in the part of comprehending on page 27.