(共33张PPT)
UNIT 6 THE MEDIA
LESSON 2
QUESTIONS ABOUT MEDIA
To discuss the influence of the Internet
To listen to a programme and identify facts from opinions
To listen for detail
To recall information previously heard
To clarify and ask questions
To say the advantages and disadvantages of each type of media
When you are on the Internet, what do you usually do
search for information
read the news
having online lessons
shop online
chat with others
watch films and reality shows, etc.
Talk about the influence of the Internet on you life and on the media.
The Internet has changed communication greatly.
The Internet has changed …
Listen to the programme and write down the questions the presenter collected for the professor in the left column of the table.
You will listen to an interview with a professor about media.
Question Professor Jessop’s answer
Question 1: _____________________________________________________________________
Question 2: ______________________________________________
Question 3: __________________________________________________
Do you think the Internet has affected traditional media, news, for example
How has it changed the way we use language
Do you think we will still read newspaper in the future
Read the following statements. Group the professor’s answers for each question in the right column in Activity 2. then listen to the programme and check.
( ) a Few people and companies chose to advertise in the newspaper.
( ) b Make a recording of a high definition video of an event, and upload it to the Internet by smartphones.
( ) c The Internet has introduced a lot of new words to our language.
( ) d The word “microblogging” did not exist before the Internet.
( ) e Every article has reader’s comments below it and anyone can express what they think.
( ) f In my opinion, newspaper businesses will find it much harder to survive in the future.
( ) g Big media corporations are being cut out.
( ) h Anyone can decide what is news.
( ) i Most countries have seen a drop in newspaper sales.
( ) j The Internet has made a great impact on how news is produced.
( ) k I believe the Internet has made media more interactive.
Question Professor Jessop’s answer
Question 1: _____________________________________________________________________
Question 2: ______________________________________________
Question 3: ______________________________________________
Do you think the Internet has affected traditional media, news, for example
How has is changed the way we use language
Do you think we will still read newspaper in the future
b g h j
c d e k
a f i
Listen to the programme again. Decide whether Professor Jessop’s answers are facts (F) or opinions (O) before each statement in Activity 3.
Identifying Facts from Opinions
Speakers have their opinions when talking about a specific issue.
They may use the facts to support their opinions.
Pay attention to the words like I believe, I think, etc. to indicate the opinions.
Skill Builder
Opinions （观点）
Opinions are statements that cannot be proven.
Opinions can be argued. Opinions may be supported with facts.
观点是作者想要表达的思想或情感，它无法被证明是真实的还是虚假的，但可以获得一定的支持。作者在表达观点时，常常使用“I believe，generally，it is thought，it seems to，in my opinion”等或运用描述性的词语，如pretty，funny等以及表示比较的词语，如best，worst等。作者的观点可能是正确的，但也可能是错误的。
Facts are statements that can be proven. Facts may be true or false.
Facts （事实）
学会识别观点与事实，可以帮助我们在阅读时进行批判性的思考，使我们不会轻易地被读物的内容所误导。在写作时，恰当地运用事实和观点，还能使文章更具有说服力。
事实是可以被证明或验证真伪的。韦伯斯特的词典对“fact”的定义是“anything that is done or happens; anything actually existent; any statement strictly true; truth; reality”
Facts and Opinions
Distinguishing between fact and opinion is a vital critical thinking and reasoning skill.
( ) a Few people and companies chose to advertise in the newspaper.
( ) b Make a recording of a high-definition video of an event, and upload it to the Internet by smartphones.
( ) c The Internet has introduced a lot of new words to our language.
( ) d The word “microblogging” did not exist before the Internet.
( ) e Every article has reader’s comments below it and anyone can express what they think.
F
F
F
F
F
( ) f In my opinion, newspaper businesses will find it much harder to survive in the future.
( ) g Big media corporations are being cut out.
( ) h Anyone can decide what is news.
( ) i Most countries have seen a drop in newspaper sales.
( ) j The Internet has made a great impact on how news is produced.
( ) k I believe the Internet has made media more interactive.
O
F
F
F
O
O
Role-play the programme with your partner. Add your opinions or facts.
You can note facts or opinions that you would like to add to the role-play.
CLARIFYING AND ASKING QUESTIONS
Clarifying questions are confirming if some information is correct.
Asking a question is a way of asking for more information about something.
Can you give examples to show your understanding
Listen to two people talking about how people followed the news 30 years ago. Answer the questions.
1. What would families do in the evening
2. How would they get the news
3. Why did they do so
1. What would families do in the evening
2. How would they get the news
3. Why did they do so
After dinner, families would gather around the television and watch the news from 7 pm to 7.30 pm.
They would watch the news on TV.
Due to the limited ways to find out the most up-to-date news in those days, watching the evening news became a kind of common practice for many families.
Listen and plete the Talk Builder.
Talk Builder
Clarifying and Asking Questions
Clarifying
1 Let me __________________
2 Did I ____________________
Asking Questions
1 So _______________ everyone watched the same TV programme
2 Can you ____________________
3 _________________ the same interests
put it another way
make myself clearer
does that mean
tell me more about it
Did they all have
Search online and find out how the different types of media have changed in the past 100 years. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each type of media
the advantages for students to use mobile phones
the disadvantages for students to use mobile phones
Will people watch even more TV in the future
Can newspapers or magazines even survive
Are there too many social media options
eg If you want to sell your books, you may advertise them.
We advertised our car in the local newspaper.
advertise vi. & vt: to tell the public about a product or service in order to persuade them to buy it（为……）做广告
1. Few people and companies chose to advertise in the newspaper.
【拓展】
advertiser n. 广告人员
advertising n. 广告业
advertisement n. 广告
advertise on TV / in a newspaper
在电视上做广告/在报纸上登广告
put an advertisement in a newspaper
在报纸上登广告
2. …on the spot of a car accident for example (P113)
spot n. : a particular place or area, especially a pleasant place where you spend time 地点
eg a nice quiet spot on the beach
The lake is one of the local beauty spots.
spot n. : a usually round area on a surface that is a different colour or is rougher, smoother etc than the rest（圆）点，斑点
eg a white cat with brown spots
eg John finally spotted the shirt he wanted.
If you spot any mistakes in the article just mark them with a pencil.
spot v. : to notice someone or something, especially when they are difficult to see or recognize
发现; 注意到; 看出，认出
Making a short presentation about how the different types of media have changed in the past 100 years.
