北师大版（2019） 选择性必修第二册 Unit 6 The Media Lesson 2 Questions about Media 课件-（14张ppt)

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Unit 6 The Media
Lesson 2 Questions about Media
Warming-up
Talk about how people followed the news 30 years ago.
Listening
Clarifying are confirming if some information is correct, whereas asking questions is a way of asking for more information about something.
What are clarifying and asking questions
1. What would families do in the evening
2. How would they get the news
3. Why did they do so
Listen to two people talking about how people followed the news 30 years ago. Answer the questions.
Listening
1. What would families do in the evening
Families would gather around the television and watch the news from 7
pm to 7:30 pm.
2. How would they get the news
They would watch the news on TV.
3. Why did they do so
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.
Listening
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
Talk Builder
Listen and plete the Talk Builder.
put it another way
make myself clear
does that mean
tell me more about it
Did they all have
Listening
Notes
1. As a result, big media corporations are being cut out.
corporation cn. （大）公司
e.g. multinational corporations 跨国公司
同根词：corporate adj. 公司的
cooperate vi. 合作，协作
cut out 切断；停止；关掉；剪下
e.g. I cut it out and pinned it to my studio wall.
我把它剪了下来，钉在我工作室的墙上。
Notes
2. I believe the Internet has made media more interactive.
interactive adj. 互动的，交互的
e.g. interactive system/video 交互式系统/视频
The school believes in interactive teaching methods.
这所学校相信互动教学法。
interaction n. 交互作用，相互作用
e.g. The following excerpt is illustrative of her interaction with students.
接下来的节选部分可以说明她与学生的互动情况。
Notes
3. Some sites are bringing the news directly from the people who are
experiencing or witnessing it, on the spot of a car accident for example.
witness v. 目击，注意到
e.g. Police are appealing for information from anyone who witnessed
the attack.
警方正呼吁曾目睹这起事故的人提供信息。
The crash was witnessed by millions of viewers who were
watching the race on TV.
数百万观看汽车赛电视直播的观众目睹了这起撞击事件。
Notes
witness v. 是发生……的地点/时间/组织；见证
e.g. This stadium has seen/witnessed many thrilling football games.
在这座体育馆里进行过许多激动人心的足球比赛。
The year 1949 witnessed the founding of the People’s Republic
of China.
1949年见证了中华人民共和国的成立。
witness vi/vt. 作证；证明
witness to (doing) sth 作证做某事
e.g. He witnessed to having seen the man enter the building.
他作证说曾看到此人走进大门。
Notes
witness n. 目击者，见证人；证人；可作证据的人（或物）
e.g. He was (a) witness to the killing.
他目击了这起杀人案。
a defence/prosecution witness 被告的/控方的证人
to appear as (a) witness for the defence/prosecution
出庭为被告/控方作证
My clothes are a witness to my poverty.
我的衣着证明我的贫困。
The witness who witnessed the accident promised to be a witness.
目击了事故的目击者承诺会作证。
Notes
spot n. 地点，场所；小点，污点
tourist/scenic spot 旅游景点
a spot of 少量
e.g. Spots of rain begun to fall. 雨点开始落下来了。
on the spot 当场；在现场
put sb on the spot 使某人尴尬，使某人为难
e.g. He answered the question on the spot.
他当场就回答了那个问题。
An ambulance was on the spot / scene within minutes.
几分钟之内，一辆救护车便赶到现场。
Assignment
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
Goodbye!