北师大高二 Unit 4 Newspaper Newspaper 教案.doc[下学期]
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Unit 4 Newspaper
一、教学目标与要求
学会运用所学语言，描述报刊编辑采访百姓、收集信息、制作报纸的过程；特别了解我国影响最大的英文报纸《中国日报》的一些基本情况，并能用自己组织的语言向别人介绍，是本单元的教学重点；通过对话课的学习与操练，使学生进一步熟悉有关约会的用语及应答；学习并初步掌握动名词作主培和宾语的用法；正确完成练习册安排的练习。
二、教学重点与难点
1．重点词汇 aily；advertisement；check；interview；fix；develop；hand（v．）；add；deliver；speed；latest；publish；avoid；besides；get down to；face-to-face；be popular with somebody；as well；care for
2．重要句型 ）Reporters are then sent to cover the events．2）China Daily has plenty of advertisements，which help to cut the costs of making the newspaper．
3．语法 名词作主语和宾语（The -ing Form as Subject and Object）1）I like reading China Daily．2）Journalists are good at getting secret information from people．3）Learning new words is very useful to me．4）Writing headlines is more difficult in English than in Chi-nese．
4．日常交际用语 会及应答（Making appointments）1）What time does the concert start？2）Where is the best place to meet？3）What time shall we meet？4）I suggest 7 o’clock．5）Will you be free then？6）Yes，I’ll be free．I’d like to go．7）Let’s go together．I’ll meet you at the theatre at six thirty．8）Good．See you then．Bye．
三、课型
（一）对话课
Ⅰ．教具 录音机、投影仪。
Ⅱ．课堂教学设计
1．教师可通过以下提问导入正课：Now tell me，do you like reading newspapers？What kind of newspapers do you like to read？I understand that many of you have newspapers at home．Now tell me what papers do you have at home？Why do you like reading newspapers？Do you read English newspapers？What English newspapers do we have in China？
2．准备放对话录音，用投影仪打出听前提问：1）Where does the conversation take place？2）When will Betty meet Zhou Lan？
放录音一至两遍，请一位同学回答上述问题。
Key：1）The conversation takes place at the students’dining room．2）Betty will meet Zhou Lan at six-thirty．
3．再放录音，学生跟读一至两遍。根据本课对话内容，教师再提出一些问题，检查学生的理解程度。
1）Why does Betty want to have a look at China Daily？2）What are“the Red Roses”？3）Where will the performance be held？4）What time does the performance start？
Key：1）Because she wants to see what’s on this weekend．2）They are a pop group．3）The performance will be held at the People’s Theatre．4）The performance will start at 7p．m．
4．学生两个人一组，练习对话三至五分钟。教师请几组同学到前面表演。
5．组织学生两个人一组，练习Oral practice所提供的问答练习。可不给学生准备时间，直接请几组完成问答。
6．要求学生将本课对话改写为一篇短文。教师可给予必要的提示。
提示语（用投影仪打出）：1）a look at China Daily 2）What’s on this weekend？3）a performance at the People’s Theatre 4）when and where to meet
要求学生根据对话，参照老师所给的提示编写短文。数分钟后，请同学朗读自己的短文，教师予以讲评。
7．教师指导学生归纳本课中所出现的有关约会及应答（Making appointments）的常用语句（见日常交际用语部分）。要求学生能熟练掌握这些语句，并在编练新的对话时加以运用。
教师提供如下情景，组织学生编演新的对话：
Situation 1：You are going to hear a talk given by Li Yang on Crazy English．
Situation 2：Your class is going to organize a picnic lunch somewhere outside the city．
学生可任选其中之一的情景编小对话。数分钟后，请两组同学到前面表演。
8．布置作业 ）预习第14课；2）完成练习册中所安排的练习。
（二）阅读理解课（Ⅱ）
Ⅰ．教具 录音机、投影仪、一份《中国日报》。
Ⅱ．课堂教学设计
1．检查生词及短语。
2．教师手持一份事先准备好的《中国日报》，通过和学生谈论报纸，引出本课内容：
Good morning，everyone．This is a copy of China Daily．It’s today’s paper．Now let’s have a look at the headlines and see what is happening in and outside China．
展示报纸上所列出的主要标题，和学生一起回顾当今世界大事，对于生词，教师可扼要加以解释。
Good．You see．You already have the ability to read some important news from an Eng-lish newspaper．Now I’ve got a question：Does anybody know how a newspaper is made？Does anyone know how all this news is collected and printed？Well，I think we can get the answer from me reading passage in this unit．
教师给出读前提问：1）What is“homework”for the reporters？2）Why is writing head-lines in English more difficult than in Chinese？
教师给学生数分钟，要求学生快速阅读课文（默读），之后请同学回答上述问题。
Key：1）The so-called“homework”for reporters is to go to the newspaper’s own library to look up any information that they need．2）Because the English letters are not of the same size．For example，in English the letter M is wider than the letter I，so editors must check that there is enough space for the headlines they have written．
3．放课文录音，学生跟读一至两遍。教师就课文内容提问，检查学生的理解程度（可参阅练习册所列出的问题）。
4．教师指导学生完成本课第三部分课堂活动内容。在学生依次填写表格后，请几位同学介绍报纸印制的经过，要求学生适当增加新的内容。
Model：
1）The chief editor holds a meeting with the journalists every morning and they discuss the main events of the day．Then reporters are sent to report the details of the events．2）Journalists interview people and write stories．Sometimes they telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them．Sometimes they check information they need in the newspaper’s own library．3）Photographers take photographs．Sometimes they use old pictures from the newspaper’s own picture library in order to save time and money．4）Pho-tographs are quickly developed．5）Editors check the reports and make necessary changes．And the chief editor decides which will be the most important story on the front page．6）Ed-itors write headlines for each story．7）The newspapers are printed on fast-moving printing machines．8）The newspapers are delivered by train and truck．People buy them for the latest news．
5．课堂活动 教师可从以下活动中任选一个在课上进行：1）学生七八人一组，将整个报纸制作过程表演下来；2）根据以下情景，编写对话：
Suppose you are a reporter．Make a telephone call to somebody to fix a time for a face-to-face interview．
6．布置作业 1）复述课文，介绍报纸的制作过程；2）完成练习册中所安排的练习。
阅读理解课（Ⅱ）
Ⅰ．教具 录音机、投影仪、一份《中国日报》。
Ⅱ．课堂教学设计
1．检查学生课文朗读和复述。
2．准备阅读课文China Daily。教师给出读前提问：1）Where is China Daily published？2）China Daily has got plenty of advertisements and in what way can they help？
教师给学生数分钟，要求学生快速阅读课文，之后请同学回答上述问题。
Key：1）China Daily is published in Beijing．2）The advertisements can help to cut the cost of making the newspaper．
3．放课文录音，学生跟读一至两遍。教师利用练习册中所列出的是非判断题，检查学生的理解程度。
4．课堂讨论 1）Why do you think many foreigners like to read China Daily？Give your opinions．2）China Daily is popular with students of English．Please explain the reason for this．
5．教师可提供一些China Daily的栏目名称，再从某一天China Daily的不同栏目中摘选一小段文字（可以有些生词，但内容要相对容易。文字部分应事先准备好）。由学生判断摘选的文字出自哪个栏目。
Sample：A．Sports B．World Business C．Chinese Business D．Opinion E．Cul-ture F．On TV G．World News（以上部分可用投影仪打出）
1）A spirit of hard work and a plain life are still needed during China’s reform and mod-ernization drive，wrote a commentator in the leading Chinese newspaper，People’s Daily，last week．
2）17：00 People’s Army
19：55 Across the country
20：10 Selected Spring Festival Programmes from Local TV Stations across the country
3）Tokyo A moderate earthquake shook Tokyo and its north-eastern suburbs，includ-ing Narita International Airport yesterday，the Japan Meteorological Agency said．
4）Canadian 100 metres world record holder Donovan Bailey on Tuesday declared him-self the fastest man in history and branded“a joke”his June showdown with American su-perstar Michael Johnson to decide who is faster．
5）The Italian economy will grow by 1．3 per cent this year，compared to last year’s growth of 0．8 per cent，the country’s economic think tank，ISCO，forecast on Tuesday．In its half-yearly report，ISCO urged the government to…
6）In this book，both the original Chinese text and the English translation are presented so that English and Chinese students can study the text in reference to each language．Each Chinese character is marked with its mandarin pronunciation…
7）The agreement enables Apple to expand its business in East China，which is a popu-lar area for using computers．To date，Apple has sold 30 million personal computers to more than 140 countries．
Key：1）D 2）F 3）G 4）A 5）B 6）E 7）C
6．布置作业 1）复述课文，即用所学内容向别人介绍《中国日报》的一些基本情况；2）完成练习册中所安排的练习。
（三）语言训练课
Ⅰ．教具 投影仪。
Ⅱ．课堂教学设计
1．教师检查课文复述。
2．教师从本单元词语中选择部分常用词语，配以例句介绍给学生。要求学生反复练习这些例句，并视学生情况，请同学造句，教师予以订正。
词语：
1）check
The teacher asked the boy to check his answer with his partner’s．
I forgot to check whether I had anything else to attend to．
2）get down to
You’ll never finish the job unless you get down to it．Don’t you think it’s time we got down to our business？
3）add（to）
If the tea is too strong，add some water．
The joy of others adds to our pleasure．
She said goodbye and added that she would send us some pictures．
4）deliver
A postman is a man who delivers letters and parcels．
The professor will deliver a lecture on Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War．
5）latest
They have equipped the office with the latest business machines．
Have you heard the latest about the war？
I will be back at 5 o’clock at（the）latest．
6）speed
It moved with great speed．
The train was travelling at（an）ordinary speed．
The car turned the corner at full/top speed．
7）be popular with/among
Swimming is popular with all ages．
Walkman is very popular among young students．
8）avoid
We could see very clearly that he was trying to avoid the topic．
I crossed the street to avoid meeting him．
3．书面表达练习
中文提示（用投影片打出）：1）昨天买了份《中国日报》；2）看头版，多有不懂，放进书包；3）今天外籍教师介绍如何读报，提出建议；4）下午按其建议读报，能看懂些。
英文提示：（用投影片打出）：China Daily；front page；event；sections；Home News；In-ternational News；Business News；latest
将首句给出：Yesterday afternoon I bought a copy of China Daily．
八分钟后，请几位同学朗读自己的短文，教师予以讲评。
One possible version：
September 24，1999 Friday
Yesterday afternoon I bought a copy ofChina Daily．After I took a quick look at some of the headlines on the front page，I found it very hard for me to understand everything．Then I put it into my schoolbag．
This morning I asked our foreign teacher for advice．He first introduced the paper to me，saying that it has all the usual sections of a newspaper，including Home News，Interna-tional News，Business News，Travel News and Sports News．Then he gave me some advice on how to read China Daily．
After I came back from school in the afternoon I took out the paper again．This time I read carefully the important events and sports news as the foreign teacher had told me．Since the latest news was not new to me，I found I could understand some and I was very happy．
4．课堂活动 要求学生根据所给的角色，利用阅读材料的信息，描述报社人员工作情况。教师用投影仪给出提示：
a journalist
1）get the news 2）stop the work 3）go to the place 4）interview people 5）write story 6）type story，hand it to editor
a photographer
1）get the news 2）sent to take pictures 3）develop photos 4）hand it to editor editors
1）read story 2）make necessary changes 3）write headlines 4）get the paper printed
5．布置作业 1）预习第5单元；2）完成练习册中安排的练习。
四、难句分析
1．I want to have a look at what’s on this weekend．我想看看本周末上演什么。
what’s on this weekend在句中作短语动词look at的宾语，是宾语从句。
what’s on…？意为：上演什么？on是副词，要重读，可用来表示“上演；演出；出台”等。例如：
1）Shall I look in the paper and see what’s on at the Capital Theatre？我能看一下报纸，看看首都剧场演什么吗？
2）Let’s go to the theatre，A new play is on this week．我们去剧院吧，本周正上演一出新戏呢。
3）She is on in the second act．她在第二幕出场。
2．They are said to be very good．据说他们都很棒。
本句中they回指上文提到的“a pop group”（流行乐演唱组）。全句相当于：People say that they are very good．或It is said that they are very good．再如：
He is said to have mastered seven languages．（=People say that he has mastered seven languages．）人们说他掌握了七种语言。
3．Reporters are then sent to cover the events．然后就派记者去采访。
句中动词cover，相当于report on an event。例如：
1）The best reporters were sent to cover the war．最优秀的记者被派出去报道这场战争。
2）She will cover the trial for the paper．她将为报纸报道这次庭审。
另外，请注意本句中副词then的位置，被放在助动词are与过去分词sent之间，这在英语中十分普遍。
4．They telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them．他们给有关人士打电话，约定时间同他们进行面对面的采访。
fix a time意为：约定时间。可以理解为：arrange a time。例如：
Let’s fix a date．Would Saturday night suit you？我们定个日子，星期六晚上合适吗？
fix up也有这个意思。例如：
We have fixed up a date for the performance．我们已经为演出定好了日子。
face-to-face是固定词组，意为：面对面的，在句中作定语。再如：
They had a face-to-face argument．他们进行了面对面的争论。
这个短语中的连字符可以去掉，用作状语。意为：面对面地；面对着；碰面等。例如：
The two men stood face to face．这两个人面对面地站着。
The post office and the book store stand face to face across the street．邮局与书店隔街相对。
类似的短语还有：heart-to-heart贴心的；shoulder to shoulder肩并肩地；hand in hand 手挽手地；arm in arm 臂挽臂地。
5．China Daily has plenty of advertisements，which help to cut the costs of making the newspaper．《中国日报》刊登大量的广告，这有助于降低报纸的生产成本。
which help to cut the costs of making the newspaper是非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词advertisements。非限制性定语从句通常只对所修饰的词作进一步说明，译为汉语时，从句部分常可译成一个并列句（如本句译文）。而限制性定语从句则不然，请比较：
He has special interest in the advertisements that appear on the newspapers．他对刊登在报纸上的广告有特殊的兴趣。
本句中，that appear on the newspapers是限制性定语从句，修饰先行词advertisements。限制性定语从句是不能去掉的，否则剩余部分意思将不完整。
help之后可接动词不定式短语，即help（to）do sth．其中的不定式符号“to”可以省略。
例如：
Taking a walk after supper will help（to）improve your health．晚饭后散步有助于增进健康。
help后也可接不定式的复合结构。即help sb．（to）do sth．其中的“to”也可省略。例如：
Seeing her child would help her（to）get better．她看到孩子会使她好起来。
Will you please help me type this article into the computer？你能帮我把这篇文章输到电脑里吗？
6．It is also popular with students of English，who read it in order to improve their Eng-lish．《中国日报》也受学英语的学生们欢迎，他们读报是为了提高自己的英语水平。
句中who read it in order to improve their English是非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词stu-dents of English，进一步说明他们的情况。注意该句译文将定语从句处理成一个并列句。
popular经常和with连用，意为：受……欢迎。例如：
These film starrs are now very popular with young people．这些影星现在很受青年人欢迎。
I’m not very popular with my boss at the moment．我现在不称老板的心。
一、教学目标与要求
学会运用所学语言，描述报刊编辑采访百姓、收集信息、制作报纸的过程；特别了解我国影响最大的英文报纸《中国日报》的一些基本情况，并能用自己组织的语言向别人介绍，是本单元的教学重点；通过对话课的学习与操练，使学生进一步熟悉有关约会的用语及应答；学习并初步掌握动名词作主培和宾语的用法；正确完成练习册安排的练习。
二、教学重点与难点
1．重点词汇 aily；advertisement；check；interview；fix；develop；hand（v．）；add；deliver；speed；latest；publish；avoid；besides；get down to；face-to-face；be popular with somebody；as well；care for
2．重要句型 ）Reporters are then sent to cover the events．2）China Daily has plenty of advertisements，which help to cut the costs of making the newspaper．
3．语法 名词作主语和宾语（The -ing Form as Subject and Object）1）I like reading China Daily．2）Journalists are good at getting secret information from people．3）Learning new words is very useful to me．4）Writing headlines is more difficult in English than in Chi-nese．
4．日常交际用语 会及应答（Making appointments）1）What time does the concert start？2）Where is the best place to meet？3）What time shall we meet？4）I suggest 7 o’clock．5）Will you be free then？6）Yes，I’ll be free．I’d like to go．7）Let’s go together．I’ll meet you at the theatre at six thirty．8）Good．See you then．Bye．
三、课型
（一）对话课
Ⅰ．教具 录音机、投影仪。
Ⅱ．课堂教学设计
1．教师可通过以下提问导入正课：Now tell me，do you like reading newspapers？What kind of newspapers do you like to read？I understand that many of you have newspapers at home．Now tell me what papers do you have at home？Why do you like reading newspapers？Do you read English newspapers？What English newspapers do we have in China？
2．准备放对话录音，用投影仪打出听前提问：1）Where does the conversation take place？2）When will Betty meet Zhou Lan？
放录音一至两遍，请一位同学回答上述问题。
Key：1）The conversation takes place at the students’dining room．2）Betty will meet Zhou Lan at six-thirty．
3．再放录音，学生跟读一至两遍。根据本课对话内容，教师再提出一些问题，检查学生的理解程度。
1）Why does Betty want to have a look at China Daily？2）What are“the Red Roses”？3）Where will the performance be held？4）What time does the performance start？
Key：1）Because she wants to see what’s on this weekend．2）They are a pop group．3）The performance will be held at the People’s Theatre．4）The performance will start at 7p．m．
4．学生两个人一组，练习对话三至五分钟。教师请几组同学到前面表演。
5．组织学生两个人一组，练习Oral practice所提供的问答练习。可不给学生准备时间，直接请几组完成问答。
6．要求学生将本课对话改写为一篇短文。教师可给予必要的提示。
提示语（用投影仪打出）：1）a look at China Daily 2）What’s on this weekend？3）a performance at the People’s Theatre 4）when and where to meet
要求学生根据对话，参照老师所给的提示编写短文。数分钟后，请同学朗读自己的短文，教师予以讲评。
7．教师指导学生归纳本课中所出现的有关约会及应答（Making appointments）的常用语句（见日常交际用语部分）。要求学生能熟练掌握这些语句，并在编练新的对话时加以运用。
教师提供如下情景，组织学生编演新的对话：
Situation 1：You are going to hear a talk given by Li Yang on Crazy English．
Situation 2：Your class is going to organize a picnic lunch somewhere outside the city．
学生可任选其中之一的情景编小对话。数分钟后，请两组同学到前面表演。
8．布置作业 ）预习第14课；2）完成练习册中所安排的练习。
（二）阅读理解课（Ⅱ）
Ⅰ．教具 录音机、投影仪、一份《中国日报》。
Ⅱ．课堂教学设计
1．检查生词及短语。
2．教师手持一份事先准备好的《中国日报》，通过和学生谈论报纸，引出本课内容：
Good morning，everyone．This is a copy of China Daily．It’s today’s paper．Now let’s have a look at the headlines and see what is happening in and outside China．
展示报纸上所列出的主要标题，和学生一起回顾当今世界大事，对于生词，教师可扼要加以解释。
Good．You see．You already have the ability to read some important news from an Eng-lish newspaper．Now I’ve got a question：Does anybody know how a newspaper is made？Does anyone know how all this news is collected and printed？Well，I think we can get the answer from me reading passage in this unit．
教师给出读前提问：1）What is“homework”for the reporters？2）Why is writing head-lines in English more difficult than in Chinese？
教师给学生数分钟，要求学生快速阅读课文（默读），之后请同学回答上述问题。
Key：1）The so-called“homework”for reporters is to go to the newspaper’s own library to look up any information that they need．2）Because the English letters are not of the same size．For example，in English the letter M is wider than the letter I，so editors must check that there is enough space for the headlines they have written．
3．放课文录音，学生跟读一至两遍。教师就课文内容提问，检查学生的理解程度（可参阅练习册所列出的问题）。
4．教师指导学生完成本课第三部分课堂活动内容。在学生依次填写表格后，请几位同学介绍报纸印制的经过，要求学生适当增加新的内容。
Model：
1）The chief editor holds a meeting with the journalists every morning and they discuss the main events of the day．Then reporters are sent to report the details of the events．2）Journalists interview people and write stories．Sometimes they telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them．Sometimes they check information they need in the newspaper’s own library．3）Photographers take photographs．Sometimes they use old pictures from the newspaper’s own picture library in order to save time and money．4）Pho-tographs are quickly developed．5）Editors check the reports and make necessary changes．And the chief editor decides which will be the most important story on the front page．6）Ed-itors write headlines for each story．7）The newspapers are printed on fast-moving printing machines．8）The newspapers are delivered by train and truck．People buy them for the latest news．
5．课堂活动 教师可从以下活动中任选一个在课上进行：1）学生七八人一组，将整个报纸制作过程表演下来；2）根据以下情景，编写对话：
Suppose you are a reporter．Make a telephone call to somebody to fix a time for a face-to-face interview．
6．布置作业 1）复述课文，介绍报纸的制作过程；2）完成练习册中所安排的练习。
阅读理解课（Ⅱ）
Ⅰ．教具 录音机、投影仪、一份《中国日报》。
Ⅱ．课堂教学设计
1．检查学生课文朗读和复述。
2．准备阅读课文China Daily。教师给出读前提问：1）Where is China Daily published？2）China Daily has got plenty of advertisements and in what way can they help？
教师给学生数分钟，要求学生快速阅读课文，之后请同学回答上述问题。
Key：1）China Daily is published in Beijing．2）The advertisements can help to cut the cost of making the newspaper．
3．放课文录音，学生跟读一至两遍。教师利用练习册中所列出的是非判断题，检查学生的理解程度。
4．课堂讨论 1）Why do you think many foreigners like to read China Daily？Give your opinions．2）China Daily is popular with students of English．Please explain the reason for this．
5．教师可提供一些China Daily的栏目名称，再从某一天China Daily的不同栏目中摘选一小段文字（可以有些生词，但内容要相对容易。文字部分应事先准备好）。由学生判断摘选的文字出自哪个栏目。
Sample：A．Sports B．World Business C．Chinese Business D．Opinion E．Cul-ture F．On TV G．World News（以上部分可用投影仪打出）
1）A spirit of hard work and a plain life are still needed during China’s reform and mod-ernization drive，wrote a commentator in the leading Chinese newspaper，People’s Daily，last week．
2）17：00 People’s Army
19：55 Across the country
20：10 Selected Spring Festival Programmes from Local TV Stations across the country
3）Tokyo A moderate earthquake shook Tokyo and its north-eastern suburbs，includ-ing Narita International Airport yesterday，the Japan Meteorological Agency said．
4）Canadian 100 metres world record holder Donovan Bailey on Tuesday declared him-self the fastest man in history and branded“a joke”his June showdown with American su-perstar Michael Johnson to decide who is faster．
5）The Italian economy will grow by 1．3 per cent this year，compared to last year’s growth of 0．8 per cent，the country’s economic think tank，ISCO，forecast on Tuesday．In its half-yearly report，ISCO urged the government to…
6）In this book，both the original Chinese text and the English translation are presented so that English and Chinese students can study the text in reference to each language．Each Chinese character is marked with its mandarin pronunciation…
7）The agreement enables Apple to expand its business in East China，which is a popu-lar area for using computers．To date，Apple has sold 30 million personal computers to more than 140 countries．
Key：1）D 2）F 3）G 4）A 5）B 6）E 7）C
6．布置作业 1）复述课文，即用所学内容向别人介绍《中国日报》的一些基本情况；2）完成练习册中所安排的练习。
（三）语言训练课
Ⅰ．教具 投影仪。
Ⅱ．课堂教学设计
1．教师检查课文复述。
2．教师从本单元词语中选择部分常用词语，配以例句介绍给学生。要求学生反复练习这些例句，并视学生情况，请同学造句，教师予以订正。
词语：
1）check
The teacher asked the boy to check his answer with his partner’s．
I forgot to check whether I had anything else to attend to．
2）get down to
You’ll never finish the job unless you get down to it．Don’t you think it’s time we got down to our business？
3）add（to）
If the tea is too strong，add some water．
The joy of others adds to our pleasure．
She said goodbye and added that she would send us some pictures．
4）deliver
A postman is a man who delivers letters and parcels．
The professor will deliver a lecture on Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War．
5）latest
They have equipped the office with the latest business machines．
Have you heard the latest about the war？
I will be back at 5 o’clock at（the）latest．
6）speed
It moved with great speed．
The train was travelling at（an）ordinary speed．
The car turned the corner at full/top speed．
7）be popular with/among
Swimming is popular with all ages．
Walkman is very popular among young students．
8）avoid
We could see very clearly that he was trying to avoid the topic．
I crossed the street to avoid meeting him．
3．书面表达练习
中文提示（用投影片打出）：1）昨天买了份《中国日报》；2）看头版，多有不懂，放进书包；3）今天外籍教师介绍如何读报，提出建议；4）下午按其建议读报，能看懂些。
英文提示：（用投影片打出）：China Daily；front page；event；sections；Home News；In-ternational News；Business News；latest
将首句给出：Yesterday afternoon I bought a copy of China Daily．
八分钟后，请几位同学朗读自己的短文，教师予以讲评。
One possible version：
September 24，1999 Friday
Yesterday afternoon I bought a copy ofChina Daily．After I took a quick look at some of the headlines on the front page，I found it very hard for me to understand everything．Then I put it into my schoolbag．
This morning I asked our foreign teacher for advice．He first introduced the paper to me，saying that it has all the usual sections of a newspaper，including Home News，Interna-tional News，Business News，Travel News and Sports News．Then he gave me some advice on how to read China Daily．
After I came back from school in the afternoon I took out the paper again．This time I read carefully the important events and sports news as the foreign teacher had told me．Since the latest news was not new to me，I found I could understand some and I was very happy．
4．课堂活动 要求学生根据所给的角色，利用阅读材料的信息，描述报社人员工作情况。教师用投影仪给出提示：
a journalist
1）get the news 2）stop the work 3）go to the place 4）interview people 5）write story 6）type story，hand it to editor
a photographer
1）get the news 2）sent to take pictures 3）develop photos 4）hand it to editor editors
1）read story 2）make necessary changes 3）write headlines 4）get the paper printed
5．布置作业 1）预习第5单元；2）完成练习册中安排的练习。
四、难句分析
1．I want to have a look at what’s on this weekend．我想看看本周末上演什么。
what’s on this weekend在句中作短语动词look at的宾语，是宾语从句。
what’s on…？意为：上演什么？on是副词，要重读，可用来表示“上演；演出；出台”等。例如：
1）Shall I look in the paper and see what’s on at the Capital Theatre？我能看一下报纸，看看首都剧场演什么吗？
2）Let’s go to the theatre，A new play is on this week．我们去剧院吧，本周正上演一出新戏呢。
3）She is on in the second act．她在第二幕出场。
2．They are said to be very good．据说他们都很棒。
本句中they回指上文提到的“a pop group”（流行乐演唱组）。全句相当于：People say that they are very good．或It is said that they are very good．再如：
He is said to have mastered seven languages．（=People say that he has mastered seven languages．）人们说他掌握了七种语言。
3．Reporters are then sent to cover the events．然后就派记者去采访。
句中动词cover，相当于report on an event。例如：
1）The best reporters were sent to cover the war．最优秀的记者被派出去报道这场战争。
2）She will cover the trial for the paper．她将为报纸报道这次庭审。
另外，请注意本句中副词then的位置，被放在助动词are与过去分词sent之间，这在英语中十分普遍。
4．They telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them．他们给有关人士打电话，约定时间同他们进行面对面的采访。
fix a time意为：约定时间。可以理解为：arrange a time。例如：
Let’s fix a date．Would Saturday night suit you？我们定个日子，星期六晚上合适吗？
fix up也有这个意思。例如：
We have fixed up a date for the performance．我们已经为演出定好了日子。
face-to-face是固定词组，意为：面对面的，在句中作定语。再如：
They had a face-to-face argument．他们进行了面对面的争论。
这个短语中的连字符可以去掉，用作状语。意为：面对面地；面对着；碰面等。例如：
The two men stood face to face．这两个人面对面地站着。
The post office and the book store stand face to face across the street．邮局与书店隔街相对。
类似的短语还有：heart-to-heart贴心的；shoulder to shoulder肩并肩地；hand in hand 手挽手地；arm in arm 臂挽臂地。
5．China Daily has plenty of advertisements，which help to cut the costs of making the newspaper．《中国日报》刊登大量的广告，这有助于降低报纸的生产成本。
which help to cut the costs of making the newspaper是非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词advertisements。非限制性定语从句通常只对所修饰的词作进一步说明，译为汉语时，从句部分常可译成一个并列句（如本句译文）。而限制性定语从句则不然，请比较：
He has special interest in the advertisements that appear on the newspapers．他对刊登在报纸上的广告有特殊的兴趣。
本句中，that appear on the newspapers是限制性定语从句，修饰先行词advertisements。限制性定语从句是不能去掉的，否则剩余部分意思将不完整。
help之后可接动词不定式短语，即help（to）do sth．其中的不定式符号“to”可以省略。
例如：
Taking a walk after supper will help（to）improve your health．晚饭后散步有助于增进健康。
help后也可接不定式的复合结构。即help sb．（to）do sth．其中的“to”也可省略。例如：
Seeing her child would help her（to）get better．她看到孩子会使她好起来。
Will you please help me type this article into the computer？你能帮我把这篇文章输到电脑里吗？
6．It is also popular with students of English，who read it in order to improve their Eng-lish．《中国日报》也受学英语的学生们欢迎，他们读报是为了提高自己的英语水平。
句中who read it in order to improve their English是非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词stu-dents of English，进一步说明他们的情况。注意该句译文将定语从句处理成一个并列句。
popular经常和with连用，意为：受……欢迎。例如：
These film starrs are now very popular with young people．这些影星现在很受青年人欢迎。
I’m not very popular with my boss at the moment．我现在不称老板的心。