课件27张PPT。Unit 4 Making the news
Warming Up & Reading (Ⅰ) Get the main idea of Reading by skimming and scanning skills.
Learn how to make a newspaper.
Learn what the qualities and skills a good journalist needs to have.Learning aimsLook at the following pictures, and guess who they are.Step 1interviewer/ journalist/ reporterWho interview people and write news
stories?photographerWho take photos of important people or events?editorWho make sure the writing is clear, concise and accurate and checks facts?designerWho lay out(布置,安排,布局) the article and photographs?reviewer/ critic/ commentatorWho give opinions on plays and books?printerWho print the newspaper? D B C A EHow to make a newspaper?
A. Designers design (lay out) the article.
B. Photographers take photographs.
C. Editors check the facts.
D. Journalists interview people or find out the event.
E. Printers print the newspaper.Step 2Journalists interview people and find out the stories, which play an important role in the whole journalism.
Do you want to be a journalist? Why?
What are the qualities and skills a good journalist
needs to have? Which are important?Step 3Qualities and skills for
a good journalist * Rich work experience
* Higher level of education,respectful
* Good communication and writing skills. (especially listening)
* Curious, active personality and have great enthusiam for the job.
* Hard-working (Prepared to work long hours) and the ability to work in a team.MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT “Unforgettable”, says new journalistStep 3 ReadingSkimming1. Read the title, who does “my” refer to and what is “my first work assignment”?
2. The passage is about a _____________________ between Zhou Yang(ZY) and Hu Xin(HX), his new____ , about the skills how to be a good _________.Zhou Yang(ZY) and his first job is to be an assistant jounalist.discussion/ conversationbossjournalist 1. Who will take pictures when Zhou Yang goes
out on a story for the first time?
A. Zhou Yang himself.
B. A professional photographer.
C. Hu Xin.
D. A more experienced journalist. Reading for details2. “A good journalist must have a ‘nose’ for a story. ”probably means a journalist_________.
A. has a sense about what is going to happen
B. is able to hide a story that may reflect badly on him
C. is able to ask the truth from the one who is interviewed
D. covers a whole story from the interviewee3. Zhou Yang can cover a story on his own only when______.
A. he has a “nose” for a story
B. he listens to the answers carefully
C. he is interested in photography
D. he has seen what an experienced reporter does4. Which of the following is not included in Hu Xin’s
list of dos and don’ts?
A. Don’t be rude.
B. Don’t talk too much yourself but make sure you
listen to the interviewee carefully.
C. Don’t miss your deadline.
D. Don’t laugh at the people being interviewed. 5. Which one is FALSE about “what a journalist needs to remember when going out to cover a story”?
A. He needs to be curious.
B. A good reporter must have a camera.
C. He has to listen for detailed facts.
D. If necessary he can use a recorder. Match the idioms with the meaning of these expressions.An important story which your newspaper gets ahead of all the other newspapers. You do not cover a real story.Sth. that helps you do the job in a professional way.Be able to “smell” when sb. is trying to hide a good story.To have a “nose”
for a story
A trick of the trade
Get all your facts
straight
Get the wrong
end of the stick
A real “scoop”Make sure the story is accurate.Comprehension 1How do the journalists deal with accusations from a person who wants to challenge you?
Use a recorder to_____________________;
2. Find out ________;
3. Prove oneself _____ .Comprehension 2get all the facts straightthe truthrightThe main purpose of writing the passage is to __________________
A.show us the necessary skills to become a good reporter.
B.tell us how Zhou Yang became a journalist.
C.show us how to have a good interview.
D.tell us how to make a good photographer.Step 4 SummarySummarize what necessary skills are needed to be a good journalist according to HX?To work with ________ (good at teamwork);
To be __________ (rich experience);
To have strong _______ (to be curious);
To have a good “nose” ___ a story;
To keep the list of ____________ in mind;
To _____ for the detailed facts;
To stop your stories from _________(accuse).colleaguesexperiencedcuriosityfordos and don’tslistenbeing accused
/accusation It is Zhou Yang’s first day at the office of a popular English newspaper. He is ________ (delight) and eager to go out on a story on his own, but he can’t and he has a __________ (profession) photographer to assist him. His new boss, Hu Xin, is sharing with him _____to be a good reporter.
To be a good reporter, one needs ____________
(curious), which enables one to ask many different _________ (question)and acquire all the information he needs to know.delightedprofessionalhow curiosity/
to be curiousquestionsStep 5 Post reading Besides, it is important for a journalist _______
(have) a nose for a story, ________ (assess) if
someone is telling the truth. And while interviewing people, a journalist has to listen for the ______ (detail)
facts and prepare the next question ________ (depend)
on what the person say. If possible, a journalist can ______(recorder) what the interview says in case he
__________(accuse).to haveassessing detaileddependingrecordis accused1.Read the passage after class to understand it better;
2.Underline pharses as many as possible;
3.Preview the language points in the text.HomeworkActions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。