(共35张PPT)
Getting news 
from the Internet
Skills building 1: 
 reading charts
 The bar chart shows the weight in kilograms of some fruit sold one day by a market. We can see that 52 kg of apples were sold, 40 kg of oranges were sold, and 8 kg of star fruit were sold.
 We have some other charts. Let’s see them.
The chart is called the pie chart .
Step 1: collecting information
 You work for an Internet news website. 
 Your boss has asked you to attend a couple 
of lectures about the ways people watch or 
listen to the news. 
 
 Listen to the first speech and 
take notes in the space below. 
Answers to Part A:
(1) radio (2) scores 
(3) the Internet (4) changes 
(5) updated (6) TV 
(7) important (8) wider 
 drive (10) watch TV 
Answers to Part B
1. small 
2. accessible 
3. trust 
You need more information for your report, 
so you listen to the final speaker. Listen and
use the information to complete your notes.
After the speeches, a researcher shows two 
charts. Look at them and find out how 
Internet news compares with news from 
other sources. Then complete the next part of 
your notes by answering the questions below.
Answers to Part C
 Local TV 2. The Internet 
3. 4% 4. Emergency 
5. Opinions, weather and sports results 
6. National TV 7. The Internet 
 Why do 60 per cent of people trust the news sources from national TV and local TV, while only 7 per cent of people trust the news on the Internet? 
Skills building 2: 
 forming more specific questions 
Read the guidelines
 Start with information that you know and 
 build on it . 
For example: When you know or have just learnt that 60% of people prefer football to table tennis, you can then ask: 
Does a person’s age affect his/her answer?
Do men and women answer in the same way?
 Is football becoming more popular, or is 
 table tennis becoming less popular?
2. Do not just ask about what people like or prefer. Also ask what they do not like or do not prefer, e.g., 
What sport do people like the least?
What sport do people prefer table tennis to?
3. Find out why. Once you have the facts, you can try to find out why they are true. This kind of information will be helpful if you need to support or explain the fact you have learned, e.g.
Why is football more popular?
Step 2: 
asking more specific questions 
 Suppose you need to ask one speaker his opinion on the situations that people get news from the Internet. 
 
 Work individually to think up and write down as many questions as you can to find more specific information. 
Skills building 3: 
reporting on facts and figures 
 What shall we pay attention to when
we write a report? For example, 
when you are asked to write a report 
on how the students in your class 
think they should spend their time, 
what should you include? 
Question:
 Try to tell which of the following are facts and which are opinions. 
1. Computers are still too expensive for many people. 
2. I think reading newspapers is the easiest way to get news. 
3. You can not only see ‘real’ images on TV but also hear them talk. 
4. News on the Internet is updated every hour. 
5. Some people consider Internet news to be unbelievable. 
fact
opinion
fact
fact
opinion
Step 3: 
e-mailing a report 
 Your boss asked you to write a report about the lectures you attended. Write an e-mail to tell him what you have learnt about getting news from the Internet.
Dear Sir,
 I went to listen to two speeches about the
ways people get news. From the first speaker, 
I know there are different types of news, such 
as sports results, weather and recent events,
and some of them are more suited to sources 
like radio, newspapers, and television. There 
is no doubt that the Internet is increasingly 
popular, but the number of people is still 
small. I have collected some figures from two 
charts, each of which is a survey of 500 
people. According to the two charts, the 
percentage of people who turn first to the 
Internet for news on emergency, opinions, 
weather, latest news and sports results is
respectively only 2 %, 5 %, 5 %, 4% and 5%. 
 However, for news on emergency and 
latest news, the percentage of people who 
turn first to local TV comes to 53 %. 
Why will people not turn first to the Internet 
to get news? The second speaker gave the 
following reasons: first, the Internet is still 
not accessible to everyone; second, information on it is often uncontrolled; third, people do 
not always trust the news online.
Yours,
……
Dear Sir,
 I went to listen to two speeches about the ways people get 
news. From the first speaker, I know there are different
types new, such as sports results, weather, politics and 
current affairs, and some of them are more suited to 
sources like radio, newspapers, and television. There is no 
doubt that the Internet is increasingly popular, but the 
number of people is still small. I have collected some 
figures from two charts, each of which is a survey of 500 
people. According to the two charts, the percentage of 
people who turn first to the Internet for news on 
emergency, opinions, weather, breaking news and sports 
results is respectively only 2 per cent, 5 per cent, 5 per cent, 
4 per cent and 5 per cent. However, for news on emergency 
and breaking news, the percentage of people who turn first 
to local TV comes to 53 per cent. Why will people not turn 
first to the Internet to get news? The second speaker gave 
the following reasons: first, the Internet is still not 
accessible to everyone; second, information on it is often 
uncontrolled; third, people do not always trust the news 
online.
Yours,
xxx 
 A. Translation --- P42
1. 以图表的形式
2. bar charts
3. 流程图/曲线图
4. 圆形分格统计图/饼图
5. 参加三两个讲座
6. 记笔记
7. 更多的观点
in the form of charts
柱形、条形统计图表
flow charts
pie charts
attend a couple of lectures
a wider range of views
take notes
P43
8. 最新消息 
9. 最少量的人
10. 上网查找新闻
P44
11. find yourself wanting to know more 
12. 交换角色 
13. 50 and up
14. check facts on other websites 
15. 经营一家网站
16.与报纸有关的问题
the latest news
turn to the Internet for news
发现你自己想要了解的更多 
50和50以上
在其它网站上核对事实 
the least number of people
switch roles
run a website
problems ____newspapers
with
P45
17. 获得更好的锻炼
18. 用电子邮件发一份报告
get a better workout
e-mail a report
B. Language points:
 What sport do people prefer table tennis 
 to? (P44) 
 比起什么运动来人们更喜欢乒乓球呢?
 Do you prefer hot or cold weather?
 你喜欢热天还是冷天? 
(2) I prefer red wine to white.
 比起白酒来,我更喜欢红酒。
(3) He prefers ________rugby to _______it. 
 比起打橄榄球来,他更喜欢看球。
(4) I'd prefer _____________(not discuss) 
 this issue.
 
watching
playing
not to discuss
(5) He prefers _____ to work by bike 
 rather than _____a bus.
 比起乘公共汽车来,他更喜欢骑车去
 上班。
(6) I'd prefer __________smoke. 
(= I would like it better if you did not smoke).
 你要是不吸烟就好了。 
to go
take
you not to
【总结】prefer的用法:
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 (1) prefer (doing) sth. 
 // prefer (sb.) (not) to do sth.
 (2) prefer (doing) A to (doing) B
 (3) prefer to do A rather than do B
 
【Practice】 
 Rather than ________ other languages, nowadays some foreigners prefer __________ Chinese. 
 A. learn; to learn B. learning; to learn
 C. learn; to learn D. to learn; learning
 
A
2. The first is to rely on facts and figures 
 more than opinions. (P45)
 首先是依靠事实和依据而非观点。
(1) Jason is more than a lecturer; he is a 
 writer, too. ___________
(2) I have known David for more than 20 
 years. _________________
(3) In doing scientific experiments, one must 
 be more than careful with the instruments. 
 __________
(4) This book seems to be more a reference 
 book than a text. ________________
不仅仅是=not only
 超过=over
很, 非常=very
与其说……不如说……
(5) Don’t bite off more than you can chew. 
 ________
翻译: 贪多嚼不烂。
 或: 别担任自己所不能胜任的事。 
 或: 要量力而行。
(6) He worked no more than a week, so he 
 could get not more than 100 yuan.
 _____________; _________________ 
(7) He is more sad than angry. 
 ______________________
超过
仅仅, 只不过=only
至多,不超过
与其说……不如说……
【总结】more than的用法:
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more than + n., 表示“不仅仅是”
(2) more than+数词, 表示 “……以上/超过”
(3) more than + adj., 表示 “很, 非常”
(4) more…than…,表示 “与其说……不如说……”
(5) no more than = only 仅仅, 只不过
 not more than = at most 至多, 不超过
【Practice】
(1) More than one student _______ (enjoy) 
 folk music.
(2) In that case, there is nothing you can do 
 ______ wait.
 A. more than B. other than 
 C. better than D. less than
 
enjoys
B
1. Review what we learned today.
2. Parts A and B in Writing on Page 125.