(共17张PPT)
Unit 4 Using Language
Getting the Scoop
edition
department
task
accurate
employ
polish
note
chief
approve
process
j. one printing of a book, newspaper etc.
e. one of several divisions of a government, business, shop etc.
d. piece of work to be done, especially hard work
h. careful and exact; free from error
a. give work to, use for payment
b. improve in behavior, intellectual interests, etc; making refined or elegant
c. notice; pay attention to
f. first in rank
g. confirm; agree to
i. series of operations
Word Study
Getting the “scoop”
Skim the text and try to get the main idea of it.
(no more than 15 words)
The process of writing and printing for a newspaper article.
Skimming
Scan the text and find out
Scanning
What was Zhou Yang’s first task? (no more than 8 words.)
What was the first stage of the printing process? (no more than 10 words)
What does the word “this” refer to ? (no more than 6 words)
His first task was to write his story.
Process all the information into film negatives.
The main headline
an editor from his department
copy-editor
native speaker
chief editor
news desk editor
Who are they?
film negative
1. You go to an interview to get _______________for your story.
2. You ________________to see if the story is true or not.
3. You begin to write the story using _______from the interview.
4. You give the article to the copy-editor to_______.
the information
do some research
notes
design
6. The article is _________ __________by the chief editor.
5. The article is given to a native speaker to __________________
7. All the stories and photos are set and ________
_________ for the printing are made ready.
8. The first edition of a news paper is made.
polish the style
checked
/approved
color negatives
Language Points
set to
开始热心工作,决心努力做事;
Eg. If we all set to, we can finish cleaning the house in an hour.
(2) 大干起来,开始大吃起来
Eg. Let’s set to and clean the house.
(3) 打起来,吵起来
Eg. The boys set to and had to be separated by a teacher.
2. senior adj. 年长的, (级别、职位、资格)较高的,
高年级的(作定语)
senior n. 年较长的人, 毕业班或高年级的学生
junior adj. 较幼的, 较小的
superior adj. 较高的, 优越的, 优良的,不屈服的
注意: 本身都是比较级形式,无须再添加 more 或-er; 这三个词用于比较级中不与 than 连用,而与 to 连用。
1) She imagined herself to be superior to others .
她自以为比别人都高明
2) This engine is superior in many aspects. 这台发动机在很多方面性能都非常优越。
3) He is two years senior to me.
他比我大两岁。
4) I will have to ask my superior.
那事我得先问一下我们公司老板。
5) He is wearing a superior smile.
他脸上带有高傲的微笑。
3. polish
a. ..(sth) (up) (with sth) 磨光,擦亮
… (up) furniture/shoes with a cloth
用布把家具/鞋擦亮
b. (比喻)修正,修改,修饰(某事物)
… a speech/ an article
给讲稿/文章润色
4. approve v. 赞成,认可,满意,批准,通过
approval n. 赞成、同意、认可
approving adj. 赞许的、认可的
approve of sb./sth. 赞成/同意某人/某事
approve of sb.’s doing sth. 同意某人做某事
approve the plan 批准计划
I approved of the proposal.
The committee approved the bill
5. appointment n. 任命, 委派, 工作, 职位, 约会, 预约
appoint v. 任命, 委派确定或决定某事物
appoint that sth. (shall be done)命令某事
take an appointment 就职
by appointment 按照约定
make/ fix an appointment with 与某人约会
keep/ break ones appointment 守/违约
I. 根据括号内所给的提示将下列句子 翻译成英语。
我们的老师强调我们应该注意书写。(note)
2. 我父亲赞成我去西部。(approve of)
3. 必须保存准确的记录。(accurate)
Our teacher noted that we should pay attention to our handwriting.
My father approved of my going to the west.
Accurate records must be kept.
II. 汉译英或英译汉
1. 主编
2. 独家新闻
3. 新闻文字编辑
4. 国际新闻编辑部
5. front page article
6. main heading
7. film negatives
8. copy-editor
chief editor
Scoop
news desk editor
International News Department
头版新闻
主标题
胶片
技术编辑
Making an interview
Interview
Suppose you are the reporter of our school newspaper, and you want to write a newspaper article about an excellent student.
Now make an interview in pairs, one is the reporter, another one is the excellent student, then change the roles.
( When you interview your partner you should write down the information you get. )