Unit 4
Making the news
Reading period
reporter/journalist
What are they?
interviews people or finds out events from eye-witnesses and writes news stories
Jobs at newspaper
journalist / reporter
editor
critic
photographer
designer
foreign correspondent
printer
Pre-reading
If you want to be a good news journalist, what qualities do you think you need to have?
1. Higher level of education
2. Work experience
3. Good communication skills
4. Curiosity, active personality
5. Hard-working
6. Enthusiasm for the job
7. _______________________
8. _______________________
Prepared to work long hours
Ability to work in a team
Qualities you have
MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT
“Unforgettable,” says new reporter
READING
Fast reading
*What does the reading passage mainly talk about?
A. The qualities needed to become a good reporter
B. The skills to become a professional photographer
C. How to have a good interview
D. Being carefully in the new environment
E. A and C
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A. The qualities needed to become a good reporter
C. How to have a good interview
What are they talking about?
They are talking about how to become a good reporter, including some necessary skills, some duties and so on.
List all the questions Zhou Yang asked.
1.Can I go out on a story immediately?
2.What do I need to take with me?
3.What do I need to remember when I go out to cover a story?
4.What should I keep in mind?
5.Why is listening so important?
6.How can I listen carefully while taking notes?
7.Have you ever had a case where sb accused your journalists of getting the wrong end of stick?
Fast reading
Answer the questions
1. Could Zhou Yang go out on a story alone immediately? Why (not)?
2. What mistakes must be avoided?
3. How did Zhou Yang feel on his first day at work?
4. What is the trick of the trade?
5. Why did the journalists ?
Careful reading:
Answer the questions
1. Could Zhou Yang go out on a story alone immediately? Why (not)?
No, not until he is more experienced. Because there is a lot for him to learn and he must work in a team.
2. What mistakes must be avoided?
Missing the deadline, being rude and talking too much himself.
3. How did Zhou Yang feel on his first day at work?

4. What is the trick of the trade?
If the person being interviewed agrees, we sometimes use a recorder to make sure that we get all our facts straight.
5. Why was the football player angry?
Because an article was written which suggested he was guilty.
(be accused of taking money for deliberately not scoring goals so as to let the other team win.)
Answer the questions
Be excited and eager to go out on a story.
curious
acquire
questions
nose
telling the truth
story
How to become a journalist
rude
Listen
◆.get the detailed facts
◆.prepare next questions
What do they mean?
1. cover a story
2. have a “nose” for a story
3. a trick of the trade
4. get the fact straight
5. get the wrong end of the stick
6. how the story goes
7. a real “scoop”
The correct explanation
1. what do I need to remember when I go out to cover a story.
A. tell a story B. listen to a story
C. send a story D. report a story
2 A good reporter must have a “nose” for a story.
A. know what has happened.
be able to “smell” the truth when somebody is telling part of it.
C. be able to discover the whole truth by doing research.
D. B and C
报道新闻
有一个对新闻敏感的 “嗅觉”
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3 This is a trick of the trade.
something that cheats somebody
something that helps you do the job in a professional way.
C. something used to hide secrets.
4 We sometimes use small recorders to make sure that we get all your facts straight.
A. to make sure that the story is accurate
B. to get the facts directly
C. to get the things specially
行业诀窍
直接获得全部真实材料
The correct explanation
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5. get the wrong end of
the stick

6. how the story goes

7. get a scoop
not to understand
properly

this is the story

a piece of hot news
The correct explanation
Why is Zhou Yang’s first day unforgettable?
1. Practicing reading aloud the dialogue with your partner. Pay attention to the intonation and stress.
2. Read a newspaper and try to discover something to do with our topic about it.
Assignment
Use at least 6 sentences to describe how to be a good journalist.
Task
1. Zhou can go out on a story immediately.
2. Zhou took a notebook, a pen, a camera with himself.
3. While interviewing, the reporter would just ask the questions prepared before hand.
4. The footballer admitted he took the money.
5. Zhou took a course of photography at middle school.
6. Zhou is very enthusiastic.
True or False
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