Unit 4 Making the news
(Reading)
From where do we get the news?
Lead-in
8. What is your favorite section?
overseas news
home news
business
sports
entertainment
travel
art
book review

Do you know how to make the news ? What is the process ?
Every morning the newspaper chief editor holds a meeting with the journalists to discuss the main events .
Reporters are sent to do face-face interviews or do telephone interview .
Photographers are sent to take the pictures
Doing one’s homework– looking up information they need .
Reporters type their stories into the computer
The stories are quickly handed to the editor .
Photos are quickly developed .
Editors decide which picture should be used and read some stories and make any necessary changes
Editors write the headlines for each story and check that there is enough space.
Newspapers are printed on fast –moving printing machines .
Newspapers are delivered by lorry and plane .
Newspapers are sent to every home .
How is a newspaper made?
The__________ editor hold
a meeting.
Journalists people and
write stories
Photos are quickly__________
Photographers _____ photographs.
Editors ________ the report.
Editors write the________________.
The newspapers are _________
by train and truck.
The newspapers are____________.
chief
interview
developed
take
check
headlines
delivered.
printed.
What are you going to be in the future?
Warming up
When you think about your future occupation, do you want to work for a newspaper? If you are offered a chance for a job at China Daily, you will need to do some research to find out what kind of jobs they have. Look at a newspaper.Then discuss in pairs and fill in the chart below.
Reporter
Interviews people or finds out
about events from onlookers
Editor
Photographer
Designer
Printer
Takes photos of important people or events
Makes sure the writing is clear， concise and accurate checks facts
Prints all the newspaper
Lays out the article and photos
What are the qualities a good news reporter needs to have ? Discuss in groups and tick the boxes below . Please add more qualities if you like .
Pre – reading
higher level of
education
2 work experience
3 good communication skills
4 curious / active personality
5 hard-working
6 enthusiasm for the job
7 prepared to work long hours
8 ability to work in a team
very important
important
not very important
∨
∨
∨
∨
Reading
MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT

“Unforgettable,”says new reporter
Read the text and answer the questions :
Fast reading
1. Where did the conversation happen?Who were talking?
Zhou Yang talked with his boss, Hu Xin， at the office of China Daily
2. Could Zhou Yang go out on a story alone immediately ? Why ( not ) ?
3. What mistake must he avoid ?
No , not until he was more experienced because there was a lot for him to learn and he must work in a team .
He must avoid being rude and talking too much himself .
4.How did Zhou Yang feel on his first day at work ?
He felt excited ,curious and eager to go out on a story .
5.What is the main idea of the text ?
The passage tells us about the qualities needed to be a good reporter ,how to get an accurate story and how to protect a story from accusation.
Divide the text into three sections,and find out the reporter’s duties from each section
1

2

3
to work in a team
how to get an accurate story
how to protect a story from accusations
Main idea
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 mid-school.
6 Zhou is very enthusiastic.
True or False
Careful reading
Choose the correct explanation to the phrases
1 what do I need to remember when I go out to cover a story
A. to go and interview somebody about an incident or happening
B. to write a story C. to make up a story
2 a good reporter must have a “nose” for a story
A. to have a sense about what is going to happen
B. to be able to “smell”when somebody is trying to hide a good story that may reflect badly on him/herself.
C. to be able to ask the truth from the one who is interviewed.
3 This is a trick of the trade
A something that cheats somebody B something that helps you do the job in a professional way. C something used to achieve 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
1 In the reading passage several expressions are used in an idiomatic way .Find them and fill in the chart .
cover a story
trick of the trade
get the facts straight
get the wrong end of the stick
this is how the story goes
get a scoop
Comprehending
2 Li Lihong is one of the expert writers at the newspaper . She replies to reader’s questions . Today she needs to answer a letter from a high school student about how to become a reporter ,but she is very busy. So Zhou Yang has been asked to make notes for her to help her answer the questions . Can you work out Zhou Yang’s notes ? Use the information from the reading passages to help you .
Comprehending
1 be able to tell if someone is telling the truth
2 be accurate
3 do research
4 ask questions
Get the detailed facts
1 ask questions
2 note reactions
3 check facts
4 do research
Use research and ask witnesses
Use a tape recorder for the interview
Comprehending
Li Lihong is trying to help her readers see whether they would make good reporters or good photographers . Use the reading to work out which adjectives best describe what is required for these two jobs . Some may be needed in both jobs.
patient imaginative well-organized
technically good polite concise
thorough creative curious careful
Gifted professional
patient
well-organized
patient
well-organized
thorough
curious
careful
concise
professional
polite
professional
creative
imaginative
gifted
technically good
A reporter needs to be ___________________but a photographer needs to be ________________. I think I would make a good __________ because ____________________________________.
Fill in blanks
To the reporters,it’s ____________for them to take a camera because they have ______________________ with them. The reporters should be ________ and they must have a _____ for a story.They know how to _______the information they need.While interviewing, they won’t _______,___________________________, __________________________________. They will listen to the _______ facts and ask new questions.There is a trick of the______,that is ,with the permission of the interviewer, they would use ____________ which could keep the evidence to help __________their story.
unnecessary
professional photographers
curious
nose
acquire
be rude
they won’t talk too much themselves
and they listen to the answers carefully
detailed
small recorders
support
trade
Language points
1 occupation
cn (1) job / employment 工作/ 职业
Please state your name , age and occupation
cn (2) activity that occupies a person’s time /pastime
Swimming and rowing are my favorite occupations .
un (4) action of occupying / state of being occupied / taking and keeping possession
The new house is ready for occupation .
The country is under enemy’s occupation .
新屋可居住了.
国家已被敌军占领了.
他们对该农场有五年的占用期.
They have a five-year occupation of the farm .
cn (3) period of time during which a house ,country ,etc. is occupied
2 fill in 填写 / 向 …提供最新消息/ 消磨( 打发)时间 / 在…填色/ 临时替代
Don’t forget to fill in your boarding cards
Let me fill you in on what’s been happening in the office over lunch .
We have got some time to fill in before the show . Let’s go for a drink .
Sally’s off sick . Can you fill in for her for a month？
3 reporter : journalist
an on-the –spot reporter
It ‘s reported that …
report sb
report to sb
现场记者
据报道
告发某人
向某人汇报
4 personality
cn characteristics and qualities of a person seen as a whole 人格/ 个性
She has a very strong personality .
We need a person with a lot of personality to organize the party .
(2)u/cn distinctive , esp socially attractive ,qualities 特色
(3) cn famous person
A lot of personalities from the film world attended the party .
5 assignment
She was sent abroad on a difficult assignment .
The English assignment is a book report .
task or duty that is assigned to sb
homework
assign homework
be assigned to a new post
留家庭作业
被派到新的工作岗位
6 Never will Zhou Yang forget his first …
否定词放在句首,故用倒装把谓语的一部分位于主语之前.类似词有:
no / not / never / little / hardly / seldom / scarcely / neither …nor / not only …but also / no sooner …than / hardly…when/ by no means / in no time
---- I would never come to this restaurant again. The food is terrible .
----- _________.
A Nor am I B Neither would I
C Same with you D So do I
B
他很少去看电影.
在我一生中还未曾听说或见过这样的事呢 .
Seldom does he go to the cinema .
Never in my life have I heard or seen such a thing .
7 influence
have a good / bad influence on sb / sth
have (no ) real influence over sb /sth
use one’s influence with sb
under the influence of
对… 有好/坏的影响
对..有/没有真正的约束力
利用与某人关系的影响力
在…的影响下
8 go out on a story
on 加名词与come /go / set out 等动词连用可表示目的,表示去做某事
他明天要动身去上海出差.
她打算下周去北京旅行.
He is leaving for Shanghai on business tomorrow .
He is go on a visit to Beijing next week .
9 Not on your own .Not till you are more experienced !
= You can’t go on your own ! You can’t go till you are more experienced !
on your own = alone / without help / excellent
I’m all on my own today .
Although her fath