reading
Please answer these questions seriously:
Do you read newspapers?
………. every day?
………….. for information or for pleasure, or both?
Do you read a daily paper or a weekly paper?
Do you read a morning paper or an evening paper?
Do you read form the beginning to the end?
makes sure the writing is clear, concise and accurate; checks facts
takes photographs of important people or events.
lays out the article and photos.
prints the newspaper
photographer
designer
printer
What kind of jobs can the newspaper offer?
7. What is your favourite section?
Overseas news
Home news
Business
Sports
Entertainment
Travel
Art
Book review
news critics
Find out the idioms appear in the passage:
cover a 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
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Underline the questions brought up by Zhou Yang find out the accurate answers:
Can I go out on a story immediately?
What do I need to take with me?
What do I need to remember when I go out to cover a story?
What mistakes must I avoid?
Why is listening so important?
How can I listen to answers if I have to write down what he or she is saying?
Have you ever had a case where somebody accused your reporters of getting the wrong end of the stick?
enthusiastic
eager to learn
modest
(BE)
Underline the questions brought up by Zhou Yang find out the accurate answers:
Can I go out on a story immediately?
What do I need to take with me?
What do I need to remember when I go out to cover a story?
What mistakes must I avoid?
Why is listening so important?
How can I listen to answers if I have to write down what he or she is saying?
Have you ever had a case where somebody accused your reporters of getting the wrong end of the stick?
enthusiastic
eager to learn
modest
ensure the accusation
Discuss what equipment should a news reporter have?
What does Zhou Yang have with him when he goes out on a story?
A notebook, pen and camera.
2. What equipment do you think a news reporter should have nowadays?
Mobile phone, small recorder, digital camera, satellite telephone, notebook computer, etc.
1. is usually poorly educated.
2. always has a good eye for a good story.
3. needs have good observation skills as well as good communication skills.
5. is seldom a very good listener.
6. hardly checks the evidence carefully before it appears in the newspaper.
7. writes with unnecessary words.
8. is one who thinks of readers’ benefits last.
A good reporter :
well
nose
to
Always/usually
without
first
1.be able to tell if sb. is telling the truth.
2.be accurate.
3.do research.
4.ask questions
get the detailed facts
ask questions
note reactions
check facts
do research
use research and ask witnesses
use a tape recorder for the interview
Difficult points:
Concentrate on 全神贯注于…
= focus attention on be absorbed in doing sth.
Can you turn the music down, please? ________________________ (我不能集中精力做功课)
If you want to pass your examinations, _____________________________________________.(就得注意你的听力技巧)
我们应该更加注意省钱而不是花钱。
We should concentrate more on saving money rather than spending it.
I can’t ~ ~ my lessons.
you’ll have to ~ ~ your istening skills
2. be of special interest (be of + n.)
= be very interesting (be + adj.)
be of great use
= be very useful
be of great hope
=be very hopeful
be of great importance
=be very important
be of no use
= be useless
3. accuse sb. of sth. 指控某人做某事
inform sb. of sth.
remind sb. of sth.
rob sb./someplace of sth.
rid sb./someplace of sth.
cure sb. of sth.
warn sb. of sth.
用of
Three men robbed the bank of about $3,000,000.
The bank was robbed of about $3,000,000.
He reminded me of the promise I made at the meeting.
I was reminded of the promise I made at the meeting.
Change the following sentences into passive voice:
Reading2: Getting the “scoop”
Read the passage first and answer the following questions:
What was Zhou Yang’s first assignment/task?
How many people read his article before it was ready to be processed into film negative? Who were they and what did they say about the article?
1.Go to an interview to get the information for your story
The process for an English article:
2.Do some research to check if the fact is accurate.
3.Begin to write the story using the notes from the interview
4.Give the article to the sub-editor to check
5.Give a copy to a native speaker to check the use of English and improve the style.
6.The article is checked and approved by the chief editor.
7.All the stories and photos are set and the colour negatives for the printing are made ready.
8.The first edition of the newspaper is printed.
Extensive reading:
Searching for the truth
Read the passage and answer the questions:
What are the primary sources and what are the secondary sources?
What ‘s the difference between them?
1.When we read about Jia Sixie in our textbook we are reading a primary source.
2.As we watch the news on TV, the person presenting the program in the studio is the secondary source.
3.Photographers sometimes are both primary and secondary sources
4.Knowing the difference of primary and secondary sources can help us decide what is a fact and what is an opinion.
5.Often facts and opinions are mixed in any report.
T or F:
F
F
T
T
T