Unit4MakingthenewsUsingLanguage

editiondepartmentaccuratepolishapproveprocessimproveinbehavior,intellectualinterests,etc;makingrefinedorelegantoneofseveraldivisionsofagovernment,business,shopetc.

carefulandexact;freefromerrorseriesofoperationsoneprintingofabook,newspaperetc.confirm;agreetoWordstudyInreadingonewelearnedZhouYang’sfirstassignmentatthework.Todaylet’sgoonlearninganotherexperienceabouthim“Gettingthe‘scoop’”.WarmingUpSkimmingReadthetextandtrytogetthemainideaofit.Thepassagetellsustheprocessofwritingandprintingforanewspaperarticle.(1)WhatwasZhouYang’sfirsttask?(2)Howshouldhewriteaboutthestory?Towritehisstory.Hewouldhavetobeaccurateandconcise.Scanning

aneditorfromhisdepartment

copy-editor

nativespeaker

chiefeditor

newsdeskeditor(3)Howmanypeoplereadhisarticlebeforeitwasreadytobeprocessedintofilmnegative?Whoarethey?Readthepassageandfinishthechartforthewritingandprintingprocessforanarticle.2.Youdosomeresearchtoseeifthestoryistrueornot.←

→1.Yougotoaninterviewtogettheinformationforyourstory.4.Yougivethearticletoasenioreditortocheck.3.Youbegintowritethestoryusingthenotesfromtheinterview.↓5.ThearticleisgiventoanativespeakertochecktheuseofEnglishandpolishthestyle.7.Allthestoriesandphotosaresetandthecolornegativesfortheprintingaremadeready.8.Thefirsteditionofthenewspaperisprinted.

→↓←6.Thearticleischecked/approvedbythechiefeditor.1.Yougotoaninterviewto_________________foryourstory.2.You________________toseeifthestoryistrueornot.3.Youbegintowritethestoryusing________fromtheinterview.4.Yougivethearticletothecopy-editorto_______.gettheinformationdosomeresearchthenotesdesign5.Thearticleisgiventoanativespeakerto________________.7.Allthestoriesandphotosaresetand_______________fortheprintingaremadeready.8.Thefirsteditionofthenewspaperismade.6.Thearticleis_________________bythechiefeditor.

polishthestylechecked/approvedcolournegativesPairwork

Asareporter,whodoyouwanttointerview?Makeanappointmentwithhimorher.Thefollowingphrasesmayhelpyou.Shallwemakeanappointment?How/Whatabout…?Whenareyoufree?Whendoyouthinkisconvenientforyou?Isitpossibleto…?Ishallbebusyat…and…butIcanbefreeat…Whereisthebestplace?Maybewecanmeetat…Whatif…?I’mnotsure.I’llhavetocheckmyschedule.Perhapswecould…LanguagepointsFindoutthefollowingexpressionsinthepassage:aheadofsettosth.passsth.ontosb.behappywithlastofallbeprocessedintomakeappointments在……前面開始,著手做某事把……傳給某人對……感到滿意最后；最終約會被轉(zhuǎn)化成1.aheadof在……之前；超過；先于；勝過Weneeditinthiseditiontobeaheadoftheothernewspapers.我們這一版就要用,這樣我們就搶在其他報紙的前面了。You’llhavetokeepworkinghardtostayaheadoftheothers.你必須繼續(xù)努力工作,才能保持領(lǐng)先于他人的位置.Twopeoplewereaheadofus,andtravellingfast.有兩個人在我們前面,走得很快?！就卣埂縤nadvance=aheadoftime=aheadofschedule事先；提前2.Hesettowork.他著手準備報道。【拓展】getdownto和setto一樣表示“開始做某事”,to是介詞。setouttodosth.開始做某事set/goaboutdoingsth.開始做某事【即學(xué)即練】1.一到家,我就著手準備晚飯了。

Onarrivinghome,I_____________________.2.一得到批準,他們立刻開工。

Theywill________________assoonasitisapproved.settopreparingsuppersettotheprojectsetup組建;搭起;豎起setabout開始;著手setapart留出setaside留出;不顧;置于一旁；略去setdown=writedown放下;寫下setout=setoff開始做;著手做某事;動身出發(fā)【辨析】【即學(xué)即練】用set短語完成句子1.—Whattheteachersaidatthemeetingisofgreatimportance.—That’strue.Ithasallbeen_______inmynotebook.2.Youmust______rightnowifyoudon’twanttobelatefortheconcert.3.Itisabout20yearssincetheorganizationwas______.4.—Haveyoufinishedyourwork?—Notyet,I______doingitjustafewminutesago.

5.Wheneverythingisready,doctors______toperformtheoperation.6.Mrs.Smith______twohourseverySundayafternoontospendwithherson.Keys:1.setdown2.setout/off3.setup4.setabout5.setout6.setaside3.senioradj.

年長的;高年級的;高級的

n.較年長者;前輩;資深人士;【美】(大學(xué))四年級生;【英】(大學(xué))高年級生Thefirstpersonwhosawhisarticlewasasenioreditorfromhisdepartment.第一個看到他的文章的人是他部門里的一位編審。Heisaseniormemberofthecommittee.

他是委員會中的資深委員。Bobistwoyearsseniortome.鮑伯比我大兩歲?！就卣埂縝eseniorto…

比……年長to為介詞類似的詞還有:bejuniorto…比……年輕besuperiorto…比……優(yōu)（好、高）beinferiorto…比……差（劣、低）注意：本身都是比較級形式,無須再添加more或-er；這四個詞用于比較級中不與than連用,而與to連用。【即學(xué)即練】AA1.(2012·周口高二檢測）Thisisajuniorschool.Youshouldgotoaseniorschool______girlsofyourage.A.forB.aboutC.fromD.to2.Thisnewmachineistechnicallyfar______totheprevioustype.A.superiorB.juniorC.seniorD.better4.Lastofall,thechiefeditorreaditandapprovedit.最后主編審讀了這篇稿子，并且批準發(fā)表了。1)chiefadj.最重要的,主要的,最高權(quán)威的，首席的【辨析】chief,principal,major,leading和primarychief“主要的，首要的”。指人時表示“地位高、權(quán)力大”，指物時表示“重要”。principal“首要的，主要的”。正式用語。由于某種重要性而具有首要的地位。major“主要的，首要的”。指與他物相對比時突出顯赫的地位。leading

側(cè)重指具有影響力或凝聚力。從而有主導(dǎo)和引導(dǎo)的作用。primary

通常不用于人。用于物時，指在重要性方面占第一位。

2)approvevt.(1)贊成,同意;贊許(2)批準;認可

vi.

贊成;贊許[(+of)]

Themayorapprovedthenewbuildingplans.市長批準了新建筑計劃。

Myparentsdon’tapproveofmesmokingcigarettes.我的父母不準許我吸煙。Idon’tapproveofsmoking.我不贊成吸煙?！就卣埂縜pprovaln.

贊成、同意、認可

【即學(xué)即練】COnceareporterreceiveshisassignmentfromthechief-editor,hehasto______onhisworkandtrieshisbesttoworkonituntilthechief-editor______it.A.fixhisattention;approvesB.focus;provesofC.concentrate;approvesofD.getdown;approves【達標(biāo)檢測】BC1.Childrenneedmanythings._______,theyneedlove.A.AfterallB.FirstofallC.LastofallD.Atlast2.Experimentafterexperiment,theytriedtoacquirethe_______evidenceand______dataneededtosolvethetechnicalproblem.A.concise;accurateB.precise;conciseC.adequate;accurateD.enough;concrete3.(2012·濰坊高二檢測)

Facedwiththethreatofterrorism,theyhaveagreedto_______theirdifferenceinpoliticsandunitetodefendthenationalsecurity.A.setasideB.setaboutC.setoffD.setup4.Mysonsetout_______questionswhenIsetabout______lessons.A.asking;preparingB.toask;toprepareC.asking;toprepareD.toask;preparing

AD5.Theworkofprofessionalsecretariesisso______thatfewpeopleliketoapplyforit;itdemandsofnotonlyhighworkingefficiencybutalso______availableallthetime.Asaresult,theyare______greatdemand.A.demanding;being;inB.demanded;being;inC.demanding;be;inD.tiring;being;ofA6.ThefiftheditionofNoahWebster’sAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage______sixmonths______thetimepreviouslyset.A.published;aheadofB.waspublished;advancedC.cameout;infrontof