Unit4MakingthenewsLearningaboutLanguage1.FindtheidiomaticexpressionsinthereadingpassageIdiomaticexpressions

Meaningcoverastorytoreportonanimportanteventtrickofthetradecleverwaysknowntoexpertsgetthefactsstraighttopresentideasfairlygetthewrongendofthesticknottounderstandanideaproperlythisishowthestorygoesthisisthestorygetascooptogetthestoryfirst2.CompletesentenceBusingawordorphrasefromthereadingpassagewhichhastheoppositemeaningtothewordsunderlinedinsentenceA.AByaccidentshebrokethatbeautifulbowl. BShedeliberately

brokethatbeautifulbowl.2.AHedidnotstealthevasesohedidn’tdoanythingwrong.BHedidstealthevasesoheisguilty.3.AShedoesnotgetabsorbedinherstudiesforlong.BShecanconcentrateonherstudiesforalongtime.4.A Thereporterwentoutwithanuntrainedphotographer. B Thereporterwentoutwitha(an)professionalphotographer.5.AChrisisnotinterestedinstartinghisnewjob.BChrisiseagertostarthisnewjob.6.A“Thisroomneedsalightclean,”explainedthehousewife.B“Thisroomneedsathoroughclean,”explainedthehousewife.7.AThelawallowspeopletodefendthemselvesagainstacharge.BThelawdoesnotallowpeopletoaccuse

themselvesofacrime.8.AIdon’tmindlosingthatskillifitisnotuseful.BIdon’tmindacquiringthatskillifitisuseful.AnswerkeysforEx.3onPage28:assistant,photographer,delighted,assist,editor,deadline,colleague,amateur,submitted,published,dilemma,assessed,unusual,Meanwhile,scepticalLeaningaboutLanguageDiscoveringusefulstructures1.Findthreeexamplesofinversioninthereadingpassage.1)NeverwillZhouYangforgethisfirstassignmentattheofficeofapopularEnglishnewspaper.2)NotonlyamIinterestedinphotography,butItookanamateurcourseatuniversitytoupdatemyskills.3)Onlyifyouaskmanydifferentquestionswillyouacquirealltheinformationyouneedtoknow.2.Rewritethesesentenceusingnormalwordorder.1)Ididnotknowhowtousethatrecorder.Neitherdidhe.

NeitherhenorIknewhowtousethatrecorder.2)OnlythendidIbeginmyworkondesigninganewbridge.

Ionlybeganmyworkondesigninganewbridgethen.3)NotonlywasthereaChristmastree,butalsoexcitingpresentsunderit.

TherewasnotonlyaChristmastreebutalsoexcitingpresentsunderit.4)

“Iseverythingreadyyet?”askedHuXintothephotographer.

HuXinaskedthephotographer,“Iseverythingreadyyet?”3.Rewritethesesentencesusinginversion.First,findthephrasetobeginwith.Thenchangethewordorderofthesentence.Usethewordsorphrasesunderlinedtorewritethesesentences.1)YouwillseesomanyseatsonlyatastadiuminBeijing.

OnlyatastadiuminBeijingwillyouseesomanyseats.2)Ihaveseldomseenasituationwhichmademesoangry.

SeldomhaveIseenasituationwhichmademesoangry.3)Youwillbeabletowriteagoodreportonlyafteryouhaveacquiredtheinformationyouneed.

Onlyafteryouhaveacquiredtheinformationyouneedwillyoubeabletowriteagoodreport.4)Hegavealotofpresentstohisfriends,buthehasnevergivenonetome.

Neverhashegivenapresenttomethoughhegavealot(ofpresents)tohisfriends.5)Sheisnotonlygoodatlanguages,butalsoathistoryandgeography.Notonlyisshegoodatlanguage,butsheisalsogoodathistoryandgeography.6)Ihaveneverreadsuchanexcitingreportbefore.NeverbeforehaveI