Ismassmedia100%reliable?Beacriticalnewsreader.批評的，批判性的S2U1ReadingBeacriticalnewsreader!InvertedPyramidinNewsTheinvertedpyramidisthemodelfornewswriting.Itsimplymeansthattheheaviestormostimportantinformationshouldbeatthetop–thebeginning–ofyourstory,andtheleastimportantinformationshouldgoatthebottom.Andasyoumovefromtoptobottom,theinformationpresentedshouldgraduallybecomelessimportant.Newreport1Newreport2HeadlineFirefightersputouttowerblockfireDeadlyfireintowerblockcausesseriousdamageTheleadSentence:(1)_______Sentence:(4)_______DetailedinformationabouttheeventSentences:(2)_______Sentences:(5)_______BackgroundorsupportinginformationSentences:(3)_______Sentences:(6)_______Readthetwonewsreportsandcompletethefollowingtasks.12~6712~67~8Whatarethetwonewsreports?NewsOneNewsTwoFirefightersputouttowerblockfireDeadlyfireintowerblockcausesseriousdamageTimePlaceDeathsandinjuriesRescueeffortsCauseNewsreport1SundaynightHendersonTower(1)___________________________________________(2)_________________________________________________________Newsreport24confirmeddeadanddozensofpeopleinjured(3)_____________________________________Thenumberofdeathcouldreach5Fireenginesandambulancesreachedthescenewithin15minutesAdroppedcigaretteendonacarpetofthe8thfloorn.

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