1、Unit 4,Reading, speaking and writing,Making the news,Reading and writing,1. Do you want to get some information every day? How can you get the information?,2. Can you guess how complex it is to make news?,Free talk,Nowadays with the development of media, lots of information can be received by people

2、 all over the world soon every day. And people can learn about news at home and abroad by watching TV, listening to radio, surfing the Internet, reading magazines and newspapers etc. Among these media, newspaper is one of the oldest.,edition department task accurate employ polish note chief approve

3、process,j. one printing of a book, newspaper etc.,e. one of several divisions of a government, business, shop etc.,d. piece of work to be done, especially hard work,h. careful and exact; free from error,a. give work to, use for payment,b. improve in behavior, intellectual interests, etc; making refi

4、ned or elegant,c. notice; pay attention to,f. first in rank,g. confirm; agree to,i. series of operations,Match each word with its expression.,Read the text quickly and try to get the main idea of it.,The passage tells us the process of writing and printing for a newspaper article.,How many people re

5、ad his article before it was ready to be processed into film negative? Who are they?,an editor from his department,copy-editor,native speaker,chief editor,news desk editor,Read the passage and finish the chart for the writing and printing process for an article.,1. You go to an interview to get the

6、information for your story,3. You begin to write the story using the notes from the interview.,4. You give the article to the sub-editor to check.,The article is given to a native speaker to check the use of English and improve the style.,The first edition of the newspaper is printed.,The last stage

7、 the article is checked /approved by the chief editor.,Read the passage again and think about the following questions.,What did you think about making news and being a journalist before you read this passage? How about now? Do you think its a easy job to be a reporter? Give your reasons.,Pair work,W

8、hat might the film star have done?,He took money but acted badly in a film.,He lied about getting drunk in a restaurant.,He stole something from a shop and lied about it.,He said some rude remarks about another film star to a journalist.,Sort out your two headings: a large one (the main headline) at

9、 the top and a smaller one under it. Sort out the stages in your story: what the film star did how you found out how the film star reacted when you told him you knew his secret your opinion Write the story. Then swap with a partner to improve your work. Rewrite neatly.,Prepare your article,Sample ar

10、ticle,A Film Star Caught Unexpectedly Did he need money?,There has been a strange thing happening in a downtown shopping area. It is said that a famous film star, Wang Ping, was caught stealing a gold necklace yesterday. He went into a shop and when the jeweler turned his back Wang Ping took the nec

11、klace and left the shop quickly.,The shopkeeper shouted and a crowd of people gathered. The police went to Wang Pings home and questioned him. He denied he had stolen the necklace and told them he had enough money to buy the necklace anyway. He said he had been at a restaurant with his wife. But a r

12、eporter, Li Ming, found this was untrue. So the police are treating this case seriously.,We need it in this edition to be ahead of the other newspapers.,Language Points,ahead of 在 . 前面，先于 Michael keeps a horse that can soon get ahead of most other horses. We are confident that we can reach that goal

13、 ahead of schedule. He is ahead of others in English.,2. asked someone from the International News Department. department (政府, 企業(yè), 商店, 大學等 的)部,司,局, 處, 科, 部門, 系 He was appointed to be in charge of the toy department. He graduated from History Department.,3. He would have to be accurate.,accurate adj.

14、 準確的，精確的 Her careful description enabled us to form an accurate picture of what had happened. His report of the event was accurate in every detail.,accurate, exact, precise, right, true, correct這些形容詞均含“準確的，正確的”之意。 accurate: 指通過謹慎的努力達到符合事實 或?qū)嶋H，側(cè)重不同程度的準確性， 與事實無出入。 exact: 著重在質(zhì)與量方面的準確，語氣比 accurate強。 pre

15、cise: 側(cè)重極端準確，更強調(diào)細節(jié)的精確 無誤。,right: 使用廣泛，可與這些詞中的correct 換用，但常暗示道德、理解、行動 等方面的正確。 true: 暗指絕對準確，尤指復制品與原件 絲毫不差。 correct: 最常用詞，主要指按一定標準或 規(guī)則來衡量，沒有謬誤和差錯或 無缺點錯誤。,1) _ statistics, measurements, and calculations are very important. 2) This is the _ dress for a formal dinner. 3) The _ time is three minutes and th

16、irty-five seconds. 4) Is it _ theyre getting married? 5) Are we going in the _ direction?,Accurate,correct,exact,true,right,Fill in the blank with true, right, exact, correct or accurate.,4. The first person who saw his article was a senior editor senior adj. 年長的, (級別、職位、資格) 較高的, 高年級的(作定語) n.年長者，長輩，

17、上司，大四學生,She was unfit for such a senior position. His father was a senior officer at the bank. This engine is superior in many aspects. He is my senior by two years.,junior adj. 較幼的, 較小的 superior adj. 較高的, 優(yōu)越的, 優(yōu) 良的, 不屈服的,5. by the newspaper to polish the style. polish v. 磨光，擦亮；潤色 I polished my butt

18、ons with a handkerchief. The speaker spent several days polishing her lecture. Would you polish up the article a bit?,6. the chief editor read it and approved it. approve v. 批準，贊成，同意 You can join the class if your parents approve. The professor does not approve the governments foreign policy. Im afr

19、aid your parents wont approve of your going there.,agree, approve這兩個動詞均含“同意、贊同”之意。 agree: 普通用詞，側(cè)重指對某事同其他人 有相同的意見或想法。 approve: 側(cè)重對認為正確或滿意的事表示 贊同或批準。作不及物動詞用時， 常與of連用。,7. All the information was then ready to be processed into film negatives. process vt. 加工，處理 Supermarkets sell many vegetables that hav

20、e been processed. It may take a few weeks for your application to be processed. process n. 過程，進程；步驟,Listening and speaking,If you are a journalist, who is the first one that you want to interview? Why?,Zhao Benshan,Yuan Longping,Li Jiacheng,Liu Xiang,If you have a chance to interview Song Zuying, wh

21、at questions would you like to ask her?,What difficulties might you have interviewing somebody famous? Listen and see how far you were right.,The problems may include: He is too busy. He doesnt want to be interviewed for a newspaper. He is away. He will be away.,This is about a young man who is refu

22、sed an interview with Liu Ming.,Listen again and choose the correct summary.,B. This is about a young man who is trying to arrange an interview with Liu Ming.,C. This is about a young man who wants to ask Liu Ming about how to work abroad.,It only tells half of the story and does not mention his wor

23、ry and concern which is the centre of the story.,It is not correct at all.,B,Listen to Part 1 again and then answer the following questions.,1. Why does Zhou Yang want to interview Liu Ming? 2. When does Liu Ming plan to leave Beijing? 3. What is Liu Ming doing on Wednesday? 4. When does Lily Wong s

24、uggest they meet?,1. Why does Zhou Yang want to interview Liu Ming? 2. When does Liu Ming plan to leave Beijing?,He wants to interview him about his decision to go aboard and work.,At the end of this week.,3.What is Liu Ming doing on Wednesday? 4. When does Lily Wong suggest they meet?,He is going t

25、o talk to some students in the morning; at four he will go to a special party.,At 12 oclock.,Look at the chart below and then listen carefully to Part 2 and fill it in.,Sorry not to see him play in the flesh Watching him play on TV is not the same Afraid he may not come home again.,To learn more abo

26、ut tennis To develop his skills To intend to come back to China.,Making an appointment,Tips for making an appointment,When Where Who What Why Communicational skills: being polite Useful expressions,Useful sentences Im calling to make an appointment with you for next Monday. I wonder if it would be c

27、onvenient to meet you tomorrow. Would it be convenient if I call on you tonight? Could you arrange an appointment with Mr. Green for me? Id like to drop by tomorrow to talk over our plan. I look forward to seeing you at your office on July 18. Can you squeeze in some time for me next week?,Practice

28、in pairs making appointments. You are supposed to be the secretary of an important person. He needs to have his picture taken for a magazine. He would like to have it taken in the afternoon because he must have his hair cut in the morning. The other is the photographer who wants to take the picture

29、in the morning because he/she wont be free in the afternoon.,S1: Hello. Id like to speak to Mr. Smith. Im the photographer ringing him to make an appointment for some photographs for Cool Scene magazine. Is it possible to meet him tomorrow? S2: Hello. Im Mr. Smiths secretary. Im afraid he can only meet you tomorrow afternoon as he has a haircut in the morning. Is that OK? S1: Oh dear! I was hoping he would be free in the morning as I have another appointment then. It should only