Teaching Objectives
■ To understand the main idea, to scan for needed information and to grasp details.
■To improve the students’ organizing and using skills of English as the second language.
■To help students to understand and master the phrases and sentence patterns.
Unit 4
Making the news
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组卷网
Sep17th President XiJinping visited India.
Sep19th Jack Ma became the richest man in mainland China.
Sep19th The 17th Asian Games in Inchon opened.
Sep20th Wang and Xie fell in love, again.
Sep20th IPhone6 was available on market.
Sep21th Tennis player LiNa announced her retirement.
How can we get information in time?
Media?
newspaper
Internet
radio
magazine
TV programmes
“Unforgettable,” says new journalist
My First Work Assignment
Skimming
Underline all the questions asked by ZhouYang.
Q1
Q2
Q3
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?
Q4

Q5

Q6

Q7
What should I keep in mind?
Why is listening so important?
How can I listen carefully while taking notes?
Have you ever had a case where someone accused your journalists of getting the wrong end of the stick ?
Scanning
1. What does the reading passage mainly talk about?
The necessary skills to become a good__________
and how to conduct a good_________.
what you should do when covering a story
a case where journalists were accused
working with colleagues
Section 2
Section 3
Section 1
(line1—line 15)
(line 16---line 29)
(line 30---line 41)
Scanning
2. Divide the text into three sections according to the duties of a journalist.
Scanning
1. What does the reading passage mainly talk about?
The necessary skills to become a good__________
and how to conduct a good_________.
journalist
interview
what you should do when covering a story
a case where journalists were accused
working with colleagues
Section 2
Section 3
Section 1
(line1—line 15)
(line 16---line 29)
(line 30---line 41)
Scanning
2. Divide the text into three sections according to the duties of a journalist.
1.When can a new reporter cover a story by himself? A. Not until he is old enough . B. Only when he takes a camera with him.
C. Only after he has seen what an experienced reporter does.
D. Never can a reporter cover a story by himself.
Section 1
Zhou has to ask his colleagues to assist him.
His colleagues are willing to help him.
Detailed reading
2. True of false.
3. What do a new journalist need to take?
3. What do a new journalist need to take?
There is no need for him to take a camera
with him. He will have a professional
photographer with him to take photographs.
Detailed reading
Section 1
Notebooks, pens, laptops, recorders…
Detailed reading
Section 2

What to remember when covering a story.
1) A good reporter needs to be_________.
2) A good reporter must have a “______” for a story.
curious
nose
What to keep in mind.
Don’ts: don’t miss________ ,don’t be_____, don’t _____ too much.
Dos: listen to the ___________carefully.
deadline
rude
talk
interviewee
The importance of listening.
Find out ________ ______ and prepare the next question ___________ ____ listening.
detailed
facts
depending
on
How to listen.
If the interviewee agrees, he can use a_________ to get the facts straight.
recorder
Detailed reading
Section 3
This is how the story goes. A footballer was _______ ____taking money for__________ not scoring goals____ ____ ____ let the other team win. We interviewed him, who ______
______ money but we were__________ .We guessed that he was not telling the truth from the footballer’s body language. So we wrote an article suggesting he was________ . He tried to stop us__________ it but later we were________ right.
accused
of
deliberately
as
so
to
denied
taking
sceptical
guilty
proved
publishing
Choose the best one to explain the underlined parts.
What do I need to remember when I go out
to cover a story.
A. tell a story B. write story
C. send a story D. report a story
报道新闻
Detailed reading
2. This is a trick of the trade.
something used to trade
something cheating somebody
C. something used to hide secrets
D. something helping you do the job in a
professional way
行业诀窍
3. A good journalist must have a good “nose”
for a story.
A. know what has happened.
B. be able to discover the whole truth by doing
research.
C. be able to “smell” the truth when somebody
is telling part of it.
D. B and C
有一个对新闻敏感的 “嗅觉”
Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one.
Detailed reading
4.To make sure that the story is accurate, we sometimes use small recorders with the permission of interviewees.
If the interviewee agrees, you can use a recorder to get the facts straight.
5.Have you ever had a case where someone accused your journalists of getting the wrong end of the stick?
Translate the sentence into Chinese.
你有没有过这样的情况：别人控告你的记者，说他的报道失实？
A role play
Suppose you are Zhou Yang, a reporter, are interviewing your new boss, Hu Xin. With the help of the following questions, make a dialogue.
1.Can I go out on a story immediately?
2.What do I need to take with me?
3.What do I need to remember when I go out to cover a story?
4.What should I keep in mind?
5.Why is listening so important?
6.How can I listen carefully while taking notes?
7. Have you ever had a case where someone accused your journalists of getting the wrong end of the stick?
Assignment
Write a short composition:
How to be a good reporter
Thanks a lot!
What else?
Enthusiastic
a good journalist
Experienced
Teamwork/
co-operative
Curious/have a good “nose” for a story
Listen to the interviewee carefully
Prepare a recorder to get the facts straight
Get a scoop
Ask good questions