Unit 4 Making the news
一. 教学目标 (Teaching aims)
1. 能力目标 (Ability aim)
Enable the Ss to recognize the variety of jobs there are in newspapers and what is needed to work in a newspaper office.
Enable the Ss to know what is needed to become a reporter and how to conduct an interview.
2.. 语言目标 (Language aim)
重点词汇和短语
occupation, do research, on one’s own, cover, concentrate on, acquire, accuse…of, so as to, scoop
重点句子
1) Not till you are more experienced!
2) You’ll find your colleagues very eager to assist you and if you are interested in photography, it may be possible for you to concentrate on that later on.
3) Not only am I interested in photography, but I took a course at university, so it’s actually of special interest to me.
4) Only if you ask many questions will you acquire all the information you need to know.
5) We say a good reporter must have a “nose” for a story.
6) This is a trick of the trade.
7) Have you ever had a case where somebody accused your reporters of getting the wrong end of the stick?
8) Perhaps I too will get a scoop!
二. 教学重难点 (Teaching important points)
Know what is needed to become a reporter and how to conduct an interview
三. 教学方法 (Teaching method)
Fast reading; Task-based method & discussion
四. 教学步骤 (Teaching procedure)
Period 1
Step I Lead in.
1. Where can we get the news?
Newspaper, TV, radios, website, magazines, mobile phones, etc
2. What are the advantages of newspaper over other means of news medias?
Step 2 Warming up.
1. Can you tell some jobs in a newspaper company? What are their jobs involves?
Types of jobs What it involves
Reporter/ journalist Interview people or finds out events from onlookers
Photographer Takes photos of important people or events
Editor Makes sure the writing is clear, concise and accurate, check facts
Designer Lays out the articles and photographs
Printer Prints the newspaper
2. Do you know what’s the press of making a newspaper?
The chief editor hold a meetimg.
Journalists interview people and write stories
Photographers take photographs
Photo are quickly developed
Editors check the report.
Editors write the headline
The newspapers are printed.
The newspapers are delivered by train and truck.
Step III Pre-reading
T: Get the students discuss the importance of qualities a good news reporter needs to have. And why?
Step IV Reading
1. Listen to the tape and do the True or False questions.
1) Zhou can go out on a story immediately (F)
2) Zhou took a notebook,a pen,a camera with himself. (T)
3 While interviewing, the reporter would just ask the questions prepared before hand.(F)
4) Zhou took a course of photography at mid-school. (F)
5) Zhou is very enthusiastic. (T)
2. Read the passage and answer the following questions.
1) When can he go out on a story on his own?
2) A good reporter must have a “nose”, what does it mean?
3) What mistakes must he avoid?
4) Why is listening so important?
Step V Divide the dialogue into three parts, and write down the main idea of each section.
Part 1: To work in a team
Part 2: how to get an accurate story
Part 3: how to protect a story from accusation
Period 2. Language points:
1 occupation
(1) job / employment 工作/ 职业
Please state your name , age and occupation
(2) period of time during which a house ,country ,etc, is occupied
They have a five-year occupation of the farm .
他们对该农场有五年的占用期.
2 fill in
Don’t forget to fill in your boarding cards. (填写)
Let me fill you in on what’s been happening in the office over lunch . (向 …提供最新消息)
We have got some time to fill in before the show . Let’s go for a drink .( 消磨( 打发)时间)
Sally’s off sick . Can you fill in for her for a month. (临时替代 )
3 reporter : journalist
an on-the –spot reporter 现场记者
It ‘s reported that … 据报道
report sb 告发某人
report to sb 向某人汇报
4 personality
(1) characteristics and qualities of a person seen as a whole 人格/ 个性
She has a very strong personality .
(2)u/cn distinctive , esp socially attractive ,qualities 特色
We need a person with a lot of personality to organize the party .
(3) cn famous person
A lot of personalities from the film world attended the party .
5 assignment
She was sent abroad on a difficult assignment . (task or duty that is assigned to sb)
The English assignment is a book report . (homework )
assign homework 留家庭作业
be assigned to a new post 被派到新的工作岗位
6 Never will Zhou Yang forget his first …
否定词放在句首,故用倒装把谓语的一部分位于主语之前.类似词有:no / not / never / little / hardly / seldom / scarcely / neither …nor / not only …but also / no sooner …than / hardly…when/ by no means / in no time
他很少去看电影. Seldom does he go to the cinema .
在我一生中还未曾听说或见过这样的事呢 . Never in my life have I heard or seen such a thing .
7 influence
have a good / bad influence on sb / sth 对… 有好/坏的影响
have (no ) real influence over sb /sth 对..有/没有真正的约束力
use one’s influence with sb 利用与某人关系的影响力
under the influence of 在…的影响下
8 go out on a story
on 加名词与come /go / set out 等动词连用可表示目的,表示去做某事
He is leaving for Shanghai on business tomorrow . 他明天要动身去上海出差.
她打算下周去北京旅行. He is go on a visit to Beijing next week .
9 Not on your own .Not till you are more experienced !
= You can’t go on your own ! You can’t go till you are more experienced !
on your own = alone / without help / excellent
I’m all on my own today .
Although her father was in the company ,she got the job on her own .
When it comes to maths , Mary is on her own .
by oneself 独立地/ 单独地
of one’s own 属于某人自己的
10 experience un / cn /vt
Do he has much experience ?
He had many interesting experiences while travelling in Africa .
learn by / from / through experience
a meeting to exchange experience
a man of rich /much experience
be experienced / skilled / expert in / at
11 The first time we’ll send you with an …
the first time , “首先,第一次”带从句表示“某人第一次干某事”,the first time 可引导时间状语,类似，the moment / the second / the last time / immediately / every time / directly 注意：从句中将来的事要用一般现在时 。
The first time , we should make ourselves familiar with the surroundings .
首先,我们应当熟悉一下环境。
The first time I came here ,I couldn’t adapt myself to the climate here .
第一次来这的时候,我不适应这的气候.
I’ll tell him about the matter the moment he comes back .
他一回来我就告诉他这件事.
12 Only when you have seen what he or she does …
Only if you ask many different questions will you …
Only+状语放在句首,主句倒装,修饰名词和代词,句子不用倒装.
Only in this way can you make progress in your English .
只有这样你才能在英语学习上取得进步.
Only when he reached school did he find out that he had left his textbook at home .
直到他到学校时,他才发现把课本落在家.
Only you can find out the truth .
只有你能弄清真相.
13 cover a story by yourself .
He has been sent to cover the conference. (report )
Cover the table with a cloth . ( place sth over or in front of sth )
Our city has a beautiful park covering 1000 mu (have …as a size / take up )
Is that word covered in the dictionary ? (4 include / deal with )
We covered about 30 miles a day . (walk )
Is the money enough to cover the tuition? (afford )
14 You find your colleagues eager to assist …
be eager for /after / about sth …热切/兴奋的情绪
be eager to do sth
be anxious to do sth 焦虑的心情
be anxious about sth
15 concentrate vt---- concentration n concentrated (adj ) 集中的/浓缩的/ 紧张的/
concentrate one’s attention on sth
concentrate on (doing ) sth
concentrate the / one’s mind
concentrate one’s attention on sth
concentrate on (doing ) sth
concentrate the / one’s mind
The threat of going bankrupt is very unpleasant but it certainly concentrates the mind .
即将破产的威胁虽令人极烦恼,但也能逼人开动脑筋.
We should concentrate all our efforts on improving education.我们应集中精力努力改进教育工作.
concentrate on 专心于…
16 …but I took a course
She took a course in philosophy . (n 课程,常与in/on 连用)
Our course was straight to the south . (n 路线/ 方向)
It was one of those ideas that change the course of history . (un 过程/进程)
The first course was soup . (一道菜 )
17 … of special interest to me
① of + 抽象名词 (interest / importance / value / use / help / benefit ) = be + adj
②of + (the same) size / weight / height / length / colour / kind /shape 等
这个会议很重要 .The meeting is of great importance. = The meeting is very important.
18 have a good nose for sth = have an eye for …/ have an ear for .. 有眼光/ 对..感兴趣
She has an ear for music .
A good reporter has a nose for news .
19 avoid : v keep oneself away from sb /sth ; stop sth happening / prevent
avoid ( doing ) sth
learn from past mistakes and avoid future ones (惩前毖后)
avoid one’s company (避免和某人往来)
Such kind of accidents should be avoided .
Though he made a mistake ,he wanted to avoid being punished .
20 Here comes my list of ….
here / there / now / thus / then 等副词放在句首时,句子全部倒装.
There goes the bell .
Now comes your turn .
Here he comes
21 Meanwhile adv = in the meanwhile / in the meantime / at the same time
22.a trick of trade = clever ways known to expert 职业的诀窍
play a trick on sb = make fun of sb / play a joke on sb
23 If the person being interviewed ….
being interviewed是现在分词的被动语态作the person 的后置定语表明先行词the person 所承受的被动动作正在进行.
24. Have you ever had a case where somebody accused your …. case : situation , 句中where= in which 引导定语从句
in case : 连词,接从句 假使/ 免得/ 以防万一,从句用一般现在时表将来
in case of : = if sth happens ,介词短语,接名词或名词短语.假使… / 万一…
in no case : 决不,放在句 首时,倒装
in this / that case : 既然这/那样
in any case : 无论如何,总之
25 accuse
accuse sb of sth 指控某人某事
charge sb with sth 控告某人某事
blame / scold sb for sth 谴责/责备某人某事
26 getting the wrong end of the stick
I had meant to tell you to come here at 3 o’clock ,not at six ,you must get the wrong end of the stick . (弄错/ 误解)
27 This is how the story goes . =This is the story.
28 …deliberately…. Adv
deliberate adj 深思熟虑的/蓄意的/ 不慌不忙的
vt / vi 仔细考虑/ 商议
He is walking deliberately . 他在不慌不忙地走着.
29 so as to 为了../ 目的是
so as to do sth ---- so as not to do sth 不用于句首, 在句中作目的状语
in order to do sth ---- in order not to do sth 用于句首或句末 作目的状语
我们尽早启程以便午前赶到那里.
We started early so as to get there before noon.
We started early in order to get there before noon. = ……so that / in order that we can get there …
30 admit --- admission
admit sb / sth into / to 准许…进入/加入…
admit doing sth / having done
admit sth / that clause 承认…
admit of sth 容许某事物…
31 Later we were proved right .
prove vt show sth is true or certain 证明/ 证实
vi 系动词 turn out (to be) 结果是/ 原来是
prove sth to sb =prove to sb that … 向某人证明某事…
prove sb (to be )+ adj 证明某人是…
prove oneself ( to be ) + adj 证明自己是…
It is proved that … 事实证明…
prove + (to be ) adj / n 结果是/原来是/被证明是…
Period 3 Reading task
Step 1 Read the passage quickly for the first time to find out the main idea of the text and find the answers to the following questions.
1. What was Zhou Yang’s first task?
2.How should he write about the story?
3.How many people read his article before it was ready to be processed into film negative? Who are they?
Step 2. Reread the passage and find out the Writing and Printing process for an article
Period 4 Grammar (倒装句)
Step1.定义：在英语中，主语和谓语的语序通常是主语在前，谓语在后。但有时谓语的全部或者一部分（通常是助动词或情态动词）却提到主语的前面，这种语序叫做“倒装”。
Step 2.Find out the sentences of inversion in the reading text:
1.Never will Zhou Yang forget his first assignment at the office of China Daily.
2. Only when you have seen what he or she does, can you cover a story by yourself.
3. Not only am I interested in photography, but I took a course at university, so it’s actually of special interest to me.
4. Only if you ask many different questions will you acquire all the information you need to know.
Step2 语法精讲。
1.否定词置于句首，句子应进行倒装nor, neither 放句首
Tod can’t swim, neither can I.
用于never, hardly, seldom, scarcely, barely, little, often, at no time, not only, not once, many a time等词开头的句子
Never shall I go there again.
Little did he know who the woman was.
Seldom was he late for class.
用于no sooner --- than ---, hardly--- when和not until的句型中
Hardly had I reached the station when the train left.
No sooner had she gone out than the phone rang.
Not until the teacher came did he finish his homework.
2.用于only放句首，修饰副词、介词短语或状语从句的句 子
Only in this way can you master English well.
Only that time did he do his homework.
Only when he told me did I realize what trouble I was in.
Step 3 Do some exercise
Period 4. Do the exercise in the workbook
Period 5 Do the listening in Best English