1、Unit 4 Making the news 教案1(MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT“Unforgettable”, says new reporter <PART 1>)IntroductionIn this period, after the warming up, students will first be guided to go over expressions for news making. Then they shall be reading MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT “Unforgettable,”says new re

2、porter. They shall go through the following procedures while reading: reading aloud to the recording, reading and underlining, reading to underline the questions, reading and transforming information (open-ended question), reading and understanding difficult sentences, reading to decide on the type

3、of writing and summary of the text and retelling the text in your own words. The period will be closed down by students taking a quiz. ObjectivesTo help students learn to make appointmentsTo help students learn to read a dialogue about being a news reporter To help students better understand “making

4、 news”To help students learn use some important words and expressionsTo help students identify examples of “Inversion” in the textFocusWords: photograph, concentrate, require, accuse, bribe, deny, defend, employ, polish, approveExpressions: concentrate on, accuseof, so as to, defend againstPatterns:

5、 Only when you have seen what he or she does, can you cover a story by yourself.So its actually of special interest to me. Here comes my list of “dos” and “donts”This is a trick of the trade.This is how the story goes.Later we were proved right. AidsMultimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diag

6、rams Procedures1. Warming up Warming up by discussingThink like a reporterHi, everyone. Today we will learn something about making the news. Suppose you work for China Daily, what types of jobs do you choose? What does it involve? Now in pairs discuss them. Give reasons for your choice. Types of job

7、s: What it involvesReporterInterviews people or finds out about events from onlookersPhotographerTakes photographs of important people or eventsEditor Makes sure the writing is clear, concise and accurate; checks factsDesignerLays out the article and photographsPrinter Prints the newspaperWell done!

8、 By the way, have you ever heard “journalist”? Is there any difference between journalist and reporter? Ordinarily speaking, a reporter is a person whose job is to discover information about news events and describe them for a newspaper or magazine or for radio or television. And a journalist is a p

9、erson who writes news stories or articles for a newspaper or magazine or broadcasts them on radio or television. Maybe in Chinese we can understand it better: reporter; journalistreporternews reporter“新聞記者”，特指外出采訪的記者。 journalist“記者”泛指新聞工作者，如報紙的編輯、采訪記者、攝影記者都可以叫journalist。Now lets do with the pre-read

10、ing questions. Warming up by taking about working for a newspaperCommon sense: Yes? No? Your opinions1. Reporter and journalist mean the same.2. Only the chief editor decides on the content of the newspapers.3. A good reporter is usually well educated.4. Only the content of the newspaper is decided

11、on the day, it wont be changed. 5. In covering an event, sped is playing an important role in making the news. Warming up by talking about the term "news" itselfThese days we've got so much topical news: American Election, Yasser Arafat's death. You know, there's an old saying

12、in English-No news is good news. Does that mean if we do hear the news it's supposed to be bad? Everybody has his or her own opinion. However, I don't want to comment on any news here. I'd like to talk about the term "news" itself. So far how many expressions have you known abo

13、ut the news? You might mention "breaking news", "Daily news" . Not enough!) Come on. 2. Pre-reading by going over expressions for news makingbreaking news 突發的消息wonderful news 極好的消息welcome news 可喜的消息topical news 時事新聞thrilling news 令人興奮的消息television news 電視新聞tearful news 悲痛的消息surpr

14、ising news 驚人的消息spread news 傳播消息sore news 使人痛心的消息news agency 通訊社news analyst 評論員news bulletin 公告news communication 新聞廣播news conference 記者招待會news editing 新聞編輯news film 新聞片news flash 最后新聞 簡短的新聞報道news hen （美）女新聞記者news network 新聞網news report 新聞報道news stall (newsstand) 報亭news window 新聞圖片欄 newsboy 報童，送報人n

15、ewscaster 新聞播報員news letter時事通訊newspaper 報紙newspaper campaign新聞戰newsreader 新聞廣播員newsreel新聞影片newswire 新聞專線newsworthy 有新聞價值的 3. Reading Reading aloud to the recordingNow please listen and read aloud to the recording of the text MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT “Unforgettable,” says news reporter. Pay attention

16、 to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence. I will play the tape twice and you shall read aloud twice, too. Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class and writ

17、e a short passage, making use of them as homework.Collocations from MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENTcover a story, no need for, be eager to do, concentrate onbe of special, have a nose for, find out, too much, a trick of the trade, get all your facts straight, accuse sb. of sth, get the wrong end of the sti

18、ck Reading to underline the questions Skim the text and underline the questions that Zhou Yang asks. Notice the way the questions develop.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?What mistakes must I avoid?Why is lis

19、tening so important?How can I listen to answers if I have to write down what he or she is saying?Have you ever had a case where somebody accused your reporters of getting the wrong end of the stick? Reading and transforming information (open-ended question)Discussion：Do you think Zhou Yangs discussi

20、on with Hu Xin will strongly influence his life as a reporter? In what way? Reading and understanding difficult sentencesAs you have read the text times, you can surely tell which sentences are difficult to understand. Now put your questions concerning the difficult points to me. Reading to decide on the type of writing and summary of the textThis is a conversation between Zhou Yang and his boss Hu Xin. Hu Xin gives Zhou Yang some advice on what to do at the be