Unit 4 Making the newsUnit 4 Making the news

Fuel prices rise by 4.5%

Retail gasoline and diesel prices were raised on Sunday, the second increase in two months, in a bid to tame rising domestic fuel demand amid surging crude oil prices on the international market.

sections in a typical newspaper• Local/domestic/national news • International news • Business/finance/economy • Politics • Sports • Weather • Classified ads • Interviews • Entertainment• Arts, culture, literature • Events/movies • …

Types of jobs involved journalsits/reporters

interview people or find out about events from onlookers

photographers

take the pictures and develop the pictures

look up or check the information and write the report

editors

The chief editors: hold a meeting and discuss the main events of the day

Other editors: read the stories and make any necessary changes; write the headlines for each story

picture editors/ designers

decide which photographs are needed for the next day’s story and lay out ( 设计 ) the articles and pictures

printersdeliveryman

3. What does he need to remember when he goes out to cover a story?A good journalist must have a nose. What does this mean?

2. What does he need to take?

1. Can he go out on a story immediately?

5. Why is listening so important?

4. What should he keep in mind?

Read the text quickly and try to answer the following questions:

6. How can he listen carefully while taking notes?

Try to divide the passage into three sections, each of which looks at one duty of a journalist.

Section 1 to __________ in a team

Section 2 how to get an _________ story

Section 3 how to protect a story from __________

work

accurate

accusations

Finish the chart

The purpose of writing the passage

What a new reporter should do on the first day

1 It shows the students the skills necessary to become a good _________.2 It wants to show how to conduct a good _________.

1 The first time he will be sent with an ____________________. 2 There is no need for him to take a________ with him. He will have a professional _____________ with him to take photographs.

reporter

interview

experienced reporter

cameraphotographer

The skills and qualities a reporter needs

How to protect the story from accusations

1 He needs to be _________.2.A good reporter must have a “_____”for a story .3.He has to listen to the ____________.4. if necessary, he can prepare a________ to make sure that he gets all the facts straight.

curious

nose

detailed facts

recorder

1.He must have the___________ to support his story.2.do research to prove he is _______.

evidence

right

Once a footballer was charged with taking money for losing goals on purpose in order to let the other team win. We arranged an interview between the man who should have given money and the footballer who didn’t admit it. Based on our experience, we wrote an article which turned out right finally----he was not innocent.

Paragraph-reading P26

Read the story on page 26 and find out some expressions to replace the following ones in red.

Do you think the passage has a good title? Why?

Match the following idiomatic expressions with the correct explanation

1.trick of the trade

2.get the facts straight

6.get the wrong end of the stick

3.this is how the story goes

4.get a scoop

5.have a “nose” for…

C. clever ways known to experts

E. to present ideas fairly

D. not to understand

an idea properly

A. this is the story

B. to get the story first

F. be able to tell…

Never ______ Zhou Yang forget his first ___________ for his discussion with his new boss, which was to strongly ________ his life as a ________. As a green hand, he can’t go out on a story immediately____he is more __________. First, he should work as an _______to an experienced journalist, after which he can _____ a story and ______ the article himself.There is no _____ for him to take camera although he is interested in photography because a _________ photographer will ______ photographs. However, with so many colleagues ______ to assist him, he can___________on photography later. When ____ out to cover a story, he needs to _______ many things in mind. First, he needs to be ______.

will assignment

influence journalist

until experiencedassistant

cover submit

needprofessional

takeeager

concentrategoing keep

curious

Only ___ he asks many different questions _____ he _____ all the information he needs to know. Then, a good journalist must have a good “_____” for a story, _____ means he must be able to ______ whether people are telling the ______ or not. A good journalist must use _______ to _______ themselves of the missingparts of the story. Here _____ the list of dos and don’ts, among ______listening is very important, because a journalist has to listen for _______ facts and prepare the next question _________ on what the person says in the_________. In order to listen carefully while ______ notes, there is a trick of the ______ that he can use a recorder to get the facts _______ and as the _______ to support his story.

if willacquire

nose

which assesstruth

research inform

comes which

detaileddepending meanwhile

taking

tradestraight evidence

1. I was ______to get back to work as soon as possible.2. Be quiet - let me ___________on my homework.3. It's about time we ________our software.4. How long will it take to ________the necessary skills? 5. We need time to _______ourselves thoroughly of the problem.6. Please ______us of any changes of address. 7. I went to college.__________, all my friends got well-paid jobs.8. He was ________of murder.9. I'm in a ________about this job offer.10. She was an extremely _______poet.11. Your summary should be as clear and _________as possible.

eagerconcentrate

updatedacquire

inform

Meanwhile

accuseddilemma

giftedconcise

inform

delight: give great pleasure to (sb); please greatly

This news will delight his fans all over the world.

to one’s delight/ to the delight of sb

with/ in delight The kids were screaming with delight.

it is a delight to do sth It was a delight to see him so fit and healthy.

I'm delighted by/with/at your success/to hear of your success/that you succeeded.

assist: to help someone to do something (assistance/ assistant )

assist (sb) with/in sth / assist (sb) in doing sth 　

You will be employed to assist in the development of new equipment.

inform:~ sb (of / about sth) to tell sb about sth, especially in an official way

Please inform us of any change of address as soon as possible.

inform sb that :We regret to inform you that your application has been rejected.Keep me informed of any developments.

The course covers all aspects of business and law. (to include or deal with a particular subject or group of things )

They were hoping to cover 40 miles yesterday. (to travel a particular distance )

I'd just returned from covering the Cambodian war. (to report the details of an event for a newspaper or a television or radio programme )

The award should be enough to cover her tuition fees.(if a sum of money covers the cost of something, it is enough to pay for it)

The city covers 25 square miles. (to spread over an area )

(just) in casea) as a way of being safe from something that might happen or might be true　 Take an umbrella, in case it rains.　 He had his camera ready, just in case he saw something that would make a good picture.b) (AME) If: In case I'm late, start without me.

in that case: if that is the situation 　 'He didn't want to talk to Sally.' 'In that case why did he agree to meet her?'

There were 16 cases of damage to vehicles in the area. (an example of a particular situation or of something happening)

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我在回家路上看到路标指着演艺圈如果选择往前走我就必须强壮走着走着莫名其妙冲出来好几只狗我心想我什么时候认养这么多只狗他们咬着苹果手里拿着长镜头好像要对着我诉说什么阴谋会说话的狗他说他是为了狗周刊看能不能拍我多换几根骨头如果伤害我是你的天性那怜悯是我的座右铭 ( 狗狗狗狗 )需要我照亮你回家的路那我会送你们手电筒 ( 狗狗狗狗 )我告诉他们八卦是会过去的新闻是一时的生活是永久的音乐是会留下来的我帮他们写了歌因为我没写过保育动物之类的歌我始终还是我谁都改变不了我虽然我知道很多弓箭手想射下往上爬的我当我到了山顶上头谁都伤不了我这些弓箭手辛苦了你们提笔的手我还是会把你们当朋友因为我知道这是你们大家的工作加油咬着苹果的狗虽然不是我的对手还是可以成为我的狗啦啦啦啦啦oh oh 我不可能再回头啦啦啦啦啦oh oh 我只能一直往前走韩文 rap 为什么我去哪里都会跟着跑这些买卖人的人生的秘密这种压力是不需要的这首歌结束之前我会决定怎么处理从失去我的隐私权到烦恼我的家人被骚扰该结束因为反正你找不到你想找到的东西啦啦啦啦啦oh oh 我不可能再回头啦啦啦啦啦oh oh 我只能一直往前走深怕没有了新闻才学会开车来跟踪别人oh oh 为了什么oh oh 为了骨头偷窥别人的生活自以为侦探看太多柯南oh oh 拍了什么oh oh 什么都没有

Why do you think Jay wrote this song to accuse some reporters of their action?

Further discussion

Honesty comes first!

Honesty is the first policy!3

Songs of Chu on All Sides 　　　　 ( 四面楚歌）

Careful-reading P26-27

( )1. Zhou needs to take a notebook, a pen and a camera.( )2. While interviewing, the reporter would just ask the questions prepared before hand.( )3. Reporters can use recorders to record what the interviewees say at any time.( )4. When a reporter goes out to cover a story, he needs to be curious.( )5. The footballer admitted he took the money . ( )6. Zhou took a course of photography at university.

( )7. Only when Zhou has seen what an experienced reporter does, can he cover a story by himself.

True or false statements:

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FF

F

TF

only if he/she agrees

5

denied

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