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Unit4Makingthenews

LearningObjectivesOfTheUnit

LISTENING

ANewsWeekActivityisrecommended.

READING

ThroughreadingMyFirstWorkAssignment,GettingTheScoopandSearchForTheTruth,getacquaintedwiththebestqualitiesofgoodjournalists,thebasicproceduresofmakingnewsandthefunctionsofnewsmedia.

SPEAKING

Apartfromparticipatingintheclasstoimproveyourexpressionsaroundthistopic,SpeakingTaskonpage31isalsorecommended.

WRITING

Writeanewsstory,oreventnews.

EXAM-ORIENTED

/TEST-TAKINGSKILLS

ConcludethegrammaritemofInversion.

ExpandthevocabularyofTermsinEnglishNewspapers.

Acquiremasteryofnewsreading.

TimeAllotment

Period1Warming-up&BackgroundInformation

Period2Vocabulary

Period3-5Reading（1-3）

Period6LanguageFocus（StructuresfromthetextsandGrammar）

Period7Integratingskills（Reading&Writing）

Period8Revision

PeriodIWarming-up&BackgroundInformation

Howdowegetthenews?

Doyourememberyourfirstnewspaper?

Whataretheadvantagesofnewspapersoverothermeansofnewsmedia?

Newsmedia

Thenewsmediaarethoseelementsofthemassmediathatfocusondeliveringnewstothegeneralpublicoratargetpublic.Theseincludeprintmedia（newspapers,newsmagazines）,broadcastnews（radioandtelevision）,andmorerecentlytheInternet（onlinenewspapers,newsblogs,etc.）.

Thehistoryofnewspaperscandatebacksomefivecenturiesago.InRenaissanceEuropehandwrittennewsletterswerepassedamongmerchants,bringinginformationabouteverythingfromwarsandeconomicconditionstosocialcustomsandhumaninterest.ThefirstprintednewspaperappearedinGermanyinthelate1400'sintheformofnewspamphlets.

IntheEnglish-speakingworld,theearliestformofnewspapersiscorantos,smallnewspamphletsproducedonlywhensomeimportanteventshappened.ThefirsttruenewspaperinEnglishwastheLondonGazetteof1666.Foragenerationitwastheonlyofficiallyapprovednewspaper.

InAmericathefirstnewspaperappearedinBostonin1690,entitledPublickOccurrences.Publishedwithoutauthority,itwasimmediatelystopped,itspublisherarrested,andallcopiesweredestroyed.ThefirstsuccessfulnewspaperwastheBostonNews-Letter,begunbypostmasterJohnCampbellin1704.Althoughitwashelpedbythecolonialgovernment,notmanypeopleboughtit.

ChinahasitsownEnglishlanguagenewspaper,ChinaDaily,whichispublishedinBeijing.ItappearsfromMondaytoSaturdaywithaSundayeditionofBusinessWeeklyeachweek.Ithasalltheusualsectionsofanewspaper,includingHomeNews--newsaboutChina,InternationalNews,newsfromabroad,BusinessNews,TravelNewsandSportsNews.

Thereareplentyofpictures,andaweatherreporteveryday.Therearereportsonnewplays,movies,books,newrestaurantsandsoon.Therearealsolongerarticlesaboutbusinesses,orpeople'withinterestingjobs,oraboutdifferentareasofChina.EverySaturdaythereisasectionaboutthingstodoattheweekendandtheTVprogrammesinthecomingweek.

ChinaDailyhasplentyofadvertisements,whichhelptocutthecostsofmakingthenewspaper.Thereareadvertisementsforcomputercompanies,businesses,hotels,airlines,travelcompanies,jobsandsoon.

Anotherfunnewspapertorefertois21stCenturywithitsvastrangeofinformationaimedmainlyatstudentsatalllevelsanditse-editionatPleasedocheckandseeif

itmeetsyourneed!

MainstreamnewsmediaintheUKandUSA

MajornewspapersintheUnitedStates

a:

NewYorkTimes

b:

LosAngelesTimes

c:

USAToday

d:

TheWallStreetJournal

e:

WashingtonPost

f:

TheDallasMorningNews

MajornewspapersintheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIsland.

a:

TheTimes

b.TheFinancialTimes

c.TheGuardian

d.TheDailyTelegraph

e.TheObserver

f.TheSun

Websiteforfurtherreferencehttp:

//www.world-

DailyHomework

ExtensiveReading

Howdoyousay:

①…不是什么新鲜事②必须维持住和某人（方）的良好关系

UKhackingscandaldoesirreparabledamagetopublictrust

BEIJING—ThephonehackingscandaloftheNewsoftheWorldnewspaperhasseriouslyunderminedcredibilityofthemediaandpublicfaithinthem.MorealarmingaretheunusualconnectionsbetweenBritishpoliticiansandmediabarons,particularlyRupertMurdoch.

Massmediaareconsideredasanindependentforcethatservespublicinterest.However,thescandalhasshownthatcertainmediaoutletsaredoingtheopposite.

Forlongandbyfairmeansorfoul,tabloidslikemediatycoonMurdoch'sdeceasedNewsoftheWorldhavebeenexploitingeverypossiblenewscluetomaketheirstoriesmoreinterestingtothepublic.Theyhaveunscrupulouslyviolatedcivilrightsandprivacytoretaincirculationandlucrativemarketshare.

IntheworldofBritishmedia,theillegalpracticesofbribingpolice,hi