Unit 4 Making the news.docx

1、Unit 4 Making the newsLearning Objectives Of The Unit LISTENINGA News Week Activity is recommended.READINGThrough reading My First Work Assignment, Getting The Scoop and Search For The Truth, get acquainted with the best qualities of good journalists, the basic procedures of making news and the func

2、tions of news media.SPEAKINGApart from participating in the class to improve your expressions around this topic, Speaking Task on page 31 is also recommended. WRITINGWrite a news story, or event news. EXAM-ORIENTED/TEST-TAKING SKILLSConclude the grammar item of Inversion. Expand the vocabulary of Te

3、rms in English Newspapers.Acquire mastery of news reading.Time AllotmentPeriod 1 Warming-up & Background InformationPeriod 2 VocabularyPeriod 3-5 Reading (1-3)Period 6 Language Focus (Structures from the texts and Grammar)Period 7 Integrating skills (Reading & Writing)Period 8 RevisionPeriod I Warmi

4、ng-up & Background InformationHow do we get the news?Do you remember your first newspaper?What are the advantages of newspapers over other means of news media?News mediaThe news media are those elements of the mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public or a target public. These i

5、nclude print media (newspapers, newsmagazines), broadcast news (radio and television), and more recently the Internet (online newspapers, news blogs, etc.).The history of newspapers can date back some five centuries ago. In Renaissance Europe handwritten newsletters were passed among merchants, brin

6、ging information about everything from wars and economic conditions to social customs and human interest. The first printed newspaper appeared in Germany in the late 1400s in the form of news pamphlets. In the English-speaking world, the earliest form of newspapers is corantos, small news pamphlets

7、produced only when some important events happened. The first true newspaper in English was the London Gazette of 1666. For a generation it was the only officially approved newspaper.In America the first newspaper appeared in Boston in 1690, entitled Publick Occurrences. Published without authority,

8、it was immediately stopped, its publisher arrested, and all copies were destroyed. The first successful newspaper was the Boston News-Letter, begun by postmaster John Campbell in 1704. Although it was helped by the colonial government, not many people bought it. China has its own English language ne

9、wspaper, China Daily, which is published in Beijing. It appears from Monday to Saturday with a Sunday edition of Business Weekly each week. It has all the usual sections of a newspaper, including Home News - news about China, International News, news from abroad, Business News, Travel News and Sport

10、s News.There are plenty of pictures, and a weather report every day. There are reports on new plays, movies, books, new restaurants and so on. There are also longer articles about businesses, or people with interesting jobs, or about different areas of China. Every Saturday there is a section about

11、things to do at the weekend and the TV programmes in the coming week. China Daily has plenty of advertisements, which help to cut the costs of making the newspaper. There are advertisements for computer companies, businesses, hotels, airlines, travel companies, jobs and so on. Another fun newspaper

12、to refer to is 21st Century with its vast range of information aimed mainly at students at all levels and its e-edition at Please do check and see if it meets your need!Mainstream news media in the UK and USAMajor newspapers in the United Statesa: New York Timesb: Los Angeles Timesc: USA Todayd: The

13、 Wall Street Journale: Washington Postf: The Dallas Morning NewsMajor newspapers in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island.a: The Timesb. The Financial Timesc. The Guardiand. The Daily Telegraphe. The Observerf. The SunWebsite for further reference http:/www.world- Daily HomeworkExt

14、ensive ReadingHow do you say: 不是什么新鲜事 必须维持住和某人（方）的良好关系UK hacking scandal does irreparable damage to public trustBEIJING The phone hacking scandal of the News of the World newspaper has seriously undermined credibility of the media and public faith in them. More alarming are the unusual connections b

15、etween British politicians and media barons, particularly Rupert Murdoch.Mass media are considered as an independent force that serves public interest. However, the scandal has shown that certain media outlets are doing the opposite.For long and by fair means or foul, tabloids like media tycoon Murd

16、ochs deceased News of the World have been exploiting every possible news clue to make their stories more interesting to the public. They have unscrupulously violated civil rights and privacy to retain circulation and lucrative market share.In the world of British media, the illegal practices of bribing police, hi