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Unit 4 Making the news. Period 3 Reading II. Exercise in the Workbook. Check the exercises3-4 on Wb Page 63- 64. Ex3. Read this passage about connections between newspapers, radio and TV news. Fill in the blanks. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Period 3 Reading II

Unit 4 Making the news

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Exercise in the Workbook

Check the exercises3-4 on Wb Page 63- 64

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Ex3. Read this passage about connections between newspapers, radio and TV news. Fill in the blanks.acquire experienced employ require

cover concentrate professio

nalRadio and TV stations ______ their news

from the newspapers. So newspapers

have to be very __________ about the

way they _____ their stories.

acquire

professional

cover

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They must __________ on what is import

ant and not be misled by clever wrongdoe

rs. Many __________ reporters know this

and ______ careful techniques to make su

re they get accurate information. It is imp

ortant because the chief editor _______ th

e highest possible standards.

concentrate

employ

experienced

requires

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Ex.4. Read the verbs in the box and use

them to complete the passage.

Alex is my best friend. He is an honest,

but a strange person. One day his

landlord _______ him __ stealing a lot

of money. He thought Alex had ______

accused of

robbed

accuse…of rob…of cure…of warn...of ask...of

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him __ many bags of gold while he was a

sleep. Alex said it was true. He had

_______his landlord to sleep with all his

gold under the bed and decided to ____

him __ this habit.

So he had pretended to steal it. When he

heard this, his landlord became very ang

ry and wanted him to leave his house.

of

cure

of

warned

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But Alex _____ a favor __ him. He

promised to go if his landlord would

put his gold in the bank. His landlord

laughed and agreed. So my friend

returned the bags of gold and his

landlord allowed him to stay in the

house free.

asked of

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Warming up

1. Do you want to get some information

everyday? How can you get the

information?

There are so many ways to get

information, but reading newspapers

is one of the oldest.

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2. Can you guess how complex it is to

make news?

This class we’ll learn a passage about

how to make news. Let’s come to the

passage.

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Read the text and try to get the main

idea of it.

Task 1

The passage tells us the process of writing a

nd printing for a newspaper article.

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Answer the following questions:

1.What was Zhou Yang’s first assignment/

task?

His first task was to write his story.

Task 2

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2. How many people read his article before

it was ready to be processed into film

negative? Who were they? Before it was ready to be processed into film negative, an editor from his department, the copy-editor, the native speaker, the chief editor and the news desk editor read his article.

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Task 3

Work out the writing and printing process of an article. And complete the chart in Ex1 on page 31.

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1. You go to an interview to get the information for your story.

2. You do some research to see if the story is true or not.

3. You begin to write the story using notes from the interview.

4. You give the article to sub-editor to check.

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5. The article is given to a native speaker to check the use of English and improve the style.

6. The last stage the article is checked /approved by the chief editor.

7. All the stories and photos are set and the color negatives for the printing are made ready.

8. The first edition of a news paper is made.

→ →

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Read the passage “Searching for the truth” on Page 65, and make sure the following statements are true or false :

1. When we read about Jia Sixie in our textbook we are reading a primary source.

2. As we watch the news on TV, the person presenting the programme in the studio is the secondary source.

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3. Photographers sometimes are both primary and secondary sources.

4. Knowing the difference of primary and secondary sources can help us decide what is a fact and what is an opinion.

5. Often facts and opinions are mixed in any report.

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Reading task on Page 65 – II main idea Read the passage again and try to find out the main idea of it. ( Students can discuss in groups. )

Main idea: The passage tells us

___ ____ ____ ____and

_____ _____ ______ are and the

________between them.

a secondary source

what a primary source

difference

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Assignment

1. Surf the internet to find more information about making news.

2. Try to retell the passage on Page 30.

3. Prepare for the next class.