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Period 3 Reading II

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.

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Period 3 Reading II

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  1. Unit 4 Making the news Period 3 Reading II

  2. Exercise in the Workbook Check the exercises3-4 on Wb Page 63- 64

  3. Ex3. Read this passage about connections between newspapers, radio and TV news. Fill in the blanks. acquire experienced employ requirecover concentrate professional Radio and TV stations ______ their news from the newspapers. So newspapers have to be very __________ about the way they _____ their stories. acquire professional cover

  4. They must __________ on what is important and not be misled by clever wrongdoers. Many __________ reporters know this and ______ careful techniques to make sure they get accurate information. It is important because the chief editor _______ the highest possible standards. concentrate experienced employ requires

  5. Ex.4. Read the verbs in the box and use them to complete the passage. accuse…of rob…of cure…of warn...of ask...of 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

  6. him __ many bags of gold while he was asleep. 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 angry and wanted him to leave his house. of warned cure of

  7. 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

  8. 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 theoldest.

  9. 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.

  10. Task 1 Read the text and try to get the main idea of it. The passage tells us the process of writing and printing for a newspaper article.

  11. Task 2 • Answer the following questions: • What was Zhou Yang’s first assignment/ task? • His first task was to write his story.

  12. 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.

  13. Task 3 Work out the writing and printing process of an article. And complete the chart in Ex1 on page 31.

  14. 2. You do some research to see if the story is true or not. 1. You go to an interview to get the information for your story. 4. You give the article to sub-editor to check. 3. You begin to write the story using notes from the interview. → → ←

  15. 5. The article is given to a native speaker to check the use of English and improve the style. 6. The last stagethe 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. → → ←

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

  17. F 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. T T

  18. 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. what a primary source a secondary source difference

  19. 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.

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