1、 Task Reporting on short-sightedness2. Read the instructions on page 26. Make sure that you understand how to listen for current situations. You should know that it is important to identify the problem, the explanation, the reasons and the solutions in the report.Step 1: completing notesYou will lis
2、ten to a TV programme and take notes to report on the current problem of short-sightedness, which is very common among Chinese teenagers today. 1. Make a survey of short-sightedness in class. You may focus on the following points: number of students who wear glasses comparison of the number to the l
3、ast years figure reasons for the problem solutions to the problem2. Listen to the tape and finish Part A on page 26. Tapescript TV Reporter: Here I am in China, investigating a problem that is common among Chinese teenagers today. I am sure that you have noticed an increasing number of eye doctors i
4、n the streets. The reason for this is that the number of Chinese teenagers with short sightedness is increasing. According to the result of a national investigation into students health, the short sightedness rate for Chinese primary school students is twenty-two point eight percent. Among junior hi
5、gh school students the number increases to fifty-five point two percent, and by the time students get to senior high school, seventy point three percent of them need to wear glasses. Figures in other cities show this increase. Lets take Taiyuan in Shanxi Province for example. In two years the number
6、 of junior high school students with short-sightedness in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province increased from sixty-one point three to sixty-four point two percent, and for primary school students, the number increased from twenty-one point five to thirty-two percent. These high figures worry both teachers and
7、doctors. But first, what exactly is short-sightedness? Short-sightedness is caused when the eye is unable to focus on distant objects. This results in an unclear image. Short-sightedness can usually be corrected with glasses or contact lenses, or, in some cases, with laser eye surgery. Contact lense
8、s, which rest on the eye, and laser eye surgery, which changes the eye itself, both involve directly touching the eye. Therefore, it is recommended to wait until adulthood to get contact lenses or to have laser eye surgery because by then the eyes are less likely to change. The question is, why do s
9、o many children in China suffer from this problem? It is a question that I asked Dr Li, an expert on the problem. He said that many schools encouraged students to do a lot of reading as homework, but this is not actually the problem. The problem is that many students read in bed, and very often thei
10、r rooms are not well-lit. He said there is growing concern, among teachers and doctors, at the number of children who are becoming short-sighted. Teachers and doctors think that parents and students need more information on the problem so that they understand how their eyes can be protected. The pro
11、blems is that if the short-sightedness is not discovered and dealt with, then the childrens education can suffer because students usually fall behind with their school work when they cant see things clearly. Besides, being short-sighted also means student are less likely to take part in sports and s
12、o their health is affected in some ways. Now lets talk to another expert on the situation.AnswersA (1) short-sightedness (2) increasing (3) 22.8 (4) 55.2 (5) 70.3 (6) 21.5 (7) 32 (8) 61.3 (9) 64.2 (10) distant (11) image (12) reading (13) bed (14) rooms (15) information (16) protected 3. Read the in
13、structions of Part B on page 27. You will be divided into groups of four and finish the notes by putting the measures under the correct school. You may have a competition.4. Read the instructions in Part B and finish the chart on page 27. You may work in pairs.AnswersBNo. 1 Secondary SchoolNo. 9 Sec
14、ondary Schoolf d a h j5. Listen to the radio announcement in Part C and fill in the missing information in the table.TapescriptAnnouncer: No. 9 Secondary School was recently awarded a prize from the local health authority for the ways in which it is helping to protect students eyesight. Teachers hav
15、e been trained and are looking out for students with eyesight problems. The school has advised students to do eye exercises both at school and at home. He has also introduced adjustable chairs in the library to improve the way that students sit while reading. Less shiny paper has replaced the type o
16、f paper the school has been using so that students eyes wont get tired too easily. Besides these changes, the school has also published a booklet to help parents see how they too can help protect their childrens eyesight. This includes advice that televisions should be at least two meters away from
17、where their children are sitting, and that the light in the room should be on and the TV set should be at or below eye level so that children do not have to look upwards. The booklet also lists signs that suggest a child may have a problem with their eyes. They include rubbing eyes, frequent headach
18、es and falling behind with school work. Well done, No. 9 Secondary School!Answers CNo. 1 Secondary SchoolNo. 9 Secondary Schooli e b jSkills building 2: interviewing someoneThis part aims to help you conduct an interview. You will learn how to structure and organize your interview and questions.1. G
19、o over the instructions on top of page 28. Make sure you understand what each point is about. Make sentences after examples provided. You may discuss and suggest more ways to give self-introduction and to start to ask the questions.2. Listen to an interview and pay attention to the language the inte
20、rviewer and interviewee use. You will notice there are some sentences that have not been covered in this part. Write these sentences on the margin of your book and then use them in your own interview.Step 2: interviewing a doctorThis part is designed to train your speaking skill. By interviewing a d
21、octor, you will apply what you have learnt in Skills building 2 to find out more ways to protect eyesight.1. Discuss solutions to protecting eyesight in groups. List as many solutions as possible.For reference Do eye exercises twice every day. Do not read in bed or without good lighting. Take some e
22、yesight supplements such as Vitamins A, C and E. Examine your eyesight regularly. Have your eyes relaxed once an hour when working on computers or watching TV. Focus your eyes on green trees or grass often for a rest.2. Go through the sentences structures in the left box and the solutions in the rig
23、ht box on page 28. You should understand each suggestion. Then work in pairs. One acts as the doctor and the other as the reporter. When you finish the interview, you should change roles.Possible exampleReporter: Good morning, Dr Zhang. My name is Nancy. First, Id like to thank you for agreeing to t
24、his interview.Doctor: Good morning, Nancy. I am very glad to be here. What would you like to know about?Reporter: According to our recent survey, we found that more students now wear glasses. I am doing this interview to find out some information about protecting eyesight.Doctor: Yes. It is a big pr
25、oblem among students nowadays. We can not ignore the fact that the number of Chinese teenagers with short-sightedness is increasing rapidly.Reporter: What can we do to solve the problem?Doctor: I would recommend that students eyes be tested every year. This is because we need to identify any problem
26、s as early as possible.Reporter: What else would you recommend?Doctor: Apart from this. I suggest that students tell their parents about any problems they are having with seeing words on the blackboard or in other places. Parents should make sure that children are not rubbing their eyes, squinting,
27、frowning or sitting too close to the television.Reporter: Could you tell me some specific things that parents can do at home?Doctor: I strongly recommend that parents make sure that their children do not read in bed. It can do great harm to their eyes. Besides these, make sure that there is enough l
28、ight when children are reading.Reporter; Thank you for your good suggestions. Goodbye.Doctor: Goodbye.Skills building 3: writing a radio scriptIn this part, you will read about how to write a radio script and how to organize information for a report properly.1. Read the instructions at the top of pa
29、ge 29. Try to understand what should be included in script.2. Read the points one by one and make a sentence for each point. In this way, you will know how to write a radio script. For example: who you areThis is (your own name), who will talk about what our school has decided to do in order to prot
30、ect our eyesight the subjectWhat Im going to talk about in this programme is about what should be done at home to protect our eyesight. the openingHi, everyone. It is the news time now. explanation of what the topic isThe topic today is what we can do to protect our eyesight. background information,
31、 including the current situationWe can find that more and more teenagers are wearing or need to wear glasses so that they can see clearly. In our school, the number of students who are short-sighted is also increasing. reference to other sourcesThe reporters of our school radio station have intervie
32、wed a famous eye doctor in No. 1 Peoples Hospital. The doctor has given some advice on how to protect our eyesight. They also have talked with the headmaster of our school to ask what the school will do to solve the problem. recommendationsThe doctor suggests that we shouldThe headmaster says that o
33、ur school will closingThank you for listening to my report.Step 3: writing a report for the school radio stationIn this part, you are required to write a radio script for a programme on short-sightedness for the school radio station. The script is based on the information you have collected in Steps
34、 1 and 2. You are expected to practice the skills you have learnt in the previous Skills building parts.1. Read the instructions in Step 3. So you can learn that you are going to write a report about short-sightedness with the information you gathered in Steps 1 and 2. Review the results you have co
35、llected and the main points you need to include in writing a script.2. Work in groups of four to write an outline. You may refer to the structure of the report you organized in Skills building 3.3. Write a script in small groups. Each member should be responsible for a part of the script.Possible ex
36、ampleReporter: Good morning, everyone. This is David at the school radio station. We are investigating a problemshort-sightedness, which is very common among Chinese teenagers today. We have interviewed a doctor in our city about what parents and students can do to protect students eyesight. The doc
37、tor strongly suggests that every year students eyes should be tested to identify any problems and they should not read in bed with poor lighting as well. Apart from this, weve also made a survey on the measures that take in No. 1 and No. 9 Secondary Schools. They both have taken steps to protect students eyesight such as asking students to look out of the window at regular intervals, changing types of paper and advising them to do eye exercises both at school and at home. I hope our investigation might bring your attention to the problem and be helpful for you. Thank you for listening.
