1、班级：_ 姓名：_ 小组号：_ 小组评价：_ 教师评价：_Unit 4 Making the news Period 2 ReadingLearning aims: 1. Develop the skill of reading by using different reading strategies. 2. Learn the basic information of making the newsImportant points: 1. Know the information of making the news. 2. Train certain skills of reading,
2、 such as skimming and scanning. Difficult point: Grasp some specific information of making the news.【使用说明及学法指导】1. 自学课本Unit4 (P26)，完成预习案；2. 完成时间25分钟预习案 Previewing CaseTask1. Skimming: What is the main idea of the text?This is about Zhou Yangs _ at the office of a popular English newspaper, and his _
3、with his new boss, Hu Xin.What is the purpose of writing this passage?1. It shows us the skills necessary to become a good_.2. It wants to show how to conduct a good_.Task2. Careful readingRead the text and answer the following questions.1. Where did the conversation happen? _2. What are they talkin
4、g about? _3. What was Zhou Yangs first job at China Daily? _4. When could Zhou Yang go out on a story? _5. What mistakes must he avoid? _6. Why is listening so important? _Task3. Read and fill in the blanks.The skill a journalist neededWe need to be 1_. To 2_ all the information we need to know, we
5、have to ask many different 3_. To be a good reporter, we must have a “4_” for a story. When we find people are not 5_ _ _, we must find out the missing parts of the 6_.The importance of listeningGet 7 _ facts.Stages in researching a storyAsk 8_; Note 9_Check 10_Do 11_How to check factsuse 12_ and as
6、k witnessesHow to deal with accusations of printing liesuse a 13_ _ for the interviewTask4. True or False1. Zhou can go out on a story immediately. ( )2. Zhou took a notebook, a pen, a camera with himself. ( )3. While interviewing, the reporter would just ask the questions prepared before hand. ( )4
7、. The footballer admitted he took the money. ( )5. Zhou is very enthusiastic. ( )6. A reporter should always use a small recorder to relax when necessary. ( ) 7. A good reporter must be patient, careful and well-organized. ( )我的疑惑： 我的收获： 探究案 Exploring Case 探究一 Multiple Choices1. When can a new repor
8、ter cover a story by himself? ( )A. Never can a new reporter cover a story by himself.B. Only after he has seen what an experienced reporter does.C. Not until he is old enough.D. Only when he takes a camera with him.2. When a reporter goes out to cover a story, he needs to ( ).A. be humorous B. be c
9、urious C. talk much D. be rude3. The footballer was thought to be guilty because ( ).A . He usually told liesB. he stopped the reporter publishing an articleC. he took money for not scoringD. he bribed another football team4. Which of the following statements is NOT true? ( )A. A reporter has to lis
10、ten to the detailed factsB. While listening, a reporter should prepare the next question depending on what the person says.C. As a reporter, he should try his best to write down what the interviewees are saying.D. You can use recorders to record what the interviewees say at any time.探究二 Guess the me
11、aning of the following expressions.1. What do I need to remember when I go out to cover a story?_2. A good reporter must have a “nose” for a story._3. This is a trick of the trade._探究三 SummaryZhou Yang will never forget his first assignment 1 _a reporter in China Daily. At the office his talk with h
12、is new boss influenced his life strongly. His boss told him not to go out to cover an event 2 _a professional photographer. During the interviews, he had to listen to a lot of facts in detail 3 _ getting well prepared for the next question based on 4 _the person said. If the person 5 _(interview) ag
13、reed, he should use a recorder to record what the interviewee said. The boss also gave him 6_example of the importance of a recorder. Once a footballer was accused of taking money for 7_(deliberate) not scoring goals. He admitted that someone 8 _(try) to bribe him, but denied taking the money. With the recording, 9_was proved that he was guilty. He was 10_ (anger) and tried to stop it, but failed.训练案：Homework: Find out the difficult words and useful expressions in the text by yourselves.