From where can we get information?

News Media

List some newspapers at home and abroad.

• How many sections are there in a newspaper?

• Local news International news

• Business Entertainment• Advertisement …

• How many different jobs do newspapers have?

• reporter editor designer• painter printer photographer • critic…

reporter/journalist

photographer

editor

printer

What different kinds of jobs do they do ?

jobs

reporter

editor

designer

printer

photographer

Interviews people or finds out about events from onlookers

Takes photographs of important people or events

Prints the newspaper

Makes sure the writing is clear, concise and accurate; checks facts

Lays out the articles and photographs

My First Work Assignment “Unforgettable,” says new

journalist

ReadingReading

Fast reading• Where did the conversation happen?• At the office of a popular English newspaper.• Who were talking?• Zhou Yang and his new boss Hu Xin.• What does the reading passage mainly talk

about? • This is about Zhou Yang’s first assignment

at the office of a popular English newspaper and his discussion with his new boss, Hu Xin.

True or False• As a freshman, you can go out on a story

right away.• You have to take a camera with you all

the time.• To be curious is very important to a

reporter.• In order to be a successful reporter we

should be able to judge whether the information is true or not.

• Listening is more important than asking questions.

• There’s no need to take notes if we have a recorder.

Questions•What should a new reporter do

as a green hand?

•What does a news reporter need to remember when going to cover a story?

•What’s the purpose of writing the passage?

Things a reporter need to keep in mind when going to cover a

story• Dos• to be curious• ask questions• learn to listen• have a nose for

a story• take notes (with

a recorder if possible)

• do research

• Don’ts• Don’t miss

deadline• Don’t be rude• Don’t talk too

much

• What’s he purpose of writing the passage?

1) It shows us the skills necessary to become a good reporter.

2) It wants to show how to conduct a good interview.

cover a story

have a “nose” for a story

This is a trick of the trade

get the facts straight

get the wrong end of the stick

This is how the story goes

a real “scoop”

to make sure that the story is accurate

not to understand properly

To report on an important event

this is the story

a piece of hot news

clever ways known to experts

be able to tell whether it is a true story

idiomatic expressions

认清事实

完全误解，弄错

采访，报道

事情的经过就是这样的独家新闻

对……有敏锐的“嗅 / 直觉”

这就是行业的诀窍

Imply what qualities Zhou Yang has according to the conversation.Can I go out on a story immediately?What do I need to remember when I go out to cover a story?

What mistakes must I avoid?Perhaps I too will get a scoop.

He is very enthusiastic, modest, eager to learn.

He has high expectations for the job.

Implication

Summary To the reporters, it’s __________ for

them to take a camera because they have ____________________ with them. The reporters should be ______ and they must have a ____ for a story.They know how to ______ the information they need. While interviewing, they won’t _______, they won’t ____________ themselves, and they __________________ carefully. They will listen to the _______ facts and ask new questions. This is a trick of the ____, that is, with the permission of the interviewer, they would use _________ which could keep the evidence to help ______ their story.

unnecessaryprofessional photographerscurious

noseacquire

be rudetalk too much

listen to the answersdetailed

a recorder support

trade

Reporters’ Duties• A reporter’s duties are:• 1) _______________________• 2) _______________________• 3) _______________________

Discussion

•In your opinion, what are the responsibilities of mass media?

to work in a teamhow to get an accurate story

how to protect a story from accusations

•A scoop is an exciting or important news story that one news organization publishes or broadcasts before anyone else.

Skimming• What was Zhou Yang’s first task?• His first task was to write a famous film sta

r story.• How many people read his article before it

was ready to be processed into the film negative? Who were they?

• Five people. They are a senior editor ( 编审 ) from his department, the copy-editor ( 技术编辑 ), the native speaker, the chief editor ( 主编 ) and the news desk editor ( 新闻文字编辑 ).

• What’s the main idea of the text?• It introduces the process of writing

and printing for a newspaper article.

• The writing and printing process of an article.The article is given to a native speaker to check the use of English and

improve the style.

The article is checked/ approved

by the chief editor.

The first edition of the newspaper

is printed.

All the stories and photos are set and the color negatives for the

printing are made ready.

You go to an interview to get the information

for your story.

You do some research to see if the story is

true or not.

You begin to write the story using notes from

the interview.

You give the article to a senior editor to check and a copy-

editor to do editing.

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2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

7.

8.

新闻报道的要素1. 新闻素材往往来自采访、阅读和观察。2. 提供事件发生的事实，而不是观点。3. 侧重说明事件的人物、时间、地点、过程

及起因。4. 标题引人注目。5. 用导语开篇，以概括报道的主要内容。6. 正文补充细节详情，最重要的内容放在最

前面，次重要的内容放在后面。

新闻报道1. 确定标题。2. 主题段点出五要素：人物、事件、时 间、地点和起因。3. 正文以重要程度为序，提供更详细的 报道。

• ZHENGZHOU — Ten people, including eight preschoolers, were injured after a schoolbus crashed into a truck in Central China’s Henan province Tuesday, according to local publicity officials.

• The accident occurred at about 3:30 pm on a section of the No 106 national highway that goes through Puyang county, sources with the Puyang publicity department said.

• A schoolbus from the Little Harvard Kindergarten in the township of Bagongqiao was carrying 15 children, a teacher and a driver when it ran into the truck. Four children were seriously injured, while the teacher, the driver and four other children suffered minor wounds, according to the sources.

• Local firefighters rushed to the site immediately after the accident. The bus was seriously damaged, according to the firefighters.

• The driver of the bus has been detained for questioning.

8 children injured in schoolbus crash in C China

• The driver of the bus has been detained for questioning.• An initial investigation showed that wet and slippery ro

ads might have caused the accident. Several parts of Henan province have been hit by rain and snow since Monday. Puyang county, where the accident took place, was battered by small bursts of hail and snow on Tuesday.

• The accident came shortly after a schoolbus collision that killed 19 preschoolers sparked a nationwide outcry over school transportation safety.

• A nine-seat minivan that was being used as a bus crashed head-on with a truck two weeks ago in Northwest China’s Gansu province, killing 21 people, including 19 preschoolers. The mini-van was overloaded with 64 people when the accident happened.

Listening & speaking P31

• Why does Zhou Yang want to interview Liu Ming?

• He wants to interview him about his decision to go abroad and work.

• What are his fans worried about?• His fans are worried that they will not see

him in the flesh.• When is Liu Ming going to talk to Zhou

Yang?• Liu Ming will talk to Zhou Yang tomorrow

at 12 o’clock.• What is Liu Ming’s intention at the

moment?• Liu Ming’s intention is to learn more

about tennis and return to China.

Workbook (P66) Ex. 3

Fill in the report form

Report Form Name of officer: Li Da Date:

12/05/2008

What happened? Where was it?

Who started it?

Beijing, China

Fight broke out between fans supporting the two teamsWhen the police arrived it was impossible to tell.There was an eyewitness.

Eyewitness account?

Evidence:Fred Smith’s eyewitness account

and his photographs

Fred Smith says he saw the

Turkish supporters throw

bottles at the British

supporters first. Then it

developed into a serious fight

with everyone involved.

Conclusion:

Reason:

Signed:

Fred Smith’s photographs support his idea that the Turkish fans started the fight. Li Da

It was started by the Turkish

supporters. The British fans were

not in the wrong.