Unit 4Making the

newsReading period

reporter/journalist

What are they?

interviews people or finds out events from eye-witnesses and writes news stories

Jobs at newspaperjournalist / reporter

editor critic

photographer designer

foreign correspondentprinter

Pre-reading

If you want to be a good news

journalist, what qualities do you

think you need to have?

1. Higher level of education 2. Work experience3. Good communication skills4. Curiosity, active personality5. Hard-working6. Enthusiasm for the job7. _______________________8. _______________________

Prepared to work long hoursAbility to work in a team

Qualities you have

MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT “Unforgettable,” says new reporter

READING

Fast reading*What does the reading passage mainly talk

about? A. The qualities needed to become a good reporter B. The skills to become a professional photographer C. How to have a good interview D. Being carefully in the new environment E. A and C√

A. The qualities needed to become a good reporter

C. How to have a good interview

What are they talking about?

They are talking about how to become a good reporter, including some necessary skills, some duties and so on.

List all the questions Zhou Yang asked.1.Can I go out on a story immediately?2.What do I need to take with me?3.What do I need to remember when I go out to cover a story?4.What should I keep in mind?5.Why is listening so important?6.How can I listen carefully while taking notes?7.Have you ever had a case where sb accused your journalists of getting the wrong end of stick?

Answer the questions1. Could Zhou Yang go out on a story alone

immediately? Why (not)?

2. What mistakes must be avoided?

3. How did Zhou Yang feel on his first day at work?

4. What is the trick of the trade?

5. Why did the journalists ?

Careful reading:

Answer the questions1. Could Zhou Yang go out on a story alone

immediately? Why (not)? No, not until he is more experienced. Because

there is a lot for him to learn and he must work in a team.

2. What mistakes must be avoided? Missing the deadline, being rude and talking too

much himself.

3. How did Zhou Yang feel on his first day at work?

4. What is the trick of the trade? If the person being interviewed agrees, we

sometimes use a recorder to make sure that we get all our facts straight.

5. Why was the football player angry? Because an article was written which suggested he

was guilty. (be accused of taking money for deliberately not scoring

goals so as to let the other team win.)

Answer the questions

Be excited and eager to go out on a story.

Skills ◆ We need to be _______ . ◆ To _______ all the information we need to know, we have to ask many different _________ .

◆ To be a good reporter, we must have a “____ ” for a story.

◆ When we find people are not ______________ , we must find out the missing parts of the ______ .

curiousacquire

questions

nose

telling the truth

story

How to become a journalist

The importance of listening

Tips Dos ◆ ______ to the answers carefully.

Don’ts ◆ Don’t be _____. ◆ Don’t talk too much ourselves.

rude

Listen

◆.get the detailed facts◆.prepare next questions

What do they mean?1. cover a story2. have a “nose” for a story3. a trick of the trade4. get the fact straight5. get the wrong end of the stick6. how the story goes7. a real “scoop”

The correct explanation1. what do I need to remember when I go out to

cover a story.A. tell a story B. listen to a storyC. send a story D. report a story

2 A good reporter must have a “nose” for a story.A. know what has happened.B. be able to “smell” the truth when somebody is telling

part of it.C. be able to discover the whole truth by doing research.D. B and C

报道新闻

有一个对新闻敏感的 “嗅觉”

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3 This is a trick of the trade.A.something that cheats somebody B.something that helps you do the job in a professional

way. C. something used to hide secrets.4 We sometimes use small recorders to make sure that we get all your facts straight.

A. to make sure that the story is accurateB. to get the facts directlyC. to get the things specially

行业诀窍

直接获得全部真实材料

The correct explanation√

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5. get the wrong end of the stick

6. how the story goes

7. get a scoop

not to understand properly

this is the story

a piece of hot news

The correct explanation

Why is Zhou Yang’s first day unforgettable?

1. Practicing reading aloud the dialogue with your partner. Pay attention to the intonation and stress.

2. Read a newspaper and try to discover something to do with our topic about it.

Assignment

Use at least 6 sentences to describe how to be a good journalist.

Task

1. 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. The footballer admitted he took the money.5. Zhou took a course of photography at middle school.6. Zhou is very enthusiastic.

True or FalseFT

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