Unit Two

READING

Behind the Headlines

Step 1 Lead-in

Do you know what they are?Do you know what they are?

1. Which kind of news media do you think is

more convenient and cheaper for us to rea

d?

2. Who write the news we read in these news

papers?

3. How is the news made and written?

Step 2 Words and

Words and Expressions

Expressions

1. headline 2. informed 3. relate … to …4. talented5. switch 6. interviewee 7. interviewer 8. present9. reflect10. truthfully 11. effort 12. passion

大字标题、 [复 ] 头版重要新闻有知识的、见闻广的、了解情况的与…有关、涉及有才能的、天资高的v. 转变、改变； n. 开关、转换器被接见者、被采访者接见者、采访者、进行面试者v. 呈现、介绍； a. 在场的、现在的反射、映出诚实地、说真话地努力、努力的成果激情、热情

13. spiritual 14. fulfilment15. seldom 16. AIDS17. be addicted to 18. social19. ignore20. on all sides 21. tolerate 22. critical23. source24. current affairs

精神（上）的、心灵的满足、履行、实践、完成很少、不常、难得艾滋病沉溺于社会的、社交的不顾、不理、忽视、忽略在各方面、到处忍受、容忍批评（性）的、爱挑剔的、危急的来源、根源、源头时事

Step 3 Pre-reading

The text below is about reporters

and newspapers. Look at the title

and the pictures. Try to guess

which of the following questions

the text will answer.

_____ How does a reporter decide what to write?

_____ How much does a newspaper cost?

_____ Why do people read newspapers?

_____ How do newspapers report what happens?

_____ Where do people read newspapers?

_____ How do newspapers help us understand the

world?

Step 4 Scanning

Scanning

(True or false?)

1. Newspapers and other media simply

record what happen.

2. Chen Ying and Zhu Lin are playing a

role of interviewers in order to get some

information from others.

3. A reporter begins his/her work by

preparing questions and then contacts the

people to be interviewed.

4. An editor’s job is to tell a reporter how to

develop the story, and keep the newspaper

balanced and interesting to readers.

5. As a reporter, his / her basic task is to discuss

his / her articles with the editor, listen to his

comments and suggestions.

6. If a reporter writes about the efforts made to

bring stolen cultural relics back, he / she has to

contact famous museums around the world

and interview the experts in the field.

Step 5 Reading

Answer the following questions

1. Do newspapers and other media simply record

what happens?

2. Who were asked to be interviewed to tell us

more about news and newspapers?

No, they don't.

Chen Ying and Zhu Lin.

Answer the following questions

3. Whom does a reporter have to discuss with

before he / she decides what to write?

4. What is the editor's job?

The editor.

To keep the newspaper balanced and interesting to the readers.

Answer the following questions

5. Is interviewing someone difficult? What must a reporter know?

6. Which article is Chen Ying's favourite one? Is it news or an interesting story?

Yes. A reporter must know how to ask the right question and how to get people to talk about the topic.

The one she wrote about the efforts to bring stolen cultural relics back to China. Both.

Answer the following questions

7. Is the story Zhu Lin like best about famous

people? If not, what is it about and why she

likes it best?

8. If you were a reporter, what would you like to

write about?

No, it isn't. The story Zhu Lin like best is about an ordinary young woman who tries to adapt to her new life after studying abroad.

Answer the following questions

9. What is the basic task for a reporter?

10. What result can TV programmes and printed

articles bring to us?

To report an event truthfully.

They bring us a better understanding of the world on all sides, leading to a future world where people from all countries are respected and different views and opinions are tolerated.

Step 6

Comprehension

Listen to the tape of the text.

1. What’s the basic task for a report?

A. To report events as what

happened.

B. To reflect opinions according to

readers’ tastes.

C. To develop stories as the editors

tell him or her.

D. To draw readers’ attention.

2. The first sentence in the first paragraph means ______.

A. more information was given to us by newspapers and

other media than that simply recorded

B. it takes newspapers and other media more efforts and

time to report what happens than just record what happens

C. what newspapers and other media can give us is much

more than what is simply recorded

D. recording what happens is much easier than using

newspapers and other media

3. According to the passage, the me

dia mentioned are _______.

A. newspapers

B. TV programmes

C. broadcasts

D. Both A abd B

4. What topic is treated in the text?

A. How is the news made and written?

B. How does a reporter decide what to

write?

C. How do newspapers help us understand

the world?

D. Their jobs and how the news we read is

made and written.

5. “Behind the headlines” proves that _____.

A. we can understand the world better by

reading the headlines

B. the headlines must be written by

talented journalists

C. publishing papers needs much and is

worth doing so

D. the headlines must be true

Step 7 Discussion

Discussion

1. If you were a reporter, what would you like to

write about?

2. Famous people are often asked for their opinions

on current affairs. Why do people want to hear

their opinions? Should we listen to them? For

example, if a film or sports star is asked to

comment on a “hot topic”, do their opinions

matter?

After class, read the passage again and

again until you can use the words and

phrases we've learnt in it freely. Besides,

remember to preview the contents we

will learn in the next period.

Step 8 Homework