1、Unit 4 Making the news 第一部分About the topic and the structures单元话题和结构本单元的话题是 Making the news/ 创造新闻，介绍了“新闻”产业的运作过程。单元句法项目是：倒装句。 教学设计在单元课时划分上与课本保持一致，即“阅读课、知识课、运用课三课时/三课型划分” 。但在实际教学过程中，我们建议教师依据学生基础、教学条件、学校安排的因素，对课本、对教学设计重新划分课时、裁剪、拼接使用我们提供的材料，以便“物尽所用” ，达到最佳教学效果。教师也可以参照我们提出的“实际教学过程课时划分建议”进行教学。Period 1Read
2、ing 阅读课Warming Up 部分教师可以选择 Warming up by discussing （Think like a reporter） ，Warming up by reading a piece of news in English 或者Warming up by talking about the term “news“ itself 的导入形式激发背景知识、为其后的阅读作好词语、结构和心理的准备。教师可补充：新闻，是以报纸、电视、广播节目或互联网的形式对最新事件进行的报道和传播。涵盖范围包括地方、全国以及全世界。新闻报道有自己特定的写作格式。大多数新闻都由记者调查和报道，
3、通常经通讯社传播。Pre-reading 以 going over expressions for news making 形式进行读前活动。补充：记者主要在报社、电视台、广播电台、杂志社、通讯社等机构工作。网络出现之后，也有部分记者替网络媒体（网络报）或专业网站工作。许多政府机关、社团内，也有编制内的记者。还有不在固定媒体工作的记者，一般称为自由撰稿或自由记者 ，接受媒体委讬或靠投稿维持生计。记者的表现方式可以分为报导、专题、调查采访、专访、精确报导等等。但记者的稿件、照片、影带等，通常还要经过编辑台的处理。 Reading 是篇对话体记叙文，记叙了“我”在“中国日报”第一份工作的经历。应当
4、引导学生从结构和意义方面读懂课文、摘记要点。补充“记者的路线（Beat） ”：在综合性的媒体当中，记者依照个人背景、专业教育、机运等，会分为下面几种路线，但实际上随媒体的不同，有时候路线可以非常精细。要闻， 政治政党，地方市政，教育科学，司法警政，消费，生活家庭，影剧，娱乐，艺文，体育，经济消息，财经产业，国际，摄影。Period 2Learning about language 知识课Learning about language 第一部分是词法训练，强化学生对本单元重点词汇、短语的掌握和实用；第二部分是句法训练，进一步强化学生对英语“倒装句”的理解和运用。Period 3Using lan
5、guage运用课Using language 重点是围绕“新闻”的“听、说、写” ；“听、说”部分依然是围绕“记者工作”展开，并鼓励学生活用本单元所学词语、结构和话题。实际教学过程课时划分建议Period 1 将 Warming Up、 Pre-reading、Reading 和 Comprehending 整合在一起上一节“阅读课” 。Period 2 将 Learning about language 和 Workbook 中的 USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS、USING STRUCTURES 整合在一起上一节“语言知识课” 。Period 3 将 Using la
6、nguage 设计为一节包括听说读写单项技能或组合技能训练的“综合技能课（一） ”。Period 4 将 Workbook 的 READING AND LISTENING 和 TALKING 整合在一起上一节“听说课” 。Period 5 将 Workbook 的 LISTENING TASK、READING AND WRITING TASK和 SPEAKING TASK 整合为一节“综合技能课（二） ”。第二部分教学资源说明Section 1Background 背景围绕单元话题“创造新闻”我们提供了若干实用性背景材料。这些材料既可以作为教师教学参考材料为教师所用，也可以直接或改写、重组后作
7、为课堂内外的拓展性阅读材料呈现给学生。Section 2 重点针对“阅读课型”中的课文难句，我们提供了详尽的，就句论句Explanation解析的解析和翻译，并且以解析的焦点话题为线索，进行了一定的归纳、辨析和总结，以帮助教师更好地实施“语言形式”的教学。Section 3Vocabulary词汇按照课本单元词汇表顺序，我们重点提供动词、短语搭配的讲解。所提供的例句，经典、地道、实用、易懂，完全可以直接用于教学。第三部分教学测评说明围绕单元词法、句法项目，我们提供了长短不一的“单元教学测评” ，并备有参考答案供教师使用。有些测评题目直接源于历年高考试卷，更具有说服力和实用性。Part 1 Te
8、aching Design第一部分 教学设计Period 1 A sample lesson plan for reading(MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT “Unforgettable,”says new reporter )IntroductionIn this period, after the warming up, students will first be guided to go over expressions for news making. Then they shall be reading MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT “Unf
9、orgettable,”says new reporter. They shall go through the following procedures while reading: reading aloud to the recording, reading and underlining, reading to underline the questions, reading and transforming information (open-ended question), reading and understanding difficult sentences, reading
10、 to decide on the type of writing and summary of the text and retelling the text in your own words. The period will be closed down by students taking a quiz. Objectives To help students learn to make appointments To help students learn to read a dialogue about being a news reporter To help students
11、better understand “making news” To help students learn use some important words and expressions To help students identify examples of “Inversion” in the textFocusWords photograph, concentrate, require, accuse, bribe, deny, defend, employ, polish, note, approveExpressions concentrate on, accuseof, so
12、 as to, defend againstPatterns Only when you have seen what he or she does, can you cover a story by yourself.So its actually of special interest to me. Here comes my list of “dos” and “donts”This is a trick of the trade.This is how the story goes.Later we were proved right. AidsMultimedia facilitie
13、s, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams Procedures1. Warming up Warming up by discussingThink like a reporterHi, everyone. Today we will learn something about making the news. Suppose you work for China Daily, what types of jobs do you choose? What does it involve? Now in pairs discuss them. Give reasons
14、 for your choice. Types of jobs What it involvesReporter Interviews people or finds out about events from onlookersPhotographer Takes photographs of important people or eventsEditor Makes sure the writing is clear, concise and accurate; checks factsDesigner Lays out the article and photographsPrinte
15、r Prints the newspaperWell done! By the way, have you ever heard “journalist”? Is there any difference between journalist and reporter? Ordinarily speaking, a reporter is a person whose job is to discover information about news events and describe them for a newspaper or magazine or for radio or tel
16、evision. And a journalist is a person who writes news stories or articles for a newspaper or magazine or broadcasts them on radio or television. Maybe in Chinese we can understand it better:reporter; journalistreporternews reporter“新闻记者” ，特指外出采访的记者。 journalist“记者”泛指新闻工作者，如报纸的编辑、采访记者、摄影记者都可以叫journali
17、st。Now lets do with the pre-reading questions. Warming up by taking about working for a newspaperCommon sense Yes? No? Your opinions1. Reporter and journalist mean the same.2. Only the chief editor decides on the content of the newspapers.3. A good reporter is usually well educated.4. Only the conte
18、nt of the newspaper is decided on the day, it wont be changed. 5. In covering an event, sped is playing an important role in making the news. Warming up by talking about the term “news“ itselfThese days weve got so much topical news: American Election, Yasser Arafats death. You know, theres an old s
19、aying in English-No news is good news. Does that mean if we do hear the news its supposed to be bad? Everybody has his or her own opinion. However, I dont want to comment on any news here. Id like to talk about the term “news“ itself. So far how many expressions have you known about the news? You mi
20、ght mention “breaking news“, “Daily news“ . Not enough! :) Come on. 2. Pre-reading by going over expressions for news makingbreaking news 突发的消息wonderful news 极好的消息welcome news 可喜的消息topical news 时事新闻thrilling news 令人兴奋的消息television news 电视新闻tearful news 悲痛的消息surprising news 惊人的消息spread news 传播消息sore
21、news 使人痛心的消息news agency 通讯社news analyst 评论员news bulletin 公告news communication 新闻广播news conference 记者招待会news editing 新闻编辑news film 新闻片news flash 最后新闻 简短的新闻报道news hen （美）女新闻记者news network 新闻网news report 新闻报道news stall (newsstand) 报亭news window 新闻图片栏 newsboy 报童，送报人newscaster 新闻播报员news letter 时事通讯newspa
22、per 报纸newspaper campaign 新闻战newsreader 新闻广播员newsreel 新闻影片newswire 新闻专线 newsworthy 有新闻价值的 3. Reading Reading aloud to the recordingNow please listen and read aloud to the recording of the text MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT “Unforgettable,” says news reporter. Pay attention to the pronunciation of each wor
23、d and the pauses within each sentence. I will play the tape twice and you shall read aloud twice, too. Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class and write a short passage, making use of
24、them as homework.Collocations from MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENTcover a story, no need for, be eager to do, concentrate onbe of special, have a nose for, find out too much, a trick of the trade, get all your facts straight, accuse sb. of sth., get the wrong end of the stick Reading to underline the quest
25、ions Skim the text and underline the questions that Zhou Yang asks. Notice the way the questions develop.Can I go out on a story immediately?What do I need to take with me?What do I need to remember when I go out to cover a story?What mistakes must I avoid?Why is listening so important?How can I lis
26、ten to answers if I have to write down what he or she is saying?Have you ever had a case where somebody accused your reporters of getting the wrong end of the stick? Reading and transforming information (open-ended question)Discussion：Do you think Zhou Yangs discussion with Hu Xin will strongly infl
27、uence his life as a reporter? In what way? Reading and understanding difficult sentencesAs you have read the text times, you can surely tell which sentences are difficult to understand. Now put your questions concerning the difficult points to me. Reading to decide on the type of writing and summary
28、 of the textThis is a conversation between Zhou Yang and his boss Hu Xin. HuXin gives Zhou Yang some advice on what to do at the beginning as a reporter, on when to cover a story, on what mistakes he must avoid, on the importance of listening and so on. This conversation leads Zhou Yang to know abou
29、t the qualities a journalists should have, the basic procedure and the thing they should pay attention to.4. Retelling the text in your own words A retold passage of the textThis story happens on the first day when Zhou Yang goes to work for China Daily. Zhou Yang asks his boss some questions such a
30、s when to cover a story, what mistakes he must avoid, why it is important to listen, how he can write down the answers and so on. Hu Xin influenced his life as a reporter.5. Closing down by taking a quizFill in the blank with one word to complete the summary of the text.In the old good days, a repor
31、ter 1 _ often worshipped as “a king 2 _ a crown“ in China by the general public. 3 _ a reporters glory days appear to be over, according 4 _ a recent survey. Holding a reporting 5 _ is considered less desirable, more risky 6 _ unstable, the survey has found. Nearly 80 per 7 _ of reporters surveyed a
32、lso want to change 8 _ profession. Poor salaries are probably 9 _ of the reasons for the lack of interest in reporting 10 _, the survey said. More than 60 11 _ cent of reporters have a monthly salary 12 _ less than 3,000 yuan (US$370).The survey 13 _ the industry is getting younger professionals, 14
33、 _ 25 as the average age of reporters. “Young 15 _ are certainly more energetic 16 _ passionate,“ said Xu Qinyuan, a professor 17 _ Communication University of China. “Instead 18 _ staying in the office 19 _ desk-bound reporters, they are willing to rush 20 _ the scene.“(Keys: 1 was 2 without 3 But
34、4 to 5 job 6 and 7 cent 8 their 9 one 10 jobs11 per 12 of 13 found 14 with 15 reporters 16 and 17 at 18 of 19 as 20 to ) Work out the word and structure questions.1. Only when you have reached 18, _ you drive a car on your own.A: will B: would C: can D: could2. Not only is he eager to learn Chinese,
35、 _ he started going to a night school to study Chinese history.A: and B: but C: so D: as well 3. Only if he is dead, _ you take over his job as a reporter here.A: will B: would C: can D: could 4. If the student _ answers to the point, we sometimes give him more similar questions for consider.A: being questioned B: questioned C: question D: questions 5. Why did he accuse you _ concentrating on the topic?A: with B: at C: by D: of (Keys: CBAAD)
