Unit 2 News Media
Ⅰ.单词
media (medium的复数) reliable face generous burn down rumor headline editor relate switch interview reflect effort spiritual AIDS addict be addicted to suffer from ignore view tolerate critical source retire bore disappoint citizen demonstrate polluter comparison update fire difficulty elect injure informed talented interviewee present unique seldom social affair complete attitude guard arm Ⅱ.词组
1. compare to 2. would rather do 3.relate to 4. rather than get sb to do 6.bring … back to 7. even though
8.adapt to 9。be addicted to 10.draw attention to 11. on all sides 12.comment on 13.current affairs 14.be concerned about 15. be crowded with 16.retire from 17. burn down 18.fall in love with 19. get noticed(被注意) 20. agree with 21.go up 22. for once 23.suffer from 24.look up to 25. change one’s mind Ⅲ.句子
1. Newspapers and other media do more than simply record what happens. Experienced editors and reporters
make informed decision about what events to report, how to report them and why.
2. The two reporters agreed to switch roles for once and be the interviewees rather than the interviewers in order
to let us know about their work and how the news we read is made and written. 3. The editor’s job is to keep the newspaper balanced and interesting to the readers. 4. A reporter begins by contacting the people to be interviewed and then prepares questions. 5. My favorite article is one I wrote about the efforts to bring stolen cultural relics back to China.
6. To write this story, I had to contact famous museums around the world and interview both Chinese and
international experts in the field.
7. Even though I have interviewed famous people, the story I like best is about an ordinary young woman who
tries to adapt to her new life after studying abroad.
8. If you could write any article you want, what would you write about and why?
9. I want to write about people who you seldom read about, for example people who have AIDS or who are
addicted to drugs.
10. We shouldn’t ignore what happens even if it is difficult for people to accept some stories. 11. The media can help solve problems and draw attention to situation where help is needed.
12. The result is 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. 13. More than ninety responsible and caring citizens made their voices heard today.
14. The citizens,all of whom love nature and our planet,demonstrated outside the city,s worst polluter.
15. Brave and strong ,the activists talked to workers outside the factory and left a positive message about
protecting the earth.
16. The peaceful meeting ended when the company sent out a group of angry men armed with sticks to fight with
the citizens. Ⅳ.功能用语
What do you think of…? What’s your opinion?Why do you choose…? I would rather choose… I think we should choose… Maybe it would be better to choose… Ⅴ.语法
学习过去分词做定语的用法
(1)Experienced editors make informed decision about… (2)We ask two of China many talented journalists to tell us…
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(3) The media can draw attention to situations where help is needed. (4) I want to write about people who are addicted to drugs.
(5) people from all countries are respected and different views are tolerated.
Period 1 Listening
Teaching aims:
1. To train the students’ ability of listening and speaking 2. To enable the students to talk about the media. Teaching procedure: Step1.lead-in
1. Ask the students the following questions:
1). What does news mean? 2) How does news affect our daily life? 2. Ask the students to look at the pictures and tell what kind of news media it is. 3. Present some pictures for the students to discuss: Questions:(TB on page 9) Step 2.Discussion
1. Have the Ss brainstorm some vocabulary about the news media. Repoter,journalist,editor,host,headline,highlights,interviewee,interviewer… Step 3.listening 1. Pre-listening
(1) (2)
2. While-listening
(1) (2) (1) (2) 4. Post-listening
Ask the to discuss the following questions:
(1).How and why are the two descriptions of happening different? (2).Which one do you like better? (3).How would you report the event? (4).Ask the Ss to describe Step 4.Language points: 1.The man was fired. 1).fire:dismiss employ/take on The boss fired him for his mistakes. 2).fire:light/burn It is difficult to fire wet twigs（小树枝）。 3).fire: shoot The hunter fired his gun at the tiger. 4).The story fired his imagination. 2.The man faced difficulties. Face:1)The building faces the park. ―How does this house face?‖ It faces (to )the east. 2). We must face our trouble and bear it. Such was the situation we were facing . 3) have some /little/no difficulty in doing without difficulty 3.The man was generous.(generously/generosity.) He is generous with his money. He gave me a generous lunch. It is generous of you to forgive her.
Ask the Ss to listen to the tape for the first time and get the main idea. Ask the Ss to tick the information they hear in each part. What kind of person is Gary?
Why is he no longer working for the company?
Have the Ss brainstorm some words used to describe persons. Have the Ss talk about the pictures using their imagination.
Careful,talkative,funny,noisy,generous,honest,nice,clever,silly,mean,friendly,hard-working,cold,dull…
3. Have the Ss to the tape again and answer the questions:
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Part 2 Speaking
1. Below is a list of ten things that happened today.
本句为倒装句。Below可以看作副词，表示方位，当表示方位的状语或表语位于句首时，句子采用全部倒装的结构。这类做状语或表语的词常见的有：
Away/down/in/off/out/over/up /above/below/here/there/ There goes the bell. The door opened and in came Mr.Smith. Away ran the prisoner. In front of the lecture hall sits a professor.
Written on the blackboard are the names of those who were late yesterday. Sitting in the front are the leaders of our school. 注意：
In he came and the lesson began. Here he comes. 2. Food prices are going up . 1).go up :rise/increase
The temperature has gone up. The goods have gone up in quality, but haven’t gone up in price. 2).The lift went up to the fourth floor.
There is a path going up to thr mountaintop. The boat is going up the river. 3. Someone robbed a bank in Shanghai.
rob sb./a place (of sth.) The thief robbed her of all her money.
She was robbed of her necklace. Thieves robbed the bank of thousands of dollars. 注意：在变为被动语态时，只能说：Sb./A place is robbed of sth. 不能说：Sth is robbed. She told me that her camera was _________. A. missed B. robbed C. lost D. lain
4. A house in your town burned down .Nobody was injured. 烧毁/使烧毁
The wood-shed burnt down in half an hour.
These castles were burnt down (to the ground) by the enemy. Burn down:也可以表示由于燃烧尽而火力渐弱 The fire is burning down, get some more coal please. Burn up:烧尽，烧光 （火，炉等）烧起来，旺起来
He threw the the letter into the stove and it burnt up in a few seconds. Put some wood on the fire and make it burn up.(烧旺) Burn down强调破坏性，burn up强调动作的结果。 injure, wound, hurt, harm, destroy, damage injure：意外伤害或事故造成的伤害
Several children were injured in the car accident. wound：刀、枪、剑伤或战场上受伤。 The soldier got wounded in the battle.
Hurt：精神或肉体上的创伤，伤害，做不及物动词时，意为“疼”，其过去分词不能做定语。
His words hurt me/my feeling. He fell and hurt his legs. My shoes are so tight that my feet hurt. Harm：伤害有生命的东西，常指伤及一个人的健康、权利、事业等
Smoking serouly harmed his health. They had their hearing harmed by the loud noise of machines. Destroy：通过某种有力的或粗暴的手段使之毁灭或无用，一般不能或很难修复，有时也可以用于比喻意义。 The earthquake destroyed the whole city. All his hopes were destroyed by her latter of refusal. Damage：主要指对价值或者功能的破坏，多用于无生命的东西，一般还可以修复。
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Her heart was slightly damaged as a result of the disease. They managed to repair the house that had been damaged. 可构成如下形式：
the wounded 伤员 twenty wounded二十个伤员 the injured （因事故造成的）受伤者 Assignment:
Summary:
Period 2 Behind The Headlines
(一).Aims:
1. The get Ss to something about reporters and newspapers .
2. To enable the Ss to use what have learned to express their opinions . (二).procedures: Step 1 Revision
1. Ask one or two students to report what they wrote.
2. Ask the Ss to revise some patterns about expressing opinions. Step 2 Lead-in
1. Present some pictures to the students and ask the Ss the following questions. (1).In what ways do we know what’s going on in the world ? (2).What part do newspapers play in our daily life ? (3).What is needed to make a newspaper ?
2. Ask the Ss to look at the title and the pictures and try to guess which of the following the text will answer .
（You can choose some of the following below to ask the Ss.） (1).How does a reporter decide what to write ?.
First he/she discusses the article with the editor, then the editor will give his/her suggestions.
Or: First he /she contacts the people to be interviewed and then prepares questions. Then he presents the material in an organized way and make sure that the article reflects events and opinions truthfully. (2). Why do people read newspapers ?.
To get the information about what happens around the world , to know something about the advertisements ,to study English , to make friends and so on. (3).Where do people read newspapers ?.
In the library/in the bookstand/in the telephone booth/in the newspaper railing报栏./ (4).How much does a newspaper cost ? (5).How do newspapers report what happens ? (6).How do newspapers help us understand the world ? 3.Ask the Ss to discuss in pairs and then report their ideas . (三).Reading: Step 3 Fast reading
1. Have the Ss read through the passage quickly and tick out the questions which are answered in the text. 2. Ask the Ss to makes notes about the answers. Step 4 Detailed reading Language points:
1. Newspapers and other media do more than simply record what happens. 1)
more than:不仅仅，不只
Peace is much more than the absence of war。 A library is more than just a place where books are stored。 注意： more than后常用simply 或just以加强语气。
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2. Experienced editors and reporters make informed decisions about what events to report, how to report them and why.
Informed:明智的，有知识的，了解情况的
He is a well-informed man. You should keep us informed whenever you are in trouble. Inform sb. of sth. Inform sb.that /wh… Inform sb. +疑问词+不定式 I informed her mother of her safe arrival.
His letter informed us how and when he was expected to arrive in Beijing. He will inform us where to go.
3. They also make sure that readers can relate to the stories. Relate: vi/vt 和。。。相关 涉及， 把。。。 与。。。联系起来 How on earth do his remarks relate to what we are discussing now? I think we may relate these two accidents to his carelessness. The two men just can’t relate to each other. Related 有关系的，相关的， 亲戚的
relation 关系，亲戚 relative 相关的，关于。。。的； 名词 亲戚
4．The two reporters agreed to switch roles for once and be the interviewees rather than interviewers in order to……
for once=just for once=for this once =this once
For once you are right. Do let me stay up later tonight, Mom—just for this once. once 曾经/一度/一次all at once 突然；同时
once and for all 永远的；一劳永逸的 once in a while 偶尔once more/ once again再一次 once upon a time从前
I will help you once but then you must do it by yourself. We once lived in San Francisco.
Rather than:=not “而不是” 连接并列结构。了解两个主语时，谓语动词的单复数与前一个保持一致。 He rather than you is to blame The colour seems green rather than blue. They were screaming rather than singing. She telephoned rather than wrote. 与其说，倒不如说
He is an artist rather than a philosopher. 宁可。。。也不。。。
I would die with my head high rather than live with knees bent. Rather than go there I’d prefer to stay here on my own.
5.A reporter begins by contacting the people to be interviewed and then prepares questions. Don’t use words, expressions or phrases ___ only to people with specific knowledge.
A. being known B. having been known C. to be known D. known
5. I like the story because it was the first time that I wrote with real passion and …… everyone’s life is unique. It/This /That was the first /second/third/time (that)……
该句式的that 从句中通常用完成时态，在描述过去的事情时，有时用一般过去时.句中的it也可以换成 this 或者 that
This is the fourth time she has rung you in a week. It was the second time that he had been out with her alone. 当主句为将来时时，从句的谓语动词要用现在完成时。
It will be the first time that I haven’t been abroad. This will be the first time that I have visited China. The first time可做从属连词，引起时间状语从句。
The first time (that ) I saw her ,my heart stopped. The first time I went to Beijing ,I visited the Summer Palace. I thought her nice and honest _______ I met her.
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A. first time B. for the first time C. the first time D. by the first time
unique:独特的；唯一的
表示唯一时，不可以跟more /most /very/rather等表示程度的副词连用。 The writer has a unique style. A diamond of this size is unique .
6.I want to write about people who you seldom read about, for example, people who have AIDS or who are addicted to drugs. Addict:使沉迷，使入迷，使心醉 (常用于被动结构be addicted to) Don’t addict yourself to such foolish things. Many students are addicted to computer games.
6. Their stories must be told if we want to solve difficult social problems and help those who suffer from them. Suffer:I受痛苦， 受苦难
The injured man was still suffering.受折磨
His health suffered terribly from heavy drinking.受损 Suffer from:苦于。。。。。，患。。。。。。病
This area used to suffer from floods. She often suffers from headaches. Suffer :vt 遭受，蒙受
The city suffered serous damage from the earthquake. The economy of that country has suffered a great loss.7.
7. We shouldn’t ignore what happens even if it is difficult for people to accept some stories. ignore: vt ignorance /ignorant
He ignored my advice. The driver ignored the traffic light. even if :=even though 不同于though.
Even if I have to sell my house, I will keep my business going. Even if he is poor, she loves him. (as if=as though) He treats me as if I were a stranger.
8. The media can help solve problems and draw attention to situations where help is needed. draw attention to ：对。。。加以注意，把注意离吸引到。。。上来。
Her cry drew our attention to the running car. He drew attention to the rising unemployment. draw one’s attention 中，draw =catch/attract Her sweet voice attracted /caught/drew our attention.
pay attention to 注意 devote attention to专心于 call attention to唤起对。。。的注意 turn attention to 将注意力转向。。。 fix one’s attention on 将注意力集中于。。。 以上短语中to 都是介词，后面不用动词原形
situations后面由 where引导起了定语从句，表示处于某种局面或形势下。 where 引导的定语从句除修饰地点外，也可以修饰situation,case,point等。
I can think of many cases_______ students obviously knew a lot of English words and expressions but couldn’t write a good essay. B.
why B. which C.as D.where countries are respected and different views and opinions are tolerated. Understanding:u.n了解/理解力/共识
He has a clear understanding of the situation. The problem is beyond my understanding. We have reached an understanding with them.
9. The result is a better understanding of the world on all sides,leading to a future world where people from all 6
on all sides=on every side在各方面/到处
On all sides there was great enthusiasm over his speech. On every side we have heard approval of his plan. From all sides 从四面八方 On one’s side 在某人一边 Take sides（ with）偏向。。。一边 Side by side 肩并肩 Leading to :为状语，表示结果
（现在分词做结果状语时表示必然的结果，而不定式作状语表示出乎意料的结果。） 10。Famous people are often interviewed and asked about their opinions on current affairs. Affair :事/事情； （常用复数）事务
I know how to take care of my own affairs. Running a household is a complex affair. He is often busy dealing with the affairs of state.
When he asked how much money I earned, I told him to mind his own affairs. p.s.
(1).relate to—react in response, especially favorably
—have connection, relation or reference with…… In relation to …… (2).for once—for this one time only For once he was telling the truth.
(3).rather than –but not … They agreed to be the interviewees rather than the interviewers. (4).get sb. to do sth A reporter must know how to get people to talk about the topic. (5).P. P. + noun Present the material in an organized way (6).bring sth back to … (7).adapt to …-be used to … (8).with real passion
(9).be addicted to –become compulsively and physiologically dependent on a habit-forming substance . (10).draw attention to –pay attention to (11).lead to
(四) Step 5 Summary
1. Ask the Ss to talk about the notes they make in groups.
2. Ask the Ss to have a role-play in groups of three. One is the reporter, one is Chen Ying ,the other is Zhulin. (1).How do you decide what to write ?
(2).Is it difficult for you to contact the people to be interviewed ? (3).What do you think of the social problems ?
(4).If the government do something wrong, will you give a report about it ? (5).What do you want to write about to write about in future ? (6). What do you think of a reporter’s life ? Step 6 Post-reading
1. Have the Ss imagine what they would like to write about if they are reporters.
2. Ask the Ss whether they will believe in newspapers and then tell them that it is important to be a critical
reader. Have the Ss discuss how they would value the following media messages. 1)
TV advertisements2).TV programmes3).News on the Internet4).Newspaper articles
Step 7. Discussion
1).Famous people are often interviewed and asked about their opinions on current affairs. Why do people draw attention to their opinions? Do their opinions really matter? 2).Ask the Ss to discuss in groups and then report their opinions. Step 8.Assignments
Write a passage about what part newspapers play in our life. Step 9.Summary
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Period 3 Grammar
Aims:
1.To revise the words and phrases of the previous period
2.To learn the grammar item: The past participle as Attributive and Predictive Procedures: Step 1.Revision
1. Ask one or two SS to say sth about newspapers. 2. Have the Ss make sentences using the following phrases.
relate to /for once/rather than/adapt to /be addicted to/ draw attention to/ Step 2.Word study
1.Have the Ss complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. Key:1.was elected 2.were injured 3. was fired 4.switching 5.reflected 6.is related 7. torlerate 8.present 2.Ask the Ss to match the words and the explanations 1).Injure a. to select by vote for an office or for membership 2).Elect b. to cause physical harm; to hurt 3).Fire c. to make a shift or an exchange 4).Switch d. to discharge from a position; dismiss
5).Present e. to offer for observation, or consideration; show or display 6).Tolerate f. to establish or demonstrate a connection between 7).Reflect h. to give back a likeness
8).Relate g. to allow without prohibiting or opposing; permit key: 1b 2a 3d 4c 5e 6h 7g 8f
2.Ask the Ss to classify the words into three groups.
Positive: reliable informed experienced talented Neutral: current printed balanced Negative: critical nosy addicted careless social Step 3 Grammar
1. Present the following sentences to the Ss. 1).The cup is broken . 2).So it’s a ___ cup. Then explain:
The P.P in the first sentence is used as predicative The P.P. in the second sentence is used as Attributive. 2. Present more sentences for the Ss to analyze: 1).This river is polluted./This is a polluted river.
2).The expert became experienced./He is an experienced expert.
3. Ask the Ss to read the sentences above and judge which P.P. are used as attributive and which are used as
predictive.
Attributive: experienced editors/informed decisions/ talented journalists/organized way/stolen relics/printed articles
Predicative: is needed/are respected/are tolerated
4. Have the Ss rewrite each P.P. that is used attributive with the attributive clause.
1) experienced editors=editors who are experienced
2) people addicted to drugs=people who are addicted to drugs
5. Key:surprised /amazing/interested/ boring/surprised/satisfied/ noticed/interesting/disappointed
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过去分词做定语的四个特征:
1. 前置和后置的特征:
一般单个的过去分词做定语要放在所修饰的名词之前,过去分词短语做定语要放在所修饰的名词之后. Two married women / a found umbrella/a used stamp/an educated housewife / fallen leaves / polluted water / a novel written by Lao She/the letter sent to the manager Exercises:
1).We lived in the house ______.我父亲修建的(built by my father)
2).Any madicine ______ 服用without the advice of the doctor can cause trouble.(taken) 3).We spent two hours discussing the plan ________.她制定的(made by her) 4)._______ water开水(boiled)
5).three____ soldiers 受伤的(wounded/injured) 2. 及物动词的过去分词含有被动或完成的含义
The government decided to rebuilt the damaged bridge. Your letter dated March 10 has been received. What’s the language spoken in Germany? Exercises:
Most of the people ____被邀请参加宴会的 were famous scientists.(invited to the party)
Lessons _____ 易学are soon forgotten.(learned easily)
The computer center ____开办 last year is very popular among the students in this school.(opened/started) 3. 过去分词做定语可以拓展为定语从句
That report about the village is the best of its kind ever written(=that has been written) He is fond of the food cooked by your mother. 用定语从句完成句子.
Have you ever been to the place of interest_______我上个月参观的? The worker ____一条腿受伤的 lay under the tree.
4. 构成复合词的特征:有时通过一个名词或数词加另一个名词的过去分词可构成生动形象的复合形
容词.
a three-legged desk/a one-eyed general/an honest man/five blued foreigners 1)______ 头脑冷静的men often succeed.(cool-headed) 2).You should thank that ____ 心地善良的girl.(kind-hearted)
3).a 热心肠的______ reader(warm-hearted) 4)ten 中年_______ women doctors.(middle-aged) Assignment: Revise P.P. Summary:
Period 4.
Aims:
1. To know the structure of a report. 2. To write a comparison paragraph. 3. To learn the differences between the Present Participle and Past participle Procedures:
1. Check the homework with the class. 2. Revise the grammar by making sentences 1).The P.P.as Attributive broken, fallen, retired, returned, used, experienced, organized 2).the P.P. as predictive surprised, disappointed, addicted, tolerated… 2. 现在分词与过去分词的区别
1).语态上的不同: 现在分词一般表示主动的意思,及物动词的过去分词一般表示被动的意思 an exciting story the excited people a moving film a moved audience I’m interested in this interesting story.
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2).时间关系上的不同:做定语时,现在分词往往表示现在正在进行的动作,而过去分词往往表示已经完成的动作.
boiling water boiled water the changing world the changedwater the developing countries the developed countries 3. 分词做表语
1).分词做表语有两种情况,一种是现在分词做表语,一种是过去分词做表语,一般,凡表示 令人….的 都是现在分词形式,凡是表示 感到….的 都用过去分词.
Interesting /interested excite/delight/disappoint/encourage/please/puzzle/satisfy/surprise/worry/amaze/bore 2).现在分词表示表语与主语是主谓关系:过去分词表示表语与主语之间是动宾关系.现在分词表示主语的性质,而且多为物;过去分词表示主语的感受或状态,主语多为人. Hoe disappointed he felt at the result of the decision.
How disappointing he is.He should have failed in such an election. 3).过去分词做表语具有下列特征
表示动作的完成性,这与被动语态没有关系,下列动词常用表语:come/go /arrive/fall/rise/set/finish/return Autumn is come.=Autumn has come. All the guests I invite are arrived.=All the guests I invite have arrived. Father is just returned from his business trip.=Father has just returned from his business trip. 表示主语受外界的情况处于被动的状态.有时只表示所处的状态.
The playground lay/appeared/looked quite deserted. She sounded there surprised at the bad news. He sounded frightened. Our teacher seemed pleased with our work. The door remains locked. 过去分词用于某些固定的词组.
Sb be/get used to doing be closed to be interested in Be engaged in be prepared to do 4. Reading
Ask the Ss to read the two reports of the same event below and discuss:
1).How are the reports different? 2).What do you think are the facts and are your opinions? 3)What would be a good headline for each story? What pictures would you see? Why ? 5. Oral practice:
Ask the Ss to work in groups and choose one event.
1) How would you report them? 2) What pictures would you use and why? 3). What headlines would you use? why? 6. Practice
与…比较 compare to 与…有关 relate to 胜于rathe than 让某人去做 get sb.to do 拿回来/使恢复 bring …back to 即使 even if/though 适合 adapt to 沉溺于addicted to 全面地 on all sides 时务 current affairs关心 concerned about 拥挤着be crowded with 烧成平地 burn down 爱上fall in love with 被注意 get noticed 上升 就这一次 for once 受痛苦 suffer from 尊敬/敬仰 look up to Assignment:
Revise the text and the Grammar Summary:
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