教学目标和要求

UNIT FOUR NEWSPAPER

of listening, speaking, reading and writing which the textbook provide. Reading materials “ How a newspaper is produced” and “China Daily” should be exactly understood. Students should understand the process of publishing a newspaper and some information about China Daily. The exercises concerned should be completed.

UNIT FOUR NEWSPAPER

LESSON THIRTEEN DIALOGUE

TEACHING AIMS:

1.Learn and master the following:

A Words: rose, check, magazine, daily,

B Everyday English:

Are/Will you be free then?

Yes. I’ll be free, I’d like to go.

Let’s go together then. I’ll meet you at the theatre at six thirty.

Good! See you then.

What time shall we meet?

Where is the best place to meet?

What about meeting outside…?

I suggest … ?

2.Enable Ss to know the meaning of a new word by looking it up in an English-English

dictionary.

KEY TEACHING POINTS:

1.Phrases: have a look, give a performance

2.Sentence patterns:

1)Sure, go ahead.

2)What’s on …

3)They are said to be very good.

DIFFICULT TEACHING POINTS:

The use of the sentence pattern “ … be said to do … ”.

TEACHING METHODS:

1.Listening-and-answer activity to help the Ss to go through with the dialogue.

2.Pair work or group work to make every student work in class.

TEACHING AIDS:

I. GRRETINGS AND LEAD-IN

T: Today we are going to learn Un it 4. It’s about “Newspapers”. Please look at the picture in your textbooks. There are two girls in the picture. One is Betty, the other is Zhou Lan, who is holding a newspaper in her hands. Now let’s listen to what they are talking about.

Questions:

1.Do you like reading newspapers?

2.What kind of newspapers do you like to read?

3.I know many of us have newspapers at home. Now tell me what papers do you have at

home?

4.Why do you like reading newspapers?

5.Do you read English newspapers?

6.What English newspapers do we have in China?

II. DIALOGUE

1.Pre-listening questions:

1)Where does the conversation take place?

The conversation takes place at the students’ dining room.

2)When will Betty meet Zhou Lan?

Betty will meet Zhou Lan at six-thirty.

2.Post-listnening questions:

1)What newspaper does Zhou Lan have with her?

China Daily.

2)Why does Betty want to have a look at China Daily?

Because she wants to

3)What are “the Red Roses”?

They are a pop group.

4)Where will the performance be held?

The performance will be held at the People’s Theatre.

5)What does the performance start?

The performance will start at 7 p.m.

6)What do Betty and Zhou Lan decide to do this week?

They decided to attend a performance given by the “Red Rose” pop group.

7)What time do Betty and Zhou Lan arrange to meet?

At six thirty.

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IV A LITTLE TEST: WRITING

V ORAL PRACTICE Part 2 page 19

1.Read the sentences by yourselves.

2.Work with your partner. One asks, and the other answers.

3.Make a dialogue like the one i n Part 1. 3’

Situation 1: You are going to hear a talk given by Li Yang on Crazy English.

Situation 2: Your class is going to organize a picnic lunch somewhere outside the city.

You can also talk about the cinema, a football match, a basketball match, a

play or a performance.

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the right explanation for each of the words. 2’

VII SUMMARY

T: In this class, we have learned some phrases and sentence patterns in the dialogue.

Remember the phrases “have a look” and “give a performance”. Use the sentence

pattern “Sure, go ahead.” “What’s on …” correctly. Pay special attention to the use of

the sentence pattern “…be said to do…/ It’s said that…” We have also learned how to

make a dialogue for an appointment and done some exercises in your workbooks.

VIII FURTHER DEVELOPMENT

Write a short passage based on the dialogue.

Phrases may be used:

A look at China Daily What’s on this weekend?

A performance at the People’s Theatre When and where to meet

Betty met Zhou Lan in the students’ dining room. Betty wanted to have a look at_Zhou Lan’s copy of China Daily. She wanted to know what would be on that

weekend. The newspape r said that “the Red Roses ” pop group would give a

performance. They were said to be very good. Betty would like to go. Finally they

decided to go to the theatre together and they would meet at the theatre at six-thirty. VIII HOMEWORK

1.Write Ex. 4 in your exercise-books and collect them.

2.Prepare for Ex.

3.

UNIT FOUR NEWSPAPERS

LESSON FOURTEEN HOW A NEWSPAPER IS PRODUCED

TEACHING AIMS:

1. Words and expressions

fix, photogaraphers, deliver, rail, chief, event, immediately, develop, add, lorry, speed, face-to-face, take a photograph (of ), pass on,

2. Improve the Ss’ reading ability

KEY TEACING POINTS:

1.Master the following phrases:

Cover the events, get down to doing sth., face-toface, work on, pass…on to…

2.Help the students understand the text better.

TEACHING METHODS:

1.Fast reading to find out the general information in the text.

2.Question-and-answer activity to help the Ss to understand the detailed information in the text.

3.Pair-work activity for Ss to further understand the text.

TEACHING AIDS:

I GREETINGS

II REVISION

Retell what Betty and Zhou Lan talked in the dining room.

Betty met Zhou Lan in the students’ dining room. Betty wanted to have a look at_Zhou Lan’s copy of China Daily. She wanted to know what would be on that weekend.

The newspaper said that “the Red Roses ” pop group would give a performance. They were

said to be very good. Betty would like to go. Finally they decided to go to the theatre together and they would meet at the theatre at six-thirty.

III LEAD-IN AND DISCUSSION

1.Free talk about newspaper.

T: Newspapers have much to do with our daily life. Do you think so?

Then what do you think they can tell / give us?

S: They can tell us what has happened at home and abroad. They can also give us

pleasure.

T: Yes. In a word, newspapers are very important to everyone. There are various kinds of

newspapers. Can you name some?

S: The People’s Daily, The Chinese Youth Daily, English Weekly, English Coaching

Paper and so on.

T: Now please work in groups of four and have a discussion about these questions:

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1.Which newspapers and magazines do you read?

2.Which newspaper and magazines do you buy?

3.Which part of the newspaper do you find most interesting?

4.Which part of the newspaper do you find least interesting?

…

T: (holding a copy of …) Hello, everyone. This is a copy of China Daily. It’s today’s

paper. Now let’s have a look at the headlines and see what is happening in and outside

China.

…

Good. You see. You already have the ability to read some important news from an

English newspaper. Now I have got a question: Does anybody know how a newspaper

is made? Does anyone know how all this news is collected and printed? Well, I think

we can get the answer from the reading passage in this unit.

IV READING

1.Fast and silent reading 5’

Questions:

1)What’s the“homework” for the reporters?

The so-called homework for reporters is to go to the newspaper’s known library to

look up any information that they need.

2)Why is writing headlines in English more difficult than in Chinese?

Because the English letters are not of the same size. For example, in English the

letter M is wider than the letter I, so editors must check that there is enough space

for the headlines they have written.

3)What does an editor do?

An editor tells the journalists what they are going to write about and decides which

will be the most important story.

4)What do journalists do?

A journalist interviews people, writes a report and checks information.

2. Second reading for detailed information 5’

1.The chief editor holds a meeting every morning. Because they discuss the main events of

the day.

2.Reporters cover events. As soon as they know what to write about, they get down to work.

They telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them. Sometimes they do telephone interviews. They also go to library to check information.

3.Reporters go to the newspaper’s own library to look up any information that they need.

This is so-called “doing one’s homework”.

4.I think a journalist must be learned, diligent and talkative. He must be able to work fast.

5.They decide which photographs are needed for the next day’s paper.

6.The chief editor decides which will be the most important story on the first page. Other

editors read the stories which the reporters have written and make any necessary changes. They also write the headlines for each story.

7.Writing headlines in English is more difficult than in Chinese. For example, in English

the letter M is wider than the letter I, so editors must check that there is enough space for the headlines they have written.

8.Because people want to buy the latest newspaper; nobody wants to buy yesterday’s.

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1.

1. chief editor

2. journalists

3. photographers, photographs

4. The photographs/photos

5. check

6. headlines

7. printed

8. delivered

3. Work in pairs. Tell your partner how a newspaper is made, using the diagram. When you

do this, you can add extra information which you read about in the passage.

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VIII SUMMARY AND HOMEWORK

T: Today we’ve learned a passage about how a newspaper is published. We should learn how to use some words, expressions and sentence patterns in the passage. And we

should be able to retell the process of publishing a newspaper in our own words.

IX FURTHER DEVELOPMENT

Suppose you are a reporter. Make a telephone call to somebody to fix a time for a face-to-face interview.