Teaching goals 教学目标
1. Target language目标语言
a. 重点词汇及短语
cultural, financial, review, royal family, found, produce, home and international news, the quality press, the popular press, concentrate on
b. 重点句式
Newspapers can be divided into ... P49
Now that the Chinese have completed ..., they are planning ... P94
2. Ability goals能力目标
Get the Ss to know about some terms about newspapers and news reports.
Get the Ss to know something about the journalism in western countries.
3. Learning ability goals学能目标
Help the Ss know some terms about newspapers and news reports.
Encourage the Ss to know about the journalism in western countries.
Teaching important and difficult points教学重点与难点
Help the Ss to learn how to talk about western journalism.
Teaching methods教学方法
Skimming, careful reading, asking-answering activity and discussion.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A tape recorder, a projector and some slides.
Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式
Step I Revision
T: Yesterday I asked you to write some sentences with adverbial clauses of time and reason. Have you finished?
Ss: Yes.
T: Then I’ll ask some of you to read out what you have written.
S1: I was walking on the street, when someone patted me on the shoulder. Since you are ill, have a good rest, please.
S2: When Jack came home, mother was setting the table.
As he wasn’t ready, we went without him.
S3: While he was doing his homework, the bell rang.
Now that you have made up your mind, I have nothing to say.
T: Good!
Step II Lead-in
T: Have you collected some information about English newspapers?
Ss: Yes, but only a little.
T: That’s OK. Who’d like to say something about them?
S1: I surfed on the Internet and found out that newspapers in Britain can be divided into different types according to different standards of judgment. For instance, British newspapers can be divided into broadsheet and tabloid according to size, quality and popular according to style, national and provincial according to distribution and Daily and Sunday according to the frequency.
T: You did a very good job. Anyone else?
S2: It’s reported that The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, The Daily Mail and so on are famous national daily newspapers in the UK.
T: OK. Thank you for your information. Let’ come to the cultural corner of this module to get more about Daily newspapers in Britain and the United States.
Step III Cultural Corner
Task 1 Skimming
This step is to help the Ss get a general idea of the passage. Ask them to read fast and find out what kinds of newspapers are mentioned in the passage.
T: Now turn to Page 49. Please read the passage quickly and find out the answers to the questions.
1. What types of newspapers are mentioned in the passage?
2. What are the differences between them?
After a few minutes.
T: Who would like to answer the first question?
S3: The quality press and the popular press are mentioned in the passage.
T: Quite right. How about the differences between them?
S4: The quality newspapers have home and international news, sports, cultural events and financial reports, while the popular newspapers have large headlines, a lot of big photographs and concentrate on news and events about famous people and news about the British royal family.
T: Yes. You got it.
Task 2 Careful reading
This step is designed to help the Ss grasp some detailed information. Ask them to read carefully to tell whether the statements are true or false.
T: Please read the article once more and decide whether the following statements are true or false.
Show the following sentences on the screen.
1. The quality press is more serious. ( )
2. You can know about famous pop stars in a popular newspaper. ( )
3. You can find large headlines and a lot of big photographs in The Times. ( )
4. The Sun is the most successful quality newspaper in Britain. ( )
5. The New York Times is produced in New York. ( )
5 minutes later call back the answers from the whole class.
key: True: 1, 2, 5 False: 3, 4
Important phrases and sentences:
1. the quality press
2. home and international news
3. financial reports
4. concentrate on: focus one’s attention on
5. It’s read by important people such as politicians, lawyers and businessmen.
6. be similar to: of the same sort
be similar in ...
e.g. Gold is similar in color to brass.
Step IV Reading (WORKBOOK)
Task 1 Skimming
T: We have read a passage about American and British daily newspapers. Would you like to read some newspaper articles?
Ss: Yes!
T: Let’s turn to Page 93. Read the four articles quickly and match them with the headlines. Three minutes for you.
...
Task 2 Careful reading
This step is designed to help the Ss grasp some detailed information, at the same time finish Exercises 11, 12 and 13 on Pages 94 && 95. Six minutes later collect the answers from the whole class.
Important phrases and sentences:
1. complete their first manned space flight
man: supply with persons for service or defense
e.g. man a ship 给一艘船配置船员
man a telephone switchboard
为一电话总机配备人员
2. a second manned space flight which will carry two taikonauts
不定冠词与序数词联用表示“再一次，又一次”或“再一个,又一个”
e.g. Hangzhou is a most beautiful city, so I will visit it for a third time.
3. make a lot of money = earn a lot of money
4. sign autographs and speak to journalists
5. the autumn collections
6. the latest creations of all the top Chinese designers
Step V Supplementary Reading
Show some supplementary reading materials on the screen for the Ss to read.
T: Since we have read three reports. Would you like to know how a newspaper is produced?
Ss: Of course.
T: OK. Look at the screen. There is a passage about newspaper production. Please read the passage and answer the questions:
1. What does an editor do?
2. What do journalists do?
How a Newspaper Is Produced
Every morning, the newspaper chief editor holds a meeting with the journalists. They discuss the main events of the day. Reporters are sent to cover the events.
As soon as the reporters know what to write about, they get down to work. They telephone people and fix a time for face-to-face interviews with them. Sometimes they do telephone interviews. Checking information is very important. They go to the newspaper’s own library to look up any information that they need. This is called “doing one’s homework”.
At the same time, the picture editor decides which photographs are needed for the next day’s paper. Photographers are then sent to take the pictures. Sometimes old ones are used from the newspaper’s own picture library. Doing this can save a lot of time and money.
All the people who work on a newspaper must be able to work fast. For example, there might be a big fire, or an important person might die. In this situation, everyone has to move fast. Journalists have to stop working on one story and start working immediately on the important new one. They must find out the new information as quickly as possible. A photographer is sent immediately to take photos.
Later in that day, everything is put together at the news desk. Reporters return, type their stories into the computer and hand them to the editor. Photographers return and the photos are quickly developed.
The chief editors decide which will be the most important story on the front page. Sometimes this will have to be changed if something more important happens later in the day. Other editors read the stories the reporters have written and make any necessary changes. They also write the headline for each story.
Finally, there is no more time left for adding new stories, and the time for printing the newspaper has come. This is done on the fast-moving printing machine. The newspapers are then delivered by lorry, plane or rail. Speed is important. People want to read the latest newspaper and nobody wants to buy yesterday’s.
Six minutes later, ask the Ss to check the answers with their partners and then with the whole class.
T: OK. Time is up. I think you have finished reading. Who’d like to answer the first question?
S1: Let me try. I think an chief editor holds the meeting, sends reporters to cover the main events and decides which will be the most important story on the front page. And other editors read the stories, make any necessary changes and write the headline for each story.
T: You got it. How about the journalists?
S2: They cover the events, interview people and write stories.
T: Very good. Now read the passage once more and try to write the steps which show how a newspaper is produced.
Sample answers:
1. The chief editor holds a meeting.
2. Journalists interview people and write stories.
3. Photographers take photos.
4. The photos are quickly developed.
5. Editors check the reports and write headlines.
6. The newspapers are printed.
7. The newspapers are delivered by lorry, plane or rail.
Another passage for supplementary reading.
The Newspaper in the Future
Sometime in the next century, the familiar early-morning newspaper will disappear. And instead of reading your newspaper, it will be read to you. You will get up and turn on the computer newspaper just like turning on the TV. An electronic voice will report stories about the latest events, guided by a program that selects the type of news you want. You will even be able to choose the kind of voice you want to hear. A simple touch makes entire text appear. These are the predictions from experts working on the newspapers of the future.
Most of the technology is available now, but causing more people realize that they don’t need to read a newspaper from journalism(新闻界). Since it is such a cultural change, maybe the present generation of journalists and publishers will have to die off before the next generation realizes that the newspaper industry is no longer a newspaper industry.
Technology is making the end of traditional newspapers unavoidable.
Despite technological advances it might take 30 to 40 years to replace newsprint with computer screen, because people need to buy computers and newspapers have established financial interests(经济效益) in the paper industry.
Questions:
1. What does the passage mainly talk about?
2. Why might it take 30 to 40 years to replace newsprint with computer screen?
3. Are computer newspapers more convenient than traditional newspapers?
4. Will computer newspapers really replace traditional newspapers? How do you know?
Sample answers:
1. Newspapers of the future will likely be on computer.
2. That’s because there is strong resistance from both the general population and professional journalists.
3. Yes. The computer will read for you.
4. Yes. Technology is making the end of traditional newspapers unavoidable.
Step VI Summary and Homework
T: Today we’ve read about a passage about daily newspapers in Britain and the United States, four newspaper articles and a passage on how a newspaper is produced. Homework:
1. Go over what we have read in this class. Pay attention to the important phrases and sentences. We will have a dictation next period.
2. Preview the next part — Speaking and writing on Page 96, you are supposed to finish Exercises 17 & 18.
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