Unit 4 Making the news Period 5 Using language
Learning aims: 1. To have a clear definition of “scoop”
2. To know the writing and printing process for an article.
Important point: Learn some basic skills of reading
Difficult point: Grasp some useful and important expressions and sentence patterns.
【使用说明及学法指导】
1. 自学课本(P30)上的内容，完成预习案；2. 完成时间25分钟
预习案 Previewing Case
Task1. Skimming
Read the text quickly and try to get the main idea of it. ( )
A. It introduces how to get a scoop.
B. It introduces the process of writing and printing for a newspaper article.
C. It introduces a scoop about a famous film star.
Task2. Fast reading
Match the ideas with paragraphs
para1 A. His story was passed on to different editors or the newspaper.
para2 B. Zhou Yang found a famous film star lying.
para3 C The news was ready to be printed.
para4 D. Zhou Yang began to write his story carefully.
Task3. Careful reading
Read Para 1 and answer the questions.
1. What is a scoop? ___________________________________________________________________________
2. Who did Zhou Yang interview? ________________________________________________________________
Read Para 2 and answer the questions.
3. What was Zhou Yang’s first task? ______________________________________________________________
4. What would he do after he realized that the man had been lying? _____________________________________
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Read Para 3-4 and answer the questions.
5. How many people read his article before it was ready to be processed into film negative? Who are they?
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6. What did they need to do the first stage of printing? ________________________________________________
7. What did Zhou Yang wait excitedly for? _________________________________________________________
Task4. Put the process of writing and printing an article into a correct order.
A. You go to an interview to get the information for your story.
B. You give the article to a senior editor to check and copy editor to do editing.
C. All the stories and photos are set and the color negatives for the printing are made ready.
D. The article is given to a native speaker to check the use of English and improve the
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style.
E. You do some research to see if the story is true or not.
F. The first edition of the newspaper is made.
G. You begin to write the story using notes from the interview.
H. The article is checked/approved by the chief editor.
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我的收获：
探究案 Exploring Case
探究一 重点单词和短语
1. ahead of (表示空间或时间上)“在……前面”；也可表“比……强”，“比……好”。
[译](1) 大楼提前完工了。______________________________________________________________________
(2) 他的英语比我的好。_______________________________________________________________________
2. senior adj. 年长的；高年级的；高级的，反义词为______________;
be senior to 比某人年长（级别高） 反义词组为________________, 表示比某人年幼，职位或地位较低
[译](1) 他父亲是那家银行的高级职员。__________________________________________________________
(2) 约翰比我大两岁。_________________________________________________________________________
3. approve表示赞成或同意某事，是不及物动词，常与介词______________连用，即approve ______________ sth /doing sth；而表示批准、通过时是及物动词。
[译](1) 他父母不同意他娶那个女孩。____________________________________________________________
(2)董事会通过了他提出的计划。(The board)______________________________________________________
探究二 重要句型
1. Although he realized the man had been lying, Zhou knew he must not accuse him directly.
结构分析：此句包含一个________________________状语从句，主句为______________________________。
从句和主句中包含_________________________从句。
[仿写](1)虽然他意识到自己错了，但是他还是不承认自己犯错了。___________________________________
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(2)虽然很多人认为财富很重要，但是我认为健康更重要。___________________________________________
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2. Then as the article was going to be written in English Zhou Yang also took a copy to the native speaker employed by the newspaper to polish the style.
结构分析：as在此处引导的是____________________从句，既可放在主句前也可放在主句后。此外，句中employed by……. 是过去分词短语作_______________(成分)，修饰___________________。
[仿写]因为天气下雨，我只好呆在家里看冯小刚导演的电影。________________________________________
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训练案：
1. In harvest time, he has to e______________ more people to work for him.
2. An a__________ instrument is able to give you information that is correct to a detailed level.
3. He had to rewrite his essay, because his teacher said he needed to p_________ it in language.
4. He is far __________ ____________others in painting. (胜过，超过)
5. I am afraid your parents won’t ______________ _____________ your marrying him. (同意，赞成)
6. Up to now, there has arisen many e____________ of this foreign book in our country.
7. He is widely regarded as a s_______________ professor in that university.
8. She is the assistant manager in our sales d______________________.
9. Health has become the c__________ concern of the public.
10. They would e____________ more efficient transport systems to improve city performance.
11. We plan to p____________ these handicrafts into better ones.
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