Task 2
Unit
2
Reporting on short-sightedness
(period 2)
Skills building 2
Interviewing someone
When conducting an interview,
how shall we organize the interview
in a proper way?
1. introducing yourself
2. the reason why you are doing
the interview
3. asking general questions and
then more specific questions
—Let’s discuss
—Let’s think back
How can we protect our eyesight?
Do eye exercises twice
every day.
Do not read in bed or
without good lighting.
Take some eyesight supplements such as
Vitamins A, C and E.
Examine your eyesight
regularly.
Have your eyes relaxed once an hour when working on computers or watching TV.
Focus your eyes on green trees and grass often for a rest.
Step 2: interviewing a doctor
Interview a doctor to find out more
ways to protect eyesight.
Pair work:
—Let’s practise
Steps:
1. Go through the sentence structures
on page 28, make sure the students understand each suggestion.
2. Work in pairs.
3. Demonstrate their interview in class.
Skills building 3
writing a radio script
When writing a script, what need you include?
who you are
the subject
the opening
explanation of what the topic is
background information and current situation
reference to other sources
suggestions
closing
—Let’s think
—Let’s try
the subject
What I’m going to talk about in this
programme is about what should be
done at home to protect our eyesight.
Label the following parts:
reference to other sources
The reporters of our school radio station
have interviewed a famous eye doctor in
No. 1 People’s Hospital. The doctor has
given some advice on how to protect our
eyesight. They also have talked with the
headmaster of our school to ask what
the school will do to solve the problem.
suggestions
The doctor suggests that we should …
The headmaster says that our school will …
the opening
Hi, everyone. It is the news time now.
explanation of what the topic is
The topic today is what we can do to
protect our eyesight.
background information, including the
current situation
We can find more and more teenagers
are wearing or need to wear glasses so
that they can see clearly. In our school,
the number of students who are
short-sighted is also increasing.
closing
Thank you for listening to my report.
This is (your own name), who will talk
about what our school has decided to
do in order to protect our eyesight.
who you are
Write a radio script for the school radio station following the steps:
Step1: Work in groups to write an outline.
Step2: Organize the information.
Step3: Read the script to partners to
polish the script.
—Let’s practise
Possible example
:
Reporter: Good morning, everyone. This is David at the school radio station.
We are investigating a problem—short-sightedness, which is very common among Chinese teenagers today. We have interviewed a doctor in our city about what parents and students can do to protect students’ eyesight. The doctor strongly suggests that every year students’ eyes should be tested to identify any problems, and they should not read in bed with poor lighting as well.
Apart from this, we’ve also made a survey on the measures they take in No.1 and No.9 Secondary Schools.
They both have taken steps to protect students’ eyesight such as asking students to look out of the window at regular intervals, changing types of paper and advising them to do eye exercises both at school and at home.
I hope our investigation might bring your attention to the problem and be helpful for you. Thank you for listening.
Language points
—Let’s learn
certain
adj.
having no doubt or knowing exactly
that sth. is true, or known to be true,
correct, exact or effective
Are you absolutely certain (that) you
gave them the right number?
你完全肯定你给他们的号码是对的吗
?
You should make certain (that) everyone
understands the instructions.
你们应该确保每个人理解这些指示。
(2) know/say for certain
I don't know for certain if she's coming.
我并不确切知道她是否会来。
(3)
adj.
named but neither famous nor
known well
I had lunch today with a certain Tom
—not the Tom, I should explain.
我应该解释一下,我和某一位
Tom
吃午饭的,
不是这个
Tom
。
make certain/sure of/that …
to take action so that you are certain that
sth. happens, is true, etc.
Make certain (that) we have enough drink
for the party.
确保我们晚会有足够的饮料。
Made sure of the time and the place of
the meeting.
查实会议的时间和地点。
some students
一些学生
certain students
某些学生
NOTE:
some student = a certain student
某个学生
Homework
Interview the mental counselor on campus about how to release mental stress. Write a report for the school radio station.