4. Ask some groups to present their results.

You are the editor of a newspaper.There are five important things appearing in your newspaper,tell us the reasons why you choose them?

1 200 people died in an earthquake in Turkey.

2 Food prices are going up.

3 A house in your city burnt down,Nobody was injured.

4 2000 people in your city moved into new buildings today and were happy.

5 A Chinese scientist has invented a car engine that does not pollute the air.

example

A:Of the ten events, which one are you going to　 choose?

B: I’d like to cho A: Why do you choose that?

A: Why do you choose that?

B: Food is very important to people’s life.On one hand, going-up price can increase farmers income; on the other hand, it will affect other people’s living standards.

A: I don’t　 think　 we should choose　 or Maybe it would be better to choose the story________.

B: Any reasons for your choice?

A: Yes.　 … … …

Useful expressions

•　　　　 burn down

•　　　　 go up

•　　　　 would rather do sth.

•　　　　 caring citizens

•　　　　 make one’s voices heard

Step V Summary

3. Ask the students to work in groups. They can use the Useful expressions to help them.

2. Explain the situation to the students and tell them to use different criteria for making the decisions, e.g. what do the readers want to know about , what items are more important, etc.

1.Tell the students that they have to choose five news items for their newspaper.

3. What would be a good headline for each story?

•　　　　 For the first report:

1. Troublemakers Stop Workers
2. Demonstrators Attacked by Factory Workers
3. Activists Protest Against Polluter

•　　　　 For the second report:

1. Caring Citizens Take Action to Save the Planet
2. Workers Attacked by factory Workers
3. Troublemakers Fight With the police

Step IV　 Speaking

5. magazine, newspaper, radio, TV, website, broadcast, editor, edit, editorials, facts, headline, interview, journalist, opinions, reliable, reporter, true and so on.

Step Ⅲ Pre-listening

Ask students to look at the two pictures on Page 10. Talk about the two pictures first. Ask students to use their imagination and describe the scenes. Try to think of as many words as possible to describe people.

independent,serious,determined,clever,selfless,humorous, honest.

Ø　　　 1A person always helps those in trouble without seeking any repay.( selfless)

Ø　　　 2 A person always tells truth,never tells a lie.(honest)

Ø　　　 3 A person is good at finding a way out.He\she can work out maths problems quickly and correctly.(clever)

Ø　　　 4 A person never tells a joke or smiles.(serious)

Ø　　　 5 A person likes making people laugh and happy by doing funny things or by telling interesting stories(humorous)

Ø　　　 6 A person doesn’t like depending on others when doing something .(independent)

Ø　　　 7 A person is not afraid of failure , but keeps on trying to gain success.(determined)

Step Ⅳ Listening

Play the tape for the students. After listening for the first time, the students should tick the information they can hear in each part. Then play the tape again. This time students will answer the second question on Page 10. After checking the answers, do the rest of the exercises.

Step Ⅴ Describing people

What kind of person is Jim Gray?

Mr Keller:

•　　　　 too slow; took long to do his job

•　　　　 talk too much; noisy; wild; not serious;

•　　　　 spend …disturbing

•　　　　 nosy;

•　　　　 rude; say bad things about…;

•　　　　 careless with money

His coworkers:

•　　　　 careful; always took the time to do a job well

•　　　　 Even…busy…found time to speak to…

•　　　　 funny; happy;

•　　　　 care about …

•　　　　 honest; told people what he thought…

•　　　　 　generous; spend money on …

Discussion :

We have heard two different descriptions of what happened to Jim Gray. How are they different? Why are they different? Which one do you think is true?

The first description is negative and the second description lists positive things,

because Mr. Keller doesn’t like Mr. Gray and he also calls him “ Mr. Gray” to show that he is not a friend.

Mr. Gray’s coworkers like him and talk about “Jim” .

The two descriptions are probably both “true”.

What’s the difference between A and B?

A　 too slow　 noisy　 wild　 not serious　 nosy　 rude　 careless 　

B　 careful　　 funny　 happy　 honest　 generous　

Conclusion　

　It is not possible for media messages to be　 completely objective because it is reported from a certain point of view and to a specific audience.

The best way to deal with the “information” is to become a critical reader and to read more than one report of the same event and check news sources.

Step Ⅵ

Integrating skills :

　Two different reports of the same event

First description

•　　　　 “fewer than a hundred”

　　 - make the group sound small

•　　　　 “people”

•　　　　 “caused trouble”

•　　　　 “ most successful company”

•　　　　 “The rude and noisy group”

•　　　　 “made it difficult for workers to get into…”

•　　　　 “troublemakers”

•　　　　 “left peacefully…but a few of them fought with the guards”

Second 　description

•　　　　 “ More than ninety”

　　 - make the group sound large

•　　　　 “responsible and caring citizens”

•　　　　 “made their voices heard”

•　　　　 “ the city’s worst polluter”

•　　　　 “the citizens…[who] love nature and our planet”

•　　　　 “talked to workers… left a positive message about…”

•　　　　 “brave and strong activists”

•　　　　 “ angry men armed with sticks to fight with…”

Questions

1. Who do you think wrote each report?

　　　 The first report is written by someone who supports __________.

The second report is written by someone who supports ______________.

1. What do you think are facts?

　　　 1) ____________________ gathered _____________.

　　　 2) The group was __________outside the factory　 to protest _____________.

　　　 3) The meeting ended when _________ arrived.

4. No.

3. I trust TV, leading papers and important radio stations.

2. Websites keep on updating the news. So on websites you can always learn the latest news, sometimes even with audio and video.

　 From TV you can see both the broadcaster and videos. From radio you can only hear the voice without seeing the scenes. You can read newspaper everywhere. It is easy to get magazines and we can take longer time to read them.

1. I think TV is the most reliable news media. Because we can see who is responsible for the news.