1. Practice reading aloud the dialogue with your partner. Pay attention to the intonation and stress.

3.　　 Discuss what all the experiences have in common and what they can do

l　　　 Make themselves feel better

l　　　 Make others feel better

Step Ⅳ Reading

1. Fast reading. Ask the Ss to go through the whole passage as fast as they can and try to find answers to the following questions.

(Shown on the blackboard)

1)　　 Could Zhou Yang go out on a story alone immediately? Why (not)?

2)　　 What mistakes must he avoid?

3)　　 How did Zhou Yang feel on his first day at work?

1. Ask the Ss to pay attention to the way the questions develop in the dialogue (Explain to them that all of these questions are finding out more about the qualities and skills needed for the job)
2. Ask the Ss to follow the tape and read the passage again and then do the Exercise in comprehending part together. (For detail, refer to the PPT)

Step Ⅴ Language points

Explain some difficult language points as listed in the PPT. (Omitted, just refer to the correspondent PPT)

Step Ⅵ Homework

2.　　 Ask the Ss to work in pairs to discuss an occasion of this sort that they remember e.g. fist day at a new school, and ask them to consider why they remember it and especially how they felt. Then choose some of them to tell their experiences.

1.　　 Ask the Ss work in pairs to discuss the qualities need for a newspaper reporter and evaluate which qualities they consider are the most important, and they can also make some complements. Put all the qualities on the board in a list and alongside them put two columns: one for the most important ones and one for important qualities. Ask one from each pair to give their findings on (what they consider) very important and important qualities. Put a tick for each one in the correct column. Count up the ticks and write down the three most important qualities and the three important qualities.

2.　　　 Ask Ss to work in pairs and fill in the chart ( types of jobs, what each type of job involves)

Reference Chart:

Step Ⅲ Pre-reading

1.　　　 Ask Ss to look at newspapers previously prepared and guess what kind of jobs would be needed to produce newspaper articles.

2.　　　 Ask Ss some questions about their future jobs.

1)　　 Have you ever considered about your future job or occupation?

2)　　 What kind of occupation would you like to take? / What’s your ideal of job in future? Why?

Step Ⅱ Warming-up

StepⅠ Lead-in

1.　　　 Greeting

　A computer, a blackboard, a tape-record

Cooperative learning, task-based learning, fast-reading