Do you know how a newspaper is made? Reading text.

Do you know how a newspaper is made?

Reading textReading text

Skim the passage to find out the main idea of each part

Decide what to write about

Uses of news media

General description of newspapers

Journalists’ favourite articles

Topics they are interested in

the first paragraph

Q 1 and answers

Q 2 and answers

Q 3 and answers

the last paragraph

1. Newspapers and other media only tell people what happens.

2. A journalist has to do exactly as his editor tells him when he decides what he’s going to write.

3. The first thing a journalist does in writing a report is (to) make appointments for interviews.

4. Chen Ying’s favourite story is about an ordinary young woman.

5. The media can often help solve problems and draw attention to situations where help is needed.

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F

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Scan the passage and say True of false to these statements

Zhu LinZhu Lin Chen YingChen Ying

talented journalists

interviewer

switch

interviewee

What’s their job? Are they interviewing people or being interviewed?

editor

listen,

keep ..balanced and interesting

suggest,

(interview)

contact, prepare(before interview)ask right Qs,get…to talk

reporter

(after interview)

present, reflect

discuss

What’s the task of an editor/a reporter?

Zhu LinZhu Lin

Chen YingChen Ying

about the efforts to bring stolen cultural relics back to China

about an ordinary young woman who tried to adapt to her new life

Zhu LinZhu Lin

music, art, nature, the importance of spiritual fulfillment

people we seldom read about;

The basic task for us is

______________________

Chen YingChen Ying

to report an event truthfully

1. help solve problems and draw attention to situations where help is needed.

2. help people become interested in important questions around the world.

3. help people better understand the world on all sides, and tolerate each other

How important news media are!

Uses of news media:

Choose the best answer1.What’s the basic task for a reporter?

A.To report events as what happened.

B.To reflect opinions according to readers’ tastes.

C.To develop stories as the editors tell him.

D.To draw readers’ attention.

2.According to the passage, the media mentioned are____.

A.newspapers B.TV programs C.broadcasts D.Both A and B

3.What topic is treated in this passage?

A. How the news is made and written.

B. How a reporter decides what to write.

C. How newspapers help us understand the world.

D. Reporters’ jobs and how the news we read is made and written.

4. "Behind the headline” proves that_____. A we can understand the world better by reading headline B. the headlines must be written by talented journalist C. publishing papers needs much and is worth doing D. the headlines must be true

Newspapers and other media do more than simply ______ what happens. Before a reporter decides what to write, he has to _________ the article with his editor, who listens and gives his ____________. A reporter begins his interview by __________ the interviewees and _________ questions. After the interview, he must make efforts to _________ the material well and make sure that the article ________ events and opinions truthfully.Sometimes they may write the article with great __________.

They write about many things. For example,

record

discusssuggestions

contactingpreparing

presentreflects

passion

Zhu Lin would like to write about music, art, nature and the importance and _________ fulfillment while Chen Ying would like to write about people we _________ read about. In her opinion, we shouldn’t _______ our social problems even if it’s difficult to _______ them.

The media play an important role in our life. They help _______ problems and draw ___________ to important situations. With the help of media, people from all countries are ___________ and different views are ____________.

spiritual

seldomignore

accept

solveattention

respectedtolerated

Famous people are often asked for their opinions on current affairs. Why do people want to hear their opinions? Should we listen to them? For example, if a film or sports star is asked to comment on a “hot topic”, do their opinions matter?

Reasons for listening to them

Reasons against listening to them

Pros Cons

They are normal people like us. They are famous.They are”neutral”; they don’t belong to either side of the the argument.

They don’t know much about what they are talking about.They are often young and lack experience.They don’t know much about ordinary people and the life we live.

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