Find the right word.Find the right word.mass communications, eg TV that can be depended on

dismiss

fond of asking others’ affairs

hearsay

one who is interviewed rumor

interviewee

nosy

media/medium

fire

reliable

From where do we get the news?/

How do we know what happens around or even abroad?

Brainstorming

magazine

radio

newspaper

Internet

TV programmes

News Media

• What do news media mean?What do news media mean?

• How do news media affect our How do news media affect our daily life?daily life?

•Tools used to spread news.

•With news media we can know what happens at home and abroad.

I prefer…

I like…

What attitude should we take towards news?

?? ?

Believe Not Believe

How do you “read” the media messages?

subscribe to… 订阅

Daily

Weekly

Monthly

masthead

报头

fronfront t pagpagee

fronfront t pagpagee

subheading

副标题

article

headline

The characters of different media:

TV

• a broadcast medium

• provide people with colorful moving pictures

• have to own a TV set

The characters of different media:

Internet

• fast / varieties of information / have different opinions of the same subject / communicate with each other easily / have a computer which is linked to the Internet

a broadcast medium / listen to it whenever you like with a portable radio // can’t have visible enjoyment

The characters of different media:

radio

• magazine

The characters of different media:

provide people with detailed information on a certain subject / focused on a topic /published weekly / monthly // news comes late

a medium for reading / report the latest news / can be kept for a long time / cheap to buy // can’t express one’s idea freely

The characters of different media:

newspaper

Forms Advantages Disadvantages

TV

Radio

Magazines

Newspapers

Internet

cheap,quick, with pictures and sounds, broadcasting

They absorb everything without thinking. too many adsquick, convenient,

broadcastingwithout pictures,not so lively

systematic( 分类的 ) information

slow (often weekly or monthly), not so popular

much information, quick

not easy to keep, not so lively, too many ads

update, much information,

not so reliable ， not so convenient, not lively

Compare different kinds of media.

What words will you need to talk about news and the media?

reporter reporter

article article

news news itemitem headlinheadlinee

front pagefront page

adsads

editor editor

reliable reliable reliable reliable biasedbiased有偏见的有偏见的 biasedbiased有偏见的有偏见的

objectiveobjective客观的，公正的客观的，公正的 objectiveobjective客观的，公正的客观的，公正的

covercover covercover currentcurrent

affairsaffairs

currentcurrent

affairsaffairs

Pre-listening: Describing

people Give a suitable word for each of the descriptions to show what a person is like. You can choose from the below: independent, serious, determined, clever, selfless, humorous and honest.

1. A person always helps those in trouble without seeking any repay.

2. A person always tells truth, never tells a lie.

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

selfless

honest

clever

6. A person doesn’t like depending on others when doing something .

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

independent

determined

4. A person never tells a joke or smiles.

5. A person likes making people laugh and happy by doing funny things or by telling interesting stories

serious

humorous

Part 1 Part 2 Both Neither

was fired

faces difficulties

careful

talk too much

funny

nosy

generous

honest

a nice person

very clever

Questions:

1.What kind of person is Jim

Gray?

2. Why is he no longer working

for the company?Mr Keller: because he had too many problems and it was time for him to leave.

Mr Keller:

•Paul , Wendy:

He was not serious, too slow, too noisy and nosy.

•He is caring (有同情心的 ), and hard-working;

•He took the time to do a job well （利用时间做好本职工作） and always had a kind word for his colleague.（替同事说好话）

————negativenegative

————positivepositive

*Mr. Gray was too slow and it took him too long to do his job.------- He was careful and always took the time to do a job well.

*He talked too much and was noisy and sometimes even wild. He was not serious enough.------- He was funny and happy and liked to make others laugh.

*Many people were also unhappy with him because he was rude and said bad things about people.------- He was also very honest and always told people what he thought about something.

*Mr Gray was also careless with his money.------ Jim was always so generous. He was happy to spend money on good meals and gifts.

Homework Homework

1. Finish the listening exercises on P88.2. Try to describe someone that you are familiar with in a negative way first and then in a positive way.3. Preview the reading passage.

1. Finish the listening exercises on P88.2. Try to describe someone that you are familiar with in a negative way first and then in a positive way.3. Preview the reading passage.

Sarah(chief editor) Susan

Mick

Bob

Mick

Bob

Susan

Journalist Event Place TimeWhat is needed

Mick

Bob

Susan

Jane Scottarrives

Airport 11:00PhotosTalk to her

MedicalConference opens

Capital Hotel 9:00

Notes,photos

Interview a person

HomeOffice

TodayInformationCollect plans&diagrams

2. Fill in the blanks with suitable words。

1.__________is asked to go and ______ _____ Jane Scott.

2.Jane Scott is a _______________. She will be asked about her ________ __________

3. _____ is asked to the _______ talk of

the _________ ____________

Mick talk to

sportswoman

future plans

Bob opening

medical conference

4. Bob will have to ____________and get to the

__________ _________before ______ o’clock.

5. __________ will interview a person at the ______ ___________.

6. Susan’s ______ will appear in ________________.

hurry

Capital Hotel nine

Susan

Home Office

report tomorrow’s paper

2. Fill in the blanks with suitable words.