UNIT 4 making the headlines

2013-2014 Academic Year II

Instructed by: Mr. LIU Xiao KaiEmail: kerryliuxk@

UNIT 4 Making the Headlines

Instructed by: Mr. LIU Xiao Kai

UNIT 4 Making the Headlines

Instructed by: Mr. LIU Xiao Kai

Discuss with your partner about what is news?

UNIT 4 Making the Headlines

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News is the selected information on current events. It is shared in various ways: among individuals and small groups (such as by word of mouth or newsletters); with wider audiences (such as by publishing, either in print or online, or broadcasting, such as on television or radio)

UNIT 4 Making the Headlines

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How to make the headlines?

UNIT 4 Making the Headlines

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Fast reading: Go through the text and try to match the summary of each paragraph with the following sentences.

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A. News will be never ending

Para. 10

B. The immediacy of the newsC. Echoes of the story/news D. Bad news travel fast

Para. 7Para. 6

Para. 2

E. Reporting big thingsF. The power of the news

Para. 1Para. 8

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Detailed reading:

Read Para.1 - 3 in detail and answer the following questions.

When will all the media report the same story? What is the “newsworthy” according to your own words?

Do you know something about President K?

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Dimension NOUN 1. a measurement in space, for example the height, width or length of sth E.G. We measured the dimensions of the kitchen. E.G. Computer design tools that work in three dimensions 2.[usupl] the size and extent of a situation E.G. a problem of considerable dimensions 3. an aspect, or way of looking at or thinking about sth

维(构成空间的因素);尺寸 规模；程度；范围

方面；侧面

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Bad news travels fastGood news never goes Beyond the gate, while Bad news spreads far and wide.A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。 A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如 水。 A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，谬以千里。

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John F. Kennedy On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John F. Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die.

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Detailed reading:

Read para.4 and tell me what can be caused news?

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enormous adjHuge/massive/enormous, extremely big Great, very big Vast, extremely big, used about areas, distances, numbers,

Gigantic, extremely big an

d much bigger than other things of the same typeColossal, extremely big---used about amounts or objects.

Tremendous, having an extremely big effect

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Dramatic

A dramatic changeA dramatic increase/rise A dramatic fall/drop/decline A dramatic effect/impact A dramatic improvement A dramatic shift

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Please read Para. 5 and try to report it as a news reporter.

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Spot noun

a nice quite spot on beachI chose a spot well away from the road.

Verb, to notice someone or somethingI spotted a police car behind us.

spot somebody doing something

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Please read Para. 7 and try to talk about the immediacy of the news by using your own words.

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Please read Para. 8

What is the power of the media?

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Unique adj Unique to somebody/something The issues being discussed here are not unique to the US. Syn: different, unique, very, distinctive,

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Please read Para. 9 Talk about the technology’s power on media.

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Please read Para. 10

Why news will be never ending?