高级时事英语English in Current Affairs.pptVIP

高级时事英语English in Current Affairs Unit 1 The media Unit 1 The media Activity 1 The Media Activity 2 Newspapers Activity 3 Listening to a Conversation Activity 4 Finding Your Way around a Newspaper Activity 5 News in Conversation(Listening) Activity 6 Reading More Newspaper Articles ( Supplementary materials) Activity 1 Task 1: Mass Media Task 2: Examples of Mass Media Task 3: Spreading News Task 1 Mass Media What does “mass media” mean to you? Does it equal to “multimedia”? Mass: a large number Media: You can refer to television, radio, newspapers and magazines as the media. The mass media are television, radio, and newspaper. E.g. The mass media now play an increasing role in shaping our opinions. Task 2 Examples of Mass Media TV and radio programmes Films Ads the Internet * News agencies are responsible for spreading information to newspapers so news agencies can also be classed as an example of media. Task 3 Spreading News Press: all published newspapers and magazines. Newspaper: the oldest and most basic type of mass media. Newspapers magazines (Generally speaking, zero article is used in front of the names of magazines) Activity 2 Newspapers Task 1 A News Item Task 2 Identifying Personal Details Task 3 Distinguishing Fact from Conjecture Task 4 Expressing Fact and Conjecture Task 5 Avoiding Repetition Task 6 Examining Newspaper Headlines Task 7 Other Aspects of the Article Task 1. A News Item Text 1: Good-bye Fergie (P.13) 1. Skim Text 1 and do the choices on P.12 2. Who are the main characters in Text 1? 3. This part is mainly about_______. 4. How do you understand the title of this article? Task 2 Identifying Personal Details (P.14) Now let’s go to the detailed info of Text 1. Ask at least one question about the contents of Text 1 by using the W5H1 ( the basic 6 factors of news-reporting ). There is one more name : Forgie(in the title) Task 3. Distinguishing Fact from Conjecture(P.