Unit6WhereIstheNewsLeadingUs摘要.docVIP

Unit 6 Where Is the News Leading Us? I.???? Teaching objectives 1.????? Understand the role of the news media in social life. 2.????? Develop an ability to criticize the social function of the news media. 3.????? Learn to use argument in combination with other expository means. II Teaching time: six class periods III Teaching Procedure: Step 1 Warm-up Questions 1.????? What’s the meaning of “media” or “mass media”? 2.????? Do you agree that most people are strongly influenced by the media? How? To what extend are you influenced by the media? 3.????? How do you define “news”? How does the author define “news”? 4.????? Do you find more “good news” or “bad news” in Chinese media? What about the case in western media? Is it true that “bad news” attracts more attention? Why? 5.????? What difference does it make if media are “disaster-prone” or “progress-prone”? How does the author explain this? Do you agree with the author’s opinion? 6.????? What do you think is the author’s view on the obligations of the media? 7.????? What do you understand are the obligations of the media? Step 2 Relevant information 1.????? OPEC — Acronym for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, a group of countries that produce oil and plan together how to sell it. 2.????? YMCA — Abbreviation of Young Men’s Christian Association, an international organization that promotes the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare of young Christians 3.????? Walter Lippmann (1889 – 1974) U. S. journalist and political philosopher, well known for his writings on current social and political events and phenomena. His widely syndicated column “ Today and Tomorrow” for the New York Herald Tribute was read by millions from September 1931 until his retirement in 1967. 4.????? nitrogen fixation(固氮作用): The formation of nitrogenous compounds by the metabolic assimilation of atmospheric nitrogen by certain soil bacteria, e.g. those living symbiotically on the root