新概念大学英语2Unit 4 Activereading 1-新.pptVIP

Identifying personal views in news Using italics Agreeing or disagreeing . Matching headline Bridging information gap Group discussion Q1: Which of the above headlines interests you most? Why? (Group 1 8) Q2: Choose anyone of the above headlines and discuss whether it is newsworthy? Why or why not? (Group 2 7) Q3: What kind of story usually appear in the news? (Group 3 6) Q4: Why are people interested in the news? (Group 4 5) Bridging information gap Bridging information gap Text Organisation Text Organisation Newsworthy 3 elements Media power Flowchart of cohesion Flowchart of Cohesion Para 5: … Take the story in today’s China Daily… Para 6: Not an event with momentous international  consequences, you might say, but there are  echoes of the story across the globe… Para 7: Another element of newsworthy is immediacy. Para 8: When it comes to immediacy, those media … have an enormous advantage over the press  … This is why it is usual to talk of the “power of the  media”… Para 9: But perhaps … this power is being eroded… Para 10: This doesn’t mean that the press and TV are going to disappear overnight, of course. Jigsaw reading Group 1, 2, 5 6 (Q1 Q2): Read the text and find out what historic events in the 9 headlines are interpreted in text. Jigsaw reading answer Personal view Group discussion (Paras 2-9): Read the text and evaluate the statements in Activity 8, P47. Check (√) the statements evidently supported in text and decide what the passage really says. Group 1, 8: Para 2-3 (to evaluate Statement 1, 2, 3) Group 2, 7: Para 4 (to evaluate Statement 4, 5) Group 3, 6: Para 7 (to evaluate Statement 6, 7) Group 4, 5: Para 8-9 (to evaluate Statement 8, 9) Personal views Mentioned: Bad news is common Not mentioned: no judgment on the media’s attitude toward bad news Personal views Group 2 7: Para 4 Personal views Group 3 6: Para 7 Personal views Grou