_Unit_4_Making_the_news-Using_Language.ppt

edition department accurate employ polish approve process j. one printing of a book, newspaper etc. e. one of several divisions of a government, business, shop etc. h. careful and exact; free from error b. improve in behavior, intellectual interests, etc; making refined or elegant f. first in rank g. confirm; agree to i. series of operations Do you want to get some information everyday? How can you get the information? There are so many ways to get information, but reading newspapers is one of the oldest. This class we’ll learn a passage about how to make news. Let’s come to the passage. 2. Can you guess how complex it is to make news? Read the text and try to get the main idea of it. the passage tells us the process of writing and printing for a newspaper article. ? What was Zhou Yang’s first task? How should he write about the story? How many people read his article before it was ready to be processed into film negative? Who are they? an editor from his department copy-editor native speaker chief editor news desk editor Read the passage and finish the chart for the writing and printing process for an article. → 2. You do some research to see if the story is true or not. 1. ↓ ← 4. 3. You go to an interview to get the information for your story You begin to write the story using the notes from the interview. You give the article to the sub-editor to check. → 6. 5. ↓ ← 8. 7. All the stories and photos are set and the colour negatives for the printing are made ready. The article is given to a native speaker to check the use of English and improve the style. The first edition of the newspaper is printed. The last stage the article is checked /approved by the chief editor. 1. You go to an interview to _________________for your story. 2. You ________________to see if the story is true or not. 3. You begin to write the story using _______from the interview. 4. You give the article to the copy-editor to_______. get the informatio