学术英语(社科)_Unit 7.ppt

Text B Critical reading and thinking Group discussion What social rules are challenged by digital technology? And in what ways? What are the author’s suggestions to deal with the ethical issue? What do you think of them? Unit 7Change in Journalism Text Analysis Text B Difficult sentences None of us revealed the substance of the debate, and the online activity was in some ways just a good way of making the point that the world has changed, but we could easily have crossed the line with an ill-considered tweet. (Para. 1) → None of us leaked the content of the debate, and what we did online to some extent helped to demonstrate that the world of journalism has changed. However it is easy for online activities to breach rules, for example, a tweet that is posted without much thinking. Unit 7Change in Journalism Text B Difficult sentences During the show I was… in a manner that would have got me kicked out of the National Theatre but seemed entirely appropriate for an event that began with geek Simon Singh showing us a real enigma machine. (Para. 6) → During the show what I did would be considered ill-mannered and I would even be driven out of the National Theatre but in this case it seemed quite appropriate because the show was about technology. Unit 7Change in Journalism Text B Difficult sentences Wendy Hall, Michele Neylon and I all loudly protested that we hadn’t been reading e-mails but engaging in debate with the audience, although I’m not convinced we persuaded her that we weren’t just being impolite. (Para. 8) → We all argued that we were not doing our own personal stuff but were communicating with the audience. Our arguments however did not seem to convince Sarah Montague who probably still believed that we were impolite. Unit 7Cha