Unit4 Section Ⅰ Warming Up Reading — Pre - reading.pptVIP

When covering a story， a journalist must be 6.　　 .Only if you ask many different questions will you acquire all the information you need to know.7.　　　 is important.You have to listen for 8.　　　 .Meanwhile you have to prepare the next question 9.　　 　　 on what the person says. If the interviewee agrees， you can use a recorder to get the facts 10.　　　 　 and thats the evidence to support your story. curious　 Listening details depending 　 straight Suppose you are a good news reporter， what qualities do you need to have？ 参考答案：I must have good communication skills. And I must be good at writing. Whats more， I must work hard. Unit 4 Making the news Section Ⅰ Warming UP Reading — Pre-reading Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 As we all know， mass media play an important part in our life. Can you tell us how mass media make our daily life easier？ Please read the following passage to get the answer. Mass media are tools of communication. Mass media allow us to record and pass information rapidly to a large， scattered audience. They extend our ability to talk to each other by helping us overcome barriers caused by time and space. There are various wakkys in which mass media make daily life easier for us. First， they inform and help us keep a watch on our world. They gather and pass on information we would be unlikely or unable to get on our own. Second， mass media help us to arrange time and life. What we talk about and what we think about are greatly influenced by the media. When people get together， they tend to talk about certain happenings in the newspapers or on TV. Because we are exposed to different points of view through different kinds of media every day， we are able to evaluate (评价) all sides of a certain issue. Third， the media are used to persuade people. A good example is advertisements through the media. Newspapers， magazines and TV are filled with all kinds of