人教版高中英语Book 5 Unit 4 Making the news Extensive reading.pptVIP

Revision Retell Reading I: MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT “Unforgettable,”says new journalist Zhou Yang will never forget his first assignment. His discussion with his boss was to strongly influence his life as a journalist. His boss said he couldnt go out on a story on his own until he was more experienced. He would be put as an assistant to an experienced journalist . He was told to be curious and avoid talking too much so as to acquire all the information he needed. While listening, he had to take down detailed facts and prepare the next question. If permitted, he could use a recorder to get the facts straight and to avoid being accused of misunderstanding. At the end of the conversation, he was told about a case where the journalists were accused of getting the wrong end of the stick. Zhou Yang looked forward to his new job. Unit 4 Using language Task 1: Fast Reading Read the text quickly and answer the questions. What was Zhou Yang’s first task? 2. What is the first stage of the printing process? 3. How many people read his article before it was ready to be processed into film negatives ? Who were they? 编审 senior editor 技术编辑 copy-editor 主编 chief editor 新闻文字编辑 news desk editor 头版新闻 front page article 主标题 main headline 胶片 film negatives What was Zhou Yang’s first task? 2. Do you know what is the first stage of the printing process? His first task was to write a famous film star story. All the information was ready to be processed into film negatives. 3. How many people read his article before it was ready to be processed into film negatives? Who were they? Five people. They were a senior editor from his department, the copy-editor, the native speaker, the chief editor and the news desk editor. I. Fill in the blanks according to the text. II. Sum up the main idea of the text using about 30 words. Task 2: Careful Reading ← → → 1