北师大版高中英语必修四Unit11TheMediawarmingup教学设计.docxVIP

Unit 11, The Media Unit objectives Draw students’ attention to the unit objectives. Ask them which of the activities they do most often in Chinese (e.g. listening to songs/reading magazine articles) and which they do least often (e.g. writing a formal letter to a newspaper). Do they have any problems with any of these activities in Chinese? Have they done any of these activities in English? Warm-up Objectives Read newspaper and magazine articles and a formal letter. Write a formal letter to a newspaper. Listen to extracts from TV and radio programmes and a song. Talk about the media, paparazzi and advertising. Learn about passives and gerunds. Teaching procedures: I. Exercise 1 ■ Students read through the Key Words and make a list of the things they can see on the page. ■ Students use a dictionary to check the three kinds of British newspaper. Answers: ‘tabloid’ newspaper ‘quality’ newspaper computer magazine fashion magazine TV programme (the news) website II. Exercise 2 ■ Read through the four types of programme. ■ Students listen to the cassette and identify the programmes Answers 1 a game show 2 the news 3 a chat show 4 a sports programme Tape script 1: Quizmaster: Now, if you get this question right, you and Tony go through to the final. Listen carefully. What Italian word do we use to describe photographers who follow famous people? Right, Janet, here’s your chance to get into the final. Contestant: Is it the paparazzi? Quizmaster: Yes, that’s absolutely right, the paparazzi! Congratulations, you’ve made it to … 2: Newsreader: … and the secretary of the United Nations is giving a news conference later today on the situation in the Middle East. Last night, two men and one woman were arrested by police after a bomb went off in the centre of … 3: Presenter: So, Alan, what made you leave television and go into films? Guest: Ah well, I guess I wanted to see what I could do. I was in the same series for three years, and, er, I just wan