Ok. Next, we will listen to the recorder. Do the listening and learn what happens. and answer the following questions:
1. What kind of person is Jim Gray? Why is he no longer working for the company?
2. Compare your answers to questions 1 and 2 with those of your classmates. Are there any differences? Why?
3. You have heard two different descriptions of what happened to Jim Gray. Why are they different/ Which one do you think is better?
Step 4 Speaking
Next, work in groups. You are the editors of a newspaper. Below is a list of ten things that happened today. You may only report five of them. Decide which events you are going to put in your newspaper and give you reasons for your choices. Compare your choices with those of your classmates by using the following useful expressions:
What do you think of……../
What’s your opinion?
Why do you choose….?
Perhaps…is more important.
I would rather choose…
I don’t think we should choose…
Maybe it would be better to choose…
Our readers want to know about…
Topics.
1. 200 people died in an earthquake in Turkey.
2. France elected a new president
3. Two men robbed a bank in shanghai.
4.Ahouse in your city burnt down. Nobody was injured.
5.2000 people in your city moved into new buildings today and were happy.
6.A Chinese scientist has invented a new car engine that does not pollute the air
7There is a rumour that a large company wants to build a factory in your city
8. China beat Brazil 2-1 in the football
9. Three children from your city were killed
10.Food prices are going up.
Notes:. 1. be different from……
Make a difference….. make some / no difference.
2. interview, 接见，会谈
give/grant an interview to sb. 接见某人
have an interview with sb 会见某人
3． Description 描写，描述形容
give a description of the battle.
Beyond description 难以描述
4． Rob 抢劫
rob sb of sth.
l steal sth from sb.
5． go up/go down 价格的上升、下降
4. 6. burn down, 把。。。烧成平地， （蜡烛等）渐渐烧完，火力减弱。
Step 5. homework
Finish the exercise on page 88, Ex. 1,2,3
Period 2
Step 1 Revision
1 Check the homework exercises.
2. What do you think the life of a reporter is like?
Step. 2 Preparation for reading
SB Page 2, Part 1. Talk; about the pictures: What can you see? Can you describe it?(Picture 1, several people are sitting at the desks in the office, perhaps they are editors. Picture 2, a reporter is interviewing a man, and several people are taking pictures of the man. Picture 3 , we can see several copies of newspapers. namely People’s Daily and China Daily. What do you think the process of making newspapers.. Next, we’ll read a passage about what a reporter’s life is like? And their opinions! )
Step 3 Reading
Wb Lesson 2, Ex. 1. Go through the exercise and make sure the Ss know what to do. Let them read the whole passage carefully and answer the questions, working in pairs or small groups. Check the answers with the whole class.
Comprehension.
1. What’s the basic task for a reporter?
