Unit 4 Making the news Period 2 ReadingLearning aims: 1. Develop the skill of reading by using different reading strategies. 2. Learn the basic information of making the newsImportant points: 1. Know the information of making the news. 2. Train certain skills of reading, such as skimming and scanning. Difficult point: Grasp some specific information of making the news.【使用说明及学法指导】1. 自学课本 Unit4 (P26)，完成预习案；2. 完成时间 25 分钟预习案 Previewing CaseTask1. Skimming: ①What is the main idea of the text?This is about Zhou Yang’s __________________ at the office of a popular English newspaper, and his _____________ with his new boss, Hu Xin.②What is the purpose of writing this passage?1. It shows us the skills necessary to become a good________________.2. It wants to show how to conduct a good___________________.Task2. Careful readingRead the text and answer the following questions.1. Where did the conversation happen? ________________________________________________2. What are they talking about? ______________________________________________________3. What was Zhou Yang’s first job at China Daily? _______________________________________4. When could Zhou Yang go out on a story? ____________________________________________5. What mistakes must he avoid? ______________ _______________________________________6. Why is listening so important? _____________________________________________________Task3. Read and fill in the blanks.The skill a journalist neededWe need to be 1______________. To 2___________ all the information we need to know, we have to ask many different 3______________. To be a good reporter, we must have a “4___________” for a story. When we find people are not 5_________ ________ __________, we must f...
