Unit3Theworldonline●TaskGettingnewsfromtheInternetSkillsbuilding1:readingchartsandgraphsWhenyouarelearningaboutanewtopic,whatinformationismostimportantbesidesopinions?(Factsandfigures)NowI’llpresentyouachart.Pleaselookatitcarefullyandtrytotellmewhatthischartcantellus.(Thebarchartaboveshowstheweightinkilogramsofsomefruitsoldonedaybyamarket.Wecanseethat52kgofapplesweresold,40kgoforangesweresold,and8kgofstarfruitweresold.)So,whenlistening,weneedtobeabletocollectfactsandfigures,whichareoftenpresentedintheformofchartsandgraphs.Youareexpectedtolearnsomedifferenttypesofgraphsandchartsthatusebars,linesorcirclestoshowinformation..ReadtheguidelinesinSkillsbuilding1onPage42.Focusonhowtounderstanddifferentkindsofchartsandgraphs.Step1:collectinginformation:1.Pairwork:Haveadiscussionwithyourpartner:Ifyouwanttoattendaseriesoflecturesaboutthewayspeoplewatchorlistentothenews,whatshouldyoupayspecialattentionto?2.Listentothefirstspeechandtakenotesinthespace.TapescriptFirstspeaker:Weareheretodaytodiscussthewaysthatpeoplegettheirnews.Thereareseveralmainsourcestowhichmostpeopleturnwhentheywanttoknowwhatishappeningintheirlocalcommunity,oraroundtheworld.Theyarenewspapers,television(bothlocalandnational),radioandmorerecently,theInternet.ThemainpointIwouldliketomakeisthattherearedifferenttypesofnews,andthatsomearemoreeasilyfoundfromcertainsources.Asexamples,Iwilldiscusssportsresults,theweather,politicsandlocal,nationalandinternationalcurrentaffairs.Sportsresultsdonotchangeoncetheeventisover.Fansdonotoftenneedorwanttoseepicturesofthegames;theysimplywanttoknowthescores.Forthistypeofnews,radioandnewspapersarethemostsuitable.Theweather,however,issomethingwhichchangesallthetimes.Therefore,aplacetoget用心爱心专心116号编辑newswhichcanbeupdatedeasily,likeradioortheInternet,isthebestchoice.Politicsinvolvesmanydetails,andpeopleoftenwanttounderstandthemattheirownspeed.Forthisreason,placestogetnewsthatinvolvereadingmaybethebest—newspapersandtheInternet.Currentaffairscanbecoveredinmanyways,andwhatpeoplechooseoftenhastodowithwhattypeofnewstheywant.Forexample,thosewhoonlywanttoknowthe‘top’ormostimportantstorieswillprobablychoosetowatchtelevisionnewsprogrammesastheyonlyincludethemostimportantnews.Somepeoplepreferawiderrangeofviews,andwouldprobablyprefertheInternetoranewspaper.Otherpeoplewhodriveortravellongdistancestoworkoftendon’thavethetimeinthemorningoreveningtowatchtelevisionorreadapaper.Theyliketolistentoradionewsprogrammeswhiletheytraveltoandfromtheiroffices.AnswersA(1)radio(2)toseepictures(3)toknowscores(4)theInternet(5)changes(6)updated(7)newspaper(8)details(9)attheirownspeed(10)TV(11)important(12)wider(13)drive(14)watchTV(15)readnewspapers3.Now,pleasegoovertheinstructionsinPartBandreadthethreesentences.Trytoguesswhatthespeechthatyouaregoingtolistentoisaboutandwhatwordswillbeusedtocompletethesesentencesbeforeyoulistentotherecording.TapescriptFinalspeaker:Asthefinalspeakerheretoday,Iwouldliketosharewithyousomeoftheconclusionsofourresearch.WewantedtoknowiftheInternetwouldbecomethemostpopularsourceofnewsforpeople.WehavefoundthatalthoughtheInternethasbecomeincreasinglypopular,thenumberofpeoplewhogetnewsfromtheInternetcomparedtotheradioortelevisionisstillsmall.WhiletheInternetisapopulartool,itisstillnotaseasilyaccessibleasnewspapers,televisionandtheradioare,andduetotheamountofuncontrolledinformationont...
