UNIT FOUR NEWSPAPERSs complete the tasks of listening, speaking, reading and writing which the textbook provide. Reading materials “ How a newspaper is produced”and “China Daily” should be exactly understood. Students should understand the process of publishing a newspaper and some information about China Daily. The exercises concerned should be completed.UNIT FOUR NEWSPAPERLESSON THIRTEEN DIALOGUETEACHING AIMS:1.Learn and master the following:A Words: rose, check, magazine, daily,B Everyday English:Are/Will you be free then?Yes. I’ll be free, I’d like to go.Let’s go together then. I’ll meet you at the theatre at six thirty.Good! See you then.What time shall we meet?Where is the best place to meet?What about meeting outside…?I suggest … ?2.Enable Ss to know the meaning of a new word by looking it up in anEnglish-English dictionary.KEY TEACHING POINTS:1.Phrases: have a look, give a performance2.Sentence patterns:1)Sure, go ahead.2)What’s on …3)They are said to be very good.DIFFICULT TEACHING POINTS:The use of the sentence pattern “ … be said to do … ”.TEACHING METHODS:1.Listening-and-answer activity to help the Ss to go through with thedialogue.2.Pair work or group work to make every student work in class. TEACHING AIDS:A tape recorder a projectorTEACHING PROCEDURES:I. GRRETINGS AND LEAD-INT: Today we are going to learn Unit 4. It’s about “Newspapers”.Please look at the picture in your textbooks. There are two girls in the picture. One is Betty, the other is Zhou Lan, who is holdinga newspaper in her hands. Now let’s listen to what they are talkingabout.Questions:1.Do you like reading newspapers?2.What kind of newspapers do you like to read?3.I know many of us have newspapers at home. Now tell me what papersdo you have at home?4.Why do you like reading newspapers?5.Do you read English newspapers?6.What English newspapers do we have in China?II. DIALOGUE1.Pre-listening questions:1)Where does the conversation take place?The conversation takes place at the students’ dining room.2)When will Betty meet Zhou Lan?Betty will meet Zhou Lan at six-thirty.2.Post-listnening questions:1)What newspaper does Zhou Lan have with her?China Daily.2)Why does Betty want to have a look at China Daily?Because she wants to3)What are “the Red Roses”?They are a pop group.4)Where will the performance be held?The performance will be held at the People’s Theatre.5)What does the performance start?The performance will start at 7 p.m.6)What do Betty and Zhou Lan decide to do this week?They decided to attend a performance given by the “Red Rose”pop group.7)What time do Betty and Zhou Lan arrange to meet?At six thirty.III LANGUAGE STUDYIV A LITTLE TEST: WRITINGT: Now read the dialogue by yourselves and then fill in the blanks.V ORAL PRACTICE Part 2 page 191.Read the sentences by yourselves.2.Work with your partner. One asks, and the other answers.3.Make a dialogue like the one in Part 1. 3’Situation 1: You are going to hear a talk given by Li Yang on Crazy English.Situation 2: Your class is going to organize a picnic lunch somewhere outside the city. You canalso talk about the cinema, a football match, abasketball match, a play or a performance.Find the right explanation for each of the words. 2’VII SUMMARYT: In this class, we have learned some phrases and sentence patterns in the dialogue. Remember the phrases “have a look” and “givea performance”. Use the sentence pattern “Sure, go ahead.”“What’s on …” correctly. Pay special attention to the use ofthe sentence pattern “…be said to do…/ It’s said that…” Wehave also learned how to make a dialogue for an appointment anddone some exercises in your workbooks.VIII FURTHER DEVELOPMENTWrite a short passage based on the dialogue.Phrases may be used:A look at China Daily What’s on this weekend?A performance at the People’s Theatre When and where to meetBetty met Zhou Lan in the students’ dining room. Betty wanted to have a look at_Zhou Lan’s copy of China Daily. She wanted toknow what would be on that weekend. The newspaper said that “theRed Roses ” pop group would give a performanc e. They were saidto be very good. Betty would like to go. Finally they decided togo to the theatre together and they would meet at the theatre atsix-thirty.VIII HOMEWORK1.Write Ex. 4 in your exercise-books and collect them.2.Prepare for Ex.3.UNIT FOUR NEWSPAPERSLESSON FOURTEEN HOW A NEWSPAPER IS PRODUCEDTEACHING AIMS:1. Words and expressionsfix, photogaraphers, deliver, rail, chief, event, immediately, develop, add, lorry, speed, face-to-face, take a photograph (of ), pass on,2. Imp rove the Ss’ reading abilityKEY TEACING POINTS:1.Master the following phrases:Cover the events, get down to doing sth., face-toface, work on, pass…on to…2.Help the students understand the text better.TEACHING METHODS:1.Fast reading to find out the general information in the text.2.Question-and-answer activity to help the Ss to understand the detailedinformation in the text.3.Pair-work activity for Ss to further understand the text. TEACHING AIDS:TEACHING PROCEDURES:I GREETINGSII REVISIONRetell what Betty and Zhou Lan talked in the dining room.Betty met Zhou Lan in the students’ dining room. Betty wanted to have a look at_Zhou Lan’s copy of China Daily. She wanted to know what would be on that weekend. The newspaper said that “the Red Roses ” pop group would give a performance. They were said to be very good. Betty would like to go. Finally they decided to go to the theatre together and they would meet at the theatre at six-thirty.III LEAD-IN AND DISCUSSION1.Free talk about newspaper.T: Newspapers have much to do with our daily life. Do you think so?Then what do you think they can tell / give us?S: They can tell us what has happened at home and abroad. They can also give us pleasure.T: Yes. In a word, newspapers are very important to everyone. There are various kinds of newspapers. Can you name some?S: The People’s Daily, The Chinese Youth Daily, English Weekly, English Coaching Paper and so on.T: Now please work in groups of four and have a discussion about these questions: p-201.Which newspapers and magazines do you read?2.Which newspaper and magazines do you buy?3.Which part of the newspaper do you find most interesting?4.Which part of the newspaper do you find least interesting?…T: (holding a copy of …) Hello, everyone. This is a copy of China Daily. It’s today’s paper. Now let’s have a look at theheadlines and see what is happening in and outside China.…Good. You see. You already have the ability to read someimportant news from an English newspaper. Now I have got aquestion: Does anybody know how a newspaper is made? Does anyoneknow how all this news is collected and printed? Well, I thinkwe can get the answer from the reading passage in this unit. IV READING1.Fast and silent reading 5’Questions:1)What’s the “homework” for the reporters?The so-called homework for reporters is to go to thenewspaper’s known library to look up any information thatthey need.2)Why is writing headlines in English more difficult than inChinese?Because the English letters are not of the same size. Forexample, in English the letter M is wider than the letter I,so editors must check that there is enough space for theheadlines they have written.3)What does an editor do?An editor tells the journalists what they are going to writeabout and decides which will be the most important story.4)What do journalists do?A journalist interviews people, writes a report and checksinformation.2. Second reading for detailed information 5’1.The chief editor holds a meeting every morning. Because theydiscuss the main events of the day.2.Reporters cover events. As soon as they know what to write about,they get down to work. They telephone people and fix a time fora face-to-face interview with them. Sometimes they do telephoneinterviews. They also go to library to check information.3.Reporters go to the newspaper’s own library to look up anyinformation that they need. This is so-called “doing one’s homework”.4.I think a journalist must be learned, diligent and talkative. Hemust be able to work fast.5.They decide which photographs are needed for the next day’s paper.6.The chief editor decides which will be the most important storyon the first page. Other editors read the stories which the reporters have written and make any necessary changes. They also write the headlines for each story.7.Writing headlines in English is more difficult than in Chinese.For example, in English the letter M is wider than the letter I, so editors must check that there is enough space for the headlines they have written.8.Because people want to buy the latest newspaper; nobody wants tobuy yesterday’s.VI ACTIVITY1.2. But you should firstAnswers:1. chief editor2. journalists3. photographers, photographs4. The photographs/photos5. check6. headlines7. printed8. delivered3. Work in pairs. Tell your partner how a newspaper is made, usingthe diagram. When you do this, you can add extra information which you read about in the passage.VII WB P-89VIII SUMMARY AND HOMEWORKT: Today we’ve learned a passage about how a newspaper is published.We should learn how to use some words, expressions and sentencepatterns in the passage. And we should be able to retell theprocess of publishing a newspaper in our own words.IX FURTHER DEVELOPMENTSuppose you are a reporter. Make a telephone call to somebody to fix a time for a face-to-face interview.。