1、 Reporting on a recent event To discuss what areas of news you are interested in. To be able to write a news report. As a class, discuss what areas of news you are interested in. You can use the ideas below or think of other ideas. Then in groups, choose one area of news and pick an event in this ar
2、ea to report on. community education entertainment environment medicine sport technology transport A One thing that we can all agree on, no matter where we are reading this from, is that technology has been one of the most important things in our lives while everything has been going on. Not only ha
3、s it enabled schools to keep teaching and businesses to keep trading, but it has also meant that we have been able to keep in touch with our loved ones when we have needed them most. As a group, research your chosen event. You can interview someone or turn to different kinds of media for related inf
4、ormation. B What I love about science is that you never run out of options for what to do. Chythanya Murali, 13 I love that science is like a never-ending puzzle that you can continue to solve. And it gets more exciting over time. Holly Jackson, 14 My favorite part about science is learning or disco
5、vering things that people have never known before. Caroline Edmunds, 13 The following remarks may help you. My favorite thing about science is that satisfying feeling when you discover something new. Jonathan Okasinski, 12 My favorite thing about science would probably be biomimicry and how it has h
6、elped us invent new things. Annie Ostojic, 12 I love science because it allowed me to answer my questions that I see in nature in a rational and logical fashion. Rajiv Movva, 14 As a group, write your news report. Use the example below to help you. Then present your news report to the rest of the cl
7、ass. C Including quotes in a news report Using quotes adds authority and accuracy to a news report. When using a quote, always introduce who you are quoting. In direct speech, use the exact words that they said. In reported speech, remain faithful to what was said though you not need to use the exac
8、t wording, and remember to use reporting verbs like say, tell or ask. Students nationwide sit gaokao High school graduate Chen Siyin said that if she is able to enroll in her dream university, her rigorous study schedule in recent years will have been worthwhile. Over the past three years, the 18-ye
9、ar-old from Wuhan High School in Hubei Province has risen before 6 am and gone to bed after midnight while preparing for the national college entrance exam, or gaokao. A record 10.78 million students around China are expected to take this years gaokao, which starts on Monday and lasts two to four da
10、ys, depending on the location. Students from eight provincial-level regionsHebei, Liaoning, Jiangsu, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong and Chongqing will sit for the “new gaokao” this year, marking the third group of pilot regions in China to implement comprehensive reform of the exam. Zhejiang and Sh
11、anghai started the pilot in 2017, and Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong and Hainan followed suit last year. The reform allows students to have more exam choicesup to 12 combinations of subjects, instead of the two choices between liberal arts and science subjects beforein accordance with their hobbies, int
12、erests and specialty subjects. In this unit, you are In this unit, you are going to:going to: Assessment Answer the following questions to assess your performance. Then work in groups and exchange your answers with your partners. 1 What questions can you ask to decide whether a news report is trustw
13、orthy? 2 What do you think of your writing about online news media? List 2 or 3 sentences that you are the most satisfied with. 3 What advertising techniques does an effective advertisement use? Which works best for you? Why? 4 Did you have any difficulty doing the project of this unit? If yes, what
14、 was it? 5 What new words have you learnt from this unit? List some of them. 6 What grammar have you learnt from this unit? Make a sentence with the grammar. 7 What tip have you learnt from this unit? Explain it briefly. 8 How are you going to improve your overall performance? Make an action plan. I
15、n this unit, you are In this unit, you are going to:going to: Read a magazine article about advertising;Report on a recent event. “Can You Spot the Problem with These Headlines?” is a short video about whether headlines present information accurately. The video provides examples of headlines and ana
16、lyses typical problems to help the viewer read news more critically. Watch the video to learn how to become a critical news reader, and then apply this knowledge the next time you read a news report. Further study China Daily is Chinas bestselling English-language newspaper. It was founded in Beijin
17、g in 1981 and now serves more than 200 million readers all over the world. Try reading it to get news and practise your English at the same time. Read the following remarks about mass media and write down your own idea. When it comes to social media, there are just times I turn off the world, you kn
18、ow. There are just sometimes you have to give yourself space to be quiet, which means youve got to set those phones down. Michelle Obama Social media has taken over in America to such an extreme that to get my own kids to look back a week in their history is a miracle, let alone 100 years. Steven Sp
19、ielberg You dont need to go far to see the hatred and abuse that happens online. Even using social media is anti-social because people are always on their phones. Ronny Chieng I think there should be regulations on social media to the degree that it negatively affects the public good. Elon Musk Everyones like sheep on social media; like, one person starts making noise, and everyones like, Hey, yeah! and then you got a whole bunch of people making noise at you. Earl Sweatshirt
