1、 a witness to sth. 某事的证人某事的证人【语境应用语境应用】写出下列句子中画线部分单词的词性及写出下列句子中画线部分单词的词性及含义。含义。 1) The past few years have witnessed great changes throughout Eastern Europe. _2) One witness to the accident said the driver appeared to be drunk. _3) Tony arrived home just in time to witness his brother being taken aw
2、ay by the police. _ v. 见证见证n. 目击者目击者 v. 亲眼看见，目击亲眼看见，目击 She collects first editions of Victorian novels.她收集维多利亚时代的初版初版小说。Tonights edition of Panorama looks at unemployment.今晚这辑全景探讨的是失业问题。The dictionary is now in its sixth edition.本词典现在是第六版版。1. What caused this doubt to spring up in your mind? 什么原因使你突
3、然产生了这个疑团？2. Many monster high-rise buildings spring up all over the city. 许多巨大的高层建筑在这座城市拔地而起。3. And new projects spring up one by one. 众多大型项目如雨后春笋般快速铺开。 Integrated skills Discussing online news media选择性必修二 Unit1 The mass mediaReadingOnline news mediaOnline news mediaTime Development Results In the m
4、id-1990sSome newspapers began to (1) _.People could read the same content in both print and digital editions.By the end of 1999About 1,000 newspapers in China set up (2) _, and newspaper websites with no print editions sprang up.There were (3) _, and readers could post their own comments.In the smar
5、tphone eraNews apps and official news media accounts appeared on social media, (4) _ in China.News could be read (5) _.Online news mediaTime Development Results In the mid-1990sSome newspapers began to(1)_.People can read the same content online as is printed in the newspapers every day.publish thei
6、r own digital editions on the InternetReadingOnline news mediaOnline news mediaTime Development Results By the end of 1999About 1,000 newspapers in China set up (2) _, and newspaper websites with no print editions sprang up.T h e r e w e r e ( 3 ) _ _, and readers could post their own comments.their
7、 own online news platformsa wider range of stories and almost instant updates of news eventsReadingOnline news mediaTime Development Results In the smartphone eraNews apps and official news media accounts appeared on social media, (4) _ in China.News could be read (5) _.with a total membership of ov
8、er 700 millionon mobile devices at any time and at any placeReading(1) To learn about a specific topic from print newspapers or TV broadcasts, people would have to carefully _ or wait until a certain time of day, and by then the stories may have already _.(2) According to one study, _ of online news
9、 readers regularly comment on articles.ListeningB1check every pagedeveloped further38%/thirty-eight per cent(3) If people find an interesting online news article, they can quickly let their friends know by sending them _ to the story or sharing it on _.(4) A recent survey of _ found that _trust prin
10、t news more than online news.a link social media300 people65%/sixty-five per centListeningB1much easier accesslatest updatesB2B2Miss Smiths opinion on online news mediaReasons for the popularity of online news media People have (1) _ to news. Readers can get the (2) _ whenever and wherever they want
11、.Listeningnews sites or appsB2B2 With (3) _, people can simply type in their search words and click “Search” to get the news they want. Online news media makes it easy for people to interact with others and talk about news.ListeningThe future of online news mediaIt will develop (4) _ with print news
12、 media. Print news media is still viewed by many people as more trustworthy than online news media. It is hard to change peoples (5) _. Some people just enjoy the feeling of (6) _ when reading news.hand in handreading habitsholding a physical newspaperListeningSpeakingC C(1) What is the current situ
13、ation of online news media?(2) What are the advantages and disadvantages of online news media?(3) How will online news media change in the future? Why?One of the strengths/problemsis thatAnother positive/negative aspect is thatOn the one hand, On the other hand, There are more advantages than disadv
14、antages when it comes to. has more advantages over Expressions advantagesvsdisadvantagesWritingD Learning about the structure To write an article about online news media, you can follow the structure below: Introduction: give information on the current situation of online news media. Main body: stat
15、e the advantages and disadvantages of online news media. Conclusion: predict the future of online news media. Learning about writing techniques You can use different expressions to avoid repetition in your writing. For example, to talk about the popularity of online news media, you can use the sente
16、nce patterns below: It is clear that online news media is becoming increasingly popular among As we can see, online news media enjoys great popularity among Nowadays an increasing number of people turn to online news media for DWritingChecking your writing:self-viewRemember to check your writing aft
17、er you finish and exchange drafts between you and your partner. Pay attention to the following aspects:PunctuationSpellingGrammarChoice of wordsStyle (formal/informal)StructureChecking your writing:peer-viewChecking your writing:peer-viewHomeworkTask 1:Polish your writing.Task 2:Review what we have learnt.
