1、Unit 1 The mass mediaGrammar and usageStep 1 Warming upRead part A on page 6 and complete the True or False exercise.1) He regularly visited the library and studied English and Law-by then he had learnt very little French. ( )2) By the age of 25, he had become a teacher. ( )3) He used the same busin
2、ess strategy he employed at the St Louis Post-Dispatch and sales of the newspaper mounted up until it was the bestselling newspaper in the country. ( )FFFEnglishpublisherhad employedStep 1 Warming up1) When and where was Joseph Pulitzer born? Joseph Pulitzer was born on April 10, 1847, in Hungary.2)
3、 When did Joseph Pulitzer found the newspaper the St Louis Post-Dispatch? In 1878.3) In 1892, what did he offer Columbia University money to start?He offered Columbia University money to start a school of journalism.4) When were the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded?Six years after Joseph Pulitzers
4、 death. Step 2 Exploring and working out the rules 1. He regularly visited the library and studied English and Law-by then he had learnt very little English. 2. By the age of 25, he had become a publisher. 3. He used the same business strategy he had employed at the St Louis Post-Dispatch and sales
5、of the newspaper mounted up until it was the bestselling newspaper in the country. Finish the table in part A.Step 2 Exploring and working out the rules We often use the past perfect tense to talk about something that happened (1) _ (before/after) a past action or state. The verb form of the past pe
6、rfect tense is “(2)_(have/had done)”. Working out the rulesbeforehad donePracticeFill in the blanks with proper and correct forms of the verbs.1. He _ (try) his best although he failed again.2. By the time, Tom _(found) his own business.3. The train _(leave) before I got to the station.4. I _ (learn
7、) English for seven years when I graduated from high school.5. Julie _ (finish) cleaning the house by the end of last weekend.6. Rowling began to write a review after she _ (watch) the movie.7. She said she _ (see) the headmaster already.8. No sooner _ we _ (go) out than it rained.had triedhad found
8、edhad lefthad learnt/learnedhad finishedhad watchedhad seenhad goneStep 3 Applying the rules B1 Circle the mistakes and correct them in the blanks below. 1) Pulitzer knew that he had learnt very little English, so he had started to work hard at the language._2) Pulitzer was very hard-working. Quite
9、often, when he arrived home at midnight, he was working for over 10 hours._3) For the time he was 25, Pulitzer had become a journalist and publisher._4) Many of the best reporters have worked for his paper before its failure in 1931._had started 去掉去掉 had was working 改成改成 had worked For 改成改成 By have
10、worked 改成改成 had workedStep 3 Applying the rules B2 Below is a passage about the Pulitzer Prizes. Complete it with the correct forms of the verbs in the box below. (1) had built (2) were awarded (3) had won (4) has been allowed (5) had intendedAnswer the following questions:Step 3 Applying the rules
11、1) Who had devoted a lot before The Pulitzer Prizes were established?Suggested answer: Joseph Pulitzer.2) What categories have The Pulitzer Prizes also expanded to include?Suggested answer: Photography and music. Step 4 Topic talking and sharingTalk about Zou Taofens life story according to the time
12、line and share it with each other.Example: By the time he was 31, Zou Taofen had become the chief editor of Life Weekly.Step 4 Topic talking and sharingLets Share!Step 4 Topic talking and sharingSample answerZou Taofen was born in 1895, in Fujian. He graduated from university at the age of twenty-si
13、x, in 1921. The next year, he became an editor. He had worked as an editor for four years before he became the chief editor of Life Weekly. In 1931, he started campaigning against the Japanese invasion. By the time he was forty, he had started a new journal called Life of the Masses. Zou had established himself as a famous journalist and publisher before he died in Shanghai in 1944.Homework1. Search the information online and write a life story of your favorite people.2. Complete part C of the workbook on page 56.
