Unit 4 Making the Headlines

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Read Para.1 - 3 in detail and answer the following questions.
When will all the media report the same story? What is the “newsworthy” according to your own words?
UNIT 4 Making the Headlines
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Please read Para. 8
What is the power of the media?
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enormous adj
Huge/massive/enormous, extremely big Great, very big Vast, extremely big, used about areas, distances, numbers,
维（构成空间的因素）；尺寸 规模；程度；范围
方面；侧面
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Bad news travels fast
Good news never goes Beyond the gate, while Bad news spreads far and wide.
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Detailed reading:
Read para.4 and tell me what can be caused news?
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Please read Para. 9 Talk about the technology’s power on media.
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News is the selected information on current events. It is shared in various ways: among individuals and small groups (such as by word of mouth or newsletters); with wider audiences (such as by publishing, either in print or online, or broadcasting, such as on television or radio)
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Instructed by: Mr. read Para. 7 and try to talk about the immediacy of the news by using your own words.
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A. News will be never ending
Para. 10
B. The immediacy of the news
C. Echoes of the story/news D. Bad news travel fast
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Gigantic, extremely big and much bigger than other things of the same type
Colossal, extremely big---used about amounts or objects.
Tremendous, having an extremely big effect
Spot noun
a nice quite spot on beach
I chose a spot well away from the road.
Verb, to notice someone or something
I spotted a police car behind us.
spot somebody doing something
Do you know something about President K?
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Dimension NOUN 1. a measurement in space, for example the height, width or length of sth E.G. We measured the dimensions of the kitchen. E.G. Computer design tools that work in three dimensions 2.[usupl] the size and extent of a situation E.G. a problem of considerable dimensions 3. an aspect, or way of looking at or thinking about sth
Unique adj Unique to somebody/something The issues being discussed here are not unique to the US. Syn: different, unique, very, distinctive,
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Please read Para. 5 and try to report it as a news reporter.
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Read the text again and finish the exercise on Page 46.
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Dramatic
A dramatic change
A dramatic increase/rise A dramatic fall/drop/decline A dramatic effect/impact A dramatic improvement A dramatic shift
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John F. Kennedy On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John F. Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die.
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How to make the headlines?
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Fast reading: Go through the text and try to match the summary of each paragraph with the following sentences.
Please read Para. 10
Why news will be never ending?
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Now listen to the text and try to make sure the pronunciation of each word.
Para. 7
Para. 6
Para. 2
E. Reporting big things
F. The power of the news
Para. 1
Para. 8
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Detailed reading:
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。 A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如 水。 A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，谬以千里。
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Discuss with your partner about what is news?
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