Unit 1 The mass media Reading 课件-2021-2022学年高二英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第二册

选择性 第二册 M5 U1 Reading 梦想ING出品 Be a critical news reader！ adj. 批评的，批判性的 梦想ING出品 Most of us learn about news through the mass media, but can we just believe news as it is presented? The two news reports and the article below encourage you to be a critical news reader. Before you read the news reports and the article, think about the following questions: Pre-reading • Do you believe everything you read in a news report? Why or why not? • What do you think makes a critical news reader? 梦想ING出品 梦想ING出品 Inverted Pyramid in News The inverted pyramid is the model for news writing. It simply means that the heaviest or most important information should be at the top – the beginning – of your story, and the least important information should go at the bottom. And as you move from top to bottom, the information presented should gradually become less important. 梦想ING出品 Why is the “inverted pyramid” widely used in writing news reports? The purpose of news reports is to inform readers of what is hap