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THE MEDIA
UNIT 6
Lesson 2 Questions About Media
听力材料及习题讲解
1.Group Work. Talk about the influence of the Internet on your life and on the media.
Example:
The Internet has changed communication greatly.
The Internet has influenced education at every level.
The Internet has a great impact on economy.
ACTIVATE AND SHARE:
2.Listen to the programme and write down the questions the presenter collected for the professor in the left column of the table.
听力6.3 P115
(P =Presenter J=Monica Jessop)
P: And now it's time for Ask the Expert.Our expert this week is Professor Jessop, a professor of media studies. Good to have you on our programme, Professor Jessop.
现在又到了“专家问答”的时间了。本周我们的专家是媒体研究教授杰瑟普教授。很高兴你来到我们的节目,杰瑟普教授。
J:Thanks.
P: I have collected a number of questions from our website.Here is the first question. Do you think the Internet has affected traditional media, news, for example?
我从我们的网站上收集了一些问题。这是第一个问题。你认为互联网是否影响了传统媒体,比如新闻?
J: Well, yes, absolutely. The Internet has made a great impact on how news is produced. In the past, it was the newspaper editor who decided what was news and covered it, but now anyone can.
嗯,是的,绝对的。互联网对新闻的制作方式产生了巨大的影响。在过去,决定什么是新闻并报道它的是报纸编辑,但现在任何人都可以。
have an impact on对......有影响
With the camera in our smartphones,we can make a recording of a high-definition video of an event, upload it to the Internet, and then people all over the world can see it.
有了智能手机上的摄像头,我们可以把一个事件的高清视频录制下来,上传到互联网上,然后全世界的人都能看到。
As a result, big media corporations are being cut out. Some sites are bringing the news directly from the people who are experiencing or witnessing it, on the spot a car accident for example.
结果,大型媒体公司被排除在外。有些网站直接从正在经历或目睹事故的人那里获取新闻,例如车祸现场。
vt.亲身经历;目击 n.目击者;证人
淘汰;删除;不允许参与 cut down 减少使用;砍倒(树木) cut in 打断(谈话);插嘴 cut off 切掉;阻断;隔离
当场;当下
P: That's interesting. Just now, you mentioned how the Internet has changed news. Professor Jessop, our second question is: how has it changed the way we use language?
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