Unit1 Reading1 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第二册

Unit 1 The mass media Be a critical news reader! adj. 批评的,批判性的 Reading To know the content about the two news reports To learn why reports on the same events contain different or even contradictory information To learn what can we do to be critical news readers 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? I agree with statement that you should not believe everything you read in the newspaper. Firstly, because of the fierce competition between news companies, they are modifying news to attract more customers. Secondly, there is always race of showing news first or breaking news. In this race sometimes newspaper editors do not check truthfulness of that news. Directly write that news without knowing it may be a false information or a half information. Additionally, many powerful people have ties with newspaper editors and reporters to handle news in their favor knowing its influence on people. Some businessman spread rumors about other competing company products to make them out of competition. What do you think makes a critical news reader? It’s better to use our own judgement than rely entirely on a single source of news. What are the two news reports? News One News Two Firefighters put out tower block fire Deadly fire in tower block causes serious damage What are the biggest differences between the two news reports? Different emphasis Different details Different background News 1: rescue efforts News 2: the numbers of deaths and injuries Factual differences. The numbers of deaths differ: 5 in news 1 while 9 in news 2 News 1: concerns News 2: further investigation 1. Compare the news reports and complete the following table. While reading News report 1 News re