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Unit 1
The mass media
Welcome to the unit & Reading
By the end of this period, students will be able to:
1. know the development of the mass media;
2. know features of a news report;
3. identify the key information in the two news reports and the differences between them;
4.understand the reasons for the differences between news reports and the ways to be a critical news reader.
Through mass media
How could we get the latest updates about an event?
Lead-in
Welcome to the unit
Do you know the development of the mass media? Watch the video and finish the following exercises.
Print
Digital
1. Fill in the blanks according to the video.
Time Type Forms
Since ancient times Outdoor media Shop signs
(1)________
Other advertisements
Digitalized billboards
With the invention of printing
Print media (2)________
Magazines
(3)___________
(4)_______ Broadcast media (5)______
Television
With the invention of the Internet Digital media (6)________
Forums
1920s
Posters
Books
Newspapers
Radio
Blogs
2.Complete the table according to the video.
Pre-reading
1. Is mass media 100% reliable?
There is a lot of fake news in real life.
2.What do you think the news reports are about according to the headline, and the picture of each news report?
I think the first news report focuses on how firefighters put out the fire, while the second one means to tell us how serious the fire was.
While-reading
put out
1. Fill in the following blanks.
damage
critically
efforts
causes
differences
critical
Fast-reading for main ideas
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The main idea of the article is about the __________ why news reports differ from each other and ________ to be a critical news reader by _________ two news reports.
reasons
how
2. Figure out the main idea and then fill in blanks.
comparing
3. What is the function of the two news reports?
A. To show the author’s concerns about the fire.
B. To provide detailed information about the fire.
C. To explain why the