Unit 6 The Media Lesson 2 Questions about Media 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语北师大版（2019）选择性必修第二册

Unit 6 The Media Lesson 2 Questions about Media Warming-up Talk about how people followed the news 30 years ago. Listening Clarifying are confirming if some information is correct, whereas asking questions is a way of asking for more information about something. What are clarifying and asking questions? Listening Question Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Listen to the programme and write down the questions the presenter collected for the professor in the table. Do you think the Internet has affected traditional media, news, for example? How has it changed the way we use language? Do you think we will still read newspaper in the future? Group the answers in the right column a Fewer people and companies chose to advertise in the newspapers. f In my opinion, newspaper businesses will find it much harder to survive in the future. b Make a recording of a high-definition video of an event, and upload it to the Internet by smartphones. g Big media corporations are being cut out. c The Internet has introduced a lot of new words to our language. h Anyone can decide what is news. d The word “microblogging” did not exist before the Internet. I Most countries have seen a drop in newspaper sales. e Every article has reader’s comments below it and anyone can express what they think. j The Internet has made a great impact on how news is produced. k I believe the Internet has made media more interactive. 5 Group the professor’s answers for each question in the column. Then listen to the programme and check. Question Professor Jessop’s answer Question 1: Do you think the Internet has affected traditional media, news, for example? Question 2: How has it changed the way we use language? Question 3: Do you think we will still read newspaper in the future? b g h j c d e k a f i Listening Activity 4. listen to the programme again. Decide whether Professor Jessop’s answers are facts(F) or opinions (O) before each statement in Activity 3. Identifying Facts and Opinions Speakers have their opinions when talking about a specific issue. They may use the facts to support their opioions . Pay attention to the words like I believe, I think, etc. to indicate the opinions. Skill Builder Activity 4. listen to the programme again. Decide whether Professor Jessop’s answers are facts(F) or opinions (O) before each statement in Activity 3. f. In my opinion, newspaper businesses will find it much harder to survive in the future. j. The Internet has made a great impact on how news is produced. k. I believe the Internet has made media more interactive. Focus on Function Activity 6. Listen to two people talking about how people followed the news 30 years ago.Answer the questions. 1. What would families do in the evening? 2. How would they get the news? 3. Why did they do so? After dinner, families would gather around the television and watch the news from 7 pm to 7.30 pm. They would watch the news on TV. Due to the limited ways to find out the most up-to-date news in those days, watching the evening news became a kind of common practice for many families. 听力原文 M: Jane, do you often look through the website? W: Sure. No one can stay away from the Internet today, whether on the computer or on the cell phone. I’d like to do some reading when I’m looking through the website. M: Do you often surf the Internet on your cell phone? W: I’m not a 24 hour reader. My cell phone is mainly for calls and messages. I hardly surf the Internet on my cell phone. M: How long are you usually on the computer? W: Two hours a day except Mondays. M: So you just do reading on the computer when you log on, do you? W: Well, as a matter of fact, news takes the most time, and looking up information comes next. But I don’t play games. M: It’s more convenient for you to read on the phone. That’s my suggestion. W: OK, I’ll try. M: Thanks for talking with me, Jane. W: It’s my pleasure, too. Listening activity—The era of Internet 标题字号固定为黑体 34 加粗 白色,副标题字号固定为黑体 28 黑色,正文字号为黑体 24 黑色。版式仅供参考 10 Activity 7. Listen and imitate. Complete the Talk Builder. Talk Builder Clarifying and Asking Questions Let me_ Did I _ 1. So_everyone watched the same TV programme ? 2. Can you _? 3. _the same interests? Clarifying Asking Questions put it another way make myself clearer does that mean tell me more about it Did they all have ( ) a Fewer people and companies chose to advertise in the newspapers. ( ) b Make a recording of a high-definition video of an event, and upload it to the Internet by smartphones. ( ) c The Internet has introduced a lot of new words to our language. ( ) d The word “microblogging” did not exist before the Internet. Listen to the programme again. Decide whether Professor Jessop’s answers are facts (F) or opinions (O) before each statement. F F F F Listening ( ) e Every article has reader’s comments below it and anyone can express what they think. ( ) f In my opinion, newspaper businesses will find it much harder to survive in the future. ( ) g Big media corporations are being cut out. ( ) h Anyone can decide what is news. ( ) I Most countries have seen a drop in newspaper sales. ( ) j The Internet has made a great impact on how news is produced. ( ) k I believe the Internet has made media more interactive. F O F F F O O Listening Goodbye! null Other 190129.92 null 189058.8 null 97542.93 $$