Unit1 The Mass Media Welcome to the unit & Reading 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第二册

Lead-in 2. What tools do you usually use to keep up with the news? 1. Do you know this news? Video watching Video watching Print Digital Do you know what kind of mass media they belong to? All of us who professionally use the mass media are the shapers of society. --William Bernbach 我们所有专业使用大众传媒的人都是社会的塑造者。 Reading ：Be a critical reader! What do you think the news reports are about according to the headline and the picture of each news report? News report 1 News report 2 Firefighters put out tower block fire Deadly fire in tower block causes serious damage Pre-reading Inverted Pyramid in News The heaviest or most important information should be at the top – the beginning – of your story . The lead Detailed information about the event Background or supporting information News 2 Deadly fire in tower block causes serious damage Sentence:_____ Sentence:_____ Sentence:_____ Sentence:_____ Sentence:_____ Sentence:_____ News 1 Firefighters put out tower block fire 1 2-6 7 1 2-4 5-10 Fast reading Task 1. Read the first report carefully, and find out the time. Careful reading broke out on Sunday night called at 9:30 p.m reached the scene within 15 minutes Firefighters got the situation under control around 11 p.m Task 2. answer the following questions. 1. How long did it take the firefighters to get the situation under control according to the first news report? About an hour and fifteen minutes. She felt it was like an awful dream. 2. How did Lisa feel about the fire? (1) __________ _____________ Time Place Deaths and injuries Rescue efforts Cause News report 1 (2) _____________ ___________________________________________________ _________________ _________________ News report 2 (3) _______ ______________________________ probably 5 dead Fire engines and ambulances arrived within 15 minutes after being called;firefighters got the situation under control around 11 p.m. A dropped cigarette end on a carpet of the 8th floor Task 3. Read the two news reports and complete the table. Sunday night Henderson Tower 4 confirmed dead and dozens of people injured What are the biggest differences between the two news reports? Different emphases Different details Different closings News 1: rescue efforts News 2: the numbers of deaths and injuries Factual differences: The numbers of deaths differ: 5 in news 1 while 4 in news 2 Thinking How do these differences come about(产生)? Reading news reports critically Fast reading Read the article quickly and match the main idea of each paragraph Reading news reports critically Why do news reports differ from or even contradict each other? (4) ______________________________________. News reports may be written at different stages of an event. (5) ____________________________________________ ______________________________________________. How can we be critical news readers? Read different news reports on the same event written from various perspectives and at different stages. (6) ____________________________________________ ______________________________________________. Journalists may have different priorities. Be critical about the information we receive and remember not to blindly trust what we have read Journalists may approach information they get from research or interviews differently A1 Detailed Reading 3. What should we not do when we come across factual differences in different news reports? (A2. 3) We should not rush to the conclusion that one of the news reports gives false information. 4. What may different journalists do when an estimate of a number is given? (A2. 4) They may choose to present the minimum, the maximum or something in between in their news reports. n. 最小值，最少量 n. 最大量，最大限度 The information explosion 信息爆炸 Opinions Facts Post-reading 等等！让我仔细思考一番 Be a critical news reader! 理性吃瓜ing Post-reading The definition of critical 如何进行批判思考？ Be a critial news reader! Critical thinking—opinion vs fact Post-reading Group discussion What else can we do to develop our critical thinking? ________________________ 鼓励某人做某事 ________________________ 熄灭；伸出；出版(passage1) ________________________ 被认为 ________________________ 此时，到这时，到现在 ________________________ 延伸至；扩至 ________________________ 控制住局势 ________________________ 有人担心 ________________________ 情况危急 ________________________ 就要做某事时突然 ________________________ （警报器）突然大作 encourage sb to do put out be thought to do sth by this time extend to get the situation under control There is concern that in a critical condition be about to do … when … go off 11.________________________ 依赖；凭借；信赖(para1) 12.________________________ 发生；产生 13.________________________ 以……为例(para2) 14.________________________ 全面地 15.________________________ 即使；虽然(para3) 16.________________________ 依据；按照；在…方面 18.________________________ 例如 19.________________________ 偶遇；无意中发现； 20.________________________ 仓促下结论 21.________________________ 在不同时期/时期 rely on (sb to do sth) come about take sth as an example in a comprehensive way even if in terms of for instance come across rush to the conclusion at different stages 22.________________________ 显露；暴露出来；成为人所共知 23.________________________ 值得一提 24.________________________ 在A和B之间变化 25.________________________ 总之；概括地说(para4) 26.________________________ 从不同的角度 27.________________________ 更准确的理解 28.________________________ 致力于 29.________________________ 擅长；善于；精通 30.________________________ 对……的准确描述 31.________________________ 对……有天生的好奇心 sth be brought to light (be) worthy of mention vary between A and B to sum up from various perspectives a more accurate understanding of sth be committed to be skilled at P5 give an accurate account of have a natural curiosity about A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on his shoes. ————Mark Twain Homework 1. Think about the question “ What else can we do to be critical news readers?” 2. Finish B1&B2 on page 5. Finish the exercise (P5) How can we be a good journalist? priorities dozens of accurate minor comes about Finish the exercise (P5) are committed to investigate sum up Lavf57.62.100 Lavf57.62.100 Lavf57.62.100 null 163952.67 Lavf57.62.100 $$