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1、学术英语 社科,Academic English for Social Sciences,6,Journalism and JournalistsIt is reported that journalism remains one of the most popular majors on most university campuses in America.To be a journalist has been many graduates dream.Why is it the case?Is it because this profession is superior to other
2、s?Are there other reasons?Read the following texts and you will get the answer.,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Unit Contents,Text A,Text B,Listening,Speaking,Writing,Lead-in,Text C,Lead-in,Lead-in task,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Lead-in,Write a paragraph which describes a journalists way o
3、f life according to your knowledge and imagination.(10 minutes);then read your paragraph to the class.,Lead-in task,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text A,Critical reading and thinkingDifficult sentencesGroup discussionEnglish language for academic purposeSuggested answers,Unit 6 Journalism and Jo
4、urnalists,Text A,Critical reading and thinking of Text A,Analyze the text by asking the following questions:How does the text begin?(Para.1)Why did James Kilpatrick tell the story?(Paras.1 journalism is not a glamorous life.(Paras.8,9),Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text A,Critical reading and th
5、inking of Text A,Analyze the text by asking the following questions:What advice do the authors give on how to be successful in journalism?Use an example to illustrate it.(Para.10)Why cant journalists react to peoples anger aroused by bad news?(Para.13)According to the authors,what is the true reward
6、 of journalism?(Para.15)What do the authors conclude?(Para.15)What is the authors purpose in writing this article?,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text A,Critical reading and thinking of Text A,Task1 Complete the following table about the main points of the text.,Journalism can be _.Most journalis
7、ts cant help it.They are _.Journalism is hardly _.Many journalists work in _.Journalism isnt for you if you have to be a superstar.One of the real keys to journalistic success is to _.Journalism is not about being popular.Journalists do not _.,addictive,hooked on journalism,a glamorous life,quiet an
8、onymity,love the process of journalism regardless of its content or the medium,rate highly with the public,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text A,Difficult sentences,“Dont be a newspaperman if you possibly can help it.”(Para.2),“Try not to be a newspaperman.”,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text
9、 A,Difficult sentences,Today,its not just young men who are interested in journalism.Indeed young women are more likely to be interested and the question about journalism is not just focused on newspaper but also on television or on some online media.,Today,of course,the young man interested in jour
10、nalism is just as likely(possibly even more likely)to be a young woman,and the career question more likely to be about television or an online medium.(Para.2),Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text A,Difficult sentences,Theres an undeniable element of ego in journalism,and an equally undeniable elem
11、ent of self-sacrifice.(Para.3),To succeed as a journalist,you must have great confidence about yourself,and at the same time be ready of self-sacrifice.,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text A,Difficult sentences,the adrenalin rush(Para.5),Adrenalin is a chemical produced by your adrenal glands tha
12、t makes your heart beat faster and gives you more energy when you are frightened,excited,or angry.The phrase the adrenalin rush is often applied to describe the feeling of exhilaration and power often experienced in highly stressful or exciting situations.,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text A,Di
13、fficult sentences,matching wits against the deadline(Para.5),Match wits against something is a figurative expression,meaning to enter into intellectual competition with someone.Here the writer is saying how the journalists are working hard to meet the deadline.,Theres a touch of truth to this.(Para.
14、8),This(journalism is a glamorous life)is true to a certain extent.,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text A,Difficult sentences,No one in the newsroom,he told her,can be above doing any job if thats what the paper needs at that moment.(Para.11),Everyone in the newsroom should be prepared to do any
15、job that is required by the newspaper at that moment.,The writer explains how you might be disappointed in the following two paragraphs.,Here we must disappoint you.(Para.12),Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text A,Group Discussion,Work in groups of 4-5 and make a list of the qualities you think a
16、good journalist should have.You should also give your explanations.,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Specialized vocabulary,Text A,English language for academic purpose,Task1 Translate the following expressions from English to Chinese or vice versa.(P120),正式出版,职业记者,报纸记者,电台或电视新闻报道,揭露丑闻,电视主持人,Unit 6
17、Journalism and Journalists,Specialized vocabulary,Text A,English language for academic purpose,columnist,daily paper,the front page,sports page,mass media,press release,turn out on time,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Signpost language,first,second,third,then,next,and finally1,2,3,etc.;a,b,c,etcbe
18、fore,during,afterwords indicating steps,phases,stages,processes,series,spectra,continuums,Text A,English language for academic purpose,sequence:presenting a list of items in a specific order,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text A,hedging at syntactic level,English
19、 language for academic purpose,Formal English,It is recommended thatOur data appear toOur data are expected to showFrom these results we may concludeOne might suggest/consider/claim thatIt might therefore be considered/assumed/claimedA consideration of the foregoing might/may suggest that,Unit 6 Jou
20、rnalism and Journalists,Text A,hedging at syntactic level,English language for academic purpose,Formal English,Thus it might/may be contended thatAdditionally,it might/may be contended/assumed/considered thatHence/Thus it is essential thatIt is clear thatIt seems appropriate,therefore,thatIt may be
21、considered thatIt might be of interest to composeThis assumption may also help to explain why,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text A,2,English language for academic purpose,Collocation,an undeniable element of egocome outthe publics interestget hookeddeadline pressurepay a priceburn outseek career
22、s,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text A,2,English language for academic purpose,Collocation,public servicebe addictive touncover scandalsrub elbows with celebritiesin anonymitypublic relationsoccupy a lofty position,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text A,Suggested answers,Task2 Complete the fol
23、lowing sentences.(P120),News of the professors departure was a single sentence at the bottom of a footnote in a holiday-period ministry _.Advertising refers to the use of _ to carry paid messages for a commercial purpose or to advance a cause,institution,or political candidate.Dan Dorfman,the influe
24、ntial financial _,was fired by Money magazine,the magazines managing editor said yesterday.,mass media,columnist,daily newspaper,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text A,Suggested answers,Task2 Complete the following sentences.(P120),The current revolution in the newspaper industry has highlighted t
25、he growing use of new technology to produce _.This annual national award honors three _ whose outstanding coverage in audio,video and print formats best reflects the enjoyment,importance and public service value of the Amateur Radio Service.The strange subculture of grown-ups obsessing over a childr
26、ens cartoon is now _ news a The Wall Street Journal.,professional journalists,press release,front page,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text A,Task 3 Complete the sentences.(P122),Suggested answers,Why do people fall in love?The answer at first sight _ obvious.Love expresses a mutual physical and p
27、ersonal attachment two individuals feel for one another.These days,we _ be skeptical of the idea that love is“forever”,but falling in love,we _ think,is an experience arising from universal human emotions.It _ natural for a couple who fall in love to want personal and sexual fulfillment in their rel
28、ationship,_in the form of marriage.,seems,seems,perhaps,tend to,might,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text A,Task 3 Complete the sentences.(P122),Suggested answers,Thus a sociologist studying the Columbine High killings _ study other mass murders and look to see if there was a pattern in the group
29、 characteristics such as social class,race,gender,age,or cultural background of the murderers and victims.This _ lead a sociologist to ask why mass murders like the one at Columbine High _ to be mostly the doing of young,middle-class,white men and then explain why this is the case.,might,might,seem,
30、Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text A,Task 3 Complete the sentences.(P122),Suggested answers,Economists normally _ that people are rational.To beginners,it can _ odd to claim that economics is a science.If unemployment is short-term,one _ conclude that it is not a big problem.,assume,seem,might,U
31、nit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text B,Critical reading and thinkingDifficult sentencesEnglish language for academic purposeGroup discussionResearching,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text B,The nature of Internet news:a rival and partner of print and broadcast news;a moving target about the futu
32、re;nobody seems to know where it is headed;interactivePeople who have adopted this explosive information revolution:publishers,broadcasters,journalistsSome of the most popular and widely used websites carrying news:MSNBC.com,CNN.com,BBC.CO.UK,NYT,W,Critical reading and thinking,Go over the text and
33、try to find the information about Internet journalism according to the following notes.,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text B,Some problems of Internet journalism:produced a lot of red ink;traditional values and standards of good journalism are facing challenges.The authors perception of new medi
34、a:New media dont replace old media,but instead supplement and complement them.The new trend of the media:Provide portals rather than just websites for their online publications.,Critical reading and thinking,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text B,Difficult sentences,News on the Internet is a movin
35、g target and we can only offer a snapshot of this“bird on the wing”.(Para.1),News on the Internet is updating fast.Hence we can just draw a rough sketch of it.,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text B,Difficult sentences,They provide a kind of instant feedback loop for media corporations.(Para.7),Th
36、e bloggers critical comments of big newspapers and networks provide instant feedback to these newspapers and networks.The phrase feedback loop is used here to describe any sort of relationship in which one person gives feedback to another,even if nothing in the feedback process resembles a loop.,Uni
37、t 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text B,Difficult sentences,To be successful,online newspapers must be more than merely newspapers online.(Para.14),To be successful,it is not enough for newspapers just upload the printed version online.,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Collocation,news sourcesa movin
38、g targetbird on the wingdownsize staffstrim costson the verge of,Text B,English language for academic purpose,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Collocation,electronic editionin hot competition witha breaking news storypop offequate withclassified advertisementsbet on,Text B,English language for acad
39、emic purpose,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text B,Form groups of 4-5 and discuss the following question.The author says that“Internet news has a strong future but is quite unlikely to replace either print or broadcast news.”Do you agree?Why or why not?,Group discussion,Unit 6 Journalism and Jour
40、nalists,Text B,Work in groups of 4-5 and conduct a survey about“How weibo affects university students daily lives”.,Researching,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text C,Critical reading,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Text C,Suggested answers,Complete the followin
41、g table by noting down the major achievements of the five famous journalists Text C talks about.,one of the best non-fiction authors;report of“Watergate scandal”,the only combat journalist,one of the worlds first and most famous journalists;the only woman photographer permitted in war zones,one of t
42、he best celebrity journalists,the voice of the“Baby Boomers”,Listening,Dealing with unfamiliar words,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Dealing with unfamiliar words,Listening,If the words dont hinder your understanding of the major points,just skip them over.2.Use contextual information,common sense
43、 and background information to guess the meaning of the word.3.If you fail to figure out the meaning of an important word,move on and listen attentively to the speaker.,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Task 1 listen to a talk and write down the definitions of the following terms.(Page 132),Listenin
44、g,Suggested answers,blogger:_ _2.Web logger:_ _,someones online record of the websites he or she visits.,one-person Internet blabbermouths who pop off to anyone who will listen,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Listening,Task 2 listen to a talk and complete the following sentences.(Page 132),Suggest
45、ed answers,The main idea of this talk is_.In the final quarter of 2009 the average American spent _.Shows like“American Idol”and“Britains Got Talent”draw huge audiences partly because _ _.,TV has coped well with technological change,almost 37 hours a week watching television,people are constantly me
46、ssaging and tweeting about them,and discussing them on Facebook.,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Listening,Task 2 listen to a talk and complete the following sentences.(Page 132),Suggested answers,Pay-television subscriptions grew by _.India has gone from two channels in the early 1900s to _.Once
47、people start _ _,they rarely stop.,more than two million in America last year,more than 600 today,paying for greater television,choice,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Speaking,Analyzing your audience and purpose,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Analyzing your audience and purpose,Speaking,Present
48、ation OutlineWhen you are planning a presentation,you may find it helpful to use an outline.If it is a group presentation,the outline can provide an easy way to divide the content.For example,someone could do the introduction,another student the first main idea in the body,and so on.,Unit 6 Journali
49、sm and Journalists,Analyzing your audience and purpose,Speaking,IntroductionTopic:_Hook/attention getter:_Thesis statement:_,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Analyzing your audience and purpose,Speaking,Body First step/example/reason:_Supporting details:_Second step/example/reason:_Supporting detai
50、ls:_Third step/example/reason:_Supporting details:_,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Analyzing your audience and purpose,Speaking,ConclusionMajor points to summarize:_Any implications/suggestions/predictions:_Closing comment/summary:_,Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists,Writing,Writing findings/resul
