必修五 4.8Unit 4 Extensive reading

1、新課標人教版課件系列 高中英語 必修必修5- 5-4.8 extensive reading lead-in nowadays with the development of media, lots of information can be received by people all over the world soon everyday. and people can learn about news at home and abroad by watching tv, listening to radio, surfing the internet, reading magazine

2、s and newspapers etc. among these media, newspaper is one of the oldest. newspaper is a publication devoted chiefly to presenting and commenting on the news. newspapers provide an excellent means of keeping people well informed on current events and also play a vital role in shaping public opinions.

3、 newspaper newspapers have certain advantages over the other major news media such as television and magazines. for example, newspapers can cover more news and in much greater detail than television and radio newscasts. newsmagazines focus on chief national and international events. but newspapers r

4、eport local as well as national and international news. a large number of daily newspaper provides a great variety of information. news stories cover the latest developments such fields as government, politics, sports, science, business, and arts. other news stories report crimes, disasters, and spe

5、cial events of human interests. editorials and columns of opinion comment on controversial (有爭議的有爭議的) issues. informative feature articles examine wide range of subjects, including psychology (心理學心理學), fashion, healthy, and child care. comic strips, advice columns, and other entertainment items also

6、 appear regularly in most news papers. producing a daily newspaper requires great speed and efficiency(效率效率). reporters, and photographers work under the constant pressure of deadlines. a large daily also employs many other workers, including advertising salespeople, artists, librarians. printingpre

7、ss operators, and truck drives. in china, there are many kinds of newspapers. i believe you read some of them every day. so what kind of newspaper do you often read? why do you read newspaper everyday? do you read it for information or for pleasure? warming up 1. do you want to get some information

8、everyday? how can you get the information? there are so many ways to get information, but reading newspapers is one of the oldest. 2. can you guess how complex it is to make news? this class well learn a passage about how to make news. lets come to the passage. read the text and try to get the main

9、idea of it. the passage tells us the process of writing and printing for a newspaper article. task 1 answer the following questions: 1.what was zhou yangs first assignment/ task? his first task was to write his story. task 2 2. how many people read his article before it was ready to be processed int

10、o film negative? who were they and what did they say about the article? before it was ready to be processed into film negative, an editor from his department, the copy-editor, the native speaker, the chief editor and the news desk editor read his article. task 3 work out the writing and printing pro

11、cess of an article. and complete the chart in ex1 on page 31. 1. you go to an interview to get the information for your story. 2. you do some research to see if the story is true or not. 3. you begin to write the story using notes from the interview. 4. you give the article to sub- editor to check.

12、5. the article is given to a native speaker to check the use of english and improve the style. 6. the last stage the article is checked /approved by the chief editor. 7. all the stories and photos are set and the color negatives for the printing are made ready. 8. the first edition of a news paper i

13、s made. language points 1. edition 版本版本,書報等一次發(fā)行總數(shù)書報等一次發(fā)行總數(shù) editor n. 編輯編輯 editorial adj. (定語定語) 編輯的編輯的 n. 社論社論, 社評社評 edit v.編輯編輯, 剪輯剪輯 edit sth. out of (sth.)刪除刪除 2. department (政府政府, 企業(yè)企業(yè), 商店商店, 大學等的大學等的)部部,司司,局局, 處處, 科科, 部門部門, 系系 the education department the sales department 3. task 任務任務 a piece o

14、f (esp. hard or unpleasant) work that has to be done. 必須要做的工作必須要做的工作(尤指困難或討厭的尤指困難或討厭的); learning english well is a difficult task. 學好英語是一項艱難的任務。學好英語是一項艱難的任務。 v. sb with sth 將將作為任務交與某人作為任務交與某人 he was tasked with the design of a new shopping center. 他被派給設計新的購物中心的任務。他被派給設計新的購物中心的任務。 4. accurate adj.正確無

15、誤的正確無誤的,精確的精確的,準確的準確的 accuracy n. 準確準確, 精確精確 precise adj. 精確的精確的, 獨特的獨特的, 精細的精細的 exact adj. 正確的正確的, 準確的準確的, 嚴謹?shù)膰乐數(shù)? 精密的精密的 accurately adv. 精確精確, 準確準確 correct adj.正確的正確的, 準確準確 1) _ statistics, measurements, calculations, are very important. 2) its impossible to say with any _ how many are affected. 3

16、) this is the _ dress for a formal dinner. 4) the _ time is three minutes and thirty-five seconds. accurate correct accuracy exact 5) they both came here at _ the same time. 6) he is _ in everything. 7) the diagram had been copied with great _. 8) he is a man with a _ mind.precise precise exactly pr

17、ecision 5. employ 雇傭某人雇傭某人 shes employed as a taxi driver. they employ him to look after the baby. 6. polish a. .(sth) (up) (with sth) 磨光，擦亮磨光，擦亮 (up) furniture/shoes with a cloth 用布把家具用布把家具/鞋擦亮鞋擦亮 b. (比喻比喻)修正，修改，修飾修正，修改，修飾(某事物某事物) a speech/ an article 給講稿給講稿/文章潤色文章潤色 sth off (口口)迅速的作完某事迅速的作完某事 he p

18、olishes off the letter. 7. note v. 注意注意, 觀察觀察, 記錄記錄 n. 摘記摘記, 短信短信, 注釋注釋, 紙幣紙幣, 音調(diào)音調(diào), 暗示暗示, 含義含義 note down 記錄記錄 noted adj. 聞名的聞名的,著名的著名的 take / make a note of 記錄記錄 sound/ strike a note of 表現(xiàn)出表現(xiàn)出, 提出警告提出警告 compare notes 交流看法交流看法 8. chief adj. 最重要的最重要的,主要的主要的,最高權(quán)威的最高權(quán)威的 辨析辨析: chief, principal 和和 major

19、chief 主要的主要的,首要的首要的 指人時表示地位指人時表示地位 高、權(quán)力大高、權(quán)力大, 指物時表示重要。指物時表示重要。 principal 首要的首要的,主要的主要的 正式用語正式用語 由于某中重要性而具有首要的地位。由于某中重要性而具有首要的地位。 major 主要的主要的,首要的首要的 指與他物相對比指與他物相對比 時突出顯赫的地位。時突出顯赫的地位。 1. 他是我們的處長。他是我們的處長。 2. 那場意外事故的主要原因是什么那場意外事故的主要原因是什么? 3. 上海是中國的主要城市之一。上海是中國的主要城市之一。 翻譯句子。翻譯句子。 he is the chief of my

20、department. whats the chief cause of the accident? shanghai is one of the chief cities of china. 9. approve v. 贊成贊成,認可認可,滿意滿意,批準批準,通過通過 approval n. 贊成、同意、認可贊成、同意、認可 on approval (指貨物指貨物)不滿意可以退換的不滿意可以退換的 approving adj. 贊許的、認可的贊許的、認可的 approved school 少年罪犯教養(yǎng)院少年罪犯教養(yǎng)院(感化院感化院) 1) you can join the class if

21、your mother approves. 你可以參加這個班你可以參加這個班, 如果你母親同意的如果你母親同意的 話。話。 2) you made a good decision, and i thoroughly approve it. 你作出了一個好決定你作出了一個好決定, 我不折不扣我不折不扣(衷衷 心心)地表示贊同。地表示贊同。 3) she received many approving glances. 她贏得了很多贊許的目光。她贏得了很多贊許的目光。 4) i dont approve of smoking in bed. 我不贊成躺在床上吸煙。我不贊成躺在床上吸煙。 10. p

22、rocess 步驟，程序，過程步驟，程序，過程 reforming the education system will be a difficult process. 教育制度的改革將是一個艱苦的過程。教育制度的改革將是一個艱苦的過程。 11. appointment n. 任命任命, 委派委派, 工作工作, 職位職位, 約會約會, 預約預約 appoint v. 任命任命, 委派確定或決定某事物委派確定或決定某事物 appoint that sth. (shall be done)命令某事命令某事 take an appointment就職就職 by appointment按照約定按照約定

23、keep/ break ones appointment 守守/違約違約 make/ fix an appointment with與某人約會與某人約會 12. when do you think is convenient for you? 句中句中do you think 作插入語，英語中作插入語，英語中 do you think / suppose / believe/ imagine 等和疑問代詞或疑問副詞連等和疑問代詞或疑問副詞連 用時用時, 常把疑問代常把疑問代(副副)詞置于句首詞置于句首, 而把而把do you think置于句中。置于句中。 提示提示: do you think

24、 置于句中置于句中,句子的句子的 語序應該為正常語序語序應該為正常語序, 不再使用倒裝不再使用倒裝 語序語序; 這類結(jié)構(gòu)也可以用于定語從句這類結(jié)構(gòu)也可以用于定語從句 里作為插入語。里作為插入語。 (1) what do you think _? a. is he interested in b. interested he c. he is interested in d. does he interest (2) who do you think _? a. broke the window b. of breaking the window c. to break the window d

25、. did he break the window 13. senior adj. 年長的年長的, (級別、職位、級別、職位、 資格資格)較高的較高的, 高年級的高年級的(作定語作定語) senior n. 年較長的人年較長的人, 畢業(yè)班或高年畢業(yè)班或高年 級的學生級的學生 junior adj. 較幼的較幼的, 較小的較小的 superior adj. 較高的較高的, 優(yōu)越的優(yōu)越的, 優(yōu)良的優(yōu)良的, 不屈服的不屈服的 注意注意:本身都是比較級形式本身都是比較級形式,無須再添加無須再添加 more 或或-er; 這三個詞用于比較級中這三個詞用于比較級中 不與不與 than 連用連用,而與而與

26、to 連用。連用。 1) he is not superior to temptation. 他經(jīng)不住誘惑。他經(jīng)不住誘惑。 2) this engine is superior in many aspects. 這臺發(fā)動機在很多方面性能都非常優(yōu)這臺發(fā)動機在很多方面性能都非常優(yōu) 越。越。 3) he is two years senior to me. 他比我大兩歲。他比我大兩歲。 4) i will have to ask my superior. 那事我得先問一下我們公司老板。那事我得先問一下我們公司老板。 5) he is wearing a superior smile. 他臉上帶有高傲

27、的微笑。他臉上帶有高傲的微笑。 read the passage on page 65 and try to find out the main idea of it. main idea: the passage tells us what a primary source and a secondary source are and the difference between them. extra task read the passage “searching for the truth” on page 65 and determine whether the statement

28、are true or false. 1. when we read about jia sixie in our textbook we are reading a primary source. 2. as we watch the news on tv, the person presenting the programme in the studio is the secondary source. f t 3. photographers sometimes are both primary and secondary sources. 4. knowing the difference of