侯春雨

influence

journalist

experienced

photographercurious

acquire

recordersupport

assignment

depend on

任务，分配记者摄影师

好奇的影响

有经验的获得，取得依赖，依靠

支持录音机

assistaccusedemandinform

concentrate…on

帮助，援助指责，控告

要求，需求告知，通知

集中，全神贯注于

How do you know what is happening around us ?

the media

reporter / journalist

interviewer/interviewee

How to become a successful reporter?

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My First Work Assignment “Unforgettable,” says new

journalist

1.1.Where did the conversation happen?Where did the conversation happen?

Read and answerRead and answer

2. Who were talking?2. Who were talking?

At the office of a popular English newspaper.

Zhou Yang and his new boss Hu Xin.

What does the passage mainly talk about?What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.A. The skills necessary to become a good reporterThe skills necessary to become a good reporter

B.B. The skills necessary to become a good The skills necessary to become a good photographerphotographer

C.C. Being carefully in the new environmentBeing carefully in the new environment

List all the questions Zhou Yang asked.

1. Can I go out on a story immediately?

2. What do I need to take with me?

3. What do I need to remember when I go out

to cover a story?

4. What should I keep in mind?

5.Why is listening so important?

6. How can I listen carefully while taking notes?

7. Have you ever had a case where someone

accused your journalists of getting the

wrong end of stick?

No. Wait until you are more experienced.

1. Can I go out on a story immediately?

2. What do I need to take with me?

A notebook.

Find the answers to Zhou Yang’s questions.

3. What do I need to remember when I go out to cover a story?

You need to be curious

have a good nose for a story

inform yourself of missing parts of the story.

Don’t miss your deadline,

Don’t be rude,

Don’t talk too much

Listen to the interviewee carefully.

4. What should I keep in mind?

5. Why is listening so important?

Listen for detailed facts.

prepare the next question depending on what the person says.

use a recorder to get the facts straight.

6. How can I listen carefully while taking

notes?

Look at the title-----My first work assignment“unforgettable”,

what does “unforgettable” mean?

•A. His first assignment was quite a failure.

•B. Hu Xin was very strict with him even though he was a new reporter

•C. His discussion with his new boss, Hu Xin, was to strongly influence his life as a reporter

1. Never will Zhou Yang (ZY) forget his first assignment at the office of a popular

English newspaper. (P26 Line 1)

Translate sentencesTranslate sentences

周扬将永远不会忘记在一家畅销英语报社的第一次任务。

2. Only if you ask many different questions will you acquire all the

information you need now. (P26 Line 17-18)

你只有提出了许多不同的问题之后才有可能获得你需要知道的信息。

Summary

influencejournalist cover

experiencedphotographer

curiousacquire

recorder

support

assignment

Depending on

Zhou Yang’s first 1_________ at the office of China Daily. He met his boss Hu Xin who was to 2_________ his life strongly as a 3_________. He couldn’t go out to 4_______ a story on the first day. He had to go with an 5__________ reporter and a 6___________. As a reporter, he needed to be 7_________. That was to say, They should have a “nose” for a story. They must know how to 8_________ all the information they need. Besides, listening was very important because they had to listen to the detailed( 详细的 ) facts. Meanwhile they needed to prepare the next question 9__________ what the person said.? If the interviewee agreed, they could use a small 10_________ to make sure that they got all our facts straight. They had the evidence to 11_______our story.

Discussion Suppose you are a report, and your classmate

is an interviewee, try to make an interview. Reporter: You can ask 4~5 questions

Interviewee:Try your best to answer all questions

• Oscar Pilatesi (O.P)took part in the London Olympic Games, • and made a miracle( 奇迹） .

Situations key words:

name Oscar Pilatesi

Age 25

Birthplace south African

dream the Olympic Games

medals 3 gold medals and one silver medal in the Beijing Paralympic Games

reason never give up, never regret

his future continue to run

• A ： Nice to meet you.• B: Nice to meet you, too.• A: I know you have made a miracle in London O

lympic Games. I admire you. Can I ask some questions?

• B: Yes, go ahead.• A: What’s your name?• B: My name is O.P………• A: How old are you?• B:…………..

• Diligence is the key to success.• 勤奋是成功的关键。• There are no secrets to success. It is the result

of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure

• 成功没有诀窍 . 它是筹备 , 苦干以及在失败中汲取教训的结果 .

• A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step. 　　• 千里之行，始于足下

• Constant dripping wears away the stone. 　　锲而不舍，金石可镂。

Assignment

1. Retell the text by using the first person (I).

2. Read the reading text aloud for some times until you can read it fluently.

3. Find out the difficult words and useful expressions by yourselves.