2024年1月13日发(作者：)

Unit 1 The mass media

Reading (II)

◆ 内容分析：

本单元的话题是“大众传媒”，Reading板块以两篇新闻报道为例，论证分析了导致新闻信息差异的原因，并对如何批判性地阅读新闻报道提出建议，旨在培养学生的批判性思维能力和独立思考能力。

◆ 教学目标：

By the end of this section, students will be able to:

1. understand the usage of the key words and expressions:

2. use the above words and expressions in new situations;

3. have a better understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of the Internet;

◆ 教学重难点：

1. Understand some new words and expressions.

2. Be able to use the new words and expressions correctly.

◆ 教学过程：

Step 1 Lead-in

Listen to the passage and underline the following key words and expressions.

Step 2 Building vocabulary

1. Word study: release

◆ Introduce the meaning of release.

• v. to let sb/sth come out of place 释放；放出

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v. to express feelings such as anger or worry 发泄

v. to free sb from a duty 免除，解雇

v. to make sth available to the public 公开，发布

n. 释放；发行；排放；解除；解脱

• a sense of release 解脱感；轻松感

• The factory keeps _____releasing______(release) smoke, making the

air dirty.

• Recently the band’s latest album___ has been released____(release).

• These are the new products ______released______(release) onto the

market last month.

• She felt ___a_____ sense of release after the exam.

2. Word study: estimate

◆ Introduce the meaning of “estimate”

• v. to make an approximate judgment or calculation of it 估价；估算

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n. 估计；判断；估价

estimated 估计的

• It is 据估计...

• as a rough estimate 粗略估计...

1. ___It___ is estimated that the project will last three years.

2.___As____ a rough estimate, the total cost for the treatment will probably go to

10,000 yuan.

3. The satellite will cost an ______estimated_______(estimate) 100 million yuan.

4. At least the number of deaths could reach 6 and that is ____a_____ conservative

estimate.

3. Word study: critical

● Introduce the meaning of “critical” a similar expression.

adj. saying what you think is bad 批评的；挑剔的

adj. extremely important 极为重要的

adj. serious and possibly dangerous 严重的；有危险的

adj. involving making fair and careful judgements 有判断力的

be (highly) （强烈地）批评...

be critical to ...对...至关重要

critical-critically-criticize-criticism-critic(评论家，爱挑剔的人)

1. The teacher was highly critical ____of____the student who failed to hand in the

homework in time.

2. Vocabulary is ____of____ critical signifance.

3. Diligence is critical _____to_____ one’s success.

4. One of the ____victims_____(victim) of the fire remains in a critical condition.

5.试译第四句话。

大火的一位受害者依然病情危急。

4. Word study: choke

◆ Introduce the meaning of “choke” together with relevant expressions.

• v. to be unable to breathe（使）窒息，哽噎

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v. to make sb feel too emotional to speak normally （尤指感情激动in a choked voice 哽咽地

choke on sth 吃...被噎住

而）说不出话来

• choke back sth 强忍住；抑制

1. The baby was choking __on___a piece of toast.

2. “I can’t bear it any more.” he said in a ___choked____(choke) voice.

3. I stood there trembling and ____trying_______(try) to choke back the tears.

5. Phrase study: go off

◆ Introduce the meaning of “go off”.

go off 爆炸；突发巨响；停止运作

1. A few minutes later the bomb went off, _____destroying____(destroy) the whole

building.

2. As the fire alarm____went______(go) off, I grabbed my clothes and ran out.

3. Unfortunately, all the lights went off all of ___a___ sudden.

6. Phrase study: come about

• come about 发生，产生

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come across 偶遇；被理解

come up 出现

come up with 想到（主意、建议、答案等）

come down with 染上（疾病）

• come out 出版；开花；显现

1. How did it come _____about____ that he knew where we were?

2. No one has come up ____with____ a convincing explanation of why dinosaurs

died out.

3. The boy has come ___down____with influenza.

4. The truth about what happened is beginning to come __out___.

5. The same problems come __up__ every time.

6. He spoke for a long time, but his meaning did not really come ___across______.

7. Word study: priority

◆ Introduce the meaning of “priority” .

• n. sth. that you think is more important and should be dealt with first

首要事情

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n. the most important place among various things 优先权

give 对...优先考虑

• take/have 比...有优先性

1. Nowadays the priority for travelling is shifted from shopping ___to____ food and

scenery.

2. He always gives priority ____to__ other people rather than himself.

3. The search for a new vaccine will take priority ___over_____ all other medical re-search.

4. 试译：Safety should always be the top priority wherever you are.无论我们身在何处，安全永远是头等大事。

study: conclusion

◆ Introduce the meaning of “conclusion” together with relevant expressions.

• n. something that you decide when you have thought about all the in-formation connected with the situation or the end of sth.结论;结局

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in conclusion/to conclude最后，总之

draw/come to/reach a 得出结论

• jump/leap to the 贸然断定

1. When he brings his speech to a nice _____ conclusion_____(conclude), the teacher

invites the rest of the class to praise him.

2. We can safely draw a conclusion __that___ failure is the mother of success.

3. __In_ conclusion, its advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

study: constantly

(1) bring sth to light 揭露，披露

study: sum up

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to sum up 总之

similar expressions

all in all

in a word

in short/brief

in conclusion/to conclude

in summary/to summarize

to promise sincerely that you will definitely do sth 承诺，保证

commit-committed-commitment

commit a crime 犯罪

commit suicide 自杀

commit oneself to (doing) sth 承诺/致力于做某事

commit ... to ... 把...送交/托付给...

study: commit

• commit sth to memory 把...学好记牢

1. He has committed ____himself_____ to the cause of education.

2. There are unconfirmed reports ____that_____ he tried to commit sui-cide.

3. Without doubt, he is a ____committed________(commit) member of

the team.

4. To be a good actor requires one hundred percent ______commit-ment______(commit).

study: discrimination

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n. the practice of treating sb less fairly than others 歧视

n. the ability to judge what is good 辨别力 ,鉴赏力

discriminate-discrimination

discrimination against the elderly 歧视...

• discrimination in favor of the young 厚待...

• learn discrimination between right and wrong 学会辨别是非

1. Discrimination ____against____women in the workplace would only prevent com-panies from high efficiency.

2. 试译：He showed great discrimination in his choice of friends.

他在择友方面颇具慧眼。

Step 3 Text review

ghters quickly put ___ out_____ the Henderson Tower fire last night.

fire, which is thought____to have started__(start) from the 8th floor.

3.A terrible fire broke out _____on___ Sunday night, ______ leaving____(leave) the

Henderson Tower seriously damaged.

fire has also left dozens of people _____ injured_____(injure)， 5 of ____

whom_____ are in a critical condition.

automatic fire alarms did not go ___off___quickly enough to prevent the disas-ter.

6. We rely on news _____to learn______(learn) about what is happening in the world

around us.

7. We usually find that reports on the same events contain different or even _______

contradictory_____(contradict) information.

8. It is _____ advisable______(advise) to remember that journalists may have differ-ent priorities.

9. Let’s take the two news reports ______on_____ the Henderson Tower fire

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we come____ across______ such factual differences, we should not rush to

the _______ conclusion_____(conclude) that one of the news reports gives false in-formation.

reports written at different stages of an event could contain different infor-mation as new facts _____are brought_____(bring) to light.

12. Therefore, checking different sources enables us to draw a more _____ in-formed______(inform) conclusion.

13. Though journalists are committed to_____ presenting______(present) the truth, it

is better to use our own judgement than rely ____ entirely______(entire) on news re-ports.

14. With great discrimination, every one of us has the potential _______to be____(be)

a critical news reader.

Step 4 Consolidation

1. Exercises to review the knowledge learned

2. Finish B1 on P 5

◆ 教学反思