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1、学术英语 社科Academic English for Social Sciences第1页6Journalism 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 ot

2、hers? Are there other reasons? Read the following texts and you will get the answer.第2页Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists Unit ContentsText AText BListeningSpeakingWritingLead-inText C第3页Lead-inLead-in taskUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第4页Lead-inWrite a paragraph which describes a journalists way

3、of life according to your knowledge and imagination. (10 minutes); then read your paragraph to the class.Lead-in taskUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第5页Text ACritical reading and thinkingDifficult sentencesGroup discussionEnglish language for academic purposeSuggested answersUnit 6 Journalism and J

4、ournalists第6页Text ACritical 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 & 2)What is journalism like? (Para.3)Why do the authors say “newspeople do pay a price”? (Para.6)Why does j

5、ournalism remain one of the most popular majors on most university campuses? (Para.6)Find examples to illustrate: journalism is a glamorous life;journalism is not a glamorous life. (Paras.8,9)Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists第7页Text ACritical reading and thinking of Text A Analyze the text by asking

6、 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 of journalism? (Para.15)What do the au

7、thors conclude? (Para.15)What is the authors purpose in writing this article?Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists第8页Text ACritical reading and thinking of Text ATask1 Complete the following table about the main points of the text.Journalism can be _. Most journalists cant help it. They are _.Journalism

8、 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 _.addictivehooked on journalisma glamorous lifequiet anonymitylove the process of journalism

9、regardless of its content or the mediumrate highly with the publicUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第9页Text ADifficult sentences“Dont be a newspaperman if you possibly can help it.” (Para.2) “Try not to be a newspaperman.”Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists第10页Text ADifficult sentences Today, its not j

10、ust 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 journalism is just as likely (possibly e

11、ven 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第11页Text ADifficult sentencesTheres an undeniable element of ego in journalism, and an equally undeniable element of self-sacrifice. (Para.3)

12、 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第12页Text ADifficult sentencesthe adrenalin rush (Para.5) Adrenalin is a chemical produced by your adrenal glands that makes your heart beat fas

13、ter 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第13页Text ADifficult sentencesmatchi

14、ng 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.8)This (journalism is

15、 a glamorous life) is true to a certain extent. Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists第14页Text ADifficult sentencesNo 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 job that is requ

16、ired 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第15页Text AGroup DiscussionWork in groups of 4-5 and make a list of the qualities you think a good journalist

17、 should have. You should also give your explanations.Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists第16页Specialized vocabularyText AEnglish language for academic purposeTask1 Translate the following expressions from English to Chinese or vice versa. (P120)official publicationprofessional journalistnewspaper repor

18、terradio or TV newscastuncover scandaltelevision anchor people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 Journalism and Journalists第17页Specialized vocabularyText AEnglish language for academic purpose专栏作者日报头版体育版大众传媒新闻稿按时出版columnistdaily paperthe front pagesports pagemass mediapress releaseturn out on time

19、Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists第18页Signpost languagefirst, second, third, then, next, and finally1, 2, 3, etc.; a, b, c, etcbefore, during, afterwords indicating steps, phases, stages, processes, series, spectra, continuumsText AEnglish language for academic purposesequence: presenting a list of i

20、tems in a specific orderUnit 6 Journalism and JournalistsUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第19页Text Ahedging at syntactic levelEnglish language for academic purposeFormal EnglishIt is recommended thatOur data appear toOur data are expected to showFrom these results we may concludeOne might suggest/co

21、nsider/claim thatIt might therefore be considered/assumed/claimedA consideration of the foregoing might/may suggest thatUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第20页Text Ahedging at syntactic levelEnglish language for academic purposeFormal EnglishThus it might/may be contended thatAdditionally, it might/ma

22、y be contended/assumed/considered thatHence/Thus it is essential thatIt is clear thatIt seems appropriate, therefore, thatIt may be considered thatIt might be of interest to composeThis assumption may also help to explain whyUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第21页Text A2English language for academic p

23、urposeCollocation an undeniable element of egocome outthe publics interestget hookeddeadline pressurepay a priceburn outseek careersUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第22页Text A2English language for academic purposeCollocation public servicebe addictive touncover scandalsrub elbows with celebritiesin

24、anonymitypublic relationsoccupy a lofty positionUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第23页Text ASuggested answersTask2 Complete the following 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

25、 _ to carry paid messages for a commercial purpose or to advance a cause, institution, or political candidate. Dan Dorfman, the influential financial _, was fired by Money magazine, the magazines managing editor said yesterday.mass mediacolumnistdaily newspaperUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第24页Te

26、xt ASuggested answersTask2 Complete the following sentences. (P120)The current revolution in the newspaper industry has highlighted the 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

27、enjoyment, importance and public service value of the Amateur Radio Service.The strange subculture of grown-ups obsessing over a childrens cartoon is now _ news a The Wall Street Jfessional journalistspress releasefront pageUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第25页Text ATask 3 Complete the sen

28、tences. (P122)Suggested answersWhy do people fall in love? The answer at first sight _ obvious. Love expresses a mutual physical and personal 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 expe

29、rience arising from universal human emotions. It _ natural for a couple who fall in love to want personal and sexual fulfillment in their relationship, _in the form of marriage.seemsseemsperhapstend tomightUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第26页Text ATask 3 Complete the sentences. (P122)Suggested answ

30、ersThus a sociologist studying the Columbine High killings _ study other mass murders and look to see if there was a pattern in the group 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 li

31、ke the one at Columbine High _ to be mostly the doing of young, middle-class, white men and then explain why this is the case.mightmightseemUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第27页Text ATask 3 Complete the sentences. (P122)Suggested answersEconomists normally _ that people are rational.To beginners, it

32、 can _ odd to claim that economics is a science.If unemployment is short-term, one _ conclude that it is not a big problem.assumeseemmightUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第28页Text BCritical reading and thinkingDifficult sentencesEnglish language for academic purposeGroup discussionResearching Unit 6

33、 Journalism and Journalists第29页Text BThe nature of Internet news: a rival and partner of print and broadcast news; a moving target about the future; nobody seems to know where it is headed; interactivePeople who have adopted this explosive information revolution:publishers, broadcasters, journalists

34、Some of the most popular and widely used websites carrying news:MSNBC.com, CNN.com, BBC.CO.UK, NYT, WCritical reading and thinking Go over the text and try to find the information about Internet journalism according to the following notes.Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists第30页Text BSome problems of I

35、nternet journalism:produced a lot of red ink; traditional values and standards of good journalism are facing challenges.The authors perception of new media:New media dont replace old media, but instead supplement and complement them.The new trend of the media:Provide portals rather than just website

36、s for their online publications.Critical reading and thinkingUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第31页Text BDifficult sentencesNews on the Internet is a moving 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 rou

37、gh sketch of it. Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists第32页Text BDifficult sentencesThey provide a kind of instant feedback loop for media corporations. (Para.7)The bloggers critical comments of big newspapers and networks provide instant feedback to these newspapers and networks. The phrase feedback loo

38、p 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.Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists第33页Text BDifficult sentencesTo be successful, online newspapers must be more than merely newspapers online.(Pa

39、ra.14) To be successful, it is not enough for newspapers just upload the printed version online. Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists第34页Collocation news sourcesa moving targetbird on the wingdownsize staffstrim costson the verge ofText BEnglish language for academic purposeUnit 6 Journalism and Journa

40、lists第35页Collocation electronic editionin hot competition witha breaking news storypop offequate withclassified advertisementsbet onText BEnglish language for academic purposeUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第36页Text BForm groups of 4-5 and discuss the following question. The author says that “Inter

41、net news has a strong future but is quite unlikely to replace either print or broadcast news.” Do you agree? Why or why not?Group discussionUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第37页Text BWork in groups of 4-5 and conduct a survey about “How weibo affects university students daily lives”. ResearchingUnit

42、 6 Journalism and Journalists第38页Unit 6 Journalism and JournalistsText CCritical reading第39页Unit 6 Journalism and JournalistsText CSuggested answersJournalistsMajor achievementsBob WoodwardWalter WinchellMargaret Bourke-WhiteRobert CapaAnna QuindlenComplete the following table by noting down the maj

43、or achievements of the five famous journalists Text C talks about.one of the best non-fiction authors; report of “Watergate scandal”the only combat journalistone of the worlds first and most famous journalists; the only woman photographer permitted in war zonesone of the best celebrity journaliststh

44、e voice of the “Baby Boomers”第40页Listening Dealing with unfamiliar words Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists第41页Dealing with unfamiliar wordsListeningIf the words dont hinder your understanding of the major points, just skip them over.2. Use contextual information, common sense and background informat

45、ion 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第42页Task 1 listen to a talk and write down the definitions of the following terms. (Page 132)ListeningSuggested answersbl

46、ogger: _ _2. Web logger: _ _someones online record of the websites he or she visits.one-person Internet blabbermouths who pop off to anyone who will listenUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第43页ListeningTask 2 listen to a talk and complete the following sentences. (Page 132)Suggested answersThe main i

47、dea of this talk is_.In the final quarter of the average American spent _.Shows like “American Idol” and “Britains Got Talent” draw huge audiences partly because _ _.TV has coped well with technological changealmost 37 hours a week watching televisionpeople are constantly messaging and tweeting abou

48、t them, and discussing them on Facebook.Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists第44页ListeningTask 2 listen to a talk and complete the following sentences. (Page 132)Suggested answersPay-television subscriptions grew by _.India has gone from two channels in the early 1900s to _.Once people start _ _, they r

49、arely stop.more than two million in America last yearmore than 600 todaypaying for greater televisionchoiceUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第45页SpeakingAnalyzing your audience and purposeUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第46页Analyzing your audience and purposeSpeaking Presentation OutlineWhen you are

50、 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 Journalism and Journalists第

51、47页Analyzing your audience and purposeSpeakingIntroductionTopic: _Hook/attention getter:_Thesis statement: _Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists第48页Analyzing your audience and purposeSpeakingBody First step/example/reason: _Supporting details:_Second step/example/reason: _Supporting details: _Third ste

52、p/example/reason: _Supporting details: _Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists第49页Analyzing your audience and purposeSpeakingConclusionMajor points to summarize: _Any implications/suggestions/predictions: _Closing comment/summary: _Unit 6 Journalism and Journalists第50页Writing Writing findings/resultsUnit 6 Journalism and Journalists第51页Writing Writing findings/results A summary of the results This study has shown thatThe main finding of this thesis is tha