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Unit1BooksandNewspapers

TeachingAims

Aims

TextA

TextB

Words

traditional,leisure,exception,

alive,purchase,format,convention,device,

confident,physical

increasingly,instant,insight,deliver,affect,subject,rate,conclusion,sponsor,

prefer,comfort

Phrases

Nolonger,belimitedto,comealong,comein,standachance,respondto,keepaway,stickto

catchsomeone’sattention,introuble,associatewith,behungryfor,ontopof,aslongas,getinsightinto,asaresult,subjectoneself/someoneto,ratherthan,aslongas,inconclusion

Structures

V.+it+adj./n.+toV/that-clause

V-ing/V-edphraseasattributive

a,an,the

Skills

Reading

Translation

Writing

Listening&

Speaking

DistinguishingFactsfromOpinions

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GivingAdvice

ListeningPractice

TextA

PrintedbooksVS.E-books:What’stheFutureofReading?

Ⅰ.Introduction

IntroductoryRemarks

Thepopularityofe-booksisontheincrease.Itisnowcommontoseepeoplereadinge-booksinsteadofprintedbooksandpeoplearewonderingwhatwillbethefutureofprintedbooks.Willprintedbooksbereplacedbye-books?Whatwillhappentoreading?Inthispassage,theauthortellsussomeofthefindingsfromasurveyaboutsomeAmericanreaders’viewonreadingtodayandonwhatthefuturemighthold.

IntroductoryQuestions

Whatdoyouthinkaretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofe-books?

Doouthinkpeopleinthefuturewillreade-booksonly?Whyorwhynot?

Whatisthemostimportantreasonwhysomepeopleprefere-books?

Whichdoyoulike,printedbooksore-books?Why?

Ⅱ.Outline

Paras.1-2

Introduction:

Readingexperiencenolongerlimitedtoprintedbooks

E-booksmakereadingeasierandhavehadaneffectonthepublishingworld

Para.3

Thepurposeofthesurvey:readers’viewsonreadingtodayandonwhatthefuturemighthold.

Paras.4-12

Findingsofthesurvey:

readingbooksisstillaliveandwell;

halfofrespondentssayingtheybuyinbothformats;

reasonsforpreferringaprintedbook;

reasonsforpreferringane-book;

45percentofrespondentsbelievee-bookswilleventuallybecomethemostpopularformofbookinpublishing.

Para.13

Theworldofpublishinghasrespondedtothechangingtimesbutpeople’sloveofreadinghasremainedunchanged

Newspaper:

Anewspaper,inabroadsense,isanunboundpublicationissuedatregularintervalsthatseekstoinform,analyze,influence,andentertain.Anewspapercanbepublishedatvariousintervalsbutusuallyappearsweeklyordaily.ThereareseveralnewspapersintheUnitedStatesthathavehugecirculations(suchastheWallStreetJournalandUSATodaywithabout2millioneach),andthereareverysmallspecializednewspapers(forexample,countryweekliesandcollegenewspapers)withcirculationsofafewthousandatmost.

Magazines:

Magazinesandperiodicalsarebound,paper-coveredpublicationsissuedregularly—usuallyweekly,fortnightly,monthly,orquarterly—toinform,instruct,orentertain.Althoughmagazinescatertoahostofdiverseinterests,mostfallintooneoffourbroadcategories:consumerorgeneral,forsegmentsofthegeneralpublic;tradeandtechnical,withspecializedinformationforreadersinbusiness,industry,finance,government,andthescholarlydisciplines;farm,foragriculturalinterests;andlittlemagazines,usuallylow-circulation,noncommercialliteraryjournals.

Beforetherecessionof1990-91morethan11500magazinesandperiodicalswerepublishedintheUnitedStates.Three-quartersoftheUSadultpopulationbuysoneormoremagazinesinthecourseofayear,andincreasingly,readerssubscribe,usuallyforayear’sworthofissues,ratherthanbuysingleissuesastheyarepublished.Advertisersboughtanannual$7billioninmagazineadvertisingintheearly1990s,asumrepresentingmorethan5percentoftotaladvertisingexpenditures.(Incontrast,newspapersreceivedover25percent.)

RadioandTelevisionBroadcasting:

ItisafirmlyestablishedelementofAmericanlife.TheA.C.NielsenCompany,whichmeasuresaudiencesize,reportedin1992that98.2%ofUShomescontainedatleastonetelevisionandthattheaveragesetisturnedonforsevenhoursperday.Morethan60%oftelevisionviewersreceivetheirnewsfromtheirsetsratherthanfromnewspapers,andoverhalfthatnumbertrusttelevisionmorethanthenewspapers.AccordingtotheRadioAdvertisingBureau,in1990only1%ofUShomeshadnoradio,andtheaveragehouseholdownedatleastfiveradios.Allthreetelevisionnetworksemergedfromexistingradionetworks.TheNationalBroadcastingCompany(NBC)ispartofRCA.Inearly1986,RCAwasacquiredbytheGeneralElectricCompany.TheColumbiaBroadcastingSystem(CBS)wasboughtbytheAmericanexecutiveWilliamS.Paleyin1929,whenitwasasmall,strugglingradionetwork.

Ⅲ.DetailedStudyoftheText

well-informed:a.knowingalot,usuallyaboutmanydifferentsubject

e.g.

He’sverywell-informed,that’swhyhewonthegeneralknowledgecompetition.

He’ssowell-informedthatheknowsalmosteverythinghappeninginthetown.

well-bred:wellbehavedorpolite

Theshopkeepsawiderangeofgoods.

Avarietyofthingsisanumberofdifferentkindsorexamplesofthesamething.

e.g.

Peoplechangetheirmindforavarietyofreasons.

Theshophasavarietyoftoys.

Theyalsofeaturelongerarticlesdealingwiththeinfluenceofcurrenteventsonmodernlife.

—Newsmagazinesalsoinclude/containlongerarticleswhichareconcernedwiththeinfluenceoftheeventshappeningnowonthemodernlife.

currentevents:currentaffairs,eventsthatarehappeningnow.

dealwith:Ifabook,speech,orfilm,etc.dealswithaparticular

subject,itisconcernedwithitoritisaboutit.e.g.ThefilmdealswiththeWar.ThebookdealswithAmericanhistory.Whenyoudealwithasituationorproblem,youdowhatisnecessarytoachievetheresultyouwant.e.g.Theylearnedtodealwithanysortofemergency.Suchaman/aproblemisdifficulttodealwith.

all-newsstations:radiostationsthatonlybroadcastnews

all-news:consistingonlyofnews

all-:(comb.form)consistingormadeonlyof;of/forthewholeof

e.g.

all-England,all-day,all-night,all-purpose,all-time

Theeveningnewsgenerallyconsistsofanationalnetworknewsprogramandalocalnewsprogram,whileatnightitisusuallyalocalprogram.

—Theeveningnewsgenerallyisformedfromanationalnetworknewsprogramandalocalnewsprogram,butatnightitisusuallyalocalprogram.“While”isusedinthesenseof“but”.

e.g.

IspendtwohoursgettingreadytogooutwhileRoseisreadyintenminutes!

consistof:tobemadeupof,becomposedof

e.g.TheislandofGreatBritainconsistsofEngland,Scotland,andWales.Thecommitteeconsistsofscientistsandengineers.

inaddition(to):also,and,besides

e.g.

Inaddition,Ihavetoattendameeting.

In