B5-Unit 4
edition
department
task
accurate
employ
polish
note
chief
approve
process
Using language
Using language
Read the passage quickly for the first
time to find out the main idea of the
text.
•What was Zhou Yang’s first task?
•How should he write about the story?
•How many people read his article before it was
ready to be processed into film negative? Who
are they?
an editor from
his department copy-editor native speaker
chief editor news desk editor
interview
and collect
information
research
for the
truth
write an
article
check the
evidence &
the article
design the
main headline
and smaller
heading
polish the
style
check &
make sure
got the facts
straight
set the
pages,
process into
film
negatives
one last
check &
print
an editor from
his department copy-editor native speaker
chief editor news desk editor
Zhou Yang
Reading task
Read the passage quickly for the first
time to find out the main idea of the
text.
Reading task
Read the passage again and answer the
following questions
Primary sources Secondary sources
Definition
Jia Sixie
TV News
Newspaper
Read the following information. Which are primary sources ( P)
and which are secondary sources(S).
Book Author Date written
Life of Julius
Caesar (100 BC ---
44 BC)
Plutarch
(Greek)
Between 46
AD and 120
AD
The Gallic Wars
(France)
(57 BC --- 52 BC)
Caesar
(Roman) In 50s BC
Julius Caesar
a play
Shakespea
re (British)
1599
S
P
S
Reading task
Go over the text after class and
try to write a summary of Searching
for the truth
If possible try to find out how a
newspaper is produced. You can
refer to the books.