学术英语(社科)_Unit 6

学术英语社科AcademicEnglishforSocialSciences6JournalismandJournalistsItisreportedthatjournalismremainsoneofthemostpopularmajorsonmostuniversitycampusesinAmerica.Tobeajournalisthasbeenmanygraduates’dream.Whyisitthecase?Isitbecausethisprofessionissuperiortoothers?Arethereotherreasons?Readthefollowingtextsandyouwillgettheanswer.Unit6JournalismandJournalistsUnitContentsTextATextBListeningSpeakingWritingLead-inTextC•Lead-in–Lead-intaskUnit6JournalismandJournalistsLead-inWriteaparagraphwhichdescribesajournalist’swayoflifeaccordingtoyourknowledgeandimagination.(10minutes);thenreadyourparagraphtotheclass.Lead-intaskUnit6JournalismandJournalists•TextA–Criticalreadingandthinking–Difficultsentences–Groupdiscussion–Englishlanguageforacademicpurpose–SuggestedanswersUnit6JournalismandJournalistsTextACriticalreadingandthinkingofTextAAnalyzethetextbyaskingthefollowingquestions:1.Howdoesthetextbegin?(Para.1)2.WhydidJamesKilpatricktellthestory?(Paras.1&2)3.Whatisjournalismlike?(Para.3)4.Whydotheauthorssay“newspeopledopayaprice”?(Para.6)5.Whydoesjournalismremainoneofthemostpopularmajorsonmostuniversitycampuses?(Para.6)6.Findexamplestoillustrate:a)journalismisaglamorouslife;b)journalismisnotaglamorouslife.(Paras.8,9)Unit6JournalismandJournalistsTextACriticalreadingandthinkingofTextAAnalyzethetextbyaskingthefollowingquestions:7.Whatadvicedotheauthorsgiveonhowtobesuccessfulinjournalism?Useanexampletoillustrateit.(Para.10)8.Whycan’tjournalistsreacttopeople’sangerarousedbybadnews?(Para.13)9.Accordingtotheauthors,whatisthetruerewardofjournalism?(Para.15)10.Whatdotheauthorsconclude?(Para.15)11.Whatistheauthors’purposeinwritingthisarticle?Unit6JournalismandJournalistsTextACriticalreadingandthinkingofTextATask1Completethefollowingtableaboutthemainpointsofthetext.1.Journalismcanbe_________.Mostjournalistscan’thelpit.Theyare_____________________.2.Journalismishardly______________.Manyjournalistsworkin______________.3.Journalismisn’tforyouifyouhavetobeasuperstar.Oneoftherealkeystojournalisticsuccessisto__________________________________________________________.4.Journalismisnotaboutbeingpopular.Journalistsdonot______________________.addictivehookedonjournalismaglamorouslifequietanonymitylovetheprocessofjournalismregardlessofitscontentorthemediumratehighlywiththepublicUnit6JournalismandJournalistsTextADifficultsentences•“Don’tbeanewspapermanifyoupossiblycanhelpit.”(Para.2)→“Trynottobeanewspaperman.”Unit6JournalismandJournalistsTextADifficultsentences→Today,it’snotjustyoungmenwhoareinterestedinjournalism.Indeedyoungwomenaremorelikelytobeinterestedandthequestionaboutjournalismisnotjustfocusedonnewspaperbutalsoontelevisionoronsomeonlinemedia.•Today,ofcourse,theyoungmaninterestedinjournalismisjustaslikely(possiblyevenmorelikely)tobeayoungwoman,andthecareerquestionmorelikelytobeabouttelevisionoranonlinemedium.(Para.2)Unit6JournalismandJournalistsTextADifficultsentences•There’sanundeniableelementofegoinjournalism,andanequallyundeniableelementofself-sacrifice.(Para.3)→Tosucceedasajournalist,youmusthavegreatconfidenceaboutyourself,andatthesametimebereadyofself-sacrifice.Unit6JournalismandJournalistsTextADifficultsentences•theadrenalinrush(Para.5)→Adrenalinisachemicalproducedbyyouradrenalglandsthatmakesyourheartbeatfasterandgivesyoumoreenergywhenyouarefrightened,excited,orangry.Thephrase‘theadrenalinrush’isoftenappliedtodescribethefeelingofexhilarationandpoweroftenexperiencedinhighlystressfulorexcitingsituations.Unit6JournalismandJournalistsTextADifficultsentences•matchingwitsagainstthedeadline(Para.5)→‘Matchwitsagainstsomething’isafigurativeexpression,meaningtoenterintointellectualcompetitionwithsomeone.Herethewriterissayinghowthejournalistsareworkinghardtomeetthedeadline.•There’satouchoftruthtothis.(Para.8)→This(journalismisaglamorouslife)istruetoacertainextent.Unit6JournalismandJournalistsTextADifficultsentences•Nooneinthenewsroom,hetoldher,canbeabovedoinganyjobifthat’swhatthepaperneedsatthatmoment.(Para.11)→Everyoneinthenewsroomshouldbepreparedtodoanyjobthatisrequiredbythenewspaperatthatmoment.→Thewriterexplainshowyoumightbedisappointedinthefollowingtwoparagraphs.•Herewemustdisappointyou.(Para.12)Unit6JournalismandJournalistsTextAGroupDiscussionWorkingroupsof4-5andmakealistofthequalitiesyouthinkagoodjournalistshouldhave.Youshouldalsogiveyourexplanations.Unit6JournalismandJournalistsSpecializedvocabularyTextAEnglishlanguageforacademicpurposeTask1TranslatethefollowingexpressionsfromEnglishtoChineseorviceversa.(P120)officialpublicationprofessionaljournalistnewspaperreporterradioorTVnewscastuncoverscandaltelevisionanchorpeople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Unit6JournalismandJournalistsSpecializedvocabularyTextAEnglishlanguageforacademicpurpose专栏作者日报头版体育版大众传媒新闻稿准时出版columnistdailypaperthefrontpagesportspagemassmediapressreleaseturnoutontimeUnit6JournalismandJournalistsSignpostlanguage•first,second,third,then,next,andfinally•1,2,3,etc.;a,b,c,etc…•before,during,after•wordsindicatingsteps,phases,stages,processes,series,spectra,continuums…TextAEnglishlanguagef