高中英语人教版2000年高二上04

[00:08.80]Betty and Zhou Lan are talking in the students' dining room.

[00:14.26]Zhou Lan,can I have a look at your copy of China Daily?

[00:19.54]Sure,go ahead.

[00:22.70]I want to have a look at what's on this weekend.Let me see now.

[00:27.98]Is there anything good on?

[00:31.32]"The Red Roses"are giving a performance at the People's Theatre.

[00:36.36]Do you know what they are?

[00:39.21]They're a pop group.They're said to be very good.

[00:43.89]What time does the performance start?

[00:47.54]7 p.m.Will you be free then?

[00:51.70]Yes,I'll be free.I'd like to go.

[00:55.95]Let's go together then.

[00:59.12]I'll meet you at the theatre at six-thirty.

[01:02.96]Good!See you then.Bye.

[01:07.34]Lesson 14  2 Reading comprehension 1

[01:20.38]Read the passage to find answers to these questions:

[01:25.13]1.What does an editor do?

[01:29.60]2.What do journalists do?

[01:34.25]HOW A NEWSPAPER IS PRODUCED

[01:38.22]Every morning,the newspaper chief editor holds a meeting with the journalists.

[01:44.78]They discuss the main events of the day.

[01:48.93]Reporters are then sent to cover the events.

[01:53.58]As soon as the reporters know what to write about,they get down to work.

[01:59.46]They telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them.

[02:05.41]Sometimes they do telephone interviews.

[02:09.67]Checking information is very important.

[02:13.83]They go to the newspaper's own library to look up any information that they need.

[02:19.57]This is called "doing one's homework".

[02:23.83]At the same time,

[02:26.78]the picture editor decides which photographs are needed for the next day's paper.

[02:32.95]Photographers are then sent to take the pictures.

[02:37.49]Sometimes old ones are used from the newspaper's own picture library.

[02:43.24]Doing this can save a lot of time and money.

[02:47.47]All the people who work on a newspaper must be able to work fast.

[02:50.63]For example,there might be a big fire,or an important person might die.

[02:57.08]In this situation,everyone has to move fast.

[03:02.13]Journalists have to stop working on one story

[03:06.78]and start working immediately on the important new one.

[03:12.10]They must find out the new information as quickly as possible.

[03:17.28]A photographer is sent immediately to take photographs.

[03:22.32]Later in the day,everything is put together at the news desk.

[03:28.38]Reporters return,type their stories into the computer and hand them to the editor.

[03:35.35]Photographers return and the photos are quickly developed.

[03:40.71]The chief editor decides which will be the most important story on the front page.

[03:47.16]Sometimes

[03:50.01]this will have to be changed if something more important happens late in the day.

[03:55.78]Other editors read the stories which the reporters have written

[04:00.82]and make any necessary changes.

[04:04.79]They also write the headlines for each story.

[04:09.52]Doing this is more difficult in English than in Chinese.

[04:14.77]In English the letter M is wider than the letter I,so editors must check

[04:22.64]that there is enough space for the headlines they have written.

[04:27.31]Finally,there is no more time left for adding new stories,

[04:32.67]and the time for printing the newspaper has come.

[04:37.32]This is done on fast-moving printing machines.

[04:41.97]The newspapers are then delivered by lorry,plane or rail.Speed is important.

[04:49.33]People want to buy the latest newspaper;nobody wants to buy yesterday's.

[04:55.18]Lesson 15  1 Reading comprehension

[05:05.95]CHINA DAILY

[05:08.90]China has its own English language newspaper,China Daily,

[05:14.46]which is published in Beijing.

[05:17.94]It appears from Monday to Saturday

[05:21.88]with a Sunday edition of Business Weekly each week

[05:26.87]It has all the usual sections of a newspaper,

[05:31.31]including Home News -- news about China,

[05:35.67]International News-- news from abroad,

[05:40.35]Business News,Travel News and Sports News.

[05:45.39]There are plenty of pictures,and a weather report every day.

[05:50.85]There are reports on new plays,movies,books,new restaurants and so on.

[05:58.71]There are also longer articles about businesses,or people with interesting jobs,

[06:05.58]or about different areas of China.

[06:09.74]Every Saturday there is a section about things to do at the weekend

[06:14.78]and the TV programmes in the coming week.

[06:19.04]China Daily has plenty of advertisements,

[06:23.40]which help to cut the costs of making the newspaper.

[06:28.08]There are advertisements for computer companies,businesses,

[06:33.22]hotels,airlines,travel companies,jobs and so on.

[06:39.99]Many foreigners like to read this newspaper.

[06:44.11]It is also popular with students of English,

[06:48.24]who read it in order to improve their English.

[06:52.50]Sun Yao,a student of English in Beijing,said,"I like reading China Daily.

[07:00.23]Learning 2 new words and useful expressions is very important for me,

[07:06.11]so I read it every day.

[07:09.58]I can see how English is used in everyday life as well.

[07:14.55]Besides,I enjoy learning about new things from politics 3 to sports and music.

[07:21.81]Words and expressions Unit  4

[07:26.25]daily                rose                 journalist           editor

[07:29.19]n.日报               n.玫瑰花             n.记者,新闻工作者    n.编辑

[07:32.13]advertisement        headline             check                interview

[07:36.70]n.广告,登广告        n.大字标题           vt.检查,核对         vt.采访

[07:41.27]magazine             chief                event                get down to

[07:44.95]n.杂志               adj.主要的,首要的    n.大事               开始认真(做某事)

[07:48.64]fix                  face-to-face         photographer         immediately

[07:51.51]vt.确定，决定        面对面的,当面的      n.摄影师             adv.立即

[07:54.38]take a photograph(of)develop              hand                 add

[07:58.47]照相                 vt.冲洗(照片)        vt.给,传递           vt.增加

[08:02.56]deliver              lorry                rail                 speed

[08:05.83]vt.投递(信件)        n.运货汽车           n.铁路               n.速度

[08:09.09]latest               publish              edition              weekly

[08:12.81]adj.最近的,最新的    vt.出版,发行         n.版本               adj.每周的

[08:16.54]Business Weekly      section              be popular with somebody

[08:19.92]每周商刊             n.部分部门           受某人欢迎

[08:23.30]as well              besides              suitable 4

[08:26.03]也,又                adv.还有             adj.适合的

[08:28.76]rewrite(rewrote rewritten)                care for

[08:31.84]vt.重写                                   喜欢,想要