新编英语教程 5 Unit 9 教案.docx

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新编英语教程5Unit9教案

UnitNine

TEXT1

SHOULDTHEPRESSBEHUMAN?

KatharineWhitehorn

Objectives:

tofigureoutthetwooptionsajournalistisfacingandtheparas.referringtothesetwooptionsalternately.

toidentifytheexamplesusedtoillustratetheoptions.

tostatetheirownopinionsonwhatajournalistshoulddoinfaceofatrocity.

Pre-classwork

1.ReadthetextandcatchthecentralideabydoingComp.1.

2.ReadtheOrganization&Developmentandtryasmuchaspossibletocompletetheexercises.

Sectionone

Pre-readingquestions:

（10mins.）

1.What’sthemeaningof‘press’inthetitle?

（Pre-readingQ1）

Fourdefinitionsoftheword‘press’aregiveninanauthoritativedictionary,namely,1）journalism,2）newspapersandperiodicals,3）newsreporters,and4）commentinnewspapersandperiodicals.Thedefinitionthatsuitsthetitlebestis3）,becauseonlypeoplecanbehuman.

2.Whatdoyoupredictaboutthegeneralideasofthispassage?

InthepassageWhitehornhaspresentedtwooptionsajournalistisfacing:

1）Inhuman:

Heshouldstaycold-bloodedandgoonreportingwhilepeoplearebeingkilled.

2）Human:

Heshouldbehuman,takesides（=favororsupportapersonoragroupinadisputeordebate）,andinterfere.

3.WhatwastheaccidenthappeninginFrancebutknowntotheworldthatwasconcernedwiththenewsmen?

Howmuchdoyouknowaboutit?

Whatdoyouthinkofthosenewsmen?

Diana’sdeathcausedbythecaraccident,buttherealcausewasthoseinhumanandapatheticnewsmen.

In-readingdiscussion:

Step1.OrganizationandDevelopment

1.InthepassageWhitehornhaspresentedalternatelyintheparas.twooptionsajournalistisfacing:

inhuman-toaccomplishhisjobonlywithoutanynoticeofhisinterviewee’sorhistargetpersonnel’ssufferings;

human-tobehuman,takesides,andinterfereinspiteofthepossibledanger.

Decidetheparas.whichrefertothe1standthe2ndoptionrespectively,andbothoftheoptions,andgivereasons.（10mins.）

1&2-paras.1,3,8

Opt.1-paras.2,5

Opt.2-paras.4,6,7

Theparas.referringtothesetwooptionsaltogether:

Paras.1,3,8

Para.1（10mins.）

1.WhatdoyouknowaboutLeeHarveyOswald,JackRuby,and（JohnF.）Kennedy?

SeeLibraryWorkfordetails.

JohnF.Kennedy（1917-1963）wasthe35thpresidentoftheUSA.HewastheyoungestmanandthefirstRomanCatholictobeelectedpresident（1960）.HisgreatesttriumphinforeignaffairswasthesigningoftheNuclearTest-BanTreatybytheUS,GreatBritain,andtheSovietUnionin1963.Thesignatoriesagreedtostopalltestingofnuclearweaponsintheatmosphere,inouterspace,andunderwater,thuspermittingonlyundergroundtests,whichdidnotcontaminatetheatmosphere.Withinafewmonths,morethan100othernationssignedthetreaty.

Latein1963,inpreparationforthecomingyear’spresidentialelection,Kbeganaseriesoftripstovariouspartsofthecountry.OnNov.22,1963,KandotherswereontheirwaytoaluncheonindowntownDallas,Texas.Asthemotorcadeapproachedanunderpassat12.30p.m.,twofatalshotswerefiredinrapidsuccession.OnebulletpassedthroughK’sneckandtheotherstruckthepresidentinthehead.KfellforwardandhiscarspedtoParklandHospital.At1.00p.m.,hewaspronounceddead.

L.H.Oswald,employedinthewarehousefromwhichthebulletthatkilledKwasfired,wasconferredasthesuspectintheassassinationHewasarrestedthatafternooninaDallasmovietheaterandchargedwithmurder.

Twodayslater,asL.H.Oswaldwastransferredfromonejailtoanother,hewasshotdeadbyJ.Ruby,whosprangoutfromagroupofnewsmen.Thisveryscenewasphotographedbyanewsmanonthespot.

It’sapitytheinvestigationcommissionfoundnoevidencethateitherL.H.OorJ.Rwaspartofanyconspiracy,domesticorforeign,toassassinatePresidentKennedy.

2.Soaquestionisraisedhere,aquestionthatteasedthewriter’smind（disturbedhermindpersistently）:

whoreallykilledOswald:

Rubyorthatphotographer?

IfthatphotographerhaddroppedhiscameraandgrabbedRubywhenhesawRubywasgoingtoshootOswald,insteadoftakingthechancetoshootingthesestaggeringpicturesofRubygunningOswalddown,Oswaldwouldnothavebeenkilled,andthepublicwouldknowmoreabouttheassassinationofKennedy.

Inthebeginningpara.theauthorhypothesizesaboutwhatmighthaveresultedifthephotographerhadstoppedthekilleronthespot.（Comp.2-1）

Derivingfromthisillustration,anotherquestionisimplied:

issuchkindofnewsmanhumanorinhuman?

Thisisthethesisofthispassage.

Para.3（10mins.）

1.Whatdoyouthinkarethekeywordsinthispara.?

atrickyethicalquestion（=aquestionthataskswhetheranactionisrightorwrong）,

2.Whyisatrickyethicalquestion?

Canyousaysomethingaboutit?

Thisisadilemma:

Ifajournalist/photographershouldjoinin（what’shappening,esp.toruntheriskoflifetostopsomethingbringingaboutbadresult）,theworldwouldnotknowwhatatrocitiesarecommitted.Eventhoughhediesabravedeath,hecannotmaketheatrocityknowntotheworld.Ifhestandsbackandwatches（actsasanon-lookeroroutsider）whilepeople

killoneanother,orinotherwords,takesthechancetoshootauthenticpicturessoastoexposetheatrocityintheworld,heisconsideredascold-blooded.

Thequestionimpliedinthefirstpara.:

shouldthephotographerseizethechanceofshootingthesestaggeringpicturesofthelivescene,orshouldhedroppedthecameraandgrabbedthegunmantostopanotherkill?

Thisquestionisthesameasthatposedinpara.3.

Forthecauseajournalist/photographerdevoteshimselfto,heshouldseizeeveryopportunitybyallmeanstomakehispromptreportorauthenticphotossoastoexposetheevent/happeningtotheworld.Thisisoneoftheresponsibilitiesofnewsmen.However,withrespecttohumanism,heshouldfirstofallstoptheatrocityheiswitnessinginsteadofbehavingasasoleonlooker,whichseemsinhuman.Sobothofthetwooptionsarepresentedinthisparagraph.

Para.8（5mins.）

1.Whatdoesthispara.tellus?

（comp.3-5）

Anewsmancanmakegoodnewsreportandbehumanatthesametime.i.e.,anewsmancanadheretohisprofessionalresponsibilityandsocialresponsibilitysimultaneously.Thepressshouldbehuman.

Sothethesisstatementofthisarticleisrevealedinthislastparagraph-theconclusion.

Theparas.referringtotheinhumanoption:

Ajournalistshouldstaycold-bloodedandgoonreportingwhilepeoplearebeingkilled.

Paras.2,5

Para.2（15mins.）

1.Whatisthetopicsentenceofpara.2?

Andthecontrollingidea?

Howisitdeveloped?

（comp.3-1）

Sentence1isthetopicsentence:

JournalistsandTVpeoplearesupposedtorecordwhatgoeson;butintryingtogetthebestrecordtheycan,theymaysometimesseemamazinglycold-blooded.andamazinglycold-bloodedisthecontrollingidea.Itisdevelopedbytwoexamples.

2.Whataretheexamplesusedtoillustratethetopicsentence,ortheinhumanoption?

thephotographermakingtheIndianfamilybury,rebury,re-reburyitsdeadseveraltimestillhegotaperfectshot

theBBCsoundmandelayingtheexecutionforhalfanhourjusttoadjusthissoundequipment

Refertothenotes1,2.

3.What’sthemeaning:

itdidn’tmakeanydifferencetothefinaloutcome...（Comp.2-2）

=whatwastohappenstillhappened

Para.5（10mins.）

1.Whydoyouthinkthispara.isabouttheinhumanoption?

Thejournalists,orsomejournalists,behavebadlywhiledoingtheirwork（e.g.staycold-bloodedandinhumaninfaceofanyatrocity）;what’smore,theystillremaininhumanwhentheworkisover.

2.Whatistheexampleheretoillustratethecold-bloodedjournalist?

thebirdmanstory

3.Whatfeelingdoestheexclamation‘MyGod,whatastory!

’revealaboutthenewsman?

（Comp.2-4）

Hewasexcitedbecausehesawtherewasagoodnewsstoryforhim.

4.Butitleavesoutalot.

Asstatedinpara.4,grantedthatjournalistsmuststayuncommittedandreportthefact,thereisstillalotnotmentionedbytheirprofessionalethic.Thisisindicatedbythefirstsentenceofthisparagraph:

Butitleavesoutalot.=Theprofessionalethicofajournalistleavesoutalot.

Sectiontwo

Step3OrganizationandDevelopment

Theparas.thatrefertothe2ndoption:

Ajournalistshouldbehuman,takesides,andinterfere.

Paras.4,6,7

Para.4（20mins.）

1.Whatisthispara.about?

Ajournalistshouldstayuncommittedandreportthefact,whichisonepartoftheethicorguidelinesofaprofessionaljournalist.

The1stsentenceisthetopicsentence.

2.ParaphraseOurprofessionalethicenjoinsustostayuncommittedandreportthefacts;and,ifwehavetohaveguidelines,that’sprobablyasgoodasaoneasany.（LW5-1）

Wejournalists,asrequiredbyourprofessionalresponsibilities,mustavoidfavoringanyofthetwoconflictingsidesandtelltheworldwhathasactuallyhappened.Thisisaboutthebestprincipletoguideouraction,ifwefinditnecessarytohaveone.

3.Whatdoestheauthorthinkofsomeoftheseediest（=mostinferioranddisreputable）journalistsdescribedinthisparagraph?

（comp.3-4）

Theauthorisnotsatisfiedwiththeperformanceofthesejournalists,whohavenodefinitestandardsorprinciples.Toreportthesametypeofevent,theymayuseonesetofcensorious（=critical,fault-finding）adjectivestocondemnit,oranothersetoflaudatory（=expressingpraiseandadmiration）qualifierstoshowtheirappreciation,dependingontheirpersonalbias.Theytakesidesirresponsibly,andtheirreportageisguidedbyanythingbutobjectivity.Grantedthatjournalistsmuststayuncommittedandreportthefact,thereis