[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
[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 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 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
[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 |