文档介绍：Unit Nine Text I Where is the News Leading Us?
I. Library Work
1. OPEC: acronym for anization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, a group of countries that produce oil and plan together how to sell it
I. Library Work
2. YMCA: abbreviation of Young Men’s Christian Association, an anization that promotes the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare of young Christians
I. Library Work
3. Walter Lippmann (1889 – 1974):
. journalist and political philosopher, was known for his writings on current social and political events and phenomena. His widely syndicated column “Today and Tomorrow” for the New York Herald Tribune (《纽约先驱论坛报》)was read by millions from September 1931 until his retirement in 1967.
II. Organization of the Text
1. Cause to the disaster-proneness of the newspaper and the TV news (Paragraphs 1 – 8)
A. Question addressed to the two journalists: why are the newspaper and the TV news so disaster prone? (1 – 3)
B. Author’s judgment of the journalists’ answer to the question (4 – 8)
II. Organization of the Text
① Responsibility of the definition of news for disaster-proneness (4 – 6)
② Consequence of the definition (7 – 8)
II. Responsibility of the news media: search out and report on important events --- whether or not e under the heading of conflict, confrontation, or catastrophe (9 – 13)
II. Organization of the Text
A. Author’s argument (9)
B. Examples of positive development of the world (10)
C. Attention called to the responsibility journalists have for affecting the way people think and the role the media play in shaping the mind of the people (11 - 13)
III. Key Points of the Text
Paragraph 1
anchorman: a broadcaster or newscaster at a central station who coordinates and integrates a broadcast consisting of ing from several different locations; host
Paragraph 1
to the (very) core: right to the center; thoroughly, completely 直至核心;透顶的,十足的,地道的
.: He is honest to the core. 他这人真是诚实到家了。
The gentleman is English to the core.