文档介绍：Unit 2 News MediaBEHIND THE HEADLINESLanguage points1. media (pl) n. (medium)传媒,媒体news media新闻传播工具mass media大众传播媒介电视可能会是一种绝好的教育媒介。Television can be anexcellent medium for medium of education 作为教育用的媒介2. ;可信赖的;确实的这消息靠得住。The news is . 依赖, 依靠, 信赖, 信任, 依赖于rely on相信,信赖;依赖我们必须依靠自己的努力。We must relyon our own efforts. 天气是靠不住的。You can't rely on the 。It's not reliable to judge a man only by his looks■(1) n. 火◇set fire to…=set… on fire■(2) vt. 解雇,开除( =dismiss)■pany fired him for his poor work.■(3) vi. 开枪,射击fire at■He fired his gun at the big snake.■(4) 激发,使充满热情■The story fired his imagination.■※be on fire for 对…充满热情■The students are on fire for puter (to) the southbe faced with 面临;面对face up to 面对;承担face the music 接受(不愉快的后果或情况)■I was faced with a new problem.■She couldn’t face up to the fact.■The boy was caught cheating in the examination and had to face the ;面对;正视5. …do more than…(1) 该句中的do是助动词,起强调作用,用以加强说话者的语气。. Do remember to remind me to return the book I borrowed from you. (2) more thanmore than + ,在…以上二十多个记者参加了会议。More than 20 reporters attended the meeting .more than + ,不仅仅他不仅是一位画家,他还是一名音乐家。He is more than an artist. He is also a than +adj./,十分,岂止是他的演出不止是好,简直就是完美。His performance is more is than + ,不仅仅He more even than …can/could…不能杭州的美是语言无法描述的。The beauty of Hangzhou is more thanwords can is more than I can tell you .6. Experienced editors and reporters make informed…experienced(富有经验的)和informed(见识广的,有知识的) 都是动词的过去分词作定词,修饰动词。stolen cultural relics一棵倒下的树a fallen tree一把破椅子a broken chair被盗的文物informed ,有知识的,了解情况的He is a well-informed 。 sb. that/wh-…inform sb.+疑问词+不定式They informed us of the time of the 。The nurse informed me that visiting hours were 。Who