单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Lesson Twelve,How News Becomes Opinion and,Opinion Off-limits,Lesson Twelve How News Become,1,Detailed study of the text,Detailed study of the text,2,Part I(Paras 1-4),What is the main idea of this section?,This section serves as a vivid introduction,leading to the point of the common ground,occupied by both novelists and journalists.,Part I(Paras 1-4)What is th,3,Para.1,1.Pay attention to the structure of “I was,wonderingwhen”,It so happened that,when I was thinking about the issue I came across a correction in a newspaper.,Para.1 1.Pay attention to th,4,Para.1,2.“What,if any”,In using the pattern,the writer is expressing the view that he does not think there is any.,E.g.,I did not consider what,if any,objection there was to this plan.,Para.1 2.“What,if any”In us,5,Para.1,3.Paraphrase the following part:“I was wondering journalists.”,I,was curious about,the fact whether novelists and journalists had any basis for agreement and if there was any,then what was that common ground.,Para.1 3.Paraphrase the foll,6,Para.2,1.It is a short announcement on the part of the British daily newspaper,Independent,retracting a report a day earlier about Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.This short announcement raises a number of questions in the readers mind:,Para.2 1.It is a short annou,7,Para.3,1.One can only guessthe protests.,What does“human distress”refer to?,2)What do“the protests”refer to?,It refers to the feeling of Sir Webber who must,have felt wronged and hurt.He might have felt,that his reputation had been damaged.,They refer to the complaints from Sir Webber and,others on his behalf and the intervention of people,to demand the retraction.,Para.3 1.One can only guess,8,Para.3,3)Why does the writer write“one can only guess”?,The statement is short and terse and doesnt reveal,any inside story for the retraction.But one thing is,clear:the newspaper will not retract the allegation,voluntarily.So this is a safe guess.,Para.3 3)Why does the writer,9,Para.3,2.As you know,livestock insecurity of late.,What is meant by“Britain has been going throughheightened livestock insecurity”?,It means Britain has been plagued by the spread,the diseases of“mad cow”and“hoof and mouth”,and the fear of the spread has been intense.,Para.3 2.As you know,livest,10,Para.3,3.As well asostrich-farming bubble,or,swindle.,What do“mentally challenged cattle herds”refer to?,Why does the writer use this term in place of mad cows?,They refer to the mad cows.,The writer is deliverately using this term to achieve,ironically humourous effect.“Mentally challenged”,was initially proposed as polite way to refer to,someone of low inteligence.He is using a politically,correct term to describe cows in a seemingly,serious manner.Here lies the irony and humor.,Para.3 3.As well asostrich-,11,Para.3,3)Why does the writer use“alarming”“great”,to describe the case of ostrich-farming,bubble?,Ostrich-farming bubble,or swindle,campared,with other fraudulent activities,is actually,insignificant but the writer uses these words to,exaggerate the seriousness of the bubble,or swindle.,Such exaggeration achieves a humoourous and,ironical effect,which leads to the following remark.,Para.3 3)Why does the writer,12,Para.3,overheated:,hysterical,allegation:,an assertion made without proof,to takelightly:,to regard with indifference,to slight:,to treat with disrespect,2)What does“overheated times”refer to?,Why does the writer consider the current period“overheated”?,4.In these overheated timesthis reputation,has been slighted.,“Overheated times”refers to the public anxiety in,Britain where people were scared by the reports,of the spread of mad-cow disease and,hoof-and-mouth disease.,Para.3 overheated:hysterical,13,Para.4,1.Plainlly,it was quite wrongostriches.,This statement serves as a transition,linking this,paragraph up with the previous one.The statement,repeats the idea embodied in the last sentence of,the previous paragraph.,Para.4 1.Plainlly,it was q,14,Para.4,2.He is,of course,musical turkeys.,The phrase is used here to denote irony,meaning,that he is undoubtedly famous,not in ostrich-farming,but in musical turkey exporting.If the former,(ostrich-farming)is no longer complimentary,nowadays,the latter is no better.,Why is“of course”mused here?,Please explain it in your own words.,Undoubtedly Sir Webber is famous for his,composition of music for a number of lightweight,money-making musicals which have been,exported to other countries.,Para.4 2.He is,of course,15,since th eperpetrators of,fraudulent activities hould be punished,those who,reaped profits by fraud in ostrich-farming should,also be brought to light and punished.,to recognize as being the very person,known,described,or claimed,The basic idea is:,2)to identify:,to bring to account:,Para.4,3.But if we agree for a momentfor their activities?,to make sb.Answer for his conduct;,to demand an explanation,16,Express the idea in your own words,heart:,Translate:,Para.4,4.Is this not the