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Unit9ShouldthePressbeHuman?Pre-readingquestions1.Press:1)journalism,2)newspapersandperiodicals,3)newsreporters,4)commentinnewspapersandperiodicals2.ResponsibilitiesofajournalistinChinaareasfollows:fulfillingthefunctionofservingtheCommunistPartyofChina,thePeople’sGovernment,andtheChinesepeople;objectivity;promptnessinreportinganevent;dueattentiontothesocialeffect.1.shoot:1)tokillwithsomethingasfromagun2)tomakeaphotographorfilm(of)2.teaseone’smind:disturbone’smindpersistently3.ethicalquestion:questionthataskswhetheranactionisrightorwrong4.weighin:joinin5.enjoin:demand,order6.uncommitted:Nothavinggivenloyaltytoanyonegroup,politicalbelief,etc.;unbiased,impartial7.seedy:inferior,disreputable8.birdman:pilotofanaircraft;here,parachutist（伞兵，跳伞人）9.defuse:removethefuse（信管）from;(fig.)takethepotentialdangeroutofasituation10.newshound:veryeagernewspaperreporter,whoisalwayslookingfornewsstories*“Andso,myfellowAmericansasknotwhatyourcountrycandoforyou;askwhatyoucandoforyourcountry.”(fromInauguralAddress”January20,1961)LibraryWork1.LeeHarveyOswald-theassassinofU.S.PresidentJohnKennedy2.JackRuby-thepersonwhokilledLeeHarveyOswald.3.Kennedy-JohnF.Kennedy(1917-1963)wasThe35thpresidentoftheU.S.A.HewastheyoungestmanandthefirstRomanCatholictobeelectedpresident(1960).ThesigningoftheNuclearTest-banTreatybytheU.S.,GreatBritain,andtheSovietUnionin1963isconsideredtobeKennedy’sgreatesttriumphinforeignaffairs.ThesignatoriesagreedtoStopalltestingofnuclearweaponsintheatmosphere,inouterspace,andunderwater,thuspermittingonlyundergroundtests,whichdidnotcontaminatetheatmosphere.Withinafewmonths,morethan100othernationssignedthetreaty.Domestically,KennedyappealedtoU.S.Congressforlegis-lationtostimulateinternationaltrade,reduceunemployment,providemedicalcarefortheagedundersocialsecurity,reducefederalin-cometaxes,andprotectthecivilrightsofblacksLatein1963,inpreparationforthecomingyear’spresidentialelection,Kennedybeganaseriesoftripstovariouspartsofthecountry.OnNovember22,1963,KennedyandotherswereontheirwaytoaluncheonindowntownDallas,Texas.Asthemotorcadeapproachedanunderpassat12.30p.m.,twoshotswerefiredinrapidsuccession.OnebulletpassedthroughKennedy’sneckandtheotherbulletstruckthepresidentinthehead.KennedyfellforwardandhiscarspedtoParklandHospi-tal.At1.00p.m.,hewaspronounceddead.ThebulletthatkilledKennedywasfiredfromsix-storywindowofanearbywarehouse.Thatafternoon,LeeHarveyOswald,whowasemployedinthewarehouse,wasarrestedinaDallasmoviestheaterandchargedwithmurder.Twodayslater,asthesuspectwastransferredfromonejailtoanother,JackRuby,aDallasnightclubowner,sprangoutfromgroupofnewsmenandfiredarevolverintoOswald’sleftside.Oswalddiedinthesamehospitaltowhichthepresidenthadbeentaken.ThecommissionwhichinvestigatedthecrimemadepublicitsreportonSeptember27,1964,whichconcludedthat“TheshotswhichkilledPresidentKennedy…werefiredbyLeeHarveyOswald.”Thereportalsostatedthatthecommissionhad“foundnoevidencethateitherLeeH.OswaldorJackRubywaspartofanyconspiracy,domesticorforeign,toassassinatePresidentKennedy.”Discussion:1.Whatisthetopicsentenceofpara.2?Andthecontrollingidea?Howisitdeveloped?2.Whereistheauthor’sreplytothequestionaskedinthetitlecontained?3.Wherecanyoufindthethesisstatementofthearticle?4.TrytofulfillthetaskassignedonPage130.1.Topicsentence(para.2):JournalistandTVpeople,weknow,aresupposedtorecordwhatgoeson;butintryingtogetthebestrecordtheycan,theymaysometimesseemamazinglycold-blooded.And“amazinglycold-blooded”isthecontrollingidea.Itisdevelopedbytwoexamples.2.Inpara.7“Butistherenotapointinanyprofessionwhereyouareforcedbackagainstthewallasahumanbeing,whereadoctorshouldhandJacktheRiperovertothepoliceandalawyerrefusetosuppresstheblood-stainedevidencethatproveshisclientatorturer?”3.Inthelastparagraph.4.Option1:Heshouldstaycold-bloodedandgoonreportingwhilepeoplearebeingkilled.Option2:Heshouldbehuman,takesides,andinterfere.Option1:paras.1,2,5,6*Option2:paras.4,7*Both1&2:Paras.1,3,8*ExamplesofOption1:1)Thephotographershootingpicturesofthegunman(para.1)2)ThephotographermakingtheIndianfamilyreburyitsdeadandtheBBCsoundmandelayingtheexcution(para.2)3)Thebirdmanstory(para.5)4)Doctorandlawyer(para.6)ExampleofOption2:1)useofdifferentadjectives(para.4)2)anItalianjournalist’sinterferenceintheTunisiansoldiers’shootingTextIIWhereistheNewsLeadingUs?1.Whatarethetwodifferingnotionsof“news”representedinthearticle?Howdoesthedifferenceaffectnewsreportinginthemassmedia?2.Howdoyouunderstandthesentence“Theworldisasplendidcombinationofheavenandhell?”Dothetwosectorshaveeachanequalshareinthecombination?AretheyadequatelycoveredinthemassmediaoftheWest?1.Twotypesofnews:1)sudden,eruptivehappeningsinthepast12-24hours2)progressofcivilizationthatcomesinbitsandpiecesNewsisgenerallyassumedtobewhathashappenederuptivelyinthemostrecentpast;thusitconsistsmainlyofdisasters.2.Theworldisacombinationofgoodnewsandbadnews.No.Thegoodhappeningshavealargersharethanthebadones;otherwisetheworldwouldnothavebeenprogressing.Butinthemassmedia,thetwosectorsarenotequallycovered,thebadhappeningsaregivenmorecoveragethantheg