1. Unit 4 Workbook

3. Many people think that doing a radio or TV interview is fun and interesting. But there may be problems. What problems do you think you might have? Discuss it with your partner.

4. Listen to the story about Greg’s telephone interview and see whether he had the same problems as you discussed.

5. Listen to Part 1 and tick the correct time and place of the interview. DayTimePlace  Monday  Thursday  Yesterday  2 pm  6:15 am  6:15 pm  home  radio station  BBC TV station √√ √

6. Listen to Part 1 again and discuss the questions. 1.Why did Greg have to go to the radio station and not use his home phone? 2.How did Greg describe the windows of the house? What does that show? He had to go to the BBC radio station because the sound effects are better there. The windows are described as large, tired eyes. It shows that Greg was apprehensive. He felt that the windows were like people watching him who were not very confident.

7. Listen to Part 2 and fill in the blanks below. 1.________ just at that moment a man _______ and opened the ________ for me. As soon as I entered the room, the _______ rang. It was the ________ from the “Today” programme. 2. Never was I so relieved to see anyone! I really _________ I was going to miss the programme. But _____________ I was on the _________ everything was fine. Luckilyappeared studio telephone interviewer thought once air

9. Primary source is an original source of the information being discussed.

10. Secondary source is a secondhand account about people, events, topics or places that is based on what some other writer has experienced, such as a story, a book, a report or a film.

11. Read the passage on Page 65 and try to find out the main idea of it. The passage tells us what a primary source and a secondary source are and the difference between them.

12. Read the passage again and determine whether the statement are true or false. 1.When we read about Jia Sixie in our textbook we are reading a primary source. 2. As we watch the news on TV, the person presenting the programme in the studio is the secondary source. F T

13. 3. Photographers sometimes are both primary and secondary sources. 4. Knowing the difference of primary and secondary sources can help us decide what is a fact and what is an opinion. 5. Often facts and opinions are mixed in any report. T T F

14. A primary source needs to have two thing: 1. being there on spot 2. witnessing the happening of the event

15. A primary source depends on: The person who has written the news should be there at the time. Primary sources and secondary sources are very important for finding out the truth. The closer a person is to the event they describe in time or geographically, the more likely they are to be accurate. Tips

16. Now you have been asked to recommend a primary source from these writings about Julius Caesar, a Roman leader. Only one of them is a primary source so you must look at them carefully. Remember dates are very important. Tick the correct boxes. Then think which of them will have fewer facts and more opinions. Give a reason. Assignment

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18. The primary source is __________________ because ______________________________. I think _________________________________ __________________________________________ will have more facts because __________________ ______________________. The Gallic Wars it was written at the time Plutarch’s Life of Julius Caesar and Shakespeare’s play about Julius Caesar they were written long after the events happened.

20. Listen and write down the main idea in one sentence. A fight between the British and Turkish football fans took place.

21. Listen to Part 1 and fill in the first three items of the report. Beijing, China. When the police arrived it was impossible to tell. There was an eyewitness Report form Name of officer: Li Da Date: 12/05/2008 What happened? Where was it? Who started it? Fight broke out between fans supporting the two teams.

22. Listen to Part 2 and fill in the rest items of the report. Fred Smith says he saw the Turkish supporters throw bottles at the British supporters first. Then it developed into a serous fight with everyone involved. Fred Smith’s eyewitness account and his photographs. It was started by the Turkish supporters. The British fans were not in the wrong. Fred Smith’s photographs support his idea that the Turkish fans started the fight. Eyewitness account: Evidence: Conclusion: Reason:

24. Why are witnesses important? Because it is they that can verify the truth.

25. Imagine that you are the organizer of a local fishing competition. A person tells you he has caught a fish the size of a bicycle. It will win him first prize at a local fishing competition. But an eyewitness says he cheated. He saw the fisherman buying it at a fish shop. Do you believe that eyewitness or the fisherman? Give your reasons.

27. 1.Finish your writing about the fisherman and share it with your classmates. 2.Review the whole unit and preview Unit 5.