【正文】 going on. So I told the vicepresident of Human Resources, asking him not to share the information with anyone.A few days later, the president called me into his office. I figured he wanted to talk to me about one of the many issues we were working on. When I entered, he asked me to sit down. He faced me from across his desk, looked me in the eye and said I hear your mother is very ill.I was totally caught by surprise and burst into tears. He just looked at me, let my crying subside and then gently said a sentence I will never forget: Whatever you need. That was it.His understanding and his willingness to both let me be in my pain and to offer me everything were qualities of passion that I carry with me to this day.Unit FourⅠ.　Teaching　Aims This unit aims to help students know something about news and media — a special form of language. By the end of this unit, students should have a good grasp of the useful words and expressions concerning the topic, be familiar with objective clauses and be able to express their own stories in appropriate English.Ⅱ. Teaching Periods教學(xué)時(shí)間安排（8課時(shí)）1. 12課時(shí)：Vocabulary, Text A2. 34課時(shí)：Exercises IV3. 56課時(shí)：Dialogue, Text B4. 78課時(shí)：Grammar, ExercisesII. Lead in1. Fill in the blanks with the words or phrases you39。ve just heard on the tape1. flew。 storm 2. realized。 crashed3. stopped。 alone 4. stay。 drinking5. consciousness。 hungerVocabulary check: Check students39。 understanding of just a few key words from thetext by giving their English explanations and asking the students to give the words andtheir Chinese meanings.continue to live or exist, esp after ing close to death幸存，殘存，活下來make or bee firmly fixed or closed 縛緊，系牢，扣住violent weather condition with strong wind, rain, and often lightning 暴風(fēng)雨full of fear受驚的?？謶值?cause to)have a sudden, violent, and noisy accident(使)猛撞。(使)answer。 say or do as an answer 回答，答復(fù)save or set free from harm, danger，or loss拯救，解救。救援，救出quantity or quality。 extraordinary(常作褒義)驚人的，了不起的2. Background information: Provide students with some cultural background tofamiliarize them with the subject.1. Disasters occur everywhere in the world. Earthquakes, volcano eruptions, windstorms,floods, air disasters, etc. threaten human existence. Take plane crash for example, in the year 2000 alone, there were 17 major mercial passenger airline disasters worldwide, claiming more than 800 lives. Air disasters are caused by both natural forces and inappropriate human activities. The most mon causes are unusual weather conditions, structural failure, engine failure, navigational error, or terrorist attack. Planes may crash on takeoff, on landing, or on approach. They may hit a mountain, or be hit by lightning. They may overrun the runway, or collide in midair with another plane. Some disasters are caused by terrorists. It was an act of terrorism when two giant passenger planes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and leveled them to the ground.2. Burma a country located in Southeast Asia. Its whole name is the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma. It has a tropical monsoon climate. March to May is its summer season, June to October its rainy season, and November to February its cool season.Surviving a plane crashThree months ago I flew to Burmawith my boyfriend, Johan. The plane was a small one and our seats were near the back. The sky was black as we took off, and throughout the flight, we kept our seat belts fastened. Twenty minutes later we flew into a terrible storm. The plane rolled and shook in the wind. We were both very frightened. I couldn’t remember anything after that until I opened my eyes. I didn39。t know where I was. Slowly I realized thatthe plane had crashed. I was in terrible painand I couldn39。t move. Johan, I called, but he didn39。t reply. It was dark, but I knew thathe wasn39。t in his seat. I heard groans and I worked out that possibly six other people were still alive. When daylight came, I could see all the bodiesaround me. Johan was on the other side of the aisle, but I knew that he was dead.After a day or two ? the other voices stopped and I was alone. But the rescuers didn39。t e. “They must be on their way,” I told myself I didn39。t know thatwe were in a swamp .in the middle of a jungle and that. the helicopters couldn39。t flyin the heavy rain. Outside the window the floodwater was going slowly up. But that water saved my life. I managed to stay alive by drinking that dirty water. At night the mosquitoes came. I was out of consciousness because of pain and hunger. Then I heard voices. I pushed my hand out of the window and amazingly I someone grabbed it. The rescue team had arrived ... nine days I after the crash.Different types of mediaThere are different types of media today. The news and entertainment programs we read, watch or listen to are municated in a number of different ways, using different It may be print media such as newspapers and magazines, and electronic media such as radio and television. The word media is most often used to refer to the munication of news, and in this context means the same as news media.Programs on radio and television may be referred to formally as broadcasts or informally as shows, especially in American English. The person who presents a program or a show on radio or TV is a host or hostess but the one who hosts a popular music program is called a disk jockey or DJ. News programs may be hosted by an anchor, either a man or a woman, who is sometimes more famous than the people in the news. In more traditional news programs, the news is read by a newsreader.There are many broadcasting organizations in a country and petition among them is serious. Most TV and radio networks want to increase the size of their audience, or their ratings. Good ratings are especially important duringprimetime, the time of day