T: Don’t worry! Anyone has his or her first day at work. Just relax! I think as long as you are well prepared, you’ll do fine.
S: Thank you.
Step Ⅱ Skimming: Get the students to do fast reading.
T: All right. In this period we are going to learn about a new reporter Zhou Yang who is on his first day of working at the office of a popular English newspaper. Please go through the whole passage as fast as you can and try to find answers to the following three questions.
1. Could Zhou Yang go out on a story alone immediately? Why （not）？
2. What mistakes must he avoid?
3. How did Zhou Yang feel on his first day at work?
A couple of minutes later check the answers with the whole class.
T: OK. Let’s check the answers. Question 1. Any volunteers?
S: I’ll try. The answer is No, not until he was more experienced because there was a lot for him to learn and he must work in a team.