SGK Tiếng Anh 10 - Unit 7: THE MASS MEDIA
,/7f 7 THE MASS MEDIA A. READING Before you read Work with a partner. Ask and answer the following questions. When do you often watch TV? How many channels are there on our national TV? How many hours per week do you watch TV? While you read Look at some popular TV programmes, and then do the tasks that follow. 05:35 Morning Exercise 06:30 Population and Development 07:20 Cartoon: The Adventure of Donald Duck 08:00 TV Series: Road of Life 09:00 News 09:15 Film: When the Birds Return 10:15 Comedy: Family Secrets 11:00 Music 12:00 Fifteen-minute News 13:00 Film: The Beauty of Life 14:20 People’s Army 16:15 Film: Punishment 19:00 News 20:00 Sport Comments 21:30 Folk Songs 23:00 News Headlines 23:30 Weather Forecast 15-15 eP in fhp <5- ea're'Mji,fe i,y ĩ?nỷr,s 3:00 F°°7ba?i; Kati, LlVerPOolvc Jon vs. West ofL. an8uage Ham Songs 20-00 Learning IW Task 1 The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B. A B cartoon drama comedy documentary a play for the theatre, television or radio a film or a television programme giving facts about something a film made by photographing a series of changing drawings a film or a play that is intended to be funny, usually with a happy ending Kẵr Task 2 Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false information. IF There are five news programmes on the three channels. There is a comedy programme on between 10:15 and 11:00. The Nature of Language is a documentary programme at 15:15 on VTV2? The film Punishment is shown at 4:15 P'.m. on VTV1. VTV1 starts at 5:35 and ends at 23:30. [W Task 3. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions. How many films are on? What time can you watch the news? Which channel do you recommend to someone who likes animals? What programme is on on VTV3 at 7:30? Which channel will you watch if you like folk songs? What is the last programme on VTV3? After you read Work in pairs. Tell your partner about one of the TV programmes you like watching best and explain why. B. SPEAKING CSV Task 1. Work in pairs. Which of the following are the types of the mass media? Put a tick (/) next to the words. dictionaries D television D films □ books magazines □ radio I I newspapers D plays the Internet D inr Task 2. Work in pairs. Work out what feature(s) the types of the mass media have in common and what main feature(s) each of them has. Use the cues below. provide information and entertainment orally (through mouth) receive information aurally (through ears) present information and entertainment visually (through eyes) receive information visually (through eyes) present information and entertainment orally (through mouth) and visually (through eyes) get information aurally (through ears) and visually (through eyes) provide / deliver information and entertainment Example: TV presents information and entertainment visually and we receive them through our eyes. [SV Task 3. Work in groups. Talk about different types of the mass media. Answer the following questions. What are different types of the mass media? What feature(s) do they have in common? What are their distinctive features? c. LISTENING Before you listen Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions. How often do you listen to the radio? How many hours per week do you listen to it? What programme do you like listening to and why? While you listen Kẫỹ’ Task 1. Listen to the two radio news stories and tick the words you hear in the right column under News story 1 and News story 2. News story 1 News story 2 healthy strong young cloudy highest wonderful / KIT Task 2. Listen to the radio news stories again and fill in the missing word(s). Heavy rain causes floods all over the country Heavy rain during the night (1)_ all over the country today. Many people (2) because rivers (3) . Some roads in the north-west are under (4) of water. The rain (5) at the moment, but it's still (6) and there's a (7) . Because of the bad weather, people can't go out to work. 90-year-old American woman climbs Mount Whitney A ninety-year-old woman has climbed Mount Whitney in California for the (1) time. At (2) metres, Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in (3) . The woman says the view from the top is (4) , so she tries to climb it often. She also says that the mountain has kept her (5) . In spite of her old age, the woman tries to climb the mountain very often. KUf Task 3. Listen again, and answer the following questions. What has happened during the night? Why have people left their homes? How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney? Why does she climb it so often? After you listen Work in groups. Choose one of the news stories and tell your classmates about it. D. WRITING Writing about advantages and disadvantages KẫT Task 1. Read about the advantages and disadvantages of television below. Advantages of television Disadvantages of television Television helps US to learn more about the world and to know and see many new things. Television can make things memorable because it presents information in an effective way. It entertains US. Watching it is an enjoyable way to relax. It increases the popularity of sports and games. It makes US aware of our global responsibilities. Television can make US passive. We don't have to think so our brains become lazy. It encourages US to buy things that we don't need. It takes time away from activities such as reading and games. Some television programmes may make people violent. Television interferes with family life and communication. Kẫ3 Task 2. Work in pairs. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the mass media, and write them down in the columns below. Advantages Disadvantages Radio Newspapers The Internet KẫT Task 3. Write a paragraph about the advantages and disadvantages of one of the mass media discussed in Task 2. E. LANGUAGE FOCUS • Pronunciation: /ei/ - /ai/ - /oi/ • Grammar: The present perfect Because of and in spite of Pronunciation • Listen and repeat. /ei/ /ai/ /oi/ play time voice today wildlife noise radio height toy newspaper buy enjoy they type destroy • Practise these sentences. I'm afraid you've made a mistake. They changed the timetable at the end of April. I have ninety-nine pages to type by Friday. Would you like to go for a ride with me on Friday? This is the noisiest Rolls Royce I've ever heard. While you're changing the oil, I'll go and visit my boy. Grammar and vocabulary Exercise 1. Complete the letter, using the present perfect of the verbs in the box. do be watch live meet have take Dear Tom/, Here/1 auv in New Ycmk/! 1(1) here/fern two: weefcv now and/ cty very exctttHg< My friend/, Nancy (I met her in London/ in 1992.) (2) in New Ycrrk/for beven years, so she/ knowS' all about it. 1(3) cv lot of people/ and/1 (4) off the/ things- that tourists' usually do. 1(5) O/hot lunch/in China/town/. 1(6) a/ trip to- the/ statute/ of I (berty. a/ ball game/ on/ TV! 1 ewen ( 7) Bark' on/ the/19^. See/you later, Bok Exercise 2. Complete the following sentences using/ơr, since or ago. Lan and Minh have lived in Ho Chi Minh City 1999. Hoa and Quan quarreled with each other some time . The house is very dirty. We haven't cleaned it ages. We haven't had a good meal three weeks. Christmas, the weather has been quite good. They have known each other a long time. They first met a long time . They arrived home ten minutes . It's two years I last saw Quoc Anh. How long is it you last saw Linda? Exercise 3. Complete the following sentences, using the information in the box. a. We could not see what was e. There were enough seats for going on. everyone. b. He had to cancel the f. We all wore shorts. appointment. g. They enjoyed living there. c. We kept the fire burning h. Everyone is living on beans. all day. i. The council demolished it. d. He managed to come to j. We have managed to get school. some beef. Because of the cold weather In spite of the cold weather Because of his illness In spite of his illness Because of the large crowds In spite of the large crowds Because of the meat shortage In spite of the meat shortage Because of the bad condition of the house . In spite of the bad condition of the house