SGK Tiếng Anh 9 - Unit 5: The media

UNIT 5
THE MEDIA
1. GETTING STARTED
Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about your favorite activities and how much time you spend on each activity.
watching TV reading	listening to reading	using the
newspapers the radio magazines Internet
Example:
A: Which of these is your favorite activity in your free time? B: Watching TV.
A: How many hours a week do you spend watching TV?
B: About' 4 or 5 hours, I guess.
m 2. LISTEN AND READ
The Media
A Before newspapers were invented, town criers would go through city streets ringing a bell. They shouted the latest news as they were walking.
B In Viet Nam people love reading newspapers and magazines.
The Kien Thue Ngay Nay is one of the most popular magazines and is widely read by both teenagers and adults.
c Thanks to television people can get the latest information and enjoy interesting programs in an inexpensive and convenient way. Nowadays, viewers can watch a variety of local and international programs on different channels.
D The next stage in the
development of television is interactive TV. Viewers are able to ask questions about the show by using their remote controls.
a) Complete the table -with the passage letters in which these facts or events are mentioned.
Facts & Events
Passage Letter
1. Remote controls are used to interact with TV.
D
2. One of the most popular magazines
3. People of different ages like this magazine.
4 Benefits of TV
5. People got the news from town criers.
6. Interactive TV is available now.
Answer the questions.
What was a town crier?
How popular is the Kien Thue Ngay Nay?
What benefits does TV bring about to people’s life?
What kinds of magazines and newspapers do you read?
What’s your favorite type of media? Why?
SPEAK
Work with a partner. Read the dialogue.
Lien:	You like watching sports, don’t you, Trung?
Trung:	Not really. Some sports are so violent, and I don’t like watching
them. I prefer documentaries.
Lien:	I’m the opposite. I love watching sports, and documentaries
seem quite boring to me.
Trung:	But you watch the news, don’t you?
Lien:	Yes, every day. It’s very informative.
Trung:	I enjoy it too. You don’t like foreign films, do you?
Lien:	No, I don’t.
Now make similar dialogues. Talk about the programs you like and dislike.
DAILY TELEVISION GUIDE
Thursday, Oct 16
VTV1
VTV2
VTV3
8.30 Folk Music
9.15 Documentary:
Dien Bien Phu Battle
6.00 Football: Newcastle vs. Southampton
10.00 Cartoon: Tom & Jerry
13.00 Learning English through Songs
11.30 Children’s Comer
18.15 Literature & Art
14.00 Health for Everyone
15.15 Film: Being a
Mother (Viet Nam)
19.00 News
15.30 Gardening: How to Plant Pear Trees
21.00 Songs I Love
20.00 Safe Traffic News
21.30 Wildlife World
22.00 Sports: English Badminton
21.30 Drama: Love and Life
22.15 Weather Forecast
23.30 English News'
LISTEN
Listen to a conversation between Chau and her father. Fill in the table with the information you hear.
When?
What happened?
7th or 8th century
The first printed newspaper appeared in China.
(a)	
The telegraph was invented.
early 20th century
Two new forms of news media appeared: (b)	
(c)	
Television became popular.
mid- and late 1990s
(d)	became a major force in journalism.
READ
Read the forum on the Internet
The Internet posted by Jimhello on Tuesday, 10 December 2002, at 9.07 pm.
The Internet has increasingly developed and become part of our everyday life. Do you find the Internet useful? What do you use the Internet for? How much time do you spend surfing the web a day? Please respond to these questions.
FORUM
Response # IRe: The Internet
Posted by Sandra Morgan
In my opinion, the Internet is a very fast and convenient way for me to get information. I can also communicate with my friends and relatives by means of e-mail or chatting. However, I don’t use the Internet very often because I don’t have much time. For me, the Internet is a wonderful invention of modem life. It makes our world a small village.
Response # 2 Re: The Internet
Posted by Honghoa
Nobody can deny the benefits of the Internet in our life. However, it is a pity for me as well as for most of my friends in the countryside. The Internet is available only in cities, therefore I cannot easily get access to it. I sometimes visit my uncle in the city on weekends, and this is a good occasion for me to explore the net. I spend most of the time wandering because I just don’t know which website is useful for me.
Response # 3 Re: The Internet
Posted by Huansui
People use the Internet for many purposes: education, communication, entertainment and commerce. However, the Internet has limitations. It is not only time-consuming and costly but also dangerous because of viruses and bad programs. Moreover, Internet users sometimes have to suffer various risks such as spam or electronic junk mail, and personal information leaking. So, while enjoying surfing, be alert!
Answer.
What does Sandra use the Internet for?
Why is it difficult for Honghoa to get access to the Internet?
According to Huansui, why do people use the Internet?
Make a list of benefits of the Internet according to the three responses.
Are there any disadvantages of the Internet? If so, what are they?
Do you agree or disagree with the responses?
What is your response to this forum?
WRITE
Read the forum on the Internet in the reading text again (5. Read). Write a passage about the benefits of the Internet. You can use the following cues.
The Internet as a source of information (news, articles, weather forecast, etc.)
The Internet as a source of entertainment (music, movies, games, etc.)
The Internet as a means of education (on-line schools, on-line lessons, self-study, etc.)
LANGUAGE FOCUS	HMM
Tag questions
Gerunds after some verbs
Complete the dialogues with the correct tag.
Jim:	You have read this article on the website, haven ’tyoul
Lina:	Not yet.
Minh: Baird produced the first TV picture in 1926,...?
Thao:	Yes, he did.
Thu:	A daily newspaper was published in Germany in 1550, ...?
Tri:	No, it wasn’t. It was in 1650.
Ha:	You don’t like playing computer games, ...?
Thanh: Yes, I do. But I don’t have much time for it.
Mai:	We are going to have cable TV soon, ...?
Thang: Yes, I think so.
Work with a partner. Look at the table. Ask and answer questions about television programs these people like and dislike. Use tag questions.
Key:	= like	X = do not like
Example:
A: Tuan likes news, doesn’t he?
B: Yes, he does.
A: Mai and Anh don’t like news, do they?
B: No, they don’t.
Programs
Tuan
Hanh
Mai
Anil
1
News
z
z
X
X
2
Movies
X
X
z
z
3
Music
X
z
X
X
4
Sports
z
X
X
z
5
Quizzes
X
z
X
z
6
Games
X
X
z
X
7
English Lessons
z
X
X
X
8
Cartoons
X
z
z
X
Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about each item in the box.
No, I hate it.
soccer
fishing
movies
detective stories
candy
music
Use the words in the three boxes to write true sentences about your parents, siblings, relatives, friends and yourself.
Example:
My father likes watching sports but my mother doesn’t. She loves listening to music.
like
watch
love
listen
enjoy
play
dislike
write
hate
read
games
music
articles
letters
advertisements
sports