Unit 7:
The mass media
Thursday, December 6th, 2018
Unit 7:
A: Reading
The mass media
Thursday, December 6th, 2018
1. mass media (n): thông tin đại chúng
2. cartoon (n): phim hoạt hình
3. comedy (n): hài kịch, phim hài
4. documentary (n): phim tài liệu
5. drama (n): kịch
6. quiz show (n): chương trình đố vui
7. wildlife (n): động vật hoang dã
8. weather forecast (n): dự báo thời tiết
9. Current news: /ˈkɜːrənt/ thời sự
Vocabulary:
* cause (n/v) /kɔːz/ : nguyên nhân, gây ra nguyên nhân
* flood (n) /flʌd/ : lũ lụt
Task1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false information.
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.
?
?
?
?
?
(VTV3)
(The last programme begins at 23:30)
Task 2
Task 2 : 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?
How many films are on?
Five.
What time can you watch the news?
At 9:00 am, 12:00 at noon, 7:00 pm, 11:00 pm on VTV1 and 7:00 pm on VTV3.
Which channel do you recommend to someone who likes animals?
VTV2.
What programme is on on VTV3 at 7:30?
The Quiz Show.
Which channel will you watch if you like folk songs?
VTV1.
What is the last programme on VTV3?
The Football.
Lesson: Listening
Unit 7:
The mass media
Ask and answer the following questions
1. How often do you listen to the radio?
2. How many hours per week do you listen to it?
3. What programme do you like listening to and why?
New words :
* cloudy (adj)
E.g: It looks cloudy. It is going to rain.
nhiều mây, u ám
* cause (v):
gây ra
* flood (n)
lũ, lụt
* rise (v) => (rose - risen)
mọc (mặt trời)
dâng lên (nước sông),
* view (n)
E.g: I can see a nice view of the lake from the window.
tầm nhìn, quang cảnh
make something happen
E.g. The sun rises in the East.
E.g. Because of the flood, rivers have risen.
move up
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
healthy
strong
young
cloudy
highest
wonderful
Task 2: Listen to the radio news stories again and fill in the missing words
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
has caused floods
have left their homes
have risen
two meters
has stopped
cloudy
strong wind
(v)
(v)
(v)
(n)
(v)
(adj)
(n)
90-year-old American woman climbs Mount Whitney
twenty-third
4,418
California
wonderful
young and healthy
(n)
(n)
(n)
(adj)
(adj)
A ninety-year-old woman has climbed Mount Whitney in California for the ……………… time. At ………….. metres, Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in ………………. The woman says the view from the top is ………….., so she tries to climb it often. She also says that the mountain has kept her …………….………...In spite of her old age, the woman tries to climb the mountain very often
Task 3: Listen again, and answer the following questions
1. What has happened during the night?
Heavy rain has caused floods all over the country.
2. Why have people left their homes?
Because rivers have risen.
3. How many times has the old woman climbed Mount
Whitney?
She has climbed Mount Whitney twenty three times.
4. Why does she climb it so often?
Because it has kept her young and healthy.
Close your book. Recall the two news stories and answer the following questions about the news stories. Use the answers to those questions to tell your classmates about them. Chose one of the news stories only.
News story 1
1. What has happened during the night?
2. Why have many people left their homes?
3. How deep are some roads under the water?
4. Has the rain stopped at the moment?
5. Is there a strong wind?
6. Why can’t people go out to work?
News story 2
1. How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney?
2. How high is Mount Whitney?
3.Is it the highest in California?
4. What does she say about the view from the top?
5. Why does she climb it so often?
6.Does she stop climbing mountain because of her old age?
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