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TAN BINH SECONDARY SCHOOL
Welcome to our English class
Hello, Everybody
Saturday , November 28th , 2009
English 9
Unit 5: THE MEDIA
Period: 28
Part 1 : GETTING STARTED
Part 2:LISTEN AND READ
Part 1: GETTING STARTED
Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about your favorite activities and how much time you spend on each activity.
Firstly, look at the pictures and tell the activity
Picture a



-Watching TV
Picture b





reading newspapers




Picture c

Listening to the radio
Picture d



reading magazines
Picture e

Using the internet
Practice the following 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.
Using these activities to practice
Reading newspapers
Listening to the radio
Reading magazines
Using the Internet
Part2 LISTEN
Part 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.
Vocabulary
invent(v)
Crier(n)
Shout(v)
B. In Viet Nam people love reading newspapers and magazines.The Kien Thuc Ngay Nay is one of the most popular magazines and widely read by both teenagers and adults

Vocabulary
-Teenager(n)
Adult(n)
Widely(adv)
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

Vocabulary
-Inexpensive(adj)
-convenient(adj)
-viewer(n)
-channel(n)
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
Vocabulary
-Stage(n)
-interactive(adj)
-remote(adj)
-control(v,n)
a) Complete the table with the passage letters in which these facts or events are mentioned
Facts & Events
Remote controls are used to interact with TV
One of the most popular magazines
People of different ages like this magazine
Benefits of TV
People got the news from town criers
Interactive TV is available now
Passage Letter
D

B

B
C

A

D
b) Answer the questions
What was a town crier ?
-> A town crier was a person whose job was to go through city streets ringing a bell to shout the latest news as he was walking.
2. How popular is The Kien Thuc Ngay Nay?
-> The Kien Thuc Ngay Nay is one of the most popular magazines and is widely read by both teenagers and adults.
3. What benefits does TV bring about to people’s life?
-> People can get the latest information and enjoy interesting and inexpensive local and international programs in a convenient way.
4. What kinds of magazines and newspapers do you read?

5. What’s your favorite type of media? Why?
THE END
Thank you very much
Best Wishes to all of you