Unit 07. Television. Lesson 2. A closer look 1

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By: Le Viet Phu
ENGLISH 6
popular
useful
boring
educational
entertaining
historical
relaxing
funny
The Adjectives to describe TV programs are:
…
New word
người dẫn chương trình
người xem, khán giả
lịch phát sóng Tr.hình
BTV dự báo thời tiết
- MC (master of ceremony) (n)
- viewer (n)
- TV schedule (n)
- weatherman (n)
- newsreader (n)
- remote control (n)
phát thanh viên (bản tin)
(bộ) điều khiển từ xa
Checking new word
người dẫn chương trình
người xem, khán giả
lịch phát sóng Tr.hình
BTV dự báo thời tiết
- MC (master of ceremony) (n)
- viewer (n)
- TV schedule (n)
- weatherman (n)
- newsreader (n)
- remote control (n)
phát thanh viên (bản tin)
(bộ) điều khiển từ xa
1. Write the words/phrases in the box under the pictures.



1. ___________________ 2. __________________ 3. _______________
4. __________________ 5. ________________ 6. _________________
MC
viewer
TV schedule
weatherman
remote control
newsreader
Listen, check your answers and repeat the words.
2. Choose a word from the box for each description below.
1. ___________: A man on a television or radio programme who gives a weather forecast.
2. ___________: Someone who reads out the reports on a television or radio news programme.
3. _____________: We use it to change the channel from a distance.
4. ___________: A person who announces for a TV event.
5. ____________: It is a button on the TV to change the volume.
6. ___________: A person who watches TV.



volume button
MC
remote control
weatherman
newsreader
TV viewer
3. Game: WHAT IS IT?
Work in groups of 8 (5 groups). Each group chooses two words from the list below and work out a description for each word. The groups take turns reading the descriptions aloud. The other groups try to guess what word it is. The group with the most correct answers wins.
Some suggested answers:
1. newsreader: a person who reads news
2. weatherman: a man who gives a weather forecast
3. comedian: a person whose job is to make people laugh by telling jokes and funny stories
4. TV screen: a flat panel or area on a television on which images are displayed.
5. sports program: a program on TV which shows sports events or a planned series of future sports events.
6. animals program: a program on TV which shows the world of animals.
7. TV schedule: A list of events which are going to be shown on TV.
Pronunciation
/θ/ and /ð/
4. Listen and repeat the words.
there Thanksgiving anything
them weatherman both
theatre earth feather
neither than through
5. Which words in 4 have /θ/ and which have /ð/? Listen again and write them in the correct column.




Thanksgiving
there
anything
them
weatherman
both
theatre
earth
feather
through
than
neither
6. Tongue Twister.
Take turns reading the
sentence quickly and correctly.

The thirty-three thieves are thinking of how to get through the security.
1. I thought a thought. But the thought
I thought wasn’t the thought I thought.
2. Three thin thieves thought a thousand thoughts. Now if three thin thieves thought a thousand thoughts how many thoughts did each thief think?
3. The thirty-three thankful thieves thought that they thanked the other thirty-three thankful thieves throughout Thursday.
4. Father, mother, sister, brother - hand in hand with one another.
Some more tongue twister sentences
Yes, through the lesson we can now know some vocabulary on television, and how to pronounce the sound /θ/ and /ð/.
Please tell me what you have learnt today.
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HOMEWORK
- Learn new words by heart.
- Practise saying words that have sounds /θ/ and /ð/
- Practise tongue twister at home.
- Do exercise A1,2 (page 4) in the workbook.
- Prepare for Unit 7: A closer look 2.
Goodbye!
See you again!
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!