Unit 4. The mass media. Lesson 1. Getting started

Welcome to our class !
WARMER
MASS MEDIA
Unit 4 : THE MASS MEDIA
GETTING STARTED
The mass media in our life.
1. Activity 1 : Listening & reading
Nam and Lan are talking about the use of mobile devices and the Internet. Listen and read.
*New words & phrases
- tablet PC :
- print newspaper :

- subscribe (v):
- digital device :
Eg. Smartphones, smart TV, laptops are digital devices.
- S + find it + adj + to do sth:

Eg. I find it challenging to climb that mountain.
enormous (a) :
be addicted to sth :


Máy tính bảng

Báo in

Đặt mua dài hạn

Thiết bị số

Nhận thấy…

Very big , huge : to lớn, khổng lồ
Nghiện
New words & phrases
- tablet PC : máy tính bảng
- print newspaper : báo in
- subscribe (v): đặt mua dài hạn
- digital device : thiết bị số
Eg. Smartphones, smart TV, laptops are digital devices.
- S + find it + adj + to do sth: nhận thấy…
Eg. I find it challenging to climb that mountain.
- enormous (a) : to lớn, khổng lồ
- be addicted to sth : nghiện, say mê
2. Activity 2 : Answering the questions.
1. What are the people around Nam and Lan doing?
2. Why did Minh’s father subscribe to fewer print newspapers and magazines?
3. How had Minh’s grandpa accessed the Internet before he was given a tablet PC?
4. What is the reason that older people don’t want to use the Internet according to Lan?
5. What does Nam think of Lan’s use of social media and the Internet?
6. How do you usually contact your friends and get information for your school projects?
ANSWER
1.They are chatting, sending messages or searching for news.
2. Because everyone in his house can read the news on their digital devices.
3. He had used the computers in the local library to access the Internet.
4. She thinks that they may not understand the benefits of online information.
5. He thinks that she is addicted to social media and relies too much on the Internet.
6. Eg.I usually contact my friends and get information for my projects on the Internet. We often call via viber, zalo, facebook, messenger to talk together and access to the sites to get information for my projects.
3. Activity 3: Complete the table with the appropriate words and phrases in the box.
3. Activity 3: Complete the table with the appropriate words and phrases in the box.
4.Activity 4 : Match each verb with the correct preposition. Discuss the meaning with a partner.
search with
connect for
5. Activity 5 : Read the following sentences. Underline the verbs. What tenses are they in?

He had already started using the computers in the local library to access the Internet when Minh’s dad bought him a tablet PC four months ago.
5. Activity 5 : Read the following sentences. Underline the verbs. What tenses are they in?

He had already started using the
computers in the local library to access the Internet when Minh’s dad bought him a tablet PC four months ago.
5. Activity 5 : Read the following sentences. Underline the verbs. What tenses are they in?

He had already started using the
-> Past perfect
( This action happened first)
computers in the local library to access the Internet when Minh’s dad
bought (Past simple)
him a tablet PC four months ago.
Homework
Read & translate the conversation into Vietnamese.
Learn new words and make sentences.
Review the past simple & past perfect.
Prepare Unit 4: Language
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