Unit 5. The media

Welcome to our class
ENGLISH 9
Let’s warm up
3
LOOK
REMEMBER
GIVE THE NAME
Which of these is your favorite activity in your free time ?

- Watching TV
2. How many hours a week do you spend watching TV ?
- About 4 or 5 hours, I guess
Ask and Answer
Using the Internet
reading magazines
listening to the radio
The media
1
3
4
2
5
Watching TV
Reading newspaper
UNIT 5:
MEDIA
LISTEN and READ
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 Vietnam people love reading newspapers and magazines. The Kien Thuc 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.
1. Vocabulary:
crier (n):
Người rao tin tức trên đường phố
viewer (n):
remote control (n):
interactive (a)
shout (v):
benefit (n):
Người xem truyền hình
Điều khiển từ xa
Tương tác
La, hét
Lợi ích, phúc lợi
. New Words
Model sentences:
I like watching TV.
I like reading newspapers.
Gerund:
* Form:
S + like/ enjoy… + V- ing
like, love, enjoy, hate, remind…
Reading newspapers
Using the Internet
Reading magazines
Watching TV
Listening to the radio
1. Match these pictures with these phrases
a. Television is cheap and convenient
entertainment.
b. Vietnamese enjoy reading “ Kien thuc ngay
nay”, one of the most popular magazines.
c. Long time ago, criers had to shout the latest
news as they were walking in the street.
d. Interactive is the development of TV.

2. Ordering statements
1- C
2- B
3- A
4- D
D
B
B
C
A
D
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3. Complete the table
4. Answer the questions
1.What was a town crier ?

2. How popular is the Kien THuc Ngay Nay ?

3. What benefits does TV bring about to people’s life?

4. What kinds of magazines and newspapers do you read?

5. What’s your favorite type of media ? Why?

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
The Kien Thuc Ngay Nay is one of the most popular magazines and is widely read by both teenagers and adults.
People can get the latest information and enjoy interesting and inexpensive local and international programs in a convenient way
I read Tuoi Tre newspaper
It is television because I can watch my favorite programs
Discussion
Find out the benefits of TV:
Get the latest information
Enjoy interesting programs
Homework
Learn by heart new words
Prepare “Read” P. 42
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