Unit 5. The media

Welcome to our class
UNIT 5 :
Getting started
THE MEDIA
*Watching TV
* Reading newspapers
* Listening to the radio
* Reading magazines
* Using the Internet
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
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.
Vocabularies


media (n)

crier (n)

teenager (n)




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‘ 1: e1 6
Phương tiện truyền thông
Người rao
Thanh thiếu niên

Adult (n)

variety (of) (n)

stage (n)

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6‘@1 6 1
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Người lớn
Đa dạng . nhiều
Giai đoạn , tầng lớp , sân khấu

interactive TV (n)

fact (n)

event (n)

benefit (n)
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1 ‘ e
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Truyền hình tương tác
Dữ kiện
Sự kiện
Lợi ích , phúc lợi
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.
Structures

In Viet Nam people love reading newspapers and magazines

The Kien Thuc Ngay Nay is one of the most popular magazines.

Viewers are able to ask questions about the show by using their remote controls.
Read and Translate
The Media
A




B




Before newspapers were invented, town criers would go through city streets ringing a bell.
They shouted the latest news as they were walking.
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.
Complete the table with the passage letters in which these facts or events are mentioned
B
B
C
A
D
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
Homework
Learn by heart new words
Prepare “Read” P. 42