Unit 5. The media

LOOK AT THESE PICTURES AND SAY
WHAT IS HE/ SHE DOING?
WATCHING TV
READING NEWSPAPERS
LISTENING TO THE RADIO
READING MAGAZINES
USING THE INTERNET
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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.
1. GETTING STARTED
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A Before a newspaper were invented, town criers would go through the city streets ringing a bell. They shouted the latest news as they were walking.
2. Listen and read
A bell
He is a town crier
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B In Viet Nam people love reading newspapers and magazines. The Kien Thuc Ngay Nay is one of the most popular magazines and it is widely read by both teenagers and adults.
2. Listen and read
Newspapers and magazines
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C Thanks to television people can get the latest in formation and enjoy interesting programs in an inexpensive and convenient way. Nowadays, viewers can watch a variety of local and international programs on different channels
2. Listen and read
Channel : Kênh (truyền hình)
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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.
2. Listen and read
B
R
I
Interactive : tương tác
Remote control : điều khiển từ xa
a) Complete the table with the passage letters in which these facts or events are mentioned.
1. Remote controls are use to interact with TV
Passage Letters

Facts and events
2. One of the most popular magazines
3. People of different ages like this magazine
4. Benefits of TV
5. People got the news from town criers
6. Interactive TV is available now.
D

B

B

C

A

D

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2. Listen and read
b) 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 kind of magazines and newspapers do you read?
5. What`s your favorite type of media? Why?
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2. Listen and read
A town crier was a person who 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 widely read by both teenagers and adult.
People can get the latest information and enjoy interesting and inexpensive local and international programs in a convenient way.
I read (Kien Thuc Ngay Nay/ Phu Nu/ ….)
My favorite type of media is (watching TV/ using the internet/ ……Because .. ……….)
The newspapers , magazines , television , radios and internet are the . (1).. ... Before the invention of newspapers , people got the news by listening to the town .(2). ....... They shouted the latest .(3)........... while they were walking the city streets . Television is an .(4)............... and convenient way to get the latest information . With ....(5)............TV , viewers are able to ask questions .....(6).the show using their remote control . In Vietnam the Kien Thuc Ngay Nay is widely .(7).... by both .(8).......... and adults .
* Dictation gap :
exercise
media
criers
news
inexpensive
interactive
about
read
teenagers
homework
WRITE THE BENEFITS OF THE INTERNET.

PREPARE: “SPEAK AND LISTEN”