Unit 7. The mass media

Võ Ngọc Binh - Lớp K31A, Đại học Sư phạm Hà Nội 2, Xuân Hoà, Vĩnh Phúc
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Warmly welcome all teachers to our lesson today! Saturday, November 6th, 2010 Class 10 S Unit 7 - Listening Warm-up
Crossword: Answer each of these questions with only ONE word
Which skill should we practice in the lesson today?
What do you call a film or a play that is intended to be funny, usually with a happy ending?
What should I buy to read for information everyday?
Which TV program should I watch if I like physical activities?
It is something new but it is not new.
Before you listen
Q & A: Ask and answer the questions
1. How often do you listen to the radio? 2. What progamme do you like listening to and why? Pre-teach vocabulary: New words
- climb /klaim/ (v): to go up to go up, or to go towards the top of something - flood /flʌd/ (n): a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry. Can you use new words?:
Where can you climb, on a tree or on the sea? 2. Answer this question 1. Look at the picture and fill in the blank with the correct word. When the ______ came they had to ______ onto the roof and stay there. While you listen
Activity 1: Listen to the two radio stories and then tick the words you hear in each News story.
News story 1
healthy
strong
flood
cloudy
walk
News story 2
climb
mountain
heavy
highest
beautiful
Activity 2: Fill in the blanks with the words you hear
NEWS STORY 1: Heavy rain causes floods all over the country
NEWS STRORY 1 Heavy rain during the night has caused flood all over the country today. Many people have left their(1) ||home|| because rivers have(2) ||risen||. Some roads in the north-west are under (3) ||two|| metres of water. The rain has (4) ||stopped|| at the moment, but it`s still cloudy and there`s a strong (5) ||wind|| . Because of the bad weather, people can’t go out to work. NEWS STORY 2 A ninety-year-old woman has climbed Mount Whitney in California for the (6) ||twenty third|| time. At four thousand four hundred and eighty metres, Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in (7) ||California||. The woman says the view from the top is (8) ||wonderful||, so she tries to climb it (9) ||often||. She also says that the mountain has kept her (10) ||young|| and healthy. In spie of her old age, the woman tries to climb the mountain very often. In spite of her old age, the woman tries to climbs the mountain very often. Activity 3: Listen and repeat
Listen and repeat the sentence that you hear. Sentence 4 Sentence 2 Sentence 1 Sentence 3 Recording script:
NEWS STORY 1: Heavy rain during the night has caused flood all over the country today. Many people have left their home because rivers have risen. Some roads in the north-west are under two metres of water. The rain has stopped at the moment, but it`s still cloudy and there`s a strong wind. Because of the bad weather, people can’t go out to work. NEWS STORY 2: A ninety-year-old woman has climbed Mount Whitney in California for the twenty third time. At four thousand four hundred and eighty metres, Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in Califonia. The woman says the view from the top is wonderful, so she tries to climb it often. She also says that the mountain has kept her young and healthy. In spite of her old age, the woman tries to climbs the mountain very often. After you listen
Free practice: Choose a news story you have heard on the radio
Pairwork: Choose a news story you have heard on the radio. Tell your friend about that news story. First, watch and listen to the sample conversation between 2 people about the news story they have heard on the radio. BABIES` SLEEP AND GAINING WEIGHT According to scientists, babies who sleep fewer than 12 hours per week are more likely to be overweight. Homework
Prepare new lesson:
- List 3 advantages and 3 disavantages of radio / newspaper / the Internet.