Unit 7. The mass media

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KIM`S GAME
Radio
The Internet
Magazines
Newspapers
Television
Thursday, November 19th 2009
Unit 7: THE MASS MEDIA
Lesson 3: Listening
1. Pre-listening
a. Vocabulary
- cause (v):
gây ra
- healthy (adj):
khỏe mạnh
- cloudy (adj):
nhiều mây
- climb (v):
leo, trèo
- mountain (n):
núi
b. Checking vocabulary
Complete these sentences with the suitable words.
1. Heavy rain during the night…………………..floods in Phu Yen
caused
2. Although my grandmother is 85 years old, she is still…………..........
healthy
3. The rain has stopped, but it is still..........……
4. They are going to……..…….Phu Sy …….……………..tomorrow
climb
mountain
cloudy
1. Pre-listening
2. While-listening
Task 1: Listen and reorder these sentences
….1…. a. Heavy rain during the night has caused floods all over the country today.
………. b. But it is still cloudy and there is a strong wind
………. c. Some roads in the north-west are under two metres of water.
………. d. Mount Whitney is the highest mountain.
………. e. In spite of her old age, the woman tries to climb the mountain very often.
………. f. She tries to climb it often
3
2
4
6
5
Answer: a – c – b – d – f - e
2. While-listening
Task 2: Listen and complete the missing word.
“90-year-old woman climbs Mount Whitney”
A ninety-year-old woman has climbed Mount Whitney in California for the (1)……....................time. At (2)……………..………metres, Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in (3)………………………….. The woman says the view from the top is (4) ……………..…, so she tries to climb it often. She also says that the mountain has kept her (5)………..…………… . In spite of her old age, the woman tries to climb the mountain very often.
twenty-third
California
4,418
wonderful
young and healthy
3. Post-listening
Retelling: 90-year-old woman climbs Mount Whitney
How old is the woman?
Which mountain has she climbed?
Where is it?
How high is the mountain?
What does she say about the mountain?
Does her age prevent her from climbing the mountain?
Homework
- Learn by heart the new words.
- Do exercises in exercise book
Prepare the next lesson “Writing”
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