Unit 7. The mass media

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WARM-UP
GAME:
KIM’S GAME
 Below are some very popular kinds of the mass media. Look at the pictures and name all of them in 2 minutes.
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Congratulation
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THE MASS MEDIA
I. PRE-LISTENING
 Do you know who invented it?
 Marconi (1874 – 1937), an Italian inventor; (December 12th, 1901)
What is this?
 Radio
 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions
1. What is a radio used for?
2. How often do you listen to the radio?
3. How many hours per week do you listen to it?
4. What topics do you like listening to and why?
Mount Whitney
You are going to listen to two news stories.
Mount Whitney
bài phóng sự, bài tường thuật
Vocabulary:
- heavy rain: (n)
- strong wind: (n)
- climb: (v)
- cloudy (adj)
- news story (n)
Eg:
- Because of being lazy, he failed the exam.
- In spite of the heavy rain, they still had a nice holiday.
mưa nặng hạt
gió mạnh
leo trèo
đầy mây, u ám
+ noun/ noun phrase
/verb_ing
* Structures:
- Because of
- In spite of
Pre-listening task
 Read the following statements and guess if they are true or false according to the news stories which you are going to listen to.
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II. WHILE-LISTENING
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Task 1. Listen to the two radio news stories and tick the words you hear in the right column under News story 1 and News story 2.
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UNIT 7: THE MASS MEDIA - LESSON 3: LISTENING
Individual
work
Individual
work
Heavy rain causes floods all over the country
Heavy rain during the night (1)………………….....all over the country today. Many people (2)………………………because rivers (3).................. Some roads in the north-west are under (4)......................of water. The rain (5)........................at the moment, but it’s still (6)...............and there’s a (7) .......................Because of the bad weather, people can’t go out to work.

90-year-old American 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
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California
wonderful
young and healthy
 Task 2. Listen to the radio news stories again and fill in the missing word(s).
cloudy
has caused floods
have left their home
have risen
two metres
has stopped
strong wind
twenty-third
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California
wonderful
young and healthy
1. What has happened during the night?
2. Why have many people left their homes?
3. How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney?
4. Why does she climb it so often?
 Task 3. Listen again, and find the answer for the following questions
Pair work
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LUCKY ANIMAL
What has happened during the night?
 Heavy rain has caused floods all over the country during the night.
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Why have people left their homes?
 Because rivers have risen.
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How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney?
The old woman has climbed Mount Whitney twenty-three times.
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Why does she climb it so often?
 Because it has kept her young and healthy.
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III. POST- LISTENING
 Answer the following questions about the news stories. Use the answers to those questions to tell your classmates about them. Choose one of the news stories only.
News story 1
1. What has happened during the night?
2. Why have many people left their homes?
3. How deep are some roads under the water?
4. Has the rain stopped at the moment?
5. Is there a strong wind?
6. Why can’t people go out to work?
News story 2
1. How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney?
2. How high is Mount Whitney?
3. Is it the highest in California?
4. What does she say about the view from the top?
5. Why does she climb it so often?
6. Does she stop climbing mountain because of her old age?
Group work
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Homework
- Learn vocabulary by heart
- Prepare for the next lesson: Writing.
Thank you for your attention
Designed by Nguyen Hoang Linh
2009 - 2010
Healthy (adj)
Strong (adj)
Young (adj)
Cloudy (adj)
Highest (adj)
Wonderful (adj)
North-west (n)
View (n)
Old age (n)
News story (n)
strong and well
a picture of an interesting place
the time of your life when you are old
trẻ
bài phóng sự, bài tường thuật
cao nhất
Vocabulary:
Checking vocabulary
1. We can enjoy the wonderful ______ of London from our office
2. Despite her ______, she still climbs Mount Whitney
3. Do you think Mount Whitney is the __________ in the world?
4. Because it is ______the plane can’t take off on time
5. He is too _________ to drive to work.
 Fill each gap in the sentence with the words which you have learned (without books)
view
old age
highest
cloudy
young