Unit 7. The mass media

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UNIT 7:THE MASS MEDIA
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a) Name the things you see in the following pictures:
BEFORE YOU READ
RADIO SET
CASSETTE RECORDER
TV SET
VIDEOTAPE
FILMSTRIP
MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS
BOOK
MULTIMEDIA COMPUTER
MASS MEDIA
PRINT MEDIA
DIRECT MEDIA
ELECTRONIC
MEDIA
b) Read the following text and answer the questions
1. What are some examples of print media?
newspapers, magazines and books.
2. Which daily newspaper do you like reading?
 Tuoi tre on line.
3. What are your favorite radio and television programs?
Music and movie ones
4. What kind of movie do you like?
I like cartoon film.
5. What does a computer help you do?
 A computer can help us study many subjects or get access to the Internet and get information quickly.







C) How often do you do these things?
1. Read a newspaper.
2. Watch TV.
3. Listen to the radio.
4. Use a computer.
READING TEXT
A) Read the following headlines. What do you think they tell us about?
1. BACK IN THE AIR?
2. BACK ONSTAGE
3. BEAUTY OR CLOTHES
4. JOURNEY INTO SPACE
5. POP SUPERSTAR MAKES GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS
6. SEEK BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
7. TAKE IT WITH YOU
Print media (n): ấn phẩm
Spread (v): truyền
Deliver (v): phân phát
Delivery (n):sự phân phát
Multimedia (n): đa phương tiện
Emphasis (n): sự nhấn mạnh
→ Emphasize (v): nhấn mạnh
Model (n): người mẫu
Entry (n): mục từ
Insist (v): phản kháng
Release (v): phóng thích, phát hành
Rumor (n): tin đồn
Red-hot (adj): nóng bỏng
Reveal (v): tiết lộ
Take to the air: nổi tiếng, nổi đình nổi đám ( thành ngữ)
Invest (v): đầu tư
→Investment (n): sự đầu tư
→Investor (n): nhà đầu tư
Smart phone (n): điện thọai thông minh
Transfer (v): chuyền giao
Constant (adj): liên tục, thường xuyên
→Constantly (adv): liên tục, thường xuyên
Divorce (v); ly hôn
Economy (n): nền kinh tế
VOCABULARY
b) Match five of the headlines above with the following pieces of news.

WHO IS WHO?
She is an American pop music singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and author.
She is best known for her studio albums, music videos, and songs, such as "...Baby One More Time", "Oops!... I Did It Again", "I`m a Slave 4 U", "Toxic", for which she won a Grammy Award,[4] and "Gimme More".
 WHO IS SHE?
Answer: BRITNEY JEAN SPEARS
B.
Key words:

Britney Spears
Guinness Book of World Records.
Best-selling teenage artist
Copies
Album
POP SUPERSTAR MAKES GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORD
COUNTINUE OUR GAME
He is a retired American professional basketball player.
He is widely considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
He joined the NBA`s Chicago Bulls in 1984 and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998).
WHO IS HE ?

D) Key words:
Investment opportunities
Investors
Economies
SEEK BUSSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

E. Key words
Transfer
Carry all documents
Smart phone
TAKE IT WITH YOU

c) Match the above pieces of news with few of these themes .

D) Read the pieces of news again and answer the following questions.

1.Why do fashion designers insist that all models place their beauty behind?
Because they want to draw the audience’s attention to the fashions, not the models` beauty.
2. How many copies of Oops!...I did it again did Britney Spears sell in its first week?
1,3 million copies.
3. When did Michael Jordan stop playing basketball?
18 months ago.
4. Why did inventors meet at the New World Hotel yesterday?
They met yesterday to discuss investment opportunities in the economies all around Asia.
5.What are the advantages of smart phone?
The advantages of smart phone: helping its users view documents, send these documents via e-mail, and transfers these documents to another device.


e) Fill in the blanks with the words from the extracts.

A 1. Crazy about clothes, she buys all fashion magazines.
2. I worked as an artist`s model for a while when I was a student.
B 3. He ran the 100 meters in 9.91 seconds and broke the world record.
4. It is a teenage magazine for young people between the ages of 13 and 19.
5. Her books are extremely popular. She is a best-selling author.
6. It is a female kitten. It is not a male as we thought.
C 7. A rumor is going around about why the teacher left her previous school.
8. It is red-hot news that she is divorcing her husband.
D 9. The new tax policy will attract foreign investment / investors.
10. The economies of Southeast Asia have been growing rapidly
E 11. Fashion is constantly changing but this kind of shirt never goes out of fashion.
12. You should save the document(s) before closing your computer
Ok! Let’s stop here.

by NGUYỄN HỒNG THU