Unit 7. The mass media

What is it?
It was invented by Marconi.
It provides information and entertainment orally.
We can’t see any video or image from it but just its sounds.
It is the radio
Saturday, November 29th 2008
Unit 7: the mass media
Lesson 3: listening
-flood (n)
-rise (v) - rose-risen
-climb v)
-view (n,v)
-in spite of
-cloudy (adj.)
- healthy (adj)
Ticking the words
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New story 1:
Heavy rain during the night ............... all over the country today. Many people ................ because rivers .......... Some roads in the north-west are under ........... of water. The rain .......... at the moment, but it’s still ........ and there’s a ............ Because of the bad weather , people can’t go out to work.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
has caused floods
have left their homes
two metres
have risen
has stopped
cloudy
strong wind
FILL IN THE MISSING WORDS
New story 2:
A ninety-year-old woman has limbed Mount Whitney in California for the ..……………… time. At ……………..metres, Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in ……………… The woman says the view from the top is …………………, so she tries to climb it often. She also says that the mountain has kept her ………………………………… In spite of her old age, the woman tries to climb the mountain very often.
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(2)
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(5)
twenty-third
4,418
California
wonderful
young and healthy
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
1. What has happened during the night?
- Heavy rain has caused floods all over
the country during the night.
2. Why have people left their homes?
- Because the rivers have risen
3. How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney?
-The old woman has climbed Mount Whitney
twenty-three times.
4.Why does she climb it so often?
- Because it has kept her young and healthy.
After you listen:
Tell your friend about one of the news stories you’ve heard or read.
From what types of mass media you got the news
When you got it
What it is about
It is about………
It says that………
It is said in the news that… ……
Model: Yesterday, I heard a news on the radio. It is about babies’ sleep and gaining weight. It was said on the radio that according to some scientists, babies who sleep fewer 12 hours per week are more likely to be overweight.
homework
Continue to talk about one of the news stories you have heard or read
Prepare for the writing lesson