Unit 7 writing

Welcome to
the English class
Ms. Tran Ngoc Dung
Class : 1 0
Warmer
Look at the screen and tell what you see
Newspapers
Books
Magazines
Radio
Television
What can we use to find information quickly, chat with friends and send Email?
Internet
newspapers
internet
magazines
books
radio
television
Can you tell me a phrase to express the meaning of all these words?
The mass media
Unit 7: The mass media
A. Reading
Before you read
Answer the questions:
1. Do you often watch TV?
2. When do you often watch TV?
3. How many channels are there on
our national TV?
4. How many hours per week do
you watch TV?
Read the new words and give their Vietnamese meaning
Population (n)
Development (n)
Adventure (n)
T.V Series
Return (v)
Secret (n)
People’s Army
Punishment (n)
News headlines
Steal stole stolen
Heart (n)
Nature (n)
Language (n)
Culture (n)
Guest (n)
Nation (n)
Vs. : Versus (prep)
Portrait (n)
While you read
Look at some popular TV programmes, and then do the tasks that follow:
VTV1
05:35 Morning exercise
06:30 Population and development
07:20 Cartoon: The adventure of Donald Duck
08:00 TV series: Road of life
09:00 News
09:15 Film: When the birds return
10:15 Comedy: Family secrets
11:00 Music
12:00 Fifteen-minute news
13:00 Film: The Beauty of life
14:20 People’s Army
16:15 Film: Punishment
19:00 News
20:00 Sport comments
21:30 Folk songs
23:00 News headlines
23:30 Weather forecast
VTV2
15:15 Wildlife World
17:00 Around the World
18.30 Science
Documentary
19.00 Business Comments
20.00 Learning English
through Songs


VTV3
07:30 Quiz Show
09:15 Drama: Stolen heart
10:00 Music for Children
11:30 Portrait of Life
12:00 Film: Deep in the City
14:30 Theatre: My Life
15:15 Documentary: The
nature of language
16:00 Culture and education
19:00 News
20:00 Sports
21:30 Film: Guests of the nation
23.00 Football: Liverpool vs.
West Ham
Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B
A
1. Cartoon
2. Drama
3. Comedy
4. Documentary
B
a. a play for the theatre, television or radio
b. a film or a television programme giving facts about something
c. a film made by photographing a series of changing drawing
d. a film or play that is intended to be funny, usually with a happy ending
1. Cartoon
c. a film made by photographing a series of changing drawing
2. Drama
a play for the theatre,
television or radio
3. Comedy
d. a film or play that is intended to be funny, usually with a happy ending
4. Documentary
b. a film or a television programme
giving facts about something
Task 2: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false information.
1. There are five news programmes on
the three channels
2. There is a comedy programme on
between 10:15 and 11:00
3. The nature of language is a documentary
programme at 15:15 on VTV2
4. The film Punishment is shown at 4:15 p.m
on VTV1
5. VTV1 starts at 5:35 and ends at 23:30
T
T
F
T
T
Task 3: Work in pairs. Ask and
answer the following questions.
1. How many films are on?
2. What time can you watch the news?
3. Which channel do you recommend to someone
who likes animals?
Five films are on.
At 9:00, 12:00, 19:00, 23:00 on VTV1 and at 19:00 on VTV3.
VTV2
4. What programme is on on VTV3 at 7:30?
5. Which channel will you watch if you like folk
songs?
6. What is the last programme on VTV3?
The quiz show.
You should watch VTV1
Football
After you read
Work in pairs. Tell your partner about one of the TV Programmes you like watching best and explain why.
Film
THEATRE
Music
ROAD TO OLYMPIC PEAK
Cartoon
FASHION SHOW
Comedy
CULTURAL JOURNEY
Homework
Learn the new words
Translate the programmes on
VTV1, VTV2, VTV3 into
Vietnamese
Goodbye