Unit 7: The mass medie

THEY ARE
MASS MEDIA
MASS MEDIA
cell phone
newspaper
radiotelevision
magazine
book
Warm up
Wednesday , November 13
th
, 2013
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1. Do you often watch TV ? When?
2. How many channels are there on our national TV ?
What for?
3. How many hours per week do you watch TV?
Yes, I do. I often watch TV when I have free time.
There are 6 channels such as VTV1, VTV2, VTV3,
VTV4,VTV5 , VTV6 on our national TV.
I watch TV about 10 hours per week.
*Answer the following questions
1.cartoon /kɑ:(r)'tu:n/ (n)
phim hoạt hình
* Vocabulary:
2.comedy /'kɔmədi/ (n): hài kịch, phim hài
3.weather forecast (n) dự báo thời tiết
4.documentary /,dɔkju'mentəri/(n)
phim tài liệu

5.drama (n) /'drɑ:mə/ (n):
kịch sân khấu
6.sport comments (n): bình luận thể thao
7.Quiz show (n) /kwiz ∫ou/
Chương trình đố vui
8. news headlines (n): điểm tin chính
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9. News (n): thời sự
Cartoon
Quiz show
Comedy
Documentary
Drama
Weather
forecast
1
3
2
4
6
5
TV PROGRAMMES
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Look at some popular TV programmes, and then do
the tasks that follow.
A B
1. cartoon
2. drama

3. comedy
4. documentary
a. a play for the theatre, television or radio.
b. a lm or a television programme giving facts
about something
c. a lm made by photographing a series of
changing drawings
d. a lm or a play that is intended to be funny,
usually with a happy ending
Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match
the words with their definitions in B
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II. While you read
Task 2. Decide whether the following statements are true
(T) or false (F). Correct the false information.
1. There are ve 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 lm Punishment is shown at 4:15 p.m on VTV1.
5. VTV1 starts at 5:35 and ends at 23:30.
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II. While you read
T F
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II. While you read
Task 3. Work in groups. Ask and answer the following
quesons.
1. How many lms are on?
2. What time can you watch the news?
3. Which channel do you recommend to
someone who likes animals?
4. What programme is on VTV3 at 7:30?
5. Which channel will you watch if you like
folk songs?
6. What is the last programme on VTV3?
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II. While you read
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numbers
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1. How many films are on? There are five films
2. What time can
you watch the news?
At 9:00 a.m, 12:00 at noon, 7: p.m, 11 p.m on VTV1
and 7:00 p.m on VTV3.
3. Which channel do you recommend
to someone who likes animals?
VTV2
4. What programme is on
on VTV3 at 7:30?
The Quiz Show
5. Which channel will you watch

if you like folk songs?
VTV1
6.What is the last
programme on VTV3 ?
- It is football
Match the headings with the channels:
1.VTV 1 Entertainment
2.VTV2 Politics, Economics, Entertainment
3.VTV3 Science, Education
Films
News
Cartoon
Sports
Music
Around the World
Documentary
Wildlife World
Game Shows
EX: I like Around the World best because I want to know
many things in the world.
- Of these programmes,
which do you like
watching best?
- Why?
III. After you read
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Task 2. Matching check
1. There are five news programmes on the three

channels.
T F
√
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.
VTV1 starts at 5:35 and the last programme starts at 23:30.
VTV3
Task 2. Decide whether the following statements are true
(T) or false (F). Correct the false information.
1. There are ve 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 lm Punishment is shown at 4:15 p.m on VTV1.
5. VTV1 starts at 5:35 and ends at 23:30.
T F
T
T
F

T
F
film

cartoon
game
show
news
drama
comedy

sports
music
show
talk
show
documentary
TV PROGRAMMES
Practice: Guess the TV programmes in the reading text
- Write a short paragraph about a TV
programme you like best and the reason.
- Prepare the next lesson U7: Speaking