bai 7 the mass media

Television helps us to learn more about the world1. Read the text and underline important wordsExample: television: - Helps us to learn more about the world - Makes things memorable?. Ta

Crossword

points However, if it is wrong, you have to stop playing

This is a very common type

1.Tom and

Jerry is a… film (7 letters)

2.Information about something that has happened recently.

(4 letters)

3 I go to the cinema for

a………

(4 letters)

4 The programs that make you

laugh.

(6 letters)

5 The name of our country ( 7 letters)

6 You can

enjoy many songs

through a …… program.

( 5 letters)

7 You can get tennis results from this

program.

8 What is this?

9 What are they playing?

10 What is he reading?

Unit 7 : The mass media

Lesson 4: Writing

Task 1

- What do “advantage” and “ disadvantage” mean? which sentence says good about television?

Which is bad one?

1 Television helps us to learn more about the world?

2 Television may harm our eyes.

→ advantage /әd′va:ntιdζ/: (n) thu n ậ l i ợ

disadvantage /dis әd′va:ntιdζ/ (n): b t ấ l i ợ

Read the text and underline important words

Example: television:

- Helps us to learn more about the world

- Makes things memorable.

- Entertains us

- Makes us aware of our global responsibilities.

- Makes us passive

- Encourages us to buy things that we don’t need

- Takes time away from activities

- Some TV program makes people violent.

- Interferes with family life and communication

Task 2

- Work in pair and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of “ radio, newspaper, the

Internet”.

Some suggested answers

-We can relax by

listening the music

from it

-We can only listen

to the sounds, but

we can’t see anything.

-It can be boring because there is no moving pictures

- It’s very cheap.

- It’s easy to bring

everywhere.

- The text and picture are not moving & colorful.

- It’s may be not available in

somewhere.

- It may poison teenagers by some

“unhealthy” websites about sex, violence…

Some useful linking

Write a paragraph about

advantages and disadvantages of newspapers.

In our modern society, newspapers play an

important role in our daily life Upgraded

information, cost and convenience are major

advantages that it bring us First of all, It provides upgraded news and information daily Secondly, It

is very cheap; A Vietnamese daily newspaper costs only approximately 2000 VND Lastly, Newspapers

is very convenient because i t is easy to bring

everywhere However, the text and picture in

newspapers are not moving and colorful so it is as

not exciting as other kinds of media which have

wonderful pictures In conclusion, Newspapers has a lot of advantages that make our life more enjoyable but it should be read with caution, for its capacity

to do harm is great.