Unit 07 the mass media listening

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Crossword puzzle

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1 VTV1 … at 5:35 and the last programme

is on at 23:30.

2 Which … do you often watch? – It’s VTV1.

3 “ Family Secrets” is the funniest …

I’ve watched

4 One of the mass media I like is ………

5 We get information and entertainment from TV …… our eyes and ears

The key word is … .

1 How often do you listen to the radio?

2 How many hours per week do you listen

to it?

3 What programme do you like listening to and why?

I Vocabulary:

2 heavy rain ['hevi rein] trận mưa to

1 cloudy (adj) ['klaudi] nhiều mây, u ám

4 to cause (v) [kɔ:z] gây ra

5 flood (n) [flʌd] lũ, lụt

6 to rise (v) [raiz] (rose - risen) dâng lên

3 strong wind [strɔη wind] gió mạnh, gió to

7 to climb (v) [klaim] leo trèo

8 view (v) [vju:]

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quan sát tầm nhìn, quang cảnh

strong wind

to rise

view

cloudy

to climb

flood

to cause

heavy rain

II Listen to these words and then put them in the correct

to cause

strong wind

heavy rain flood

to rise

view climb

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Task 1: Listen to the two radio news stories and tick the words you hear in the right column

under News story 1 and News story 2

Adjectives News story 1 News story 2

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healthy

strong

young

cloudy

high est

wonderful

Heavy rain causes floods all over the country

Heavy rain during the night (1)……… … all over the country today Many people (2)………because rivers (3)………Some roads in the north-west are under (4)……… of water The rain (5)

……… at the moment, but it’s still (6)…………and there’s a (7)

………… Because of the bad weather, people can’t go out to work

has caused floods have left their homes

have risen

90-year-old American woman climbs Mount Whitney

California wonderful

A ninety-year-old woman has climbed 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

1 What has happened during the night?

Heavy rain has caused floods all over the country.

2 Why have people left their homes?

Because rivers have risen.

3 How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney?

She has climbed Mount Whitney twenty three times.

4 Why does she climb it so often?

Because it has kept her young and healthy.

Close your book Recall the two news stories and answer the following questions about the news stories Use the answers to those questions to tell your classmates about them Chose one of the news

1 What has happened during the

night?

2 Why have many people left their

homes?

3 How deep are some roads under

the water?

4 Has the rain stopped at the

moment?

5 Is there a strong wind?

6 Why can’t people go out to work?

News story 2

1 How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney?

2 How high is Mount Whitney? 3.Is it the highest in California?

4 What does she say about the view from the top?

5 Why does she climb it so often?

6.Does she stop climbing mountain because of her old age?

- Rewrite the content of the 2 radio news stories.

- Prepare the next lesson: Unit 7: Writing