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Unit 7: THE MASS MEDIA

LESSON 1: READING

BEFORE YOU READ
Answer the questions:
1/ When do you often watch TV?
2/ How many channels are there on our national TV?
3/ How many hours per week do you watch TV?
Vocabulary:




Cartoon (n):
[kɑ:`tu:n]
Channel (n):
[`t∫ænl]
Comedy (n):
[`kɔmidi]
Drama (n): [`drɑ:mə]
Documentary (n):
[,dɔkju`mentəri]
Weather Forecast







Portrait [`pɔ:treit] (n): Chân Dung
-> Portrait of life:

Channel (n):[`t∫ænl]
Cartoon (n): [kɑ:`tu:n]
Comedy (n):[`kɔmidi]
Drama (n): [`drɑ:mə]
Weather Forecast:
Documentary (n): [,dɔkju`mentəri]
Portrait of life (n. phr.) [`pɔ:treit]
New Vocabulary:
05:35 Morning Exercise
06:30 Population and Development
07:20 Cartoon: The Adventure of Donald Duck
08:00 TV Series: Roads of life
09:00 News
09:15 Film: When the Bird 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
VTV1
07:30 Quiz Show
09:15 Drama: Stolen Heart
10:00 Music for Children
11:30 Portrait of Life
12:00 Film: Deep of 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 Liverpool VS. West Ham
VTV3
VTV2
15:15 Wildlife World
17:00 Around the World
18:30 Science Documentary
19:00 Business Comments
20:00 Learning English through Songs
Look at the TV programmes…
Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B
1. cartoon

2. drama

3. comedy

4. documentary

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 drawings.
d. A film or a play that is intended to be funny, usually with a happy ending.
A
B
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 chanels.
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.
05:35 Morning Exercise
06:30 Population and Development
07:20 Cartoon: The Adventure of Donald Duck
08:00 TV Series: Roads of life
09:00 News
09:15 Film: When the Bird 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
VTV1
07:30 Quiz Show
09:15 Drama: Stolen Heart
10:00 Music for Children
11:30 Portrait of Life
12:00 Film: Deep of 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 Liverpool VS. West Ham
VTV3
Fifteen-minutes News
News
News
News Headlines
News
VTV2
15:15 Wildlife World
17:00 Around the World
18:30 Science Documentary
19:00 Business Comments
20:00 Learning English through Songs
10:15
11:00
Comedy:
15:15
The Nature of Language
3
Punishment
4:15
23:30
05:35
Task 2: T / F
1. 5 news pro. 
2. 10:15 - 11:00 
3. VTV3 
4. 4:15 p.m.=16:15
5. 23:30 –weather.. 
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 chanels.
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
F
VTV2 -> VTV3
Last programme starts at 23:30
05:35 Morning Exercise VTV1
06:30 Population and Development
07:20 Cartoon: The Adventure of Donald Duck
08:00 TV Series: Roads of life
09:00 News
09:15 Film: When the Bird 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
Task 3: Ask and answer the questions:
1.
2.

3.
4.
5.
6.
5 films
9:00, 12:00, 19:00, 23:00 on VTV1,
and 19:00 on VTV3
VTV2
quiz show
07:30 Quiz Show VTV3
09:15 Drama: Stolen Heart
10:00 Music for Children
11:30 Portrait of Life
12:00 Film: Deep of 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 Liverpool VS. West Ham
VTV2
15:15 Wildlife World
17:00 Around the World
18:30 Science Documentary
19:00 Business Comments
20:00 Learning English through Songs
Film: When the Bird Return
Film: The Beauty of Life
Film: Punishment
Film: The Deep in the City
09:00
12:00
19:00
23:00
19:00
Wildlife World
Quiz Show
Folk Songs
Liverpool VS. West Ham
football.
VTV1
Task 3- Keys
1. Five films are on.
2. At 9:00 a.m., 12:00, 19:00, 23:00 on VTV1,
and 19:00 on VTV3
3. (Someone likes animals can watch) VTV2.
4. The quiz show (is at 07:30 on VTV3).
5. (You should watch) VTV1.
6. (It’s) football.
After you read
Tell your partner about one of the TV programmes you like watching best and explain why
- Name of programme
On what channel?
At what time?
Why? - relax/ get knowledge (news)…
Suggested ideas:
HOMEWORK
- Learn by heart vocabularies.
- Do exercises again in your notebooks.
- Prepare the next lesson- B-Speaking.
Thanks for your attention!
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