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Unit 3 The Internet Period 1 Listening and Speaking & Pronunciation Task 1 (Activity 1—Activity 5) Warming-up (1) What can you see in the picture? What do you think is in the background? What do the lines in the picture stand for? (2) How do you understand the quote on this page? Look at the opening page and discuss the following questions. Pre-listening Look at the pictures. What are they? Microblog (Weibo) Search engine Online videos Pre-listening Activity 1: Match each online activity with the correct picture. Then tick the pictures of activities that you like to do when you are online. _ write a blog post _ use a search engine _ chat online _ stream movies and music A C D B Pre-listening Group discussion: Which one of the online activities do you like best? Why? While-listening Activity 2: Look at the table and predict the key points of the conversation. Then listen to the conversation and complete the table. Name Time spent online every day Online activities Reasons for using the Internet Anna Paul Joe two or three hours two hours or more at least an hour stream videos and music; look up information; chat with friends use a search engine to find information, videos, and pictures write blog posts cheap and easy to do homework; helpful to write something interesting While-listening Activity 3: Listen again and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences. 1 A blog _ an online diary where you write about something you’re interested in. _, I like basketball, so I write a lot on my blog about my favorite team. is like For example 2 I stream videos and music. _, I watch videos and listen to music online. 3 A search engine _ that helps you find what you’re looking for. That is is a tool While-listening Activity 4: Look at Activity 3 again. How are the words in italics defined? Write them in the correct brackets. A Use simpler words. ( ) B Use an example. ( ) C Compare to something. ( ) stream blog search engine Work in groups. Take turns to ask each other about their