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Unit 6 The Media Topic Talk Do you know how people 30 years ago got the news around the world? 2 1 1 2 3 Lead In 2 Listening Before listening Suppose you are a reporter. You are going to have an interview with a senior person about how people followed the news 30 years ago. What questions will you ask in the interview? 2 1 1 2 3 Listen to two people talking about how people followed the news 30 years ago. Answer the questions. Q1: What would families do in the evening? After dinner, families would _ and _from_ Q2: How would they get the news? They would watch the news on TV. Q3: Why did they do so? Because there were _ to find out the most _those days, _ became a kind of common practice for many families. listening gather around the television watch the news 7 pm. to 7:30 pm. limited ways up-to-date news watching the evening news 4 2 1 1 2 3 Lead In Do you use the Internet often? What do you use it for? Before people had computers and the Internet, they followed the news by gathering around the television and watching the same news from 7 PM to 7.30 PM 5 Listening Let’s do the listening to learn about Ben’ and Anna’s understanding of the Internet . Read the questions and tell your partner what you expect to hear. Then listen to the dialogue. Answer the questions. 1. What does Ben use the Internet for? 2. What type of media does Anna prefer to use? 3. What didn’t Anna know about the Internet? Listening Answer the questions. 1. What does Ben use the Internet for? Ben _ to research things for school, _ _ by finding alternative opinions on the subject and even _ like watching Ping-Pong tournaments. 2. What type of media does Anna prefer to use? She prefers _like newspapers, magazines and the radio. 3. What didn’t Anna know about the Internet? She didn’t know _ on the Internet. P. 51 Listening 6.2 consults the Internet to better to do fun things to use traditional media she can find all the things understand complicated issues Listening It's amazing that the Internet can provide so many different types of media. What kind of media do you use often? What do you use each one for? What kind of media do you use often? What do you use each one for? Give examples and talk about it with your partner. Group Discussion Listen and complete the sentences in the blanks. Answer the question: Listening Activity 2: Read the Text Builder carefully.Then listen to the dialogue and fill in the blanks. I use so much media on a daily basis. I _ in the mornings; and in the afternoons, I _. In the evenings, I _. Choices of Information like listening to broadcasts on the radio read magazines / newspapers catch up on news via the Internet enjoy watching TV or films with my family like listening to broadcasts on the radio catch up on news via the Internet enjoy watching TV or films with my family n. 广播节目;电视节目 vi.& vt. 广播;播送 The radio helps give people _ _ _. On the other hand, the Internet gives us so much _. Functions of media quick news about traffic information, weather conditions, news broadcasts, economic or political discussions, the latest music diverse information about the world updates on election campaigns and candidates, news coverage of political debates weather conditions, news broadcasts, economic or political discussions, the latest music quick news about traffic information, diverse information about the world adj. 各种各样的 n. 候选人;考生 n. (政治、商业或社会性)运动 vi.发起运动;参加活动 n. 选举 n. & vi. & vt.讨论,辩论 n. 新闻报道;覆盖范围 13 One advantage is that _ hence it can be difficult to _. _ is really challenging. Disadvantages there is so much diverse information available the information can be of poor quality find the right information interpret if the information can be trusted figuring out what to acknowledge and what to dismiss there is so much diverse information available find the right information Figuring out what to acknowledge and what to dismiss vt. 解释; vi. & vt. 口译 vt. 承认 vt. 否定 14 Media allows us to _ and it can also _, so we can _. Advantages know what’s going on in the world get up-to-date information easily outline problems in society spread positive energy work together to find ways to solve them contribute to social development know what’s going on in the world outline problems in society work together to find ways to solve them adj. 包含最新信息的;新式的;时髦的 15 the media A Choices of Media B Functions of Media C Disadvantages D Advantages summary Use the Text Builder to talk about what kind of media that you often use to get information or entertain yourself. null 97542.93 null 88059.555 null 143914.8 $$