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WARM-UP
GAME:
KIM’S GAME
Below are some very popular kinds of the
mass media. Look at the pictures and name all of
them in 2 minutes.
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Television
Newspaper
Internet
Magazine
Fax machine
Headphone
Camcorder
Telephone
Computer
Radio
Laptop
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Do you know who invented it?
Marconi (1874 – 1937), an Italian inventor;
(December 12
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, 1901)
What is this?
Radio
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions
1. What is a radio used for?
2. How often do you listen to the radio?
3. How many hours per week do you listen to it?
4. What topics do you like listening to and why?
Mount Whitney
You are going to listen to two news stories.
Mount Whitney
bài phóng sự, bài tường thuật
Vocabulary:
- heavy rain: (n)
- strong wind: (n)
- climb: (v)
- cloudy (adj)
- news story (n)
Eg:
- Because of being lazy, he failed the exam.
- In spite of the heavy rain, they still had a nice holiday.
mưa nặng hạt
gió mạnh
leo trèo
đầy mây, u ám
+ noun/ noun phrase
/verb_ing
* Structures:
- Because of
- In spite of
Pre-listening task
Read the following statements and guess if they are true or
false according to the news stories which you are going to listen
to.
Statements T F
1. Some roads in some areas are under three metres of water.
2. Because of the bad weather, people stay at home.
3. A ninety-year-old woman has to stop climbing mountain because
of her old age.
4. Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in the U.S.
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News story 1 News story 2
healthy
strong
young
cloudy
highest
wonderful
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.
UNIT 7: THE MASS MEDIA - LESSON 3: LISTENING
Individual
work
Individual
work
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.
90-year-old American woman climbs Mount Whitney.
A ninety-year-old woman has climbed Mount Whitney in California for
the (1)………………time. At (2)…………metres, Mount Whitney is the
highest mountain in (3)…………… .The woman says the view from the
top is (4)……………, so she tries to climb it often. She also says that the
mountain has kept her (5)…………………… .In spite of her old age, the
woman tries to climb the mountain very often.
Task 2. Listen to the radio news stories again and fill in
the missing word(s).
cloudy
has caused floods
have left their home
have risen
two metres
has stopped
strong wind
twenty-third
4,418
California
wonderful
young and healthy
1. What has happened during the night?
2. Why have many people left their homes?
3. How many times has the old woman climbed Mount
Whitney?
4. Why does she climb it so often?
Task 3. Listen again, and find the answer for the
following questions
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LUCKY ANIMAL
LUCKY ANIMAL
What has happened during the night?
Heavy rain has caused floods all over the country
during the night.
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Why have people left their homes?
Because rivers have risen.
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How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney?
The old woman has climbed Mount Whitney twenty-three times.
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Why does she climb it so often?
Because it has kept her young and healthy.
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