Unit 5: The media

UNIT 5: THE MEDIA 
1. GETTING STARTED ( PHẦN MỞ ĐẦU) 
Bạn hãy thực hành với một bạn cùng lớp. Hai bạn hãy hỏi và trả 
lời về các hoạt động yêu thích của bạn và thời gian bạn đã dành 
cho mỗi hoạt động. 
watching 
TV 
reading 
newspaper 
listening 
to the 
radio 
reading 
magazines 
using 
the 
Internet 
Phần tham khảo: 
A: Which of these is your favorite activity in your 
free time? 
B: Watching TV. 
A: How many hours a week do you spend watching 
TV? 
B: About 4 or 5 hours, I guess. 
C: Which of these is your favorite activity in your 
free time? 
D: I like reading books. 
C: What kind of books do you read? 
D: Science books. 
C: How much time a week do you spend reading 
them? 
D: About 5 or 6 hours. 
C: Do you read books at home? 
D: No, I often read them in the library. 
G: Which of these is your favorite activity you do in 
your free time? 
H: Listening to the radio. 
G: How many hours a week do you spend listening 
to the radio? 
H: About 6 or 7 hours, I think. 
G: What programs do you listen to? 
H: I often listen to the news and programs in 
English, sometimes I listen to the light or classic 
music. 
E: What's your favorite activity you do in your free 
time? 
F: I surf the web on the Internet. 
E: What program do you do on the computer? 
F: I often download science programs or send e-
mails to my friends abroad. 
E: Oh. Do you have a computer of your own? 
F: Yes. My uncle gave me one on my last birthday. 
E: How much time do you spend on the computer? 
F: About six or seven hours a week. 
E: How interesting! I wish I could use a computer as 
you. 
2. LISTEN AND READ (NGHE VÀ ĐỌC) 
The Media. 
A. Before newspaper were invented, town criers 
would go through city streets ringing a bell. They shouted the 
lastest news as they were walking. 
B. In Vietnam people love reading newspaper and 
magazines. The Kien Thuc Ngay Nay is one of the most popular 
magazines and is widely read by both teenagers and adults. 
C. Thanks to television people can get the lastest 
information and enjoy interesting programs in an inexpensive and 
convenient way.Nowadays, viewers can watch a variety of local 
and international programs on different channels. 
D. The next stage in the development of television 
is interactive TV.Viewers are able to ask questions about the 
show by using their remote controls. 
a. Bạn hãy hoàn thành bảng dưới đây bằng cách điền vào các 
chữ cái đầu mỗi đoạn văn mà trong đó các sự kiện được đề cập 
tới. 
Bài test - Các bạn hãy click vào đây để làm bài test 
b. Còn bây giờ các bạn hãy dựa vào bài đọc để trả lời những câu 
hỏi dưới đây. 
Bài test - Các bạn hãy click vào đây để làm bài test 
3. SPEAK (NÓI) 
Bạn hãy thực hành với một bạn cùng lớp. Bạn hãy đọc đoạn hội 
thoại sau. 
Lien: You like watching sports, don't you, Trung?
Trung: Not really. Some sports are so violent, and I 
don't like watching them. I prefer 
documentaries. 
Lien: I'm the opposite. I love watching sports, and 
documentaries seem quite boring to me. 
Trung: But you watch the news, don't you? 
Lien: Yes, every day. It's very informative. 
Trung: I enjoy it too. You don't like foreign films, do 
you? 
Lien: No, I don't. 
Bây giờ các bạn hãy thực hiện những đoạn hội thoại tương tự. 
Các bạn hãy nói về những chương trình mà bạn thích hoặc 
không thích. 
DAILY TELEVISION GUIDE 
Thursday, Oct 16 
VTV1 VTV2 VTV3 
8.30 Folk 
Music 
9.15 Documentary: 
Dien Bien Phu 
Battle 
6.00 Football: 
Newcastle vs. 
Southampton 
10.00 
Cartoon: 
Tom & Jerry 
13.00 Learning 
English through 
Songs 
11.30 Children's 
Corner 
18.15 
Literature & 
Art 
14.00 Health for 
Everyone 
15.15 Film: Being 
a Mother (Viet 
Nam) 
19.00 News 
15.30 Gardening: 
How to Plant Pear 
Trees 
21.00 Songs I 
Love 
20.00 Safe 
Traffic News 
21.30 Wildlife 
World 
22.00 Sports: 
English 
Badminton 
21.30 
Drama: Love 
22.15 Weather 
Forecast 
And Life