Listening chapter 8 Entertainment and Media

1. Listening chapter 8Entertainment and Media • Look at the photo of a sports TV program. How do they feel ? • What TV programs do you enjoy watching? Why? • What are some of your favorite advertisements? Why? • How many hours of TV do you watch a week? • How many television sets do you have in your house? Where are they? • What is the best ways to get news: from television, a newspaper, or the Internet?

2. Part 1/ Previewing Vocabulary- page 145 Nouns: Average week- couch potato- remote control- the TV- waste of time Verbs: Changing channels- channel surf- turn down the volume- turn on the TV- turn the TV off 1- turn on the TV- 2. turn the TV off- 3. change channels- 4. turn down the volume- 5- the TV on 6- channel surf – 7- couch potato- 8- a remote – 9- a waste of time- 10- an average week

3. 3. Listening for Main Idea page 145 • 1. What do Jack and Bruce think about watching TV? Do they agree or disagree/ • 2. Why does Bruce prefer to get the news from the Internet or the newspaper? • 3. What is Jack’s habit when watching TV? • Answers: • 1. Jack and Bruce disagree about TV. Bruce thinks that watching TV is a waste of time. • Jack thinks that news and sports programs are interesting. • 2. Bruce prefers newspapers and the Internet because they have more news and he can get the news whenever he wants. Also, he hates TV commercials . • 3. When commercials come on, Jack down the volume or changes channel.

4. Listening for Details/ p.1476 • Exercise 4 • ----1.The average American watches five hours of TV a day. • ----2. Bruce is reading a newspaper. • ----3. Bruce is a couch potato • --- 4. Jack doesn’t like soup operas • ---5. Bruce and Jack don’t like TV commercials • Answers: F/T F/T T

5. Listening for stressed words /p-146 • Bruce: Hey, listen to this . The average American watches four hours of TV a day. • Jack: A day? You are joking . Bruce: No, it says so right here in this newspaper. Hmm, I guess you’re an average American, Jack. You always have your TV on. • Jack : Come on. Are you saying I am a couch potato? • Bruce: Yeah. I really think watching TV is a waste of time. • Jack: Oh, come on. Some programs are bad, like those soap operas . But what about sports or the news? You watch those sometimes , don’t you? • Bruce: Well, actually, for the news, I prefer the newspaper. Or the Internet. • Jack: Why? • Bruce: First, because they give you a lot more information . And I can read them any time I want. Plus, I hate all the commercials.

6. Jack: I know what you mean. That’s why when the commercials come on, I just turn down the volume or change channels. • Bruce: Yeah, I noticed that, Channel surfing drives me crazy. • Jack: Ok, next time you come over, I’’ll let you have the remote control. • Bruce: Oh, that’s so sweet. But I have a better idea. Next time I come over, let’s just turn the TV off.

7. Listening for Reductions/ page 147 • 7. Listening for reductions • A: Are you • B:Don’t you want to go • A: to tell you- can - Do you know what you want to see • B: I’ll let you choose. Batman -- • A: I’m going to be dead.

8. Expressing Opinions/ Agreeing and Disagreeing Expressing an Opinion I think that--------he should stay------------- . I feel -------I have to tell them----------------. I believe---they have to work more-----------. In my opinion--Sam has the best offer----. Agreeing: That’s my opinion too. I agree with you. I feel the same way. You’re right. That’s a good point.

9. You’re not sure • I don’t have a strong opinion about that. • I think it depends on something • Disagreeing • I disagree with you. • I don’t agree. • I don’t feel the same way. • Oh, come on. • Using vocabulary : page 148 • Channel surf: change the channels

10. 9. Expressing opinions. Page 150 • I think watching TV is a waste of time. Most programs are stupid or boring. • I disagree with you. Many programs are useful- if you choose them carefully. • Give your opinion on each topic • Violence on TV: I believe watching violence on TV is dangerous for children. • Cigarette advertisements : I think cigarette advertisements in magazines is not a good thing. • Magazines stories about private lives of famous people is very interesting to read for lots of people. • High salaries of superstar athletes is a good thing

11. Low salaries of teachers I disagree with you because I believe that teachers work is not an easy job. • Parents should supervise what their children watch on television • I agree with you because I think not all programs are suitable for children. • High cost of cable television. • I disagree with you because not all people can afford it.

12. Part 2/ An Airport Crash • 1. Have you ever seen an accident? Describe what happened? • 2. Imagine a news report about and airplane crash. Write four questions about it in the graphic organiser.

13. Previewing Vocabulary page 151 • 1- top story------- e • 2. landed----------g • 3. passenger---------a • 4. injuries--------------d • 5. hurt-----------------f • 6. blocked------------c • 7. ran out--------------b

14. Listening for Main Ideas/ 152 Listen to the news report about an airplane crash. As you listen, write the key words in the space. • Hour ago, airplane , six people, landed safely, highway • 1, injuries, ground, no one hurt, ran out of gasoline, blocked traffic • 2. Which of the following is the main idea of the story? • c. • Answers from the Graphic Organizer page 152 • What : a small plane landed • Where; It landed on Highway • When: an hour ago • Who: There were six people in the plane. There were two witnesses on the highway.

15. Listening for specific information page 152 • 1.Location of the plane: highway • 2.Number of passengers: 6 • 3.Number of passengers injured: 3 • 4.Type of injures: two back injuries, one broken leg • 5.Number of people injured on the ground: none • 6. Possible cause of crash: the plane may have run out of gasoline.

16. Using vocabulary page153 • 1. Did you watch the news on TV last night? What was the top story? • 2. if an airplane can’t land because of bad weather, what can the pilot do? • 3. On a long car trip, do you prefer to be the passenger or the driver? Why? • 4. Tell about some injuries you had when you were a child . Were you hurt while playing or while doing sports? Were you seriously hurt? • 5. If you run out of money while on vacation, what can you do? • 6. How do you feel when someone blocks traffic unnecessarily?

17. Summarizing New Reports/ AssignmentOral Presentation

18. Answers

19. Part 3/ Discussing Advertisements • 1. It should be easy to notice. • 2. It should be funny, so we pay attention and remember it. • 3. It should be attractive. • 4. It should be not too long. • 5. It should be modern. • 6. It should be -------------------

20. Part 4/ Real – World Tasks : Television

21. Part 4/page 156 • 1.G. news program: • 2.D. Drama series • 3.F. Children’s program • 4. E. sitcom • 5. C. game show • 6. B. cartoon • 7. F. children’s program • 8. H. documentary. • 9. A. talks shows

22. Discussing a Program / page 156 • 1. What’s on channel 2 at 7:00? • 2. What time is the news on? What channels is it on? • 3. Who will be the guests on the Oprah Winfrey show? • __________________________________________ • Answers: • 1.Baseball live- sports • 2. 9:00 p.m on channel- 24 ( CNN) • 3. Celebrity couples will be the guests on the Oprah Winfry show.

23. Answer Key page 157 • 1. Channel 7- who wants to be a millionaire • 2. channel 11- The Matrix ( movie) • 3. channel 13 – Shanghai nights ( movie) • 4. channel 20-Scream ( horror movie) • 5. channel 53 at 8:00- Friends ( sictom)-Espn at nine- basketball ? NBA finals