1、UNIT 6 THE MEDIATOPIC TALK1.Pair WorkWhat kind of media do you use for often?What do you use each one for?Give examples and talk about it with your partner.The MediaTV and radioFilmSocial mediaNewspapers and MagazinesMicroblogging2. Read the Text Builder carefully. Then listen to the dialogue and co
2、mplete it by underlining the expressions you hear.I use so much media on a daily basis. I In the mornings, and in the afternoon, I . In the evenings, I .Choices of Informationlike listening to broadcasts on the radioread magazines / newspaperscatch up on news via the Internetenjoy watching TV or fil
3、ms with my family2. Read the Text Builder carefully. Then listen to the dialogue and complete it by underlining the expressions you hear.I use so much media on a daily basis. I In the mornings, and in the afternoon, I . In the evenings, I .Choices of Informationlike listening to broadcasts on the ra
4、dioread magazines / newspaperscatch up on news via the Internetenjoy watching TV or films with my family123The radio helps give people . On the other hand, the Internet gives us so much .Functions of Mediaquick news about traffic information, weather conditions, news broadcasts, economic or politica
5、l discussions the latest musicdiverse information about the worldupdates on election campaigns and candidatesnews coverage of political debatesThe radio helps give people . On the other hand, the Internet gives us so much .Functions of Mediaquick news about traffic information, weather conditions, n
6、ews broadcasts, economic or political discussions the latest musicdiverse information about the worldupdates on election campaigns and candidatesnews coverage of political debates12One disadvantage is that ;hence it can be difficult to . is really challenging.Disadvantagesthere is so much diverse in
7、formation availablethe information can be of poor qualityfind the right informationinterpret if the information can be trustedfiguring out what to acknowledge and what to dismissOne disadvantage is that ;hence it can be difficult to_. _ is really challenging.Disadvantagesthere is so much diverse inf
8、ormation availablethe information can be of poor qualityfind the right informationinterpret if the information can be trustedfiguring out what to acknowledge and what to dismiss123Media allows us to and it can also , so we can .Advantagesknow whats going on in the worldget up-to-date information eas
9、ilyoutline problems in societyspread positive energywork together to find ways to solve themcontribute to social developmentMedia allows us to and it can also , so we can .Advantagesknow whats going on in the worldget up-to-date information easilyoutline problems in societyspread positive energywork
10、 together to find ways to solve themcontribute to social development1323. Listen to the dialogue. Answer the questions.What does Ben use the Internet for?What type of media does Anna prefer to use?What didnt Anna know about the Internet?What does Ben use the Internet for?Ben consults the Internet to
11、 research things for school, to better understand complicated issues by finding alternative opinions on the subject and even to do fun things like watching Ping-Pong tournaments.What type of media does Anna prefer to use?She prefers to use traditional media like newspapers, magazines and the radio.W
12、hat didnt Anna know about the Internet?She didnt know she can find all the things on the Internet.4. QuoteUnquoteAs journalists, we are the disseminators of beauty. We disseminate the most beautiful things in life to the people, letting them know what is beautiful and what is ugly about the world.-
13、Mu QingA good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.- Arthur MillerMany a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.- Mark TwainFilm is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.- Frank Capra正确的广告使许多小事情变得大起来。正确的广告使许多小事情变得大起来。马克吐温我
14、认为，一份好的报纸是一个民族在同自己谈话。我认为，一份好的报纸是一个民族在同自己谈话。阿瑟阿瑟米勒米勒电影是三种世界语言之一，另外两种电影是三种世界语言之一，另外两种:数学和音乐。数学和音乐。弗兰克弗兰克卡普拉卡普拉作为记者，我们是美的传播者。我们把生活中最美好的东西传播给人们，让他们知道作为记者，我们是美的传播者。我们把生活中最美好的东西传播给人们，让他们知道这个世界的美与丑。这个世界的美与丑。穆清穆清A brief introduction of Mark Twains words. 1. A lie can travel halfway around the world while th
15、e truth is still putting on its shoes. 当真理还在穿鞋的时候，谎言就走遍了半个世界。当真理还在穿鞋的时候，谎言就走遍了半个世界。（halfway，副词，半副词，半路，半途。）路，半途。） 2. Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. 勇敢是勇敢是克服恐惧，战胜恐惧，而不是没有恐惧。克服恐惧，战胜恐惧，而不是没有恐惧。（resistance，名词，抵抗，抵制；名词，抵抗，抵制；mastery，名词，征服；名词，征服；absence，名词，缺席，不在。）名词，缺席
16、，不在。） 3.Dont go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. 不要到处说世界亏欠你，世界什么都不亏欠你的，它在不要到处说世界亏欠你，世界什么都不亏欠你的，它在你之前就已经在这儿了。你之前就已经在这儿了。（go around，到处，四处；到处，四处；own，动词，亏欠。）动词，亏欠。） 4. Dont part with your illusions, when they are gone you may still exist, but you
17、have ceased to live. 不要放弃你的幻想，当它们不存在的时候，你还可以生不要放弃你的幻想，当它们不存在的时候，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。存，但是你虽生犹死。（illusion，名词，幻想，幻象；名词，幻想，幻象；cease，动词，停止。）动词，停止。）5.Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. 每个人都像一轮月亮，有一个从来不给任何人看的阴暗面。每个人都像一轮月亮，有一个从来不给任何人看的阴暗面。6. Humor is tragedy plus time. 喜剧喜剧
18、= 悲剧悲剧 + 时间。时间。（tragedy，名词，喜名词，喜剧。）剧。）7. If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.如果你捡到了一只饥饿的狗，然后让它吃好喝好，它就不会去咬你。这就是如果你捡到了一只饥饿的狗，然后让它吃好喝好，它就不会去咬你。这就是狗和人的主要区别。（狗和人的主要区别。（pick up，捡起，搜罗；捡起，搜罗；prosperous，形容词，繁荣形容
19、词，繁荣的、昌盛的、丰裕的；的、昌盛的、丰裕的；bite，动词，咬；动词，咬；principal，形容词，主要的、首要形容词，主要的、首要的。）的。）8.I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.在机会不再是一个机会之前，我从来没有发现它是一个机会。在机会不再是一个机会之前，我从来没有发现它是一个机会。（be able to do sth，有能力做某事；有能力做某事；opportunity，名词，机会；名词，机会；cease，动词，停止。）动词，停止。）5. HomeworkMini talkTalk about the topic “ Can you live without social media?” or “ Do your think the social media beneficial or harmful?” with your classmates.Then share your answers in the class orally.
