1、Lesson 2 Questions About Media Unit 6 THE MEDIA目录页contentsActivate and ShareIListen for UnderstandingIIIIIFocus on FunctionSpeakActivate and ShareExample:The Internet has changed communication greatly.Talk about the influence of the Internet on your life and on the media.Activate and ShareListen for
2、 Understanding1.Listen to the programme and write down the questions the presenter collected for the professor in the left column of the table.Listen for UnderstandingQuestionQuestion 1:_Question 2:_Question 3:_Do you think the Internet has affected traditional media,news,for example?How has it chan
3、ged the way we use language?Do you think we will still read newspapers in the future?Listen for Understanding2.Read the following statements.Group the professors answers for each question in the right column in Activity 2.Then listen to the programme and check.Listen for Understanding()a Fewer peopl
4、e and companies chose to advertise in the newspaper.()b Make a recording of a high-definition video of an event,and upload it to the Internet by smartphones.()c The Internet has introduced a lot of new words to our language.()d The word“microblogging”did not exist before the Internet.()e Every artic
5、le has readers comments below it and anyone can express what they think.12223Listen for Understanding()f In my opinion,newspaper businesses will find it much harder to survive in the future.()g Big media corporations are being cut out.()h Anyone can decide what is news.()i Most countries have seen a
6、 drop in newspaper sales.()j The Internet has made a great impact on how news is produced.()k I believe the Internet has made media more interactive.311312Listen for Understanding3.Listen to the programme again.Decide whether Professor Jessops answers are facts(F)or opinions(O)before each statement
7、in Activity 2.Listen for Understandinga Fewer people and companies chose to advertise in the newspaper.()b Make a recording of a high-definition video of an event,and upload it to the Internet by smartphones.()c The Internet has introduced a lot of new words to our language.()d The word“microbloggin
8、g”did not exist before the Internet.()e Every article has readers comments below it and anyone can express what they think.()FFFFFListen for Understandingf In my opinion,newspaper businesses will find it much harder to survive in the future.()g Big media corporations are being cut out.()h Anyone can
9、 decide what is news.()i Most countries have seen a drop in newspaper sales.()j The Internet has made a great impact on how news is produced.()k I believe the Internet has made media more interactive.()FFFOOOListen for UnderstandingIdentifying Facts from OpinionsSpeakers have their opinions when tal
10、king about a specific issue.They may use the facts to support their opinions.Pay attention to the words like/believe,I think,etc.to indicate the opinions.Skill BuilderListen for UnderstandingRole-play the programme with your partner.Add your opinions or facts.Listen for UnderstandingIIIFocus on Func
11、tionFocus on Function:Clarifying and Asking QuestionsListen to two people talking about how people followed the news 30 years ago.Answer the questions.After dinner,families would gather around the television and watch the news from 7 pm to 7:30 pm.1.What would families do in the evening?Focus on Fun
12、ction:Clarifying and Asking QuestionsListen to two people talking about how people followed the news 30 years ago.Answer the questions.They would watch the news on TV.2.How would they get the news?Focus on Function:Clarifying and Asking QuestionsListen to two people talking about how people followed
13、 the news 30 years ago.Answer the questions.Due to the limited ways to find out the most up-to-date news in those days,watching the evening news became a kind of common practice for many families.3.Why did they do so?Focus on Function:Clarifying and Asking QuestionsListen and imitate.Complete the Ta
14、lk Builder.Talk Builder Clarifying and Asking QuestionsClarifying1.Let me _.2.Did I _?Asking Questions1.So _ everyone watched the same TV programme?2.Can you _?3._ the same interests?put it another waymake myself clearerdoes that meantell me more about itDid they all haveSpeakSpeakSearch online and find out how the different types of media have changed in the past 100 years.What are the advantages and disadvantages of each type of media?VIHomeworkThank you
