UNIT 4: THE MASS MEDIA
LANGUAGE

Teacher: Nguyen Thi Hong

VOCABULARY

1. mass media /mæs ˈmiːdiə/ phương tiện thông tin đại chúng
2. addicted /əˈdɪktɪd/ nghiện
3. cyberbullying /ˈsaɪbəbʊliɪŋ/ đe dọa qua mạng
4. rely /rɪˈlaɪ/ phụ thuộc
5. experiment /ɪkˈsperɪmənt/ thí nghiệm
6. description /dɪˈskrɪpʃn/ biểu đồ, khái niệm
7. greeting /ˈɡriːtɪŋ/ lời chào, chào hỏi

8. efficient (adj): đủ
9. instant messaging: nhắn tin nhanh
10. social networking : mạng xã hội

1. Match the words/phrases in the box with the
definitions.
1. unable to stop doing something because
a. the mass
you like it very much
media 
b. addicted

2. the use of websites and applications to
connect with people who share similar
interests

c. efficient 

3. the main means of communication
reaching people on a large scale, such as
television, radio, movies, newspapers, etc.

d. social
networking

4. a type of real-time online chat

e. cyber
bullying

5. doing something well with no waste of
time, money, or energy

f. instant
messaging

6. the use of electronic communication to
hurt, threaten or embarrass someone

a. 3 b. 1 c. 5

d. 2 e. 6

f. 4

2. Complete the sentences with the words/phrases in
1.
1. Most people rely heavily on .............................. as
the mass media
their main source
of information.

2. Millions of teenagers around the world are ..................... to.
addicted
computer and video games.
3. Teenagers can become addicted to ............................... if
social networking they can't
control the time they spend online.
efficient
4. Online advertising is more ......................... than
TV ads because of
the huge number of Internet users.
messaging
5. Young people like instant
..... ............................. because
of its speed,
convenience and privacy.
6. Many Internet users delete their social accounts because
cyberbullying
of ............................

1. Listen and repeat. Pay attention to the ending -ed of the
verbs.

2. Listen and repeat the sentences. Notice the verbs
ending -ed.  
1. The library reduced the number of print newspapers and
magazines that they used to subscribe to.
2. The graph compares the amount of information
received over a ten-year period.
3. Have you downloaded the files related to our social
media project, which I emailed you yesterday?
4. Paper was invented before the printing machine.
5. New electronic devices have been developed to cater to
users' ever-changing needs.
6. Social networking has influenced young people's way
of life.

Grammar: Prepositions after certain
verbs

1. Match each verb with an appropriate
prepoposition

search for: tìm kiếm
listen to: nghe
think of: nghĩ về

carry out: thực hiện
carry on: tiếp tục
rely on: phụ

2. Make sentences with the verbs in 1. 
Eg:
- I listen to music.
- I search for information

The past perfect vs. the past simple 
1. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses. Make changes
had invented
if necessary.
completed
1. Alexander
Graham Bell ......................... (invent) the telephone when
appeared
Thomas Edison ..................... (complete) his second model
of the
phonograph in 1887. helped
2. National Geographic, one of the most influential
magazines, ........................ had risen
started
 (appear)
in 1899, which ................. (help) to increase readers' cuttural
understood
awareness and
understanding through high-quality had
photoread
essays.
3. The lung cancer mortality rate .................. (rise) six-fold in males
appeared
Had (ever)
when
mass media ................. (start)
covering the healthtook
riskspart
of
smoking.
4. Linda  had
only ... ............... (understand) the film after
got the book.
submitted
she .................... (read)
5. A: ................ you ................. (appear) on TV before
showed
you .................... (take
part) in this reality snow?
hadI ..............(have)
arrived
B: Yes,
.
had alreadythe
finished
6. I can't believe I .......... (get)
position of a TV announcer.
left (submit) my application
I................
arrived two months ago, but I did not think
I had a chance getting it. When I ................ (show) up at the interview,

2. Complete the following sentences, using either
the past simple or past perfect, and your own ideas. 

1. Minh's granda got a laptop after he  
had
used the library's computer to get access to the
.............................................................................................
Internet
2. Nam had already downloaded the information for his essay
rangLucy
his doorbell
when his classmate
.................................................... 
3. When I logged into my social media account, my friends 
started sending me their greetings/ had already posted
...........................................................................................................
their greetings for my birthday
.............................
4. After the students had carried out a survey on the use of the
began drawing their charts
Internet and analysed thethey
related
data, ...........................................................
the
teacher
changed
the
topic
5. Lan
had spent
three
days
doing research on social media
when 
he wrote a brief description of the data
.....................................................................
6. After Ninh had drawn the graph to compare the two social
networking sites, ....................................................

thank for your attention!