Unit 7: The mass media
PART C: LISTENING
Game : REMEMBER
Work in two teams.( 1 minute)
Look at the pictures and remember.
Give the names of mass media.
1.television
6.radio
5. internet
2.newspaper
Answers:
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THE MASS
MEDIA
4.book
3.magazine
1.What programs are there on radio?
News, music, story telling, weather forecast, sports, replying letters…
Through radio, you can get news of all fields.
2.How often do you listen to the radio?
3.What program do you like listening to and why?
Before you listen
flood
climb
rain
bad weather
water
mountain
strong wind
cloudy
cause
top
high
healthy
meters
Task 1: Listen to the two radio news stories and then tick the words you hear.
News story 1
water
rain
healthy
cloudy
wind
walk

News story 2
climb
mountain
heavy
beautiful
healthy
old
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Heavy rain causes floods all over the country
Heavy rain during the night (1)…………… .. ….... all over the country today. Many people (2)…………………………because rivers (3)……………Some roads in the north-west are under (4)……………...of water. The rain (5) ………………..at the moment, but it’s still (6)…………and there’s a (7) ………….... Because of the bad weather, people can’t go out to work
90-year-old American woman climbs Mount Whitney
A ninety-year-old woman has climbed Mount Whitney in California for the (7) ……………… time. At (8) ……… metres, Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in (9).…………. The woman says the view from the top is (10)…………….., so she tries to climb it often. She also says that the mountain has kept her (11)……………..…..….In spite of her old age, the woman tries to climb the mountain very often.
Task 2: Listen to the radio news stories again and fill in the missing words.
Heavy rain causes floods all over the country
Heavy rain during the night (1)………….…… .. ….... all over the country today. Many people (2)……………………………because rivers (3)……………..Some roads in the north-west are under (4)…………….....of water. The rain (5) ………………..at the moment, but it’s still (6)…………and there’s a (7) …………....... Because of the bad weather, people can’t go out to work
cloudy have risen has stopped have left their homes strong wind
bad weather two meters has caused floods
have left their homes
has caused floods
have risen
two meters
has stopped
cloudy
strong wind
90-year-old American woman climbs Mount Whitney
A ninety-year-old woman has climbed Mount Whitney in California for the (8) ……………… time. At (9) ………….. meters, Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in (10) ………………. The woman says the view from the top is (11) ………….., so she tries to climb it often. She also says that the mountain has kept her (12) …………….………...In spite of her old age, the woman tries to climb the mountain very often
twenty-third young and healthy California wonderful 4,418 stop sports important
News story 2
News story 1
twenty-third
4,418
California
wonderful
young and healthy
Activity 2: Listen to the two radio news stories again and fill in the missing words.

Task 3: Listen again, and answer the following questions
1. What has happened during the night?
Heavy rain has caused floods all over the country.
2. Why have people left their homes?
Because rivers have risen.
3. How many times has the old woman climbed Mount
Whitney?
She has climbed Mount Whitney twenty three times.
4. Why does she climb it so often?
Because it has kept her young and healthy.
Close your books. Recall the two news stories and answer the following questions. Then use the answers to retell the news stories.
News story 1
1. What has happened during the night?
2. Why have many people left their homes?
3. How deep are some roads under the water?
4. Has the rain stopped at the moment?
5. Is there any strong wind?
6. Why can’t people go out to work?
News story 2
1. How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney?
2. How high is Mount Whitney?
3.Is it the highest in California?
4. What does she say about the view from the top?
5. Why does she climb it so often?
6.Does she stop climbing mountain because of her old age?
AFTER YOU LISTEN
Homework :
- Rewrite the content of the 2 radio news
stories.
- Prepare the next lesson. Unit 7: Writing