(Phương tiện thông tin đại chúng)
Answer these questions
1) Can you name some newspapers and some TV channels
that are popular in Vietnam
2) How often do you do these things?
•Emphasize (v) say something in a strong way
Emphasis (n)
In Logan’s speech he emphasized the need for more
volunteers.
In Logan’s speech he put an emphasis on the need for
more volunteers.
•Record (n)the best result or the highest or lowest
level that has ever been reached, especially in sport
Record-breaker (n) a person or thing that achieves a
better result or higher level than has ever been achieved
before
Record-breaking (adj) phá kỷ lục
Your donations have reached a record-breaking number of
$ 1,000,000.
•Red-hot (adj) extremely active, exciting, or interesting
A red-hot news story
•Reveal (v) to make known something that was previously
secret or unknown
Mark revealed that he had once worked for the CIA.
•On the go (exp) very busy doing a lot of things
Children are always on the go.
•Release (v) make a CD, video, film etc available for people to buy
or see
A version of the game for Mac computers will be released
in February.
•Fashion designer (n) someone whose job is to make
plans or patterns for clothes
•Best-selling (adj)
A best-selling author is an author who has sold a very large
number of copies of his or her book
•Constantly (adv) = always ; all the time
•Rumor (n) information or a story that is passed from one
person to another and which may or may not be true = Tin đồn
Match five of the headlines with pieces of news
(Coursebook pp. 85-86)
A. 3
B. 5
C. 1
D. 6
E. 7
Match five themes with pieces of news
(Coursebook p. 86)
Par. A
Par. B
Par. C
Par. D
Par. E
Work with your partner and answer the questions on page
87 in the coursebook
Suggested answers for those questions
1) Why do fashion designers insist that all models place
their beauty behind?
Because fashion designers think that clothes are more
important than models’ beauty
2) How many copies of Oops!... I did it again did Britney
Spears sell in its first week?
1.3 million copies
3) When did Michael Jordan stop playing basketball?
18 months ago
4) Why did investors meet at the New World Hotel yesterday?
They met to discuss investment opportunities in the economies
all around Asia.
5) What are the advantages of the smart phone?
Using this phone, you can view documents, email them to
others and transfer them to another device.
Work with your partner and fill in the blanks with words from the text.
(Coursebook p. 87)
A 1. Crazy about clothes, she buys all _________ magazines.
A 2. I worked as an artist’s _______________________for a while
when I was a student.
B 3. He ran the 100 meters in 9.91 seconds and broke the world
______________.
B 4. It is a___________ magazine for you people between the
ages of 13 and 19.
B 5. Her books are extremely popular. She’s a ______________
author.
B 6. It is a ___________ kitten. It isn’t a male as we thought.
C 7. A ____________ is going round about why the
teacher left her previous school.
C 8. It is _____________ news that she’s divorcing her husband.
D 9. The new tax policy will attract foreign _________________.
D 10. The _______________ of Southeast Asia have been
growing rapidly.
E. 11. Fashion is ________________ changing but this kind of
shirt never goes out of fashion.
E. 12. You should save the _______________ before closing your
computer.
In groups of 3, you
take turn to retell all
pieces of news in the
text you have read.
Then tell your
partners which piece
of news interests you
the best and why.