Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 - Unit 7: The mass media - Part D: Writing

Good afternoon! 
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1.vitelseion 
3.niteretn 
2. ewsnperpa 
Rearrange the letters to make right/good words: 
WARM-UP 
Game : Jumbled words 
television 
newspapers 
 Internet 
THE MASS 
MEDIA 
Radio 
4.oidar 
Unit 7: The mass media 
 D: Writing 
Writing about advantages and disadvantages 
Task 1 : Read about the advantages and disadvantages of television below: 
 Advantages of television 
Disadvantages of television 
1. Television help us to learn more 
about the world and to know and 
see many new things. 
2. Television can make things 
memorable because it presents 
information in an effective way. 
3. It entertains us. Watching it is an 
enjoyable way to relax. 
4. It increases the popularity of 
sports and games. 
5. It makes us aware of our global 
responsibilities. 
1. Television can make us passive. We don’t have to think so our brain become lazy. 
2. It encourages us to buy things that we don’t needs. 
3. It takes time away from activities such as reading and games. 
4. Some television programmes may make people violent. 
5. Television interferes with family life and communication. 
memorable(a ) ['memərəbl] 
đáng ghi nhớ, 
không quên được 
effective(a ) [i'fektiv] 
 có hiệu quả 
increase(v ) ['inkri:s] 
 tăng lên 
popularity (n) [,pɔpju'lærəti] 
 phổ biến 
responsibility [ri,spɔnsə'biləti] 
trách nhiệm 
global (a) ['gloubəl] 
 toàn cầu 
encourage (v) [in'kʌridʒ] 
khuyến khích 
violent (a) ['vaiələnt] 
hung bạo , quá khích 
interfere (with st .) (v) [,intə'fiə] 
gây trở ngại; cản trở 
Unit 7 
THE MASS MEDIA 
 D: Writing 
Radio 
1. It only provides information aurally. 
2. It increases the popularity of sports and games. 
3. It can be boring because we can't watch films or sports programs. 
4. It helps us to learn more about the world and to know many new things. 
5. It encourages us to buy things that we don’t needs. 
6. We can listen to it almost everywhere with little cost and great convenience. 
Task 2 : Work in pairs, choose the advantages and disadvantages of each type of the mass media, and write them down in columns below 
Unit 7 
THE MASS MEDIA 
 D: Writing 
Advantages 
Disadvantages 
2, 4, 6 
1, 3, 5 
1. They are easy and cheap to use. We can take them along and read them everywhere 
2. They interfere with people’s private life. Some articles on them don’t say the truth. 
3. They increase the popularity of sports and games. 
4. They help us to learn more about the world and to know many new things. 
5. They are less updated than other kind of mass media. 
6. The text and pictures are not moving so they are as not exciting as other kinds of media. 
Newspapers 
Advantages 
Disadvantages 
1, 3, 4, 
2, 5, 6 
1. It costs much money. We have to pay when we do things on-line such as watching films, listening to music or playing games. 
2. It is sometimes harmful for people. They spend too much times playing games on-line or watching bad programs. 
3. It can help us do a lot of things such as paying bills, sending and receiving letters, learning foreign languages. 
4. It makes us confused when there is too much information . Thus, it is difficult to find the necessary information. 
5. It helps us to learn more about the world and to know many new things. 
6. It provides a quick daily access to information 
and entertainment. 
The internet 
Advantages 
Disadvantages 
3, 5, 6 
1, 2, 4, 
Task 3 : Read the ideas in Task 1 again and complete the passages about the advantages and disadvantages of television: 
 Television brings us a lot of advantages. Firstly, television helps us (1)................ more about the world and to know and see many new things. Secondly, it can make things (2) ................ because it presents information in an effective way. Thirdly, it entertains us. (3) .................. it is an enjoyable way to relax. Fourthly, it increases the popularity of sport and games. Finally, television makes us aware of our global responsibilities. 
 However, there are some disadvantages of television. First of all, television makes us (4) ................ We don’t have to think so our brains become lazy. Another disadvantage is that it encourages us to (5) ......... things that we don’t need. In addition, it takes time away from activities such as reading and games. Furthermore , some television (6) ......................... may make people violent. Lastly, television interferes with family life and communication. 
 On balance, I ‘d like to say that (7)is neither good nor bad. Television is as good or bad as we make it. 
 to learn 
 memorable 
 Watching 
 passive 
 buy 
 programmes 
Unit 7 
THE MASS MEDIA 
 D: Writing 
television 
Task 3 : Read the ideas in Task 1 again and complete the passages about the advantages and disadvantages of television: 
Unit 7 
THE MASS MEDIA 
 D: Writing 
 Television brings us a lot of advantages. Firstly, television helps u