Unit 6 TV programmes Integrated skills

Words review silly waste adj. 傻的，愚蠢的 n. 浪费

Objectives To learn to talk about your TV viewing habits To learn to interview others’ TV To learn to make tables about TV

Thinking How many TV programmes do you know? Write down as many TV programmes as you can.

cartoon film fashion cooking drama

travel animal music video sport news

Part A1: Read part A1 and focus on the following questions. 1. What’re their names? 2. Which grade are they in? 3. What do they like to do?

Please interview your friends and complete the following profile. A. cartoons B. cooking C. drama D. news E. films F. MTV G. sport H. travel I. fashion J. nature Name Grade What I know about him/her

Part A2 Listening Millie is interviewing the students. Listen carefully and help her complete the notes.

Likes programmes about: ___________ Reason: _______________ p87A2 Anita Likes programmes about: ___________ Reason: _______________ Dislikes programmes about: _________ Reason: ______________ Favourite programme: __________________________ Time spent watching TV every week: __________________________ animals interesting cooking boring Animal Watch about one and a half hours

Philip Likes programmes about: _________ Reason: ____________ Dislikes programmes about: _________ Reason: _____________ Favourite programme: _______________________ Time spent watching TV every week: _______________________ sports exciting animals not interesting Sports World about an hour

Sam Likes programmes about: ___________ Reason: _______________ Dislikes programmes about: _________ Reason: ____________ Favourite programme: ______________________ Time spent watching TV every week: ______________________ music (really) fun sports boring Music Videos about half an hour

Part A3 Fill in the blanks. I have interviewed three students at my school about their TV viewing habits. I found that they are different from each other. Anita is a Grade ______ student. She is a member of the _________. She is interested in programmes about ________. Usually she spends about ______________ every week watching TV. 7 Art Club animals one and a half hours

8 football player sports exciting Sports World an hour Her favourite programme is ___________. She does not like programmes about _______. She thinks they are ________. Philip is a Grade ___ student. He is a very good _______________, so he likes programmes about ______. He thinks they are very ________. His favourite TV programme is ____________. He spends about ________ every week watching TV. Animal Watch cooking boring 8 football player sports exciting Sports World an hour

He does not like watching programmes about _________ — he does not find them __________. Sam is a Grade _____ student. He is a member of the ____________. He likes ______ programmes because he thinks they are really ___. His favourite programme is _____________. He watches TV for about ____________ every week. He finds programmes about ______ boring. animals interesting 9 Drama Club music fun Music Videos half an hour sports

Speak up Do you like TV ads?

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Listen to Simon and Millie’s conversation. Talk about your opinion — do you like TV ads? What kind of ads do you like? Talk show

Study skills How to read a newspaper

When you read a newspaper, you should skim the headlines first When you read a newspaper, you should skim the headlines first. They will tell you the topic of each title.

Newspaper headlines use the present tense Newspaper headlines use the present tense. Some words are left out to save space, including a/an/the, do/does/did, the verb be and and/but/or.

A Read the newspaper headlines below A Read the newspaper headlines below. Pay attention to the tense and the words left out. p89A 1. The Driver was killed, and eight were hurt in a bus crash 2. Heavy fog delays flights in Xinjiang 3. A Cat show was held in Shanghai 4. New artist sweeps American Music Awards 5. Here are some Xi’an travel tips 1. The Driver was killed, and eight were hurt in a bus crash 2. Heavy fog delays flights in Xinjiang 3. A Cat show was held in Shanghai 4. New artist sweeps American Music Awards 5. Here are some Xi’an travel tips

Newspapers use a special style of writing Newspapers use a special style of writing. Usually the most important information — the who, what, where, when and how — comes first in an article. The details come next, from the most important details to the least important ones.

Finish the exercise B on page 89. Find a newspaper and read it according to you’ve learned.

Homework Preview Task on page 90.