1. unit 4 TV programmes
Integrated skills

2. Brain-storming How many TV programmes do you know?
Write down as many programmes as you can.

3. Revision: Kinds of TV programmes
cartoon
film
fashion
cooking
drama

4. music video
travel
animal
news
sport

5. comedy
game show
drama series
chat show
documentary

7. Discussion:
Discuss your favourite TV programme and the reason with your partners.

8. Listening
Millie wants to interview three students about the TV programs they like and they dislike.

9. Guessing game Name Grade What Millie knows about them
favorite TV programmes
Anita 7
Art Club, loves playing with her cat
Philip 8
Football Team,
a very good football player
Sam 9
Drama Club
likes acting
documentary
Animal world
Sports World
drama series
films

10. Anita
Likes programmes about: ________
Reason: _______________
Dislikes programmes about: _________
Reason: ______________
Name of favourite programme: __________________________
Time spent watching TV every day: __________________________
animals
interesting
sports
boring
Tiger Watch
About two hours

11. Philip
Likes programmes about: _________
Reason: ____________
Dislikes programmes about: _________
Reason: _____________
Name of favourite programme: _______________________
Time spent watching TV every day: _______________________
sports
exciting
animals
not interesting
Sports City
about an hour

12. Sam
Likes programmes about: ___________
Reason: _______________
Dislikes programmes about: _________
Reason: ____________
Name of favourite programme: ______________________
Time spent watching TV every day: ______________________
music
(really) fun
sports
boring
Music World
About half an hour

13. TV viewing habits
Anita is a Grade __ student. She is a member of the ________. She is interested in watching programmes about _______. Usually, she spends about _________every day watching TV. Her favourite programme is ____________. She does not like programmes about ______. She thinks they are rather _______. 7
Art Club
animals
two hours
Tiger Watch
sports
boring

14. Philip is a Grade __student
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 day watching TV. He does not like watching programmes about ________ at all —he does not find them very ___________. 8
football player
sports
exciting
Sports City
an hour
animals
interesting

15. Sam is a Grade __ student. He is a member of the ____________
Sam is a Grade __ student. He is a member of the ____________.He likes watching ______ programmes because he thinks they are really ___. His favourite programme is ____________. He watches TV for about ___________ every day. He finds programmes about ______ boring. 9
Drama Club
music
fun
Music World
half an hour
sports

16. Phrases: play with the dog 1.玩狗 2.观看动物节目 3.戏剧俱乐部的一员
4.对艺术感兴趣
5.喜欢表演
6.看电视的习惯
7.拍摄一部记录片
8.相当乏味
watch programs about animals
a member of the Drama Club
be interested in arts
like acting
TV viewing habits
film a documentary
rather boring

17. Exercises:
habit
We should form a good ___________ (regular behavior) of speaking to others politely.
2. He spends two hours doing his homework every day. (保持句意基本不变)
It _______ him two hours to ________ his homework every day.
3. She said she preferred to stay at home rather than go out. (保持句意基本不变)
She said she would ________ _________ at home than go out.
4. He found that the programmes about sports was boring. (保持句意基本不变)
He ________ the programmes about sports __________. do
takes
rather
stay
boring
found

18. A C C 单项选择: ( ) 1.—How much did you __________ for the book?
—It only_______ ten yuan.
A. pay; cost B. spend; costs
C. pay; took D. take; cost
( ) 2. When people want to relax themselves, they prefer ______ TV or listen to music rather than _______ newspaper.
A. watching; read B. watching; to read
C. to watch; read D. to watch; reading
( ) 3. The ____ book made us all happy. We are all _______ in it.
A. interesting; interest B. interested; interesting
C. interesting; interested D. interested; interest A C C

19. Speak up Questions: Which TV programme does Kitty like best?
Which TV programme does Millie like best?
How long does Millie watch TV every day?
Animals
Arts
About half an hour

20. What’s your TV viewing habit?
Group work
What’s your TV viewing habit?

21. You can use this conversation as a model.
A: What kind of TV programmes do you like best ?
B: I like watching programmes about …
A: What do you think about this programme ?
B: I find/think …+ adj . (interesting / boring
/ fun / exciting / …)
A: How much time do you spend watching TV …?
B: About …

22. Writing
Interview your partners about their favourite TV programmes, then write a report about it.

23. Homework
Interview your friends, teachers or family members about their favourite TV programmes, then write a report about it.

24. Thank you!