1. (rather interesting) TV viewing habit Name: Chen Jie Workplace:
Yancheng Yulong Road Experimental School
Hobby: watching TV
programmes about music videos
Time on TV: half an hour every day
(rather interesting)
very, quite
TV viewing habit
something which you do often and regularly

2. 9A Unit 4
Integrated skills
TV viewing habits
by Chen Jie

3. What types of TV programmes are they?

4. news fashion cooking drama game show sport music video
A: Which TV programmes do you like best?
B: I like programmes about….
A: Why ?
B: Because ….
( interesting, exciting, meaningful, creative,
cool, enjoyable, funny, boring , meaningless… )
drama
game show
sport
cartoon

5. favourite TV programmes
Speak up: Which TV programmes do you like?P75
Listen to the conversation and try to find the wrong information in the table.
favourite TV programmes
how much time
Millie
programmes about animals
Kitty
programmes about cartoon
about one hour
half an hour
about two hours
the arts

6. Speak up P75: Which TV programmes do you like?
Kitty
I don’t like programmes about animals. I think they are boring. Programmes about the arts are better. They are my favourite.
What kind of TV programmes do you like best?
I watch TV for about one hour every day. What about you?
Millie
I like watching programmes about animals. I find them interesting.
How much time do you spend watching TV every day?
About half an hour.

7. Practise and act A: What kind of TV programmes do you like best?
B: I like programmes about … because …
A: Which TV programmes do you dislike?
B: I dislike programmes about … because …
A: How much time do you spend watching TV…?
B: About …
( interesting, exciting, meaningful, creative,
enjoyable, cool, funny… / boring, meaningless…)

8. What I know about him/her A1 P74
● Art Club
● loves playing with her cat at home
Grade 7
Anita
Philip
Sam
Grade 8
● Football Team
● a very good football player
Grade 9
● Drama Club
● likes acting

9. Which TV programmes do they like and dislike?
Dislikes(3,9,15)
Likes(1,7,13)
Anita
Philip
Sam

10. TV viewing habits A2 P74 Anita animals (very) interesting sports
Likes programmes about: (1) ________________
Reason: (2) ____________________________
Dislikes programmes about: (3)_____________
Reason: (4) ____________________________
Name of favourite programme: (5) ___________
Time spent watching TV every day:(6) ________
________
animals
(very) interesting
sports
(rather) boring
Tiger Watch
about two
hours

11. TV viewing habits A2 P74 Philip sports (very) exciting animals
Likes programmes about: (7) _________________
Reason: (8) ______________________________
Dislikes programmes about: (9) _______________
Reason: (10) _____________________________
Name of favourite programme: (11) ____________
Time spent watching TV every day:(12) _________
_________
(very) exciting
animals
not (very) interesting
Sports City
about an
hour

12. TV viewing habits A2 P74 Sam music (really) fun sports boring
Likes programmes about: (13) _______________
Reason: (14) ____________________________
Dislikes programmes about: (15) _____________
Reason: (16) ____________________________
Name of favourite programme: (17) ___________
Time spent watching TV every day: (18) ________
________
music
(really) fun
sports
boring
Music World
about half
an hour

13. TV viewing habits
A3 P75 8
I have interviewed three students at my school about the TV programmes they like. I found that they are interested in different TV programmes.
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 _______.
football player
sports
exciting
Sports City
an hour 7
animals
interesting
Art Club
animals 9
two hours
Drama Club
music
Tiger Watch
fun
Music World
sports
half an hour
boring
sports
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 _________.
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.

14. Yancheng TV Station wants to make a new programme
Yancheng TV Station wants to make a new programme. They need to know your TV viewing habits.
Please help them make a survey and write a report.

15. Tips What’s your name? What grade are you in What club are you in?
What TV programmes are you interested in?
How much time / How long do you spend on TV every day?
What programme do you dislike?

16. Show your report
________ is a Grade 9 student. He/She is in _________. He/She is in interested in watching programmes about __________. His/Her favourite programme is _______. He/She thinks it’s very______________. Usually, he/she spends about_____ every
_________ watching TV. He/She dislikes programmes about ___________.He/She thinks they are rather______________.

17. Debate(辩论) Is it good or bad for a Grade 9 student to watch TV?
I think it’s good because watching TV …
Against（反方）:
I think it’s bad because watching TV …

18. Advantages Disadvantages
make our life colourful and interesting
help us relax
make us get up-to -date news
help us learn more knowledge
...
1. affect our study
2. make us have less communication with others
3. let us pay less attention to our lessons
4. be harmful to our eyes
5. …

19. ▲ Watch suitable and healthy
Advice
▲ Watch less TV.
▲ Watch suitable and healthy
TV programmes.
▲ Do not always believe
what the TV says.

20. Homework 2.Write a report.
1.Make a survey on your parents’ or friends’ TV viewing habits.
2.Write a report.

21. Thank you!