3. commercials [kə‘mə: ʃ əl] 商业广 告

4. news

5. weather forecast

6. [.entə'teinmənt]

7. LOGO Weather Forecast News Entertain ment Commercial Every coin has two sides we benefit a lot from these programmes Television has both advantages (good points) and ___advantages (weak points) ___advantages (weak points) dis

8. Unit 13 Television Television: good or bad?

9. Para. 1 important dvantages advantages Supportive sentences: 1.First, 2. 3.Besides, Supportive sentences: 1.On the other hand 2.Another 3. plays an ________ part in our life a dis

10. Advantages of TVDisadvantages of TV way of entertainment First, TV is a _____ way of entertainment On the other hand, TV ________ too much of our time. TV also helps us to ` know more of ______________ Another disadvantage is that TV causes ______ concentration,especially for ________. Besides, TV can especially benefit __________ and __________. TV has __________ our lives. cheap the outsideworld old people the patients takes up poor children controlled

11. 1. disadvantage a. 娱乐 2. entertainment b. 集中 ( 注意力 ) 3. play a part in c. 缺点 4. concentrate d. 在 … 起作用 5. benefit e. 活动 6. activity f. 得益于 Let’s look at some useful words and expressions in the text. Can you match them ? [.entə'teinmənt] ['k ɔ nsentreit] [æk'tiviti ] ['benifit]

12. Post-reading & Extending(1) Suppose you are a programme host ( 节目主持人 ), you want to encourage people to watch TV, can you add some more supportive sentences ? Do you need a cheap way of entertainment ? To watch TV! Do you want to know more of the outside world? To watch TV! knowledge daily news minds relax Do you want to … … To watch TV! Do you want to … … To watch TV!

13. Every student picks two key words below and discuss advantages & disadvantages of the computer in groups. Share your opinions with your group members. Leaders in each group combine them into a passage latest news deal with data ( 处理数据 ) entertainment eyes waste( 浪费 ) be crazy about ( 沉迷于 ) Post-reading & Extending(2)

14. Homework Write and read : Suppose you are a teacher, you don’t want Ss to watch TV too much. please add some more supportive sentences into the poem and read it to your class. Don’t watch TV too much It takes up too much of our time! Don’t watch TV too much It will cause poor concentration … … eyes,study,crime( 犯罪 )

16. Many people like television because it has many advantages. Firstly, television is a cheap way of ____________. Secondly, some good ___________ can help us to know more of the outside world. In addition, television _______ very old people as well as ________ in hospitals. Television has both advantages and ___________.disadvantage entertainment programmes benefits patients

17. On the other hand, there are some disadvan- tages to television. First of all, television takes up too much of our time. We have no time for ______ and other ________. Another disadvantage is that it seems to cause poor ____________ Now, TV has almost __________ our lives. controlled hobbies activities concentration