commercials

[kə‘mə:ʃəl] 商业广告

news

weather forecast

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娱乐

LOGO

Weather Forecast

NewsEntertain

ment Commercial

Every coin has two sidesEvery coin has two sides

we benefit a lot from these programmes

Television has both Television has both

advantages (good points)advantages (good points)

andand

___advantages (weak points)___advantages (weak points)dis

Unit 13 Television

Television: good or bad?

Para. 1important

dvantages advantages

Supportive sentences:1.First,2.3.Besides,

Supportive sentences:1.On the other hand2.Another3.

plays an ________ part in our life

a dis

Advantages of TV Disadvantages of TV

First, TV is a _____ way way of entertainmentof 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 outside world

old people

the patients

takes up

poor

children

controlled

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 ?

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Post-reading & Extending(1) Suppose you are a programme host(节目主持人 ), you want to encourage people to watch TV, c

an 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!

knowledgedaily news

mindsrelax

Do you want to … … To watch TV! Do you want to … … To watch TV!

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)

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 )

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

benefitspatients

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

hobbiesactivities

concentration