Warm-up

Objectives ☆ Read newspaper and magazine articles and a formal letter. ☆ Write a formal letter to a newspaper. ☆ Listen to extracts from TV and radio programmes and a song. ☆ Talk about the media, paparazzi and advertising. ☆ Learn about passives and gerunds.

Warm-up Which of the things from the Key Words box can you see in the pictures? Key Words TV programmes: The Internet: chat show, quiz show, soap opera, the news website

Magazines about: Newspapers: Use a dictionary and read Culture Corner to check the three different kinds of British newspapers. cars, computers, current affairs, fashion, films, music, sport, travel local newspaper, national newspaper

Introduce some pictures of the internet, the magazines, the newspapers and TV programmes.

‘tabloid’ newspaper ‘quality’ newspaper computer magazine fashion magazine TV programme (the news) website Answers

Listen and identify the programmes. a chat show, a quiz show, the news, a sports programme

为便于理解英语新闻标题，现列举一些常 见报端的标题小词 aid = assist （ 帮助，援助 ） alter = change or modify （ 改变 ） ask = inquire （ 询问 ） assail = denounce （ 谴责 ） ban = prohibit or forbid （ 禁止 ）

bar = prevent （ 防止，阻止 ） bare = expose or reveal （ 暴露，揭露 ） begin = commence （ 开始 ） clash = disagree strong1y （ 发生分歧，争议 ） curb = control or restrict （ 控制 ）

dip = decline or decrease （ 下降 ） end = terminate （ 结束，中止 ） head = direct （ 率领 ） hold = arrest （ 逮捕 ） laud = praise （ 赞扬 ） lop = diminish （ 下降，减少 ）

map = work out （ 制订 ） mark = celebrate （ 庆祝 ） name = appoint\nominate （ 命名，提名 ） nip = defeat （ 击败 ） nix = deny\disapprove （ 否决，拒绝 ） opt = choose （ 选择 ）

pledge = determine （ 发誓 ） plot = conspire （ 预谋，密谋策划 ） probe = investigate （ 调查 ） raid = attack （ 进攻 ） rap = criticize （ 批评 ） weigh = consider （ 考虑 ）

Tapescript Tapescript Quizmaster: Now, if you get this question right, you and Tony go through to the final. Listen carefully. What Italian word do we use to describe photographers who follow a game show 1

famous people? Right, Janet, here’s your chance to get into the final. Contestant: Is it the paparazzi? Quizmaster: Yes, that’s absolutely right, the paparazzi! Congratulations, you’ve made it to …

Newsreader: … and the secretary of the United Nations is giving a news conference later today on the situation in the Middle East. Last night, two men and one woman were arrested by police after a bomb went off in the centre of … the news 2

Presenter: So, Alan, what made you leave television and go into films? Guest: Ah well, I guess I wanted to see what I could do. I was in the same series for three years, and, er, I just wanted to go to Hollywood, you know, that had always been my dream. a chat show 3

Presenter: And how did you meet Spielberg? Did he … 4 Commentator: And there’s only five minutes left in this exciting cup match, and it’s still Liverpool one, a sports commentary

Manchester United one. And Michael Owen pushes the ball out to the right …

Read the questions. Then, in pairs, tell your partner about yourself. Example: I listen to the radio every morning while I’m getting ready for school. And you? 1. Do you listen to the radio much? Which programmes? 2. How many hours of TV do you watch each week?

3. What are your favorite TV programmes? 4. What magazines do you read regularly? 5. Do you often read a newspaper? If so, which one? 6. Which paper do your parents read? 7. Do you sometimes use the Internet? What for?