1. Unit 6
TV programmes
Integrated skills

2. Words review
silly
waste
adj. 傻的，愚蠢的
n. 浪费

3. Objectives
To learn to talk about your TV
viewing habits
To learn to interview others’ TV
To learn to make tables about TV

4. Thinking How many TV programmes do you know?
Write down as many TV programmes as you can.

5. cartoon
film
fashion
cooking
drama

6. travel
animal
music video
sport
news

7. Part A1: Read part A1 and focus on the following questions.
1. What’re their names?
2. Which grade are they in?
3. What do they like to do?

8. Please interview your friends and complete the following profile.
A. cartoons B. cooking C. drama
D. news E. films F. MTV G. sport
H. travel I. fashion J. nature
Name
Grade
What I know about him/her

9. Part A2
Listening
Millie is interviewing the students. Listen carefully and help her complete the notes.

10. Likes programmes about: ___________ Reason: _______________
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Anita
Likes programmes about: ___________ Reason: _______________
Dislikes programmes about: _________ Reason: ______________
Favourite programme: __________________________
Time spent watching TV every week: __________________________
animals
interesting
cooking
boring
Animal Watch
about one and a half hours

11. Philip
Likes programmes about: _________
Reason: ____________
Dislikes programmes about: _________ Reason: _____________
Favourite programme: _______________________
Time spent watching TV every week: _______________________
sports
exciting
animals
not interesting
Sports World
about an hour

12. Sam
Likes programmes about: ___________ Reason: _______________
Dislikes programmes about: _________ Reason: ____________
Favourite programme: ______________________
Time spent watching TV every week: ______________________
music
(really) fun
sports
boring
Music Videos
about half an hour

13. Part A3 Fill in the blanks.
I have interviewed three students at my school about their TV viewing habits. I found that they are different from each other.
Anita is a Grade ______ student. She is a member of the _________. She is interested in programmes about ________. Usually she spends about ______________ every week watching TV. 7
Art Club
animals
one and a half hours

14. 8 football player sports exciting Sports World an hour
Her favourite programme is ___________. She does not like programmes about _______. She thinks they are ________.
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 week watching TV.
Animal Watch
cooking
boring 8
football player
sports
exciting
Sports World
an hour

15. He does not like watching programmes about _________ — he does not find them __________.
Sam is a Grade _____ student. He is a member of the ____________. He likes ______ programmes because he thinks they are really ___. His favourite programme is _____________. He watches TV for about ____________ every week. He finds programmes about ______ boring.
animals
interesting 9
Drama Club
music
fun
Music Videos
half an hour
sports

16. Speak up
Do you like TV ads?

17. Enjoy the videos of ads.
公益广告：人们忘记手机是否会更快乐

18. 百事可乐2014年世界杯广告
Now Is What You Make It

19. 泰国的创意广告

20. Listen to Simon and Millie’s conversation.
Talk about your opinion — do you like TV ads? What kind of ads do you like?
Talk show

21. Study skills
How to read a newspaper

22. When you read a newspaper, you should skim the headlines first
When you read a newspaper, you should skim the headlines first. They will tell you the topic of each title.

23. Newspaper headlines use the present tense
Newspaper headlines use the present tense. Some words are left out to save space, including a/an/the, do/does/did, the verb be and and/but/or.

24. A Read the newspaper headlines below
A Read the newspaper headlines below. Pay attention to the tense and the words left out.
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1. The Driver was killed, and eight were hurt in a bus crash
2. Heavy fog delays flights in Xinjiang
3. A Cat show was held in Shanghai
4. New artist sweeps American Music Awards
5. Here are some Xi’an travel tips
1. The Driver was killed, and eight were hurt in a bus crash
2. Heavy fog delays flights in Xinjiang
3. A Cat show was held in Shanghai
4. New artist sweeps American Music Awards
5. Here are some Xi’an travel tips

25. Newspapers use a special style of writing
Newspapers use a special style of writing. Usually the most important information — the who, what, where, when and how — comes first in an article. The details come next, from the most important details to the least important ones.

26. Finish the exercise B on page 89.
Find a newspaper and read it according to you’ve learned.

27. Homework
Preview Task on page 90.