Unit 2 warming up speaking.pptVIP

You can use the following expressions. What do you think of…? What’s your opinion? Why do you choose…? Perhaps… is more important. I would rather choose… I don’t think we should choose… Maybe it would be better to choose… Our readers want to know about… * Warming up and speaking How do you know what happen around us or even what happens abroad? What is the function of media? The record-keeping function. The social function. The entertainment function. The political watchdog function. The economic function. Match the five main functions with their correct explanations. Journalists are responsible for monitoring the activities of the government. Not everything in life is serious. We want something entertaining. We want sound advice. We want our MTV. Newspapers and broadcast news provide us with topics to talk about at the office and over coffee. Advertising carried in the media helps to develop the economy and provide us with information about new products and services. Through the records kept by the news media, we know who is born, gets married, gets divorced, dies, who won the game, etc. The record-keeping function. The economic function. The social function. The entertainment function. The political watchdog function. Internet Newspapers Magazines Radio TV disadvantages advantages Forms cheap,quick, with pictures and sounds Make people lazy. They absorb everything without thinking. Too many ads Quick, convenient Without pictures,not so lively Systematic information Slow, not so popular Much information, quick Not easy to keep,not so lively , too many ads Update, much information, quick,you can comment on the affairs immediately if you want. Not so reliable. Not so convenient Not lively Compare different kinds of media. 华网雅典８月２９日体育专电第二十八届奥运会２９日在雅典闭幕后，中国体育代表团所获奖牌分布如下： 　　项目金牌银牌铜牌小计 　　跳水６２１７ 　　举重５３０８ 　　射击４２３９ 　　乒乓球３１２６ 　　羽毛球３１１５ 　　田径２００２ 　　跆拳道２００２ 　　游泳１１０２ 　　皮划艇１００１ 　　体操１０２３ 　　柔道１１３５ 　　排球１００１ 　　网球１００１ 　　摔跤１００１ 　　击剑０３０３ 　　射箭０１０１ 　　自行车０１０１ 　　帆船０１０１ 　　拳击００１１