Слайд 2Mass Media has become an important part of our life.
We all have already become listeners, readers, viewers long time
ago. We get information we need while we are reading newspapers and magazines, watching TV, listening to the news on the radio. If you want to relax, you can just switch on any FM station and enjoy music or you switch on your TV set, choose one of the music channels and have a fun. Now you can hardly imagine that just 15 years ago there were no FM radio in the state, no satellite television and internet at all.
Слайд 3Newspapers, with their enormous circulation report, different kinds of news
can supply any kind of information. They carry articles that
cover the latest international and national events, all kind of rumours, advertising, fun stories, biographies of well-known people, etc. You can buy newspapers also for the radio and TV programs, where a full coverage of commercial, financial and public affairs is given. There are newspapers and magazines for young people. They give a wide assortment of news, events and reports on education, sports, cultural life, entertainment, fashion, etc. There are many advertising programs now. If you like to know more about the World, you can watch Discovery channels that represent a huge massive of information on people lives, biographies (Discovery People channel), new discoveries in science (Discovery Science, Discovery Sci-Tech channels).
Слайд 4If you are keen on traveiling, ancient extinct civilizations, Discovery
Civilization is your channel. There are about dozen of Discovery
Channels, with the help of which we can choose everything we want. Our television provides so much information which can vary from social and economic crises, conflicts, wars, disasters, earthquakes, to diplomatic visits, negotiations; from terrorism, corruption, to pollution problems, strikes, social movements that sometimes we are lost in this information ocean.
Слайд 5Radio broadcasts are valued mainly for their music programs (Europe
Plus, Russian Radio, etc.).
Viewers are fond of watching different show,
movies, sports, plays, games, educational and cultural programs and soon.
As for me my family is also a mass media consumer, one of millions. I have a TV set in my room. I like «Culture Program» It is my mother's favourite program too. My father is a hockey and football fan, he likes to watch sport channels. My elder brother Andrey likes adult programs, my younger brother Igor is keen on Discovery Channels. I'm not keen on special programs. I like to see a bit this and a bit that. Also, I can say I like programs about travelling and traditions of other countries and nations. These programs educate and relax me at the same time.
Слайд 6Questions
1.How do we get information that we need?
2. What information
can we find in newspapers?
3. What kind of programs do
Discovery channels broadcast?
4. Why can one be lost in the information ocean of television?
5. What is the main value of radio broadcasts?
Слайд 7Vocabulary
viewer — зритель
to relax — расслабиться
to switch on — включать
(телевизор, радио)
hardly — едва
satellite television — спутниковое телевидение
enormous — огромный
to
supply — обеспечивать, поставлять
rumours — слухи
to advertise — рекламировать
coverage — освещение в печати, по радио
event — событие
entertainment — развлечение
fashion — мода
huge — огромный
discovery — обнаружение, открытие
to be keen on — увлекаться чем-либо
to provide — снабжать, обеспечивать
disaster — катастрофа
earthquake — землетрясение
negotiations — переговоры
pollution — загрязнение
strike — забастовка
broadcast — трансляция