Unit 4  TV programmes

  what kind of tv programmes do you know?  let’s think together, and i’ll tell you some more
and do some explanations.
  1. cartoon – a cartoon is made up of a series of drawings. by photographying the drawings piece by piece and showing them in a rapid sequence, the characters on the drawings will look as if they are moving.
  2. chat show – basically, chat shows do not focus on serious topics. guests at the show discuss their work and lives in a casual manner. in american english, a “chat show” is called a “talk show”.
  3. documentary --  documentaries focus on things that happen in real life.
  4. game show – a game show can also be called a quiz show if contestants answer a  of
questions in the show.
  5. drama series – a drama series is usually fictional. it is a set of programmes that deal with the
same subject or have the same characters.
  6. comedy --  a comedy is intended to be funny. it usually has a happy ending.
step 3. practice
  (1) the pictures of part a on page 64 represent different types of tv programmes. try to match the scenes with the correct types of programmes they represent.
   answers: 1. comedy  2. game show  3. cartoon  4. documentary  5. chat show 
6. drama series
(pay attention: picture 2 – game show, it is the corect answer because contestants often win
prizes at the game show.
(2) make the dialogue like this:
a: what kind of tv programmes do you like best?
b: i like documentaries best.
a: what is it? .
b: it focus on things things happen in real life. what about you?
a: i like comedies best. because they usually have happy endings.
(畫線部分可以替換)
step 4. presentation
  sandy and her friends are talking about different types of v programmes. listen carefully and
try to find out what types of tv programmes do sandy and her friends like? why?
  miilie – documentaries – learn a lot about nature, history and real life events.
  sandy – game shows – take part in them, answer all the questions and win a great prize.
  daniel – comedies – actors are always very funny and they make people laugh.
  simon – a chat show – there are always very famous people on the shows talking about their
lives.
  amy – cartoons – interesting
  andy – drama series – they always have such interesting stories.
step 5. practice
  first, complete the dialogue of part b on page 64, then read it and practise it .