7A: Vocabulary | Tiếng Anh 12 (Friends Global) | Unit 7: Media - Lớp 12 - Giáo Dục Việt Nam

Unit map

Vocabulary

Media verbs and adjectives Phrasal verbs

Digital media

Word Skills

Nouns and dependent prepositions

Grammar

Reported speech

Reporting verbs

Listening Urban legends

Pronunciation Intonation and meaning

Reading Vloggers

Speaking Presentation

Writing A table

Culture Lifelong learning

Vocabulary Builder pages 111-112

Grammar Builder and Reference pages 127-129

1 SPEAKING Look at the photos (A-D). Which of them are traditional media?

2 VOCABULARY Check the meaning of the verbs below. Which of them have negative meaning?

Media verbs   announce   broadcast   cover   dissemble feelings   disseminate   disguise the truth   distort the truth   flatter   mislead   photoshop   post   provide   report   reveal the truth    tell a lie   transmit

1 On your social network page, you post a photo of yourself that you have photoshopped. Everyone likes the photo, but you feel bad about deceiving others. Do you tell the truth or keep quiet?

4 You love listening to traditional radio programmes, but your friends don't. They think traditional media are out-of-date. Do you persuade them how good the radio programmes are in spreading news or just avoid talking about your hobby?

3 Read the quiz and answer the questions.

4 Match the highlighted words or phrases in the quiz with the words or phrases which share the same meaning in exercise 2. Remember to use the right form of the verbs.

5 🔊3.02 Listen to five ideas. Are they similar to your answers to the quiz?

6 Find the meaning of the following adjectives. Can you find three pairs of antonyms in the list?

biased   critical   daunting   encouraging   fake    flattering   genuine   honest    informative   misleading   neutral   provocative

7 Complete the following sentences using the vocabulary in exercises 2 and 6.

1 That advertisement is _________ about the true cost of the holiday. The holidaymakers are mistaken about how much they have to spend.

2 Some people _________ their true feelings on social media. They pretend to be happy and satisfied all the time.

3 Gina left a _________ comment on her close friend's social media post, and it started an argument.

8 SPEAKING Work in groups. Discuss the questions.

Traditional media or social media, which one do you think is...

faster?

more accurate?

4 I know that people are lying to me. I posted some of my photographs which have been photoshopped and I get all _________ comments.

5 Newspapers, whether in paper or online, are good medium to widely _________ news.

6 During the TV panel discussion, some of the professors gave _________ their universities. information about

7 You should not believe everything you read in the tabloids. The news is not serious and maybe _________ .

8 When Wendy expressed her wish to have a trip around the world on her social page, she received so many _________ remarks that she was not confident enough to do it.