Стр.86-87 Unit 7 ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 11 класс
7 Turn on, tune in Skills aims Listening to short texts for gist and specific information Practising communication strategies Reading for gist and details:
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7 Turn on, tune in
Skills aims
Listening to short texts for gist and specific information
Practising communication strategies
Reading for gist and details: understanding implied information
Writing a film review to practise language usage and organizing ideas
Dive in!
A Work in pairs. Do you recognize any of these letters and words? Which would you use for:
connecting to the Internet?
contacting friends?
finding information?
following the news?
listening to music?
sharing photos?
watching a film?
watching a music video?
WWW
YouTube TM
Flikr
BBC
CNN
MTV
iPod TM
Blue Tooth
iPhone TM
Google TM
Wi-Fi TM
Watching a music video: MTV; You Tube
Reading
B You are going to read about a popular website called YouTube. Skim the article. Which five paragraphs match these headings?
Facts and figures
Finding fame
What is YouTube?
Whattasks there? (x2)
Unfired state exam
Steps to success
Multiple choice questions often test your understanding of implied opinions or facts, so you need to ‘read between the linestask. When you find an example of the writertasks opinion, try to rephrase it in your own words.
C Now choose the best answer (А, В, C or D).
1 What does the writer imply about YouTube in paragraph A?
A Many people waste their time on it.
В It has changed the Internet a lot in recent years.
C Most people who use the Internet know about it.
D It’s the most popular site on the Internet.
2 According to the writer, what is special about YouTube?
A It hosts millions of videos.
В Its videos are not made by professionals.
C Its movies are very short.
D Ittasks like a television station.
3 What does the writer want to emphasize about YouTube in paragraph C?
A Ittasks unprofessional.
В Ittasks varied.
C It’s funny.
D It’s free.
4 How many clips arc watched every day?
A sixty-five thousand
В one hundred million
C one trillion
D a million
5 What does the writer mean by taskThe numbers speak for themselvestask in paragraph D?
A Large numbers of people subscribe to the service.
В The video clips play automatically.
C The statistics prove that YouTube videos are good quality.
D The figures show that YouTube is very popular.
6 Which type of video is not mentioned in paragraph E?
A educational material
В comedies
C news and current affairs
D music
7 Why does the writer think YouTube is a taskmedia revolutiontask?
A because of who makes the material
В because of how people access it
C because of the material it contains
D because of how much it costs
8 What do Lucas, Jessica. Lisa and Savannah have in common?
A They are all actors or actresses.
В They have all been discovered by agents.
C They have all created their own fame.
D They all have their own YouTube channels.
A media revolution
A
What do a sneering panda and a mobile phone being blended have in common? If youtaskve spent any time on the Internet in the past few years, you probably already know the answer. These, and a million even weirder things, can be found on YouTube.
В
For those of you who dontaskt know already, YouTube is the biggest video sharing website on the net Videos are uploaded to the site by subscribers, and they can be viewed by anyone in the world with internet access. I he video dips are short, but there are millions of them. Imagine having a TV that receives homemade programmes which are broadcast by thousands of homemade taskchannelstask - thattasks YouTube. And thattasks what makes it special. Ittasks all done by amateurs.
C
Nevertheless, their creativity is amazing! Whole soap opera series have been written, performed and filmed by just a few friends. There are beautiful animations. There are professional-looking documentaries from amateur journalists. There are any number of ‘How to _task videos that teach you everything from How to build your own aeroplanetask to How to be emotask. Ittasks all there on YouTube.
D
So whotasks watching? Well, according to the figures, nearly everybody. YouTube has more than one billion users. About one trillion dips are viewed on YouTube annually, each minute 300 hours of new video are uploaded and over 250 thousand new movies are added every day. The numbers speak for themselves, and they are rising all the time. If s no surprise that YouTube is the third most visited website on the Internet.
YouTube
E
The site also has some of the funniest content on the net Hilarious clips of dancing hamsters and unfortunate accidents are viewed by millions. However, YouTube isntaskt just for laughs. If youtaskre a music lover, almost every pop video that has ever been made h there. If youtaskre a teacher, there are a host of school channels for your learners. If you have a hobby, however strange, there will be a channel for you on YouTube. In short, people are offered an enormous range of choices.
F
But YouTube shouldntaskt be thought of as just an entertaining, informative website; ittasks a media revolution. Until now, audiences have had their entertainment made for them by TV and radio professionals. The traditional media have been given a huge shake-up by YouTube. Why? Because the audience make the programmes for themselves!
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Whattasks more, fame and stardom are being changed by YouTube forever. Until recently, if you wanted to be famous, you had to get your act seen by a show business agent. Not anymore! You want fame? Put yourself on YouTube. Thattasks what teenage internet celebrity Lucas Cruikshank did. Cruikshank made his own show, called Fred. It is one of the most popular shows on the net. New Zealand actress Jessica Rose, comic Lisa Donovan and singer Savannah Outen have all found fame the same way.
H
Could all our media look like YouTube in the future? Unlikely. Nevertheless, over the next few years more videos will be uploaded, more internet stars will be made and more people will fall about laughing at the sneezing panda.
Words in context
D Match the words and expressions in bold in the text with a definition.
1 a sudden, huge change
2 being a celebrity
3 lots of
4 not professional
5 people who sign up to a service
6 short movies
7 send data from your computer to a larger system using the Internet
8 very funny
E Scan the text once more to find words connected with the media and communications.
Quick chat
How often do you surf the Internet? What are your favourite websites? Have you ever watched anything on YouTube? What?