Course: 3^rd medio

Unit: News

Objectives: identify the meaning of a news and its communicative purpose

Objectives: the students have to listen a breaking news to complete missing words and look for synonyms to increase their vocabulary

Pre-activity

While-activity

1-Listen the news about television shoes

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0505/050519-tvshoes-e.mp3

Television shoes

An amazing new invention by a British student will help children who are overweight. It will also reduce the number of hours of television they watch every day. The technology is nicknamed “Square-Eyes”. It is a tiny, computerized sensor that fits into children’s shoes. It measures the number of steps the child takes during the day and sends this information to the family computer. Software then tells the child how many hours of TV he or she can watch that evening. One hundred steps equal one minute of TV. If children use up all of their viewing time, they must do more walking.
The designer Gillian Swan says this “will help children to include exercise in their daily routines from an early age.” She said that ten years ago children were healthier because they played outside with their friends. She said today’s children spend too much time in front of the TV and don’t exercise. This means children have weight problems and become fat. “Square-eyes” is a nickname often given to children who watch too much television. It may now have a new meaning. The new technology is the beginning of computers becoming a part of our clothes. What we wear will soon monitor our health.


2-Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):

 

a.	New shoes have been invented that have TV screens.	T / F
b.	The new shoes may reduce how much TV kids watch.	T / F
c.	Walking 10,000 steps means children can watch an hour of TV.	T / F
d.	Children must walk more if they want to watch more TV.	T / F
e.	The technology will mean healthier lifestyles for children.	T / F
f.	“Square –eyes” is a nickname for televisions.	T / F
g.	The new technology will change what we wear.	T / F
h	What we wear will soon monitor our health. 4-Fill in the gaps with the synonyms given 1 include introduce add involve 2 monitor check watch track 3 invention device gadget gizmo   4 fat obese overweight tubby 5 TV the tube the box the telly 6 sends transmits transfers forwards

An amazing new by a British student will help children who are overweight. It will also reduce the number of hours of television they watch every day. The technology is nicknamed “Square-Eyes”. It is a tiny, computerized sensor that fits into children’s shoes. It measures the number of steps the child takes during the day and                             this information to the family computer. Software then tells the child how many hours of he or she can watch that evening. One hundred steps equal one minute of TV. If children use up all of their viewing time, they must do more walking.

The designer, Gillian Swan, says the device “will help children to exercise in their daily routines from an early age.” She said that ten years ago children were healthier because they played outside with their friends. She said today’s children spend too much time in front of the TV and don’t exercise. This means children have weight problems and become. “Square-eyes” is a nickname often given to children who watch too much television. It may now take on a new meaning. The new technology is the beginning of computers becoming a part of our clothes. What we wear will on                  our health.

will also reduce the number of hours of television they watch every day. The technology is nicknamed “Square-Eyes”. It is a tiny, computerized sensor

5- Listen again and fill in the gaps the missing words An amazing new invention by a British student will help children                                         children’s shoes. It measures the number of steps the child takes during the day                                  information to the family computer. Software then tells the child how many hours of TV he or she can watch that evening. One hundred steps equal one minute of TV. If children                                 viewing time, they must do more walking. The designer Gillian Swan                                   children to include exercise in their daily routines from an early age.” She said that ten years ago children were healthier because                                 with their friends. She said today’s children spend too much time                                             and don’t exercise. This means children have weight problems and become fat. “Square-eyes” is a nickname often given to children who watch too much television. It may now have a new meaning. The new technology is the beginning of computers becoming a part of our clothes.                                 will soon monitor our health. 6- answer the questions about the text a.      Did you like reading the article? b.      Do you need these new shoes? c.       What other computerized clothes would be useful? d.      What do you think kids will think about this new invention? e.       Is your daily routine healthy? f.       What was your image when you read the headline of this article? g.      Do you like reading about technology? h.      What do you think of the new invention? i.        Do you think this device will be popular? Post-activity 1-write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text

2-Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.