Gateway 1 Unit 3 Media

According to dictionary.com, The word media means:

(usually used with a plural verb) the means of communication, such as radio and television, newspapers, and magazines that reach or influence people widely

Vocabulary Gateway 1 unit 3: Media

• Cinema: director-actor – script – cameraman – audience
• Television: Talk show – documentary – correspondent – serial – weather forecast – viewers – sitcoms – presenter –episode
• Press: Headlines – editor – article – editorial column – front page – journalist
• Internet: Surfing – email – homepage – website – search engine – surfer – blogging

Functions/Communication Skills: Expressing Interest And Surprise

Expressing interest

• That’s lucky!
• Oh, really?
• That’s interesting.
• It is fascinating 
• It’s a good idea

Expressing surprise 

• Wow! 
• Tell me more.
• Really?
•  I didn’t know that!
• Oh, I see. 
• Gee, I had no idea.

Grammar: The Present Perfect 

The Form: Have/has + Past Participle

Affirmative:

I / You / We / They have done the exercise.

He / She / It has done the exercise.

Negative: 

I / You / We / They have not seen this film.

He / She / It has not eaten the food.

Interrogative:

Have you/we/they eaten dinner?

Has he/she/it gone this way?

The Use:

• It is generally used for an action that started in the past and has continued until the present
• For recent actions
• Expressions used with the present perfect: For/since / already / yet / just / never /ever / recently / lately

Examples

• She has lived in New York City for ten years. (She started living in New York City in the past, and she continues to live there in the present.)
• I have just finished reading that book. (I finished reading the book very recently, maybe just a few moments ago.)
• Has she ever traveled abroad? (At any point in her life, did she travel to a foreign country?)

Writing

Formal vs. informal letter

Coming soon