北师大初中英语九年级Unit 3-9（MP3+LRC）

[00:00.63]Unit 3 The media

[00:03.84]Lesson 9

[00:08.83]Exercise 1.3

[00:12.69]We can get news in many ways:

[00:15.63]TV,radio,newspapers,magazines,

[00:20.63]and now the Internet.

[00:22.73]Let's compare two types of news:

[00:25.80]TV news and news on the Internet.

[00:29.34]Many people like the news on TV

[00:32.32]because you can see and hear real people.

[00:35.96]Also,many people prefer TV

[00:38.76]because the pictures and the sound are better.

[00:41.93]Another advantage is that someone has already

[00:45.30]chosen the most important news.

[00:47.29]You just sit back and watch.

[00:50.16]Of course.the news is on TV

[00:52.03]only at certain times,

[00:54.63]so it is not as recent as the Internet news.

[00:58.78]TV news shows try to be as up-to-date

[01:01.72]as possible

[01:02.94]but they are not updated ads quickly

[01:05.14]as the Internet.

[01:06.64]However,some news channels are on TV

[01:09.59]all day and so,in this way,

[01:12.83]they are the same as Internet websites.

[01:16.06]On most TV news programs,they show as and

[01:20.15]some people do not like this.

[01:22.18]As for news websites,

[01:24.39]one big advantage is that

[01:26.34]you can see them at any time.

[01:29.21]Also ,the information is updated all the time,

[01:33.16]so the news is always recent,

[01:35.79]You can move from one news site to other sites

[01:38.85]with similar information,

[01:41.56]On many news sites,

[01:42.94]you can send in your comments by e-mail

[01:45.58]or you can join in a discussion.

[01:48.08]You can even send the page to a friend

[01:50.61]by e-mail.

[01:52.27]However,a news website is not

[01:54.90]as personal as a TV news show.

[01:58.02]Also,the sound and video are not so good

[02:01.06]as what we can see and hear on TV,

[02:04.65]Websites sometimes have short videos

[02:07.68]but often these are too large to open.

[02:10.96]Some people don't like the ads on websites.

[02:14.80]So it is really hard to say which one is better

[02:18.55]Personally,

[02:19.52]I prefer to check the news on a website.

[02:23.08]On average,I look at new websites twice

[02:26.17]as often as TV programs.

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