- •Contents
- •The press
- •1 Work in pairs and answer the questions below:
- •Vocabulary
- •2. The following words all appear in the text. Match each one with its correct definition on the right.
- •3. Read the text up to the end of page 9 and answer these questions:
- •2. Study the words and phrases in the table and learn them to use in further activities.
- •1. Read the text ‘The press’ up to the end and consider this list of the characteristics of British newspapers:
- •3. Give the English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •4 Translate the following sentences employing the active vocabulary:
- •5 Read the following text and use the bald word in each line to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line Media career opportunities
- •6 Сomplete these sentences to make a summary of the text.
- •2 The following words all appear in the text. Match each one with its correct definition on the right.
- •1 Read the text and answer the questions
- •2 Give English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •3 Fill in the gaps with the words and phrases from the box.
- •Worldwide television (1 part)
- •1 Read the text and find out information about
- •3 Describe the activities of itv regarding its
- •4 Explain the difference between the following notions. Mind the words and expressions in bold.
- •5 Complete the sentences with the verbs and phrases from the text. Mind prepositions where necessary.
- •6 Give English equivalents for the following:
- •1 The text below illustrates fierce debates about radical changes in tv sector in early 90. Translate the text:
- •(2 Part)
- •1 Read the text and answer the questions below.
- •2 Сomplete the sentences with the information from the text.
- •3 Read the text and examine the chart. Answer the questions below. Who watches what?
- •Government and the media
- •1 The following words all appear in the text. Match each one with its correct definition on the right.
- •1 Read the text and decide if the statements below t (true) or f (false).
- •Language notes
- •2. Explain the difference between the following.
- •3. Use the context to guess the meaning of the following words and phrases.
- •4 Fill in the gaps with the correct verb forms and phrases from the box
- •5 Complete the chart with the noun forms
- •4. Read the text and answer the questions below. The question of secrecy
- •Privacy and self-regulation of the press
- •2 Read the text and check your ideas
- •Language notes
- •1 Find words or phrases in the text that mean the following
- •2 Complete the chart with the missing verbs, nouns and adjectives
- •3 Make up sentences of your own with the words from the chart.
- •4 Fill in the gaps with the correct verbs, appropriate words or phrases from the box.
- •5 Give English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •1 Listen to the news and read the article below considering the reporting of Madeleine McCann’s abduction in the British press.
- •Language notes
- •2 A) Comment on the article and discuss how free should the press be.
- •Internet in uk.
- •1 Discuss the following questions in pairs
- •2 In pairs, decide if the following are examples connected with the Internet
- •1 Read the text ‘The Internet in uk” and decide if the following statements true or false.
- •Information, not entertainment.
- •It has taken the internet little more than a decade to become the biggest advertising sector in the uk.
- •Language notes
- •2 Give the English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •3 Translate the following sentences using the active vocabulary:
- •4 Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box:
- •Supplement List of newspapers in the United Kingdom
- •Broadsheet and former broadsheet newspapers
- •"Middle-market" tabloid newspapers
- •Tabloid newspapers
- •Is the bbc as good as it could be?
- •Internet in Britain as a popular media-source.
- •What is Internet Radio?
- •The bbc online
- •The Internet Watch Foundation (iwf)
- •1 The first talk with prime-minister over telephone.
- •2 Fill in the gaps using words and phrases from the box.
- •3 The telephone talk in the kitchen and how it resulted.
- •4. The talk between Alastair Campbell and Tony Blair about the Queen’s speech.
- •Vocabulary notes:
2. Study the words and phrases in the table and learn them to use in further activities.
avid newspaper readers |
заядлые читатели |
to cause concern |
вызывать озабоченность |
undue concentration of control |
чрезмерная концентрация контроля |
disarray |
беспорядок, смятение |
perceived shift to the right |
oсознанный сдвиг вправо |
cumbersome format |
громоздкий формат |
to halt the decline |
остановить снижение |
a sustained price war |
непрекращающаяся война |
predatory pricing |
грабительское ценообразование |
Sister Sunday paper |
дочерняя газета |
an assurance of objectivity |
гарант объективности |
bitter conflicts |
ожесточенные конфликты |
a key source of information |
основной источник информации |
to reduce production costs |
сократить издержки производства |
mass mind |
массовое сознание |
devastating attacks |
губительные нападки |
bold captions |
смелые, дерзкие заголовки |
formidable |
огромный, внушительный |
While reading
1. Read the text ‘The press’ up to the end and consider this list of the characteristics of British newspapers:
dependent on advertising revenue
separate Sunday papers
format divided between quality broadsheets and popular tabloids
ownership in the hands of a few large publishing groups
variety of types of paper: national, regional, ethnic and local free(‘freebie’) papers
Now check this list against what you consider is essential of your own country’s press. List the difference.
2. Look at the tables above and explain the difference between the following.
a) a daily and a weekly newspaper in terms of content
b) proprietary newspapers and independent ones in terms of their political views
c) the tabloids and broadsheets
d) national newspapers and ‘freebies’
e) the best-selling weeklies and opinion journals
3. Give the English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
заядлые читатели; вызывать озабоченность; непрекращающаяся война; чрезмерная концентрация контроля; беспорядок, смятение; осознанный сдвиг вправо; громоздкий формат; остановить снижение; грабительское ценообразование; гарант объективности; ожесточенные конфликты; иски о клевете; массовое сознание; народный, общеупотребительный язык; правящая элита, истэблишмент.
4 Translate the following sentences employing the active vocabulary:
1. Джо заядлый коллекционер старых джазовых пластинок.
2. Его поведение вызывает сильную озабоченность.
3. Закон предоставляет правило на ограничение концентрации чрезмерного контроля в одной компании.
4. Несколько газет поддержали победу лейбористов отчасти из-за беспорядка в стане консерваторов, и до некоторой степени, от осознанного сдвига лейбористов вправо.
5. Доктора жалуются, что система громоздкая и бюрократичная.
6. Непрекращающаяся ценовая война не смогла остановить падение тиража газеты.
7. Воскресная газета объединилась с ежедневной для того, чтобы сократить издержки производства.
8. Сила массового сознания инстинктивно реагирует на силу массовых газет.
9 Губительные нападки на лидеров привели к ожесточенным конфликтам и искам о клевете.