- •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:
- •4 Translate the following sentences employing the active vocabulary:
- •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:
- •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:
4. The talk between Alastair Campbell and Tony Blair about the Queen’s speech.
Fill in the gaps with the words and phrases from the box.
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to scrap the frost off; honor; coffin; dignity; committed;
blemish; back in her face; bat’s; in service; baying for; watched
1. Might want __ _____ ____ _____ ____ it first.
2. Well, at least old ____ finally agreed to visit Diana’s ______.
3. That woman has given her whole life ___ _____ to her people.
4. Fifty years doing a job SHE never wanted! A job she_____ kill her father.
4. She executed it with ______, _______ and without a single _____.
5. And now we’re all _______ ___ her blood.
6. All because she’s struggling to lead the world in mourning for someone who threw everything she offered ____ __ __ ____.
7. And who, for the last few years, seemed ______ 24/7 to destroying everything she holds most dear.
Watch and check
After watching
1 Decide which of the following characters are the most credible
the Queen
the Prime-minister
Prince Philip
Prince Charles
the Queen mother
2 Stag - what does it personify?
3 How powerful was the role of the press in these fateful for monarchy days?
Vocabulary notes:
Fettes College – is an independent public school in Edinburgh, Scotland (670, mixed, age 7-18)
curtsy (v) - if a woman curtsies, she bends her knees with one foot in front of the other as a sign of respect for an important person.
kick the bucket – to die –used humorously
go gaga – having a strong but often temporary feeling of love for someone
half-mast – if a flag is flying at half-mast, it has been raised to the middle of the pole to show respect and sadness for someone who has died
mourning – great sadness because someone has died
bay for – to make strong demands to get answers to questions
without a blemish = perfect
1 OxIS is one of the most comprehensive looks at the pattern of internet use in Britain, which it has tracked since 2003.