- •Interview with a bbc Newsreader
- •1 Discuss the following questions in pairs
- •2 Read the profile and the interview with Philip Hayton and check if your ideas about qualities and qualifications were correct. Check if your questions have been asked.
- •1. Read the first part of the interview with Philip Hayton up to what is the most nerve wracking situation and tick the things Philip did.
- •3. Use the context of the interview to guess the meaning of the following words and phrases.
- •Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
- •5. Complete the table below with adjectives from the text of the interview.
- •6. Complete the gaps with the correct adjectives
- •Unit 2
- •1. Discuss the following questions in pairs
- •3. David Bull’s profile
- •1. Read the first part of the interview up to the question: What is the worst thing that happened live on air? Decide if these are true (t) or false (f)
- •2. А) Read the rest of the interview. Choose the adjectives from the text describing the job of a tv Presenter in two columns
- •3. A) Complete the gaps with the words from the text of the interview. The first letters of the missing words are given.
- •1. A) Study how adjective and adverb enormous / enormously collocate with nouns, verbs and adjectives
- •2. Discuss the following questions in small groups.
- •Unit 3
- •Interview with charles clover
- •1. Look at the title and the photo of a man. Check the words below and give your ideas what field of journalism he works in.
- •2. Read the resume and the interview with Charles Clover and check if your ideas were correct
- •Interview with charles clover.
- •1. Read the interview again and check your ideas.
- •2. Find words and phrases in the text of the interview that mean the following. Numbers indicate questions of the interview.
- •Explain in your own words the following words and expressions.
- •Discuss the following questions in small groups.
- •Unit 4
- •Skim the text of the resume and make notes of the important facts and changes that have happened in his life since the previous interview.
- •2 Translate the Russian resume of Clover in English using vocabulary from his interview above. Words and phrases that are important have already been studied.
- •3 Read Charles Clover’s interview and answer the questions.
- •Interview.
- •4. Check the meaning of the word in your dictionary. Give Russian equivalents of the following:
- •Grammar Revision of if tense use.
- •Translate the interview into English. Work in two groups. Group a translate the interviewer’s questions. Group b translate the text of the interviewee. Use the words from Ex. 3.
- •6. Dramatize the interview between the reporter and the news source. Work in pairs, one person from group a and one from group b. Unit 5
- •Torredonjimeno's uniformed stewardesses on patrol Photograph: Linda Nylind
- •1 Before reading the article put these words in the sentences to make definitions.
- •2 Look at the headline, introduction, photo and caption . Answer the questions below. Who can be fined for going out on the streets of the Spanish town?
- •Women's walkout splits Spanish town
- •1 Read the first six paragraphs of the article down to the line "'It's all I've got,'he said." Decide if these sentences are true (t) or false (f).
- •2 Read the next paragraphs down to the line "... Against the 'anti-constitutional' represen tation of men." Choose the correct word in the sentences below.
- •3 Read the next paragraphs of the article down to the line "... I have now succeeded in forcing a debate." Put yes (y) or no (n) next to these sentences about the mayor, Javier Checa.
- •4 Read the rest of the article. Choose one of the people below to answer the questions.
- •1 Look at this example of a compound adjective from the article.
- •2 What are the general meanings of the prefixes and suffixes used in the exercise above? Complete each sentence below with all-/ -friendly / -led or -like.
- •3 Put the verbs in brackets into the infinitive (work) or-ing form (working).
- •Unit 6
- •1. Discuss the following questions in pairs.
- •2. Read the list below and check the meaning of the phrases in bold in your dictionary.
- •3. (A) Read the article and mark each piece of advice as follows?
- •The art of making life memorable
- •1. Find the phrases in a in the article. Try to guess from the context what each one means. Use the definitions in b to help you.
- •3. Learn to use the following words:
- •4. Translate the text into Russian observing grammar, vocabulary and literary style. Unit 7 media debates
- •3 Read the following interview and decide what the most appropriate title is:
- •2 Read the interview again and answer the following questions.
- •3 Find words or phrases in the text of the interview with the following meanings
- •3 Decide how you will summarise the interview with Nic Newman, focusing on the things that are more interesting.
- •Steve Barnett
- •2 Write down a plan of the text choosing the main ideas underscored by the author.
- •3 The author uses colourful, figurative language to support his viewpoint on the problems of journalism. Translate some of his eloquent ideas into Russian. Comment on them.
- •1 Discuss the following questions in small groups.
- •2 Prepare a concluding report on the problem ‘a future in print journalism’ using the facts from the interviews Unit 8
- •1 You are going to read the text mentioned in Steve Barnett’s interview. Read the text consulting the vocabulary.
- •Steven Barnett On the road to self-destruction
- •Vocabulary
- •2 Complete the gaps with the words from the text.
2 Read the interview again and answer the following questions.
1 What does the interviewee think of social media and changing habits of young people?
2 How does he characterise Twitter and its role on social media?
3 How can networked journalism improve the quality of journalism?
4 How optimistic is the journalist about regulatory changes of ‘real-time reporting’ on social media?
5 How positive is he about the future for print journalism?
3 Find words or phrases in the text of the interview with the following meanings
1 important or useful quality (para.2)
2 occurring at just the right time (para. 4)
3 a mass of sources (para.4)
4 easily understood; accessible, simple or clear (para. 4)
5 to deal with, manage or control situation (para.4)
6 a good sense gained from experience of life (para. 5)
7 the secret intention behind a public statement, policy etc (para.6)
8 not likely to change (para.6)
AFTER READING
Grammar Revision of indirect speech. Reporting verbs
1 Match the verbs in the box to a pattern below according to how they are used in reported speech
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accuse admit advise agree apologise blame congratulate decide explain insist invite offer promise recommend encourage recommend refuse remind suggest threaten warn
a) verb + object + infinitive e.g. He asked me to go.
b) verb + (that) e.g. She said (that) he had to go.
c) verb + object + (that) e.g. He told us (that) he had to go.
d) verb + gerund e.g. He admitted stealing her bag.
e) verb + infinitive e.g. He decided to lend her the money.
f) verb + object + preposition + gerund e.g. He accused me of stealing the money.
g) verb + preposition + + gerund e.g. He insisted on lending her money.
2 Report the following statements using one of the reporting verbs above.
1 ’ I’m so sorry that I was late.’
2 ‘Don’t touch that chair. It’s just been painted.’
3 ‘I will do my homework after the film, honestly!’
4 ‘Why don’t we go to the beach for a swim?’
5 ‘I’m going to the party.’
6 ‘You stole money.’
7 ‘Don’t forget to get Liz a birthday present.’
8 ‘I’ll take you to the airport if you like.’
9 ‘Yes it’s true. I did lie about my age.’
10 ‘I’ll tell the teacher if you don’t put it back.’
3 Decide how you will summarise the interview with Nic Newman, focusing on the things that are more interesting.
BEFORE READING
Use the words or phrases below to complete the sentences. Check the meaning of any unknown word.
pick at random panoply of news sources painstaking research impartiality rules byline a panacea for seamless transition |
powerpoint presentation go through the floor preposterous nonsense credibility stakes swagger
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1 The gang ________ their victims ______.
2 We were impressed with his ______ ______.
3 He walked in with a ______.
4 Prices have__________.
5 Making the ________ from youth to adulthood can be very painful.
6 The research had been done with ______ attention to details.
7 The whole idea sounds absolutely _______!
8 The scandal has damaged his _______ as a leader.
9 ________ are imperative in reporting.
10 Nowadays _______ are increasingly accessible.
11 He felt very proud because he’d got his ______ in the Guardian.
12 There is no ________ for the country’s economic problems
WHILE READING
1 You are going to read one more interview with the professional expert in the British media. The author raises a number of very important issues for every journalist although he analyses the problems of British journalism. While reading answer the following questions:
Why is public confidence in journalism still falling? Is it due to:
panoply of news sources
incompetence of journalists
lack of painstaking research
unreliable information
poor quality