2. Reading Comprehension

1. General Comprehension

Read the article and say whether these statements are true or false. Give reasons.

T/F

…….. 1. Malcolm Ford, 17, is a drug addict and is kept in a rehabilitation clinic in LA.

…….. 2. The boy began to smoke marijuana because his parents divorced.

…….. 3. Harrison Ford is the only father ho visits the sessions to support his son.

…….. 4. Harrison Ford and his wife Melissa divorced in 2004.

…….. 5. Malcolm wanted Calista Flockhart, his girlfriend, to visit his therapy sessions.

…….. 6. Doctors think Malcolm should not contact the people he used to smoke marijuana with.

…….. 7. Harrison Ford refused to comment on his son’s treatment.

2. Detailed Comprehension

Read the article another time and answer the following questions.

1. What happened to Malcolm Ford? Why does he attend therapy sessions in a rehabilitation clinic?

2. What are the relations between Harrison Ford and his former wife?

3. When did they enroll their son in the programme?

4. What kind of programme is it?

5. Was the boy affected by his parents divorce?

6. Why did the parents also visit the sessions in the clinic?

7. Did Malcolm’s parents seem to be a happy couple?

8. What is Calista Flockhart?

9. Why didn’t Calista visit Malcolm’s therapy sessions?

10. Why did Harrison Ford grow very angry when he knew about the incident at his Wyoming ranch?

11. Did Melissa get any money after her divorce from Ford?

12. What sum of money does Harrison Ford have to pay for the upkeep of his children?

3. Making up a summary

Divide the article into 4 logical parts and sum up the contents of each one in 2 – 3 sentences.

Make use of the following key words.

1. Harrison Ford’s son Malcolm, 17, a drug addict, to attend a rehabilitation clinic, LA. His father, a famous film star, to accompany to the therapy sessions, the boy, to attend, several times a week. Malcolm’s parents, to enroll in the programme, to be 16.

2. Ford, his former wife Melissa Mathison, to separate, to divorce. The boy, to be deeply affected, split. His parents, often, to attend the sessions together, to look far from comfortable. Ford and Calista Flockhart, a 39-year-old actress, to be together, to share a house in LA. When, to offer to come to his therapy sessions, his mother, to say «nо».

3. Harrison Ford, to agree with the doctors, not to meet his friends, he used to smoke marijuana with, it happened in 2003, when, the boy, his mother and sister, to go on holiday, Ford’s Wyoming ranch.

4. Melissa Mathison, to win a & 50 million settlement, her divorce from Ford. In addition, he is to pay, & 125 000 a year, the upkeep of his son and daughter, until, both, to turn 21.

4. Reviewing the Article

Now, using the scheme of reviewing newspaper articles (App. 2), useful vocabulary and clichés (App. 1 – 2) and the summary you have just made up, review the article. Do not forget to give your opinion of the material.

Учебное издание

READING AND REVIEWING NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

PART 1

Учебное пособие для вузов

Составители:

ст. преп. Бунеева Ирина Михайловна,

преп. Суслова Ирина Павловна,

преп. Дудкина Лариса Николаевна.

Редактор: Е.С. Токмакова.