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rebuke |
aversion |
evince |
vogue |
superficial |
ri byük′ |
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The Lack of Foreign News
The critics rebuke the press for the fact that most newspapers devote somewhat less than 10 percent of their news space to foreign items. In many hundreds of papers this falls below two percent. Why is there this aversion to foreign news? Newsmen claim that readers evince no interest in foreign affairs. In order to increase reader interest in foreign news, the vogue among editors is to sensationalize it to the point of distortion. Many other papers do only the most superficial kind of reporting in this area.
Sample Sentences
Insert the new words in these sentences.
1.The female __________ to mice is considered absurd* by boys.
2.After a __________ examination of the injured motorist, the doctor said that hospitalization was imperative.*
3.Many a husband has been given a __________ for having imbibed* too fully at an office party.
4.Youngsters often do not __________ any curiosity about the lives of their parents or grandparents.
5.Good manners are always in __________.
Definitions
Match the new words with their definitions.
6. rebuke (v.) |
____ a. on the surface, slight |
7. aversion |
____ b. criticize, reproach, reprimand |
8. evince |
____ c. strong dislike, opposition |
9. vogue |
____ d. fashion |
10. superficial |
____ e. show plainly, exhibit |
Today's Idiom
to strike while the iron is hotto take an action at the right moment
As soon as John heard that his father had won in the lottery, he struck while the iron was hot and asked for an increase in his allowance.
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3rd Day
New Words
jettison |
inevitable |
lucrative |
tussle |
intrinsic |
in trin′ sik
Playing It Safe
The average newspaper office receives many times the amount of foreign news than it has space to print. The editor must include or jettison items as he sees fit. It is inevitable that his ideas of what the reader want to know, or should know, are decisive. Because the newspaper owners do not want to endanger a lucrative business, there is the constant tussle between personal opinion and the desire not to offend too many readers or advertisers. It is intrinsic to the operation of all mass media that they avoid being extremist in their news coverage or editorials.
Sample Sentences
Insert the new words in these sentences.
1.Our conscience must always __________ against our yearning* for what we know is taboo.*
2.Man sets the price of gold; it has no __________ value.
3.The pilot decided it would be imprudent* to __________ his fuel over the populated area.
4.It is __________ that children question what their elders accept as tradition.*
5.Each year the contracts offered to star sports figures become more __________.
Definitions
Match the new words with their definitions.
6. jettison |
____ a. sure, certain, unavoidable |
7. inevitable |
____ b. essential, natural, inborn |
8. lucrative |
____ c. a rough struggle |
9. tussle (n.) |
____ d. profitable |
10. intrinsic |
____ e. throw overboard, discard |
Today's Idiom
once in a blue moonon a very rare occasion
His wife complained that they go out to dinner and a show once in a blue moon.
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