- •Module 1
- •The Media
- •2. In groups, discuss which of these comments might be made about each of the forms of media in Exercise 1. Explain your reasons if necessary.
- • Reading
- •1. Comprehensive questions:
- •2. Language Focus
- •3. Translate the following word-combinations into English:
- •4. Explain the contextual meaning of the words in bold and translate the following sentences into Ukrainian.
- •5. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the topical vocabulary, making any necessary changes.
- •6. Enrich your vocabulary:
- • 1. Read the text and find words in the text which mean the following:
- •2. Match the two parts of the collocations used in the text above:
- •3. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •5. Answer these questions about the language in the text .
- •6. Translate the following into Ukrainian:
- •9. Fill the gaps using active vocabulary.
- •The British Press
- • 2. Reading
- •The british press
- •3. Comprehensive questions:
- •4. Language focus
- •5. Translate the following words and word-combinations into English:
- •6. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the topical vocabulary, making any necessary changes.
- •8. Choose the quotation you like best of all. Comment on it.
- •10. Choose the right answer.
- •12 . Read the newspaper contents list. Which pages would you look at if you wanted to read about the following:
- •16. Fill in the missing articles if necessary. Retell the text:
- •17. Fill in the missed prepositions if necessary. Retell the text. The Characteristics … the National Press: Sex and Scandal.
- •19. Choose the right answer.
- •Identify each one with one of the following words or phrases.
- •Newspaper headline language
- •Violent words
- •4. Match the headline to its story and explain the play on words in each case.
- •5. Language Focus
- •6. On the left there is a list of headlines. On the right there is a list of news topics. Match the headlines with the appropriate topic as in the example.
- •13. Express each of the following headlines as it would appear in an ordinary news announcement.
- •2. Language focus
- •Бі-Бі-Сі
- •4. Language focus
- •Vox-pop
- •6. Write the correct form of the verb in brackets:
- •Незалежне телебачення
- •Незалежне радіо
- •8. Fill in the gaps in the sentences below with the most appropriate word: comics buttons pick up/receive broadcast/programme camcorder remote control.
- •9. Match each word in the left-hand column with the best meaning in the right-hand column. Place the letter of the best definition in the space provided. Learn the definitions.
- •1. Read the information to get a general idea of pros and cons of the Internet use.
- •2. Language focus
- •6. Some of these pairs of opposites exist in the language of Internet/computer communications, others do not. Tick the box for 'exists' or 'doesn't exist'.
- •8. Use the correct words to fill the gaps in these sentences. You are given a paraphrase of the meaning in brackets.
- •9. Look at these expressions taken from magazine articles and advertisements for computers and Internet services. In your own words, say what the words in bold mean.
- •10. Do the quiz and discuss your answers with a partner.
- •2. Language focus
- •3. Without looking at ex. 1 test your memory for words that mean ...
- •5. Sort this group of eight vocabulary items into two sets of four, one connected with books, the other with magazines. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- •6. Fill the gaps in these sentences with appropriate words .
- •7. From the context guess the most likely meaning of the expressions in bold.
- •Mass Media in Ukraine reading
- •1. Read the text, translate it into Ukrainian. Be ready to discuss it.
- •2. Comprehensive questions:
- •Idioms you can use when…
19. Choose the right answer.
1. Jimmy is the ….. critic of the local newspaper.
a) lettered b) literal c) literary d) literate
2. There are five mistakes in this picture. Can you find them?
a) deliberate b) instrumental c) intensive d) presumptuous
3. What was the ….. of that article on Romania? I haven't had time to read it.
a) digest b) draft c) gist d) synopsis
4. The information was ….. to the press before it was officially announced.
a) dripped b) dropped c) leaked d) seeped
5. Many of the new newspapers have a pronounced right-wing ….. .
a) balance b) bearing c) bias d) setting
6. An advertising ….. should be short, striking and easily remembered.
a) caption b) epigram c) motto d) slogan
7. He ….. the newspaper in the hope of finding news of his daughter.
a) glanced b) glimpsed c) observed d) scanned
8. He was angry because of the many ….. of his privacy by journalists.
a) infiltrations b) interferences c) interruptions d) invasions
9 She used her weekly column in the local newspaper as a ….. for her political views.
a) means b) passage c) vehicle d) vessel
10. This paper intends to ….. fearlessly all forms of corruption in public life.
a) expose b) present c) uncover d) unveil
20. Newspaper Parts
Below are 18 typical extracts from different parts of a newspaper.
Identify each one with one of the following words or phrases.
|
obituary gossip column new car report gardening tips |
football report auction report caption recipe |
television preview travel and holidays parliamentary report |
headline horoscope editorial |
(a) The word is that Clinton Ross, 32, playboy son of US steel billionaire Dwight Ross, has left his girlfriend, actress Lee-Ann Van Post, 26, and is now in Europe.
(b) Prince Edward (left) enjoys a joke with actor Sam Cool (centre).
(c) PREMIER TO PROBE RIDDLE OF 'SPIES IN MINISTRY'
(d) He received a number of international literary awards, culminating in the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. He leaves a widow and two sons.
(e) Today is a good day to do business but a bad one for romance. Don't take members of the opposite sex too seriously today.
(f) Our front page today gives details of the government's new economic proposals. Our readers may think, as we do, that these measures are too little and too late. We say to the government, not for the first time, it is
time ...
(g) Mix two egg yolks with butter in a frying-pan over a low gas. Add sugar and then...
(h) A pair of silver George II candlesticks fetched £17,000. Bidding was slow for Victorian oil paintings but a landscape by Somers went for £55,000.
(i) Robson equalised with a header from five yards just before the half-time whistle.
(j) The cheapest bucket-shop air-return to Hong Kong is now about £480 and Hong Kong is a good base to visit Macao, China and Taiwan. The best season is …
(k) Mr Richard Caulder (West Hull, Labour) asked if the Minister of Transport could inform MPs of train-fare concessions for pensioners. However, the Speaker declared that...
(l) Now is the time to plant roses. Put trees in at least 2' apart, and cover roots with 6" of soil.
(m) A hard-hitting documentary series starts tonight at 10 p.m. Viewers might be shocked at scenes of...
(n) Road holding and fuel consumption are good but otherwise the performance lacks zip.
21. Express your opinion about the news coverage in your favourite newspaper.