- •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…
4. Match the headline to its story and explain the play on words in each case.
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l Bad blood 2 Happy days? 3 Shell-shocked |
4 False impressions 5 Happy haunting 6 Hopping mad |
7 Flushed 8 Highly embarrassed 9 Round-up |
A grandfather's breathing problems were solved when doctors found four false teeth at the entrance to his lungs. They had been forced down his windpipe in a car crash eight years ago.
A 25-year-old terrapin is being treated for a fractured shell after surviving a 200ft drop.
A Shetland teacher has suggested labradors or golden retrievers could be used to control pupils in playgrounds.
A ghost society has been told not to scare off a friendly female apparition at a hotel.
Adults who have never quite grown up are to be offered school theme nights including uniforms, register, assembly and primary school dinners by a Nottingham hotel.
An ex-public loo in Hackney, East London, is to be sold for £76,000.
A Whitby curate has attacked the resort's attempts to profit on its connections with Dracula: 'a pale-faced man with a bad sense of fashion, severe dental problems and an eating disorder.'
A toad triggered a police alert when it set off a new hi-tech alarm system. i) Firemen had to scale a 30-foot tree in St Leonard's, East Sussex, to rescue a man who was trying to capture his pet iguana.
5. Language Focus
Newspaper headlines use a lot of distinctive vocabulary. They prefer words that are usually shorter and generally sound more dramatic than ordinary English words. The words marked can be used either as nouns or verbs.
|
newspaper word |
meaning |
newspaper word |
meaning | |
|
aid * |
help |
key |
essential, vital | |
|
axe * |
cut, remove |
link * |
connection | |
|
back |
support |
move * |
step towards a desired end | |
|
bar * |
exclude, forbid |
ordeal |
painful experience | |
|
bid * |
attempt |
oust |
push out | |
|
blast * |
explosion |
plea |
request | |
|
blaze * |
fire |
pledge * |
promise | |
|
boost * |
incentive, encourage |
ploy |
clever activity | |
|
boss * head* |
} |
manager, director |
poll * |
election / public opinion survey |
|
probe* |
investigation | |||
|
clash * |
dispute |
quit |
leave, resign | |
|
curb * |
restraint, limit |
riddle |
mystery | |
|
cut * |
reduction |
strife |
conflict | |
|
drama |
tense situation |
talks |
discussions | |
|
drive * |
campaign, effort |
threat |
danger | |
|
gems |
jewels |
vow * |
promise | |
|
go-ahead |
approval |
wed |
marry | |
|
hit |
affect badly |
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Newspaper headlines often use abbreviations, e.g. PM for Prime Minister, MP for Member of Parliament.