- •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…
1. Comprehensive questions:
1. What is mass communications?
2. What is often termed "the print media", "the electronic media"?
3. Why is it a baffling task to define "news"?
4. What information do the tabloid /popular papers/ have?
5. What information can we find in the quality newspapers?
6. What five qualities characterize news stories?
2. Language Focus
Explain the meanings of the following words and word combinations in English and use them in situations of your own:
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1. to designate process |
9. stock market |
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2. print media |
10. to be scarce |
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3. electronic media |
11. metropolitan daily |
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4. readership |
12. rural paper |
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5. baffling task |
13. to establish an all-inclusive definition |
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6.tabloid /popular paper/ |
14. to resort to conjecture or supposition |
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7. quality newspaper 8. squabble
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15. recency 16. proximity
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3. Translate the following word-combinations into English:
бульварна газета, непереборні перешкоди, засоби інформації, електронні засоби інформації, бути дефіцитним, забобони, визначити процес, значно, новизна, близькість, сільська газета, столична щоденна газета, припущення.
4. Explain the contextual meaning of the words in bold and translate the following sentences into Ukrainian.
Government departments often found themselves competing for scarce resources.
Oh, for goodness sake, stop squabbling, you two!
What baffles me is how few of them can spell.
In this chapter we examine how the female nude became a crucial element in the formation of art designated modern.
During the war, things like clothes and shoes were scarce.
Why was it designated romantic folly?
The crime remained unique, and lawmakers were still squabbling over the ramifications.
Designate a driver who won't be drinking before going to a party or club.
The exact nature of black holes continues to baffle scientists.
The city's school system, among the worst of a bad lot through the state, is full of squabbling.
The compound cell is then designated by a combination of the abbreviations applied to the original separate cells.
Entirely reliable facts, other than those here mentioned, are scarce.
5. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the topical vocabulary, making any necessary changes.
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to baffle to squabble to be scarce to designate to be designated
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After the war, food and clothing were _________________________.
The disease has _______________________doctors, who are unable to treat it.
Three of the children are __________________ ____to you as special students.
Cheap, clean hotel rooms are __________ in this city, especially in the summer.
The kids always _________________________about who should do the dishes.
$6 million has been ______to make road safety improvements on Pacheco Pass.
The mysterious phenomenon of long marriage _______________him.
Water is always _______________________________in these parts.
Fidel has ____his brother Raul, now head of the armed forces, as his successor.
Now moderate and conservative Republicans are ______over the interpretation.
What _________me is how anyone could escape from the jail in broad daylight.
One of the queues was ___________________for people with an EC passport.
6. Translate the following Ukrainian word-combinations and sentences into English using topical vocabulary
установити кордони країни;
назвати когось найвеличнішим поетом;
позначати щось числом /номером/;
це передвіщає буран /заметіль/;
судячи з сукні, це була важлива персона;
призначити офіцера на посаду;
він був призначений тимчасово виконуючим обов'язки консула;
вони завжди сперечаються один з одним через усяку дурницю;
він намагався триматися осторонь від сімейних склок;
я був здивований новим поворотом справи;
останнє питання на іспиті остаточно збило його з пантелику;
вислизнути від переслідування;
він обманувся у своїх надіях;
дефіцитна сировина;
країни, бідні на вугілля;
мати потребу в грошах [у продовольстві];
із грішми [із продуктами] у них туго;
цього року фруктів буде мало;
рідка монета [картина, метелик];
рідкісна колекція;
у готелях вільних місць не було, майже всі готелі були забиті;
в наш час такі марки зустрічаються не часто;
коли в нього не вистачає фактів, він покладається на свою уяву;
хоча це і рідкісна книга, але її можна знайти
! Memory work.