- •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…
8. Choose the quotation you like best of all. Comment on it.
"Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another." - G. K. Chesterton, On the Cryptic and the Elliptic, 1908
"You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on." - Harry S Truman, Mr. Citizen, 1960
"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book." - Groucho Marx
"Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast the disc jockey is not allowed to talk." - Fran Lebowitz
"Wow! They've got the internet on computers now!" - Homer Simpson, The Simpsons
"The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper." - Stanislaw Lec, Unkempt Thoughts, 1962
"The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money." - A. J. Liebling, The Press, 1961
"By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community." - Oscar Wilde
"The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far-spread magazine, rules the country." - Learned Hand, Memorial service for Justice Brandeis, December 21, 1942
"Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets." - Napoleon, Maxims
9. Translate the text into English. Retell it:
Преса
У Великобританії подається більше національних та регіональних щоденних газет у розрахунку на одну людину, ніж у будь-якій іншій країні. Середній загальний тираж національних газет складає понад 14 мільйонів примірників у будень та 16 мільйонів – у неділю. У Великобританії друкується десять національних ранкових щоденних газет, п'ять із яких є "якісними", дві – "середніми" та три – "популярними". Дев'ять національних недільних газет розподіляються на чотири "якісні", дві "середні" та три "популярні". Є також майже 100 щоденних та тижневих регіональних газет, багато недільних газет та понад 7700 періодичних видань. Близько 800 газет, більшість із яких виходять раз на тиждень, розповсюджуються безкоштовно та фінансуються за рахунок реклами, і їхній тижневий тираж зараз складається з 33 мільйонів примірників.
Не існує ніякого державного контролю та цензури преси, яка відображує різноманітні політичні погляди, інтереси та підтримує певний освітній рівень. Газети завжди мають фінансову незалежність від політичних партій. Коли в газетах висловлюються чіткі погляди або в редакторському коментарі явно відображені політичні пристрасті, це, зазвичай, є результатом певних власницьких або інших непартійних інтересів.
10. Choose the right answer.
1. I don't think this newspaper cartoon is very funny, but I like the …under it.
a) caption b) label c) message d) text
2. When you go out, will you get me ….. of "Newsweek"?
a) a copy b) an edition c) a paper d) a publication
3. A ….. from the local newspaper asked for details of the accident.
a) broadcaster b) newsagent c) reporter d) salesman
4. The press couldn't speak to the Ministry employees: they had to wait for a statement from the Government ….. .
a) messenger b) reporter c) speaker d) spokesman
5. Although there is no official censorship in our country, the press is still …..the laws of the land.
a) accountable to b) controlled by c) restrained by d) subject to
6. I read a newspaper every day to keep ….. with current affairs.
a) contemporary b) modern c) present-day d) up-to-date
7. There is very interesting ….. about cancer in the paper.
a) article b) documentary c) news d) programme
8. A newspaper ….. normally makes the final decision about the paper's contents.
a) editor b) journalist c) reporter d) publisher
9. Dear Sirs, I am writing in response to your ….. for a sales clerk in yesterday's "Business Man".
a) advertisement b) annoucement c) propaganda d) publicity
10. Our newspaper increased its ….. by eighty thousand copies.
a) amount b) circulation c) numbers d) quantity
11. Could I have a copy of the …..issue of the "National Geographic", please?
a) actual b) circulating c) latest d) recent
12. He took out a(n) ….. to "The Times".
a) conscription b) inscription c) prescription d) subscription
13. You must look in the ….. section of the newspaper to find what films are showing.
a) diversion b) entertainment c) recreation d) variety
14. Every morning I do the crossword ….. in the newspaper.
a) problem b) puzzle c) question d) test
15. Many newspapers are holding lotteries to ….. sales.
a) advertise b) progress c) promote d) publicise
11. Imagine that you are a reporter of a local newspaper and you are writing an article about what is going on in your native city.