- •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…
17. Fill in the missed prepositions if necessary. Retell the text. The Characteristics … the National Press: Sex and Scandal.
The other feature … the national press which is partially the result … the commercial interests … its owners is its shallowness. Few other European countries have a popular press which is so "low". Some … the tabloids have almost given up even the pretence … dealing … serious matters. Apart … sport, their pages are full … little except stories … the private lives … famous people. Sometimes their "stories" are not articles at all, they are just excuses to show pictures … almost naked women. …. the 1980s, page three … the Sun became infamous in this respect and the women who posed … its photographs became known as "page three girls".
The desire to attract more readers at all costs has meant that, … the late twentieth century, even the broadsheets …Britain can look rather "popular" when compared to equivalent "quality" papers in some other countries. They are still serious newspapers containing high-quality articles whose presentation … factual information is usually reliable. But even they now give a lot … coverage to news … a "human interest" angle when they have the opportunity. /The treatment … The Sunday Times of Prince Charles and Princess Diana is an example./
This emphasis … revealing the details … people's private lives has led … discussion … the possible need to restrict the freedom … the press. This is because, … behaving this way, the press has found itself … conflict … another British principle which is as strongly felt as that … freedom … speech – the right … privacy. Many journalists now appear to spend their time trying to discover the most sensational secrets … well-known personalities, or even … ordinary people who, by chance, find themselves connected … some newsworthy situation. There is a widespread feeling that, … doing so, they behave too intrusively.
Complaints regarding invasions … privacy are dealt … … the Press Complaints Commission /PCC/. This organization is made up … newspaper editors and journalists. … other words, the press is supposed to regulate itself. It follows a Code … Practice which sets limits … the extent to which newspapers should publish details … people's private lives. Many people are not happy … this arrangement and various governments have tried to formulate laws … the matter. However, … the right … privacy the press has successfully been able to oppose the concept … the public's "right to know".
Of course, Britain is not the only country where the press is controlled … large companies … the same single aim … making profits. So why is the British press more frivolous? The answer may lie … the function … the British press …its readers. British adults never read comics. These publications, which consist entirely … picture stories, are read only … children. It would be embarrassing … an adult to be seen reading one. Adults who want to read something very simple, … plenty … pictures to help them, have almost nowhere to go but the national press. Most people don't use newspapers … "serious" news. For this, they turn … another source – broadcasting.
18. Listening
Pre-listening task
Answer the questions:
How would you assess the freedom of press in Britain? How does the absence of written constitution influence the British press?
How would you assess the political influence of the press?
Listen and answer the questions:
What reasons does professor Hugh Stephenson give about the lack of press freedom?
What restrictions do the newspapers have?
Describe the example of the restriction at work given by the professor.
What is the interviewee’s opinion of the political influence of the press?
Translate into Ukrainian and use in the sentences of your own:
To be controversial;
Alongside;
Draconian official secrets;
To disclose the source;
To reinforce prejudices;
The reasoning is;
To decide in favour of.
18. Translate into English:
В Британії існує велика кількість законодавчих актів, які обмежують свободу журналістів.
Репортер опиняється у жалюгідному становищі, оскількі суд примушує його назвати джерела інформації.
У газети просочилася інформація про фінансові труднощі цієї компанії.
Суд завжди приймає рішення на користь уряду,через те, що немає гарантій свободи преси у письмовому вигляді.
Я можу навести приклад того, як працюють ці обмеження.
Компанія звернулася до суду, щоб примусити журналіса розкрити джерело інформації.
Проте, згідно з дослідженням, більшість новин отримується через радіо та телебачення.
Преса в Британії контролюється більше ніж преса у будь-якій європейській країні, Японії та США.