5.S. Summary

5.S.1. Learning the idioms.

Some people say that mass-media can decide all in a society’s life. English has some idioms and proverbs with the word “all”. Study them and say if you agree.

All good things must come to an end – usually said after a nice holiday or enjoyable experience ends: All good things must come to an end and the holiday ended and they were on their way back home and to work.

All that glitters is not gold – many things that look attractive an valuable actually have no value at all: The man learned that not all that glitters is gold when he invested money in the stock market and lost much of it.

All’s well that ends well – a successful outcome is worth the effort and is good news: All’s well that ends well and although the storm was very bad the children arrived home safely.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy – it is not healthy to spend all of your time working and never relaxing: The parents were always forcing their child to study and didn’t realize that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All is fair in love and war – the things that you do in love and war can often be excused: All is fair in love and war he thought as he asked his colleague out for a date.

Money is the root of all evil – money is the main cause of most wrongdoing and problems: The woman was in much trouble because she had stolen some money from her company. She was a good example that money is the root of all evil.

5.S.1.1. Give examples of Ukrainian equivalents to the given proverbs.

5.S.2. Find a group-mate, which …

… knows/has seen a journalist personally Journalist’s name _________________ Which medium __________________ Group-mate ___________________	… reads newspaper(s) regularly Newspaper’s title______________________ Group-mate ___________________
… has ever read a foreign newspaper Newspaper’s title ____________________ Country ___________________ Group-mate _____________________	… has ever appeared on TV/Radio in the news programme TV/Radio Channel ______________________ Group-mate ___________________
… has ever been interviewed for TV/Radio TV/Radio Channel ______________________ Group-mate ___________________	… reads news on the Internet daily Web-site preferred___________________ Group-mate _____________________
… ever participated in making newspaper at school Newspaper’s title/description ___________________ Group-mate _____________________	… reads a newsmagazine regularly Magazine’s title ___________________ Group-mate _____________________
… has ever subscribed for a newspaper/magazine Medium’s title __________________ Group-mate ___________________	… has ever written a report for a mass medium Medium’s title/type __________________ Group-mate ___________________

5.S.3. Prepare a newscast telling about the current events in the world, Europe, Ukraine and Kyiv/your place. You can work in pairs/groups.

5.S.4. Conduct a lecture about Mass-Media on the suggested presentation.