- •Part one newspaper topical vocabulary
- •The Plan of Rendering Newspaper Article
- •Study the expressions which may be useful for rendering newspaper articles:
- •Part two Elections and Government
- •With for against to in between
- •International Relations
- •In for over of on at about by
- •Television and Newspapers
- •Newspaper Headlines
- •Vocabulary
- •Part three the campaign trail
- •The campaign platform
- •Whistlestop tours and spin doctors
- •Seeking nomination
- •Election results
- •Absolute majorities and hung parliaments
- •Rainbow coalitions and political horse-trading
- •Honeymoons, lame ducks and the political wilderness
- •Grassroots support and votes of confidence
- •Undemocratic regimes
- •Toppling governments
- •Part three
Part three
1. On the campaign trail(p.11)
1c, 2f, 3g, 4a, 5d, 6b, 7e
2. Electioneering clichés(p.13)
1d: tours
2h: rhetoric
3e: promise
4b: clichés
5c: assault
6g: tactics
7f: budget
8a: thuggery
3. Controlling the spin(p.15)
1. No 2. No. 3. Yes. 4. Yes. 5. No. 6. b. 7. No. 8. Yes. 9. No. 10. Yes. 11. point.
4. Surprising victory or massive defeat?(p.18)
a) categorical, b) comfortable, c) convincing, d) crushing, e) decisive, f) devastating, g) heavy, h) overwhelming, I) resounding, j) spectacular
5. Creaking coalitions.(p.19)
1. Yes. 2. goes. 3. existence. 4. Whoever formed a government. 5. No. 6. Yes. 7. control. 8. No. 9. No. 10. No. 11. Yes. 12. Yes. 13. constituency. 14. No. 15. Yes. 16. important.
6. Political lame ducks.(p.22)
1c, 2e, 3f, 4b, 5a, 6d.
7. Grassroots partners.(p.24)
a. support, b. opinion, c. followers, d. feeling, e. level, f. campaign, g. revolt.
8. A return to dictatorship?(p.26)
1. No. 2. No. 3. contempt, despise. 4. Yes. 5. No. 8. No. 9. No. 10.dictatorship, fast.