Verbs in newspaper reports
described announced demanded claimed appealed |
l. Pensioner Sam Macdonald ____________________ how his attackers laughed as they stole his money.
2. Police in Brighton have __________________________ for witnesses after a man was attacked in the town centre late last night.
3. Angry friends and relatives have __________________ an inquiry after a man died in police custody yesterday.
4. 500 new jobs will be created in the Health Service, the Government _________________________ yesterday.
5. Nobody has _____________________ responsibility for the bomb which exploded in central London yesterday.
Exercise 21. One word is wrong in each line. Cross it out and write the correct word at the end.
Model:
I
spent the whose
day waiting for the editor-in-chief. whole
1
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The president received many death threads during his life.
2 . Sales of newspapers have reclined over recent years.
3 . I worry a lot about bomb stares where I lived.
4 . Are you interested in current affairs?
5 . I saw a huge demonstration today; people were protecting about the war. __________
6 . Do you usually get a dairy paper? – Yes, I get The Times.
Creative task. Make a review of a newspaper “KyivPost”. Write down about its background, contents and staff. Analyse the headlines of different articles.
Unit 3 press
Exercise 1. Match English press terms with their Ukrainian equivalents. Memorize them.
1) editor-in-chief |
a) позаштатний журналіст |
2) editorial |
b) підзаголовок, субтитр |
3) glossy (magazine) |
c) художник-графік |
4) undertitle, subtitle |
d) передова або редакторська стаття |
5) international update |
e) глянцевий ілюстрований журнал |
6) censorship |
f) журналіст, який веде певну рубрику |
7) gossip column |
g) цензура |
8) free lance |
h) розділ світської хроніки |
9) black-and-white artist |
i) головний редактор |
10) column conductor |
j) міжнародні новини |
Exercise 2. Match the press items with their definitions. Translate them. Memorize the new ones.
1) advice column |
a) a person in charge of design of a newspaper or magazine |
2) broadcast |
b) a person who finds interesting information and sometimes composes articles |
3) cover |
c) one or several words printed in large letters that tell what the item will be about |
4) critic |
d) a magazine about new trends in fashion and a lot of pictures of models |
5) glossy fashion |
e) a newspaper which is printed only because of most outstanding events |
6) newspaper |
f) what is put out or transmitted on radio or TV |
7) extra edition |
g) a person who writes a review of a book or a film in a newspaper |
8) reporter |
h) the very first and the very last pages of the magazine usually thicker than others |
9) headline |
i) section of a newspaper or magazine with pieces of advice to the readers |
10) feedback |
j) a section of a newspaper or magazine about theatrical performances |
11) editor |
k) several sheets of paper containing information about different issues |
12) theatrical column |
l) a person who writes a regular column or feature for a newspaper/magazine |
13) columnist |
m) section of a newspaper in which readers can express their opinions on different matters |
Exercise 3. Read and translate the text and do the activities that follow it.