She said that the regional press was more popular in the usa. The reason for this was that the national news was reported in the regional newspapers.

Exercise 39. Match the words on the left with their description on the right.

a. foreign correspondent b. brochure c. review d. section e. article f. columnist g. front page h. tabloid i. rag j. headline      k. supplement         l. broadsheet      m. journalist      n. hack o. reporter    p. feature     q. editor

1. A newspaper that has small pages, short articles and lot of photographs. They are often considered to be less serious than other newspapers. 2. A newspaper that is printed on large sheets of paper measuring approximately 38 cm by 61 cm. They are generally considered to be more serious than other newspapers. 3. A magazine or booklet with pictures that gives you information about a product or service. 4. People refer to a newspaper as a rag when they have a low opinion of  it. 5. A piece of writing about a particular subject in in a newspaper or magazine. 6.  One of the parts into which a newspaper is divided. 7. A front page article or picture appears on the front page of a newspaper because it is very important or interesting. 8.  The title of a newspaper story, printed in large letters at the top of it, especially on the front page. Headlines are the main points of the news which are read on radio or TV. 9.  A report in a newspaper or magazine in which someone gives their opinion of a new book, film, TV programme, record, play or concert. 10.  A prominent or special article, story, or department in a newspaper or  periodical.  11. An additional part at the end of a book, or a separate part of a newspaper, magazine 12. A person whose job is to collect news or other information and write about it in newspapers or magazines or talk about it on TV or radio. 13. A journalist who regularly writes particular kind of article in a newspaper or magazine. 14.The person who is in charge of a newspaper and who decides what will be published in it. A journalist who is responsible for a particular section of a newspaper. A person who checks and corrects texts before they are published. 15. Someone who writes new articles or broadcasts new reports. 16. A journalist who writes for money without worrying very much about the quality of their writing. 17. A correspondent who sends news reports or commentary from a foreign country for broadcast or publication.

Exercise 40.

a) Give English equivalents to the following words and word combinations.

брошюра; бульварная пресса (газета); крупноформатная газета; малоформатная газета со сжатым текстом, с большим количеством иллюстраций и броскими заголовками; статья; раздел (параграф); первая полоса, первая страница; обзор; сенсационный материал; приложение; редактор раздела; редактор газеты; газетный репортер, пишущий по заказу; иностранный корреспондент.

b) Use these words in the sentences of your own.

Exercise 41. Translate into English, using the words from exercise 38.

1. Ты видел заголовок в газете? Это статья обо мне и о моей фирме.

2. На первой странице газеты «Аргументы и Факты» отчет (report) премьер министра о проделанной работе в этом году.

3. Какая у тебя интересная брошюра! Где ты ее взяла? В ней столько полезной информации.

4. Вокабуляр к первому уроку вы найдете в приложении на странице 167.

5. Не читай бульварную прессу. В ней нет никаких новостей. Только сплетни!

6. Редактор газеты попросил написать меня статью о последних событиях в Ираке.

7. На связи с нами наш иностранный корреспондент из Лондона.

8. Кем ты работаешь? Я уже два года работаю репортером по заказу. Пишу то, что просит редактор.

9. В приложении данной газеты дан обзор событий за последнюю неделю.

10. Редактор раздела дал мне прочесть статью и попросил сделать из нее сенсационный материал.

Exercise 42. a) Read the text and choose the best endings for the sentences below.

1. Janet Cooke was

A a very poor woman.

B a journalist.

C a newspaper editor.

2. She invented a story about

A a child living a difficult life.

B. a man called Jimmy

C. the government

3. The city government

1. fired Cooke.

2. tried to find the boy.

C didn't believe the story.

4 Stephen Glass created

1. a magazine.

2. a false identity for himself.

C fake papers to pretend he was telling the truth.

5. Stephen Glass was caught

1. quickly.

2. by the police.

C. after many years.

6 Jayson Blair pretended to

1. interview many people.

2. work for the New York Times.

C be a journalist.

b) Find the words or expressions in bold that mean:

1. people who break into technological systems illegally _______

2. was revealed_________

3. top journalist _____________

4. removed from a job

5. demanded _____________________

6. in a stressful situation__________________

When no news is real news - the journalists who lied and got caught

Open a newspaper and you expect to read, more or less, the truth. So what happens when it turns out that journalists invent their stories? Ask Stephen Glass or Jayson Blair or Janet Cooke. They all spent parts of their careers inventing stories before being caught and fired.

Imagine the scene: Washington DC, 1980. Janet Cooke writes a long article for The Washington Post describing the world of eight­year-old Jimmy, a child living in terrible conditions in the poorest part of the city. She writes about every detail of

.his life, even describing the 'baby-smooth skin of his thin brown arms'. The story shocks Washington, and Cooke wins a Pulitzer Prize for outstanding journalism. But when the city government tries to find Jimmy to help him, Cooke goes quiet. Under pressure, she eventually admits that Jimmy doesn't exist.

Stephen Glass, a star reporter at The New Republic magazine, invented stories for years. 'My life was one very long process of lying and lying again to work out how to cover those other lies,' he says. Glass made great efforts to avoid getting caught. He created fake notes, fake faxes, fake email addresses; he even designed a website for a company that didn't exist. Eventually, he got caught when he wrote a story about a 15-year-old boy at a conference of computer hackers. His editor insisted on seeing the conference room. Of course, there was no conference room. And no conference either. And no 15-year­ old boy. Glass's career as a journalist was finished, but he wrote a novel about his life, The Fabulist.

The most recent case was Jayson Blair. A 27-year-old journalist for the New York Times, Blair invented details for at least 36 of the 73 articles he wrote in his final seven

months with the newspaper. He frequently pretended that he was doing interviews with people all over the US, from Ohio to Texas, when in fact he was simply inventing the stories in New York, or copying them from other media. When the truth came out in 2002, the media world was shocked.)

The message for is, the public? Don’t believe everything you read, even if it comes from your favourite, trusted newspaper!

Exercise 43. a) Listen to the local news headlines and complete the notes. (2.1 Total English Workbook)

1. Children eat too much ____, says nutritionist.

2. 1,000 _____ to be destroyed.

3. _______ saves car crash victims.

4. Artist sells painting to ________.

b) Now listen to the news stories and answer the questions.

1. Who did Niall Smith study?

2. What food and drink should the children eat and drink less of?

3. What two things will the town of Fincher build in place of the houses?

4. When will the new houses be built?

5. Who did John Manley save?

6. Where exactly did he take them?

7. Where did Lee Santana see the painting?

8. How does Witco feel about selling her painting to Lee Santana?

Exercise 44.Listen to the excerpts from news reports. (2.6 Speakout St’s book)

1. Which stories can you see in the photos?

2. What do you know about these news stories?

Exercise 45. a) Read the definition and look at the photos below.

Then answer the questions .

a conspiracy theory: a theory or belief that there was a secret plan behind a major event (теория заговора)

1. What do you think the conspiracy theories were about (the events i n the photos)?

2. Which story d o you think involved a real conspiracy, according

to official reports?

b) Read the article to check your answers.

Man on the Moon.

There are claims that Neil Armstrong's 'giant leap for mankind' took place in a studio and not on the Moon at all. Many have doubts about the photographs taken by astronauts on the Moon's surface. The conspiracy theorists say that strange shadows were falling in different directions, and surprisingly there are no stars visible. It also seems that the US flag, planted by Buzz Aldrin, was apparently waving in an impossible wind. However, all of these doubts can be explained logically. The lighting conditions on the Moon were complicated, and 'fluttering' on the flag only appeared when the astronauts moved it.

A Royal Affair

Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed on 31st August 1997, after her car crashed as it was driving through the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris. Conspiracy theorists have claimed that Diana's death was not an accident - hat she was in fact killed by MI6 (the British Secret Intelligence Service) because of her relationship with Dodi Al-Fayed. However, an inquiry into the accident eventually concluded that Diana’s death was simply the result of driver Henri Paul's drunken condition, and the fact that paparazzi photographers were fallowing them. There was also no evidence that Diana was pregnant at the time of the accident, or that she had planned to marry Dodi Al-Fayed.

The Death of a President

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Suspects in the assassination of President John F Kennedy included the FBI the Cuban leader Fidel Castro, and many others. Kennedy was killed in Dallas, Texas, on 22nd November 1963. He was riding through crowds in his car when a gunman shot him once in the head. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested almost immediately after Kennedy’s death, and was himself murdered two days later. A report in 1964 concluded that Oswald had acted alone. But in 1979, the report and the original FBI investigation were criticized. The new report agreed that Oswald had killed Kennedy, but also concluded that the President was killed 'as a result of conspiracy” by people unknown.

c) Answer the questions.

1. Who was killed in a crash?

2. Who was shot?

3. Who was arrested?

4. Who was murdered ?

5. Who were the suspects?

6. Who was photographed?

7. Do you believe the official reports or the conspiracy theorists?

8. Do you know any other conspiracy theories? What happened?

d) How are these words and phrases related to the stories?

shadows stars a love story

alcohol photographs/ photographers a man with a gun a flag

the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

Exercise 46. Read an account of an important news event. Complete the text with phrases a)-h).

11 February 2000: Nelson Mandela's release from prison

II was in the crowd on the parade in Cape Town that day. It was a hot day, and 1 to see Mandela walk free from the prison. _2_____ for twenty-seven years. At one point ___3_ but most people stayed calm. People __4 and singing songs. There was a great feeling of solidarity. There was a large tree in the middle of the parade, and _5_ to get a better view. Suddenly, ___6 and people fell to the ground . But nobody wanted to leave. Nobody wanted to miss the chance of seeing Mandela for the first time . ___7_ there was a huge cheer. From where I was standing, it was difficult _____8___but I knew I was there for an important moment in our history.

a. He had been in prison

b. one of the branches broke

c. we heard some shots

d. 50,000 people were waiting

e. to hear what Mandela was saying

f. When he finally arrived

g. were talking to each other

h. many people had climbed onto it

Exercise 47. Read the text and match the words/phrases in bold with definitions 1-13 below.

Two security guards were kidnapped and held hostage for twelve hours by a gang of armed robbers, who attempted to raid a security depot. The robbers held the guards gunpoint and forced them to hand over keys and security information . They then proceeded to fill a lorry with more than £53 million in notes . Another £150 million was left behind because there was no more room in the getaway vehicle. Luckily, one of the guards managed to raise the alarm, and the police arrived and arrested the gang before they could escape. Eye witnesses said that they saw at least eight men being arrested.

1. continued to _____ ______

2. a group of criminals who work together _______

3. took someone away because they have done something illegal ___________

4. thieves carrying weapons _ ____

5. an attack by criminals on a bank, shop, etc., to steal money or valuable things ______

6. (doing something) while threatening to shoot someone _ ___

7. people whose job it iis to protect people or a place, or to make sure that a person does not escape _____ _____

8. leave a place or dangerous situation when someone is trying to catch you ________

9. people who saw the crime _________

10. tried _____

11. warn people that something bad is happening___________

12. made someone do this _______

13 a vehicle for the escape__________

Exercise 48. Match the headlines 1-10 with the explanations a) –j).

1. Prime Minister’s wife dies in crash

2. World Trade Center attacked

3. Student demonstration turns violet

4. Workers threaten strikes

5. Massive earthquake hits Los Angeles

6. Most wanted fugitive arrested

7. Floods destroy crops

8. Hostages released after talks with rebels

9. Music legend shot outside his New York apartment

10. Businesses hit by collapse of banks

1. People who were kept as prisoners are allowed to go free.

2. Someone tried to damage or destroy a building.

3. A musician was killed with a gun.

4. Police catch a man who they suspect committed a serious crime .

5. A natural disaster destroys a city.

f) Economic crisis affects businesses .

g) A woman is killed in a car accident.

h) A lot of farmland is under water.

i) Many people might refuse to go to work.

j) People who are protesting begin to fight on the streets.

Exercise 49. Match the headlines with the articles. Then choose any news you liked and tell it to the class.

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DAILY NEWS

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12th

1.

Holiday towns and fishing villages in the South-West are preparing to fight the oil pollution which is threatening local beaches.

Yesterday there was a collision in the English Channel between the "S.P.Titan", which is one of the biggest oil tankers in the world, and a Dutch cargo ship .The collision happened in thick fog late last night, and damaged the tanker's engines. It drifted onto rocks, and broke in half. The tanker was carrying 100,000 tons of crude oil, and an oil leak is moving slowly towards Cornwall. Helicopters rescued both crews, and nobody died in the collision. Hundreds of small boats, which are carrying detergents, are spraying the oil.

2.

There may be snow in parts of Scotland. In Northern England there probably won't be snow, but there may be heavy showers .

Showery weather will reach the Midlands later. It will be cloudy in the South, with some thunder and lightning in the south-east.

Temperatures: average for the time of year.

Winds: light to moderate. Strong in Scotland.

3.

Mr Jeff Shepherd, who lives in Watermouth, returned home from work last night and couldn't find his house. It was on the edge of a cliff, and during the afternoon it fell into the sea. There may be more cliff falls, and local residents are spending the night in a school. The police have warned people not to return to their homes.

4.

Somewhere in London, a thief is going to get a nasty surprise today. Last night someone stole a van in Baker Street. The van belonged to London Zoo, and in the back were two large boxes. They contained poisonous snakes. The van was on its way from London Airport to the Zoo. The thief took the van from outside a shop while the driver was buying cigarettes!

5.

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You can only use each letter once. It's possible to make one 9-letter word.

30 words or more Excellent. 20 words or more Very good. 15 words

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Exercise 50. a) Read the news report and answer the questions. Underline the parts of the news report which help you to answer the questions.

1. Who is the story about?

2. What happened?

3. Why did it happen?

4. Where did it happen?

5. When did it happen?

6. What is the situation now?