Підручник Англійська мова 7 клас (8-й рік навчання) - Алла Несвіт - Генеза 2016 рік

UNIT 1 Mass Media: the Press

Lessons 8-9. Navigating the Newspaper

1. a) Work in pairs. Take turns to ask and answer the questions in the table. Add information.

b) Speak in class. Say what you have learnt about your friend.

2. Listen and repeat. Look at the newspaper. Say what its main parts are.

3. Mrs Alison talks with her pupils about the structure of a newspaper. Read the text of her lecture and find what she tells them about the things in the list:

✵ the reason to read a newspaper;

✵ topics of the articles;

✵ a front page of a newspaper;

✵ sections in a newspaper;

✵ the editorial;

✵ the editor.

What’s happening around town? Who won the game last night? What’s on TV? If you want to get answers to these questions, read the newspaper. It will tell you all that and more. The reporters and freelance journalists will tell you about the national and local news, the weather and sports. You will also find opinions, feature stories, advice column, comics, entertainment, recipes, advertisements, and more. An index of the newspaper usually appears on the front page.

The front page of a newspaper gives a lot of information. It tells the name of the paper. The city it is printed in is also on the front page. It will tell you how much the paper costs and the date it was published.

Most newspapers are divided into sections. The newspaper index tells the readers what topics the issue covers. The first section tells all the news. It provides the readers with news about your town. It will tell you what’s happening around the country and in the world.

The most important news is on the front page. The editorial is also there. It is a special article usually written by the editor. It gives his or her opinion on a topic of current importance. Newspaper headlines briefly tell the reader what the stories are about. Headlines usually answer the questions «Who?» and «What?»

4. Read and tick the statements T (True) or F (False).

_____ 1. The editorial is on the front page of a newspaper.

_____ 2. The news is published on the last page.

_____ 3. You should look through the newspaper if you want to know the most important news.

_____ 4. You can find the information about international news in any newspaper.

_____ 5. The date the newspaper is also published on the front page.

_____ 6. The price of the newspaper isn’t written anywhere.

_____ 7. The newspaper index tells the readers what topics the issue covers.

_____ 8. Newspaper headlines give detailed information about the events.

5. Look through the newspaper index. Say what topics this issue covers.

6. Use the newspaper index in Ex. 5 and answer the questions below. Name the section where you can find the information and the page number it appears.

1. Where can you look for results of last basketball games?

2. Where can you find out if you need to wear your raincoat tomorrow?

3. Where can you find the programme of tonight’s TV shows?

4. Where can you find the editor’s opinion of current events?

5. Where can you read the readers’ opinions?

6. Where can you find information about the innovations in methods and processes used in the production of goods and services?

7. Where can your father or mother read the information on business issues?

7. Look through the newspaper index again. Work in pairs. Discuss what information you are interested in. What pages can you find it on?

8. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense form.

1. They usually ….. (to publish) their comments on different topics in the newspaper.

2. He …..(to collect) all these discs and tapes for years.

3. In ancient times news ….. (to come) from travellers.

4. What modern electronic and print media ….. you ….. (to know)?

5. We ….. (to visit) the international news agency now.

6. Nowadays computers ….. (to develop) into a mass form of media.

7. The father ….. just ….. (to read) the latest issue of «The Facts».

8. What kind of news ….. the editorial ….. (to discuss)?

9. Steve ….. (to find) all the information by 5 o’clock yesterday.