@ The media Gene Reco rg see page 188 for definitions deny/refuse talkshow/ quiz show /game show _| press /media agree / accept announcer / commentator programme / program headline / heading tabloid / broadsheet [channel / broadcast © Wing feature /article journalist/col lumnist bulletin / newsflash ie bring up start discussing a subject Took up try to find information in a book or lst, ete come on start to be broadcast come out be published ‘make out pretend that something is true: see, hear or understand sb or sth with difficult ‘make up invent an explanation, excuse, etc; create a story, poem, ete fill in add information in the spaces on a document put forward suggest flick through turn and look at the pages of a magazine, etc quicki {go into deal with sth in detail ‘see through recognise that sth is not true and not be tricked by it ‘stand out be easy to see because of being different hhand out give things to people in a group Phrases and collocations ‘turn over turn a page so that the other side is towards you control in control (of sth);take control (of sth); under control; under the control of sb; out of control description | givea description of sth/sb Grevance co aiference (to sth/sb)tell the difference (between); there's no/some/little/etc difference granted take sth/sb for granted influence influence sth/sb; have/be an influence on sthi/sb i [Internet on the Internet; over the Internet; surf the Internet news in the news:on the news;hear the news; newsflash; newspaper place ‘take place;in place of at a place question ask/answer a question; question sth/sb; in question; question mark. reas hhave/hold/take a view;be sb view that; in my view;in view of;look at/see the view; view of sth; _.| view from sth/swh ‘watch watch sth/sb; watch (out) for sth/sb; keep watch Meet cud according to sb inform sb that inform sb abouv/of sth announce sth (to sb;announce that likely to dojlikely that believe sth; believe in sth; believe that; believe to be persuade sb to do; persuade sb that; persuade sb of sth ‘comment on sth;make a comment (to sb) about sth point (in) doing confuse sth/sb with sth/sb; confused about/by sth ssend sb sth:send sth (to sb) correspond with sth/sb surprise by surprise; surprised at/by sth “describe sth/sb as; describe sthi/sb to sb {ell sb sth; tell sb that; tell sb about sth/doing;tell sb (not) to do hear sth/sb;hear about sth/sb; hear from sb Der Ru ly announce announcement, (unannounced edit editor, editorial, edited power powerfully), powerless(ly), empower belief disbelief, believe, (un)believable,(un)believably humour humorous, humourless ridicule ridiculoustly), ridiculousness ‘communicate communication, (un}communicative, communicator | (uninformative inform information, (un)informed, second secondly, secondary convince convinced, journal journalist, journalism, nia cata verte writer writing, wrote (unwritten discuss discussion politics politically), politician 48‘The media Unit 8 Topic vocabulary in contrast A Complete using the correct form of the words in the box. 1 John Sanders, MP, nnmawe any involvement in the scandal when asked about it [ geny yesterday. nade 2 The politician to say more when questioned by reporters this morning. | "s | 3 Johnny Depp rarely --« invitations to do interviews. agree 4 Johnny Depp to appear at a press conference to promote his latest film. | accept 5 _ Did you see the newspaper - this morning? heading 6 Ifyou give every paragraph of your report a it'll be easier to read. headline 2 7 _ Living Today has got a special month on healthy diets.There are ee interviews with nutritionists, menus, recipes, and loads of other things too. feature 8 There's an interesting wu in the paper about the Constitution of the article European Union. 9 I generally trust what | hear on the news, but rarely believe anything | read in the 10 involve print journalism, TV, radio and even electronic forms of ‘communication such as the Internet. 11 We interrupt this programme to bring you an urgen 4 12 And welll be back with our regular . at seven o'clock. _newflash B Circle the correct word or phrase. 1 It’s great computer programme / program once you get the hang of it hate tabloid / broadsheet newspapers; they're just full of gossip, scandal and lies! 3 Asajournalist / columnist for a local paper, you don't have to interview people or attend events. You just have to express your opinions about the issues of the day. 4 There's great talk / quiz / game show on BBC1 tonight. Contestants have to race through a supermarket as quickly as they can, filling up their trolleys as they go. 5 OnsomeTV channels, an announcer / a commentator tells you what the next programme is going to be. 6 _ Join us at half past nine for a live broadcast / channel of the State Opening of Parliament. Phrasal verbs © Write one word in each gap. 1 Please do not . over your examination papers until you are instructed to do so. 2 thadto... in so many forms. It took me hours! 3 Idllike everyone here to forward as many suggestions as possible. 4 5 There was a guy in the street out free tickets to that new quiz show. out that he'd worked in children’s TV, but in fact he’s never been near a TV 6 Could you 7 She moment, up her number in the phone book? - Out as one of the finest contemporary British novelists around at the See STATUnit 8 Vocabulary D Complete each second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five words in each gap. 1 Herlatest bestseller was published last month. out Her latest bestseller 2 Thatstory's not true,isit? up You 3° The programme starts at half past six. on The programme. at half past six. 4 The documentary didn‘ really explore why the rainforests are being cut down. into The documentary didn't really . w» why the rainforests are being cut down. 5 | hada quick look at the magazine in the dentist's waiting room. through 1 Li : in the dentist's waiting room. 6 don't think we need to mention that now. up I don’t think we need to S 7 Yourliesdon'tfool me! through Ican last month. didn’t you? now. your lies! Phrases and collocations E Choose the correct answer. 1 Its not always easy t0 venue the 6 J.K Rowling has an enormous difference between fact and opinion. influence on children’s literature. A make C say A had done B do D tell B given D set 2 The debate will nu. place tonight. 7 {could spend hours smn. the Internet! A be C take A. surfing © sailing B have D make B diving D. swimming 3 Inmy freedom of the press must 8 They said nuns the news that the price be maintained. of petrol is going up again. A mind © sight A from C on B view D thought B in D at 4 Media mogul Ronald Morduck has 9 The Issue vane question is more sw: Control of another tabl complex than you think. A made C given A from Con 8 found D taken B in D at 5 They a description of the robber 10 Watch......... for words like'so-called’ in ‘on CrimeTime and it sounded like you! articles as they express the writer’ bias. A made C said A about C over B told D gave B around D out Word patterns F Each of the words in bold is incorrect. Rewrite them correctly. He's been described by several critics for our greatest living poet. | think you've confused tabloids by broadsheets. Do you believe about telepathy? There's no point of trying to get an inter According from this report, scientists have discovered a new planet. The facts in this article don't correspond about my own experience at all him.He never does interviews! auawneThe media Unit 8 1G Water has damaged part of this text about an anouncement, Read it and decide what you think each of the original words was. Write the words in the blank spaces. ie The announcement: ‘i The editor sent an e-mail-—aje"— every journalist on the news desk ‘announcing ie there would be an emergency editorial meeting at one o'clock. | had heard =" the problems the paper was facing and | heard" one of my colleagues that the paper might be going to close. Whatever it was, it was likely ==" be bad news. At the meeting, the editor told us ==""— to tell anyone else yet, but the paper had been taken over by Ronald Morduck. He said he had only been informed ==gi"=~ the decision that morning. We were all so surprised pi the news that nobody knew what to say.| made a.comment "we" a colleague that it was time to start looking for 9 mun new job. The editor heard this, and finally managed to persuade us not SSPE = quit until we had seen what changes would be made. auawns en ; 4 Word formation Hi Complete the sentences by changing the form of the word in capitals when this is necessary. 1 Why do press photographers think they can turn up at a celebrity's house completely (ANNOUNCE)? 2 How many means of .. (COMMUNICATE) do you use on a regular basis? 3+ Could you write an (EDIT) for the next issue of the school magazine? 4 Youhave to have a sense of (HUMOUR) to work on children’s TV! $ There's an ivaninsine (WRITE) rule on tabloid newspapers that the truth always takes second place to a good story. 6 = When Jill was at... (SECOND) school she used to dream of being a DJ on local radio. 7 Areyou thinking of a career in... 8 —Youdon't actually get a lot of. UOURNAL)? (INFORM) from a news report on radio or TV. 1 Complete the text by changing the form of the word in capitals. I love watching (1) (DISCUSS) programmes, and | love politics, so you'd think 1d enjoy watching (2) (POLITICS) being interviewed on TV. But I don't. All too often, (3) . WOURNAL) ask them the most (4) wis (RIDICULE) questions, and, when they do get an. interesting question, | sit there watching in 6). .. (BELIEVE) as some of the most (6) . (POWER) people in the country give totally (7 (CONVINCE) responses. It's as if they don’t care whether their reply is (8) (BELIEVE) or not.. Often, they're very poor (9) .. (COMMUNICATE), and they're frequently even more (10) (INFORM) about key issues than | am.| don’t expect them to be particularly (11) » (HUMOUR) - they are serious people, after all - but at least they could say something interesting occasionally. It makes ‘me want to stand for election myselfiTelevision and Newspapers Television 1 Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below. Viewers subjective mass media. . quiz shows indoctrinate channels objective soap operas" commercials switch ) is a phrase often used to describe ways of giving formation and entertainment to very large numbers of people. It includes newspapers, advertising and radio and, of course, television. In most countries people can (b) to any of three or four different © Do television programmes influence our minds? Do they (a) us? Is the news completely (e) (neutral) or is it ) (considered from one particular point of view)? Don't the (9) for alcohol, food and other goods condition our minds? Even the (h) going on week alter week telling the story of one family or group of people sometimes make us want to copy the life style we see on the screen. Also (i) which give people big prizes for answering simple questions can make us greedy. Some programmes are watched by tens of millions of () Newspapers 2. Instructions as above. ; cartoons: . editorials ecirculatior censorship sensational _viewsi: advertising, . gossip tolumns news agencies’ reviews headlines entertainment. , correspondents ‘A newspaper makes its money from the price people pay for it and also from the (2) it carries. A popular newspaper with a © of over five million daily makes a lot of money. Less serious newspapers are probably read just for (c) __. They have big @ above the news stories, funny (e) to look at and 0 photos of violence. The (g) are full of stories of the private lives of famous people. No one takes the political (h) ot such papers very seriously. On the other hand, in a free country where there is no () , Serious newspapers are read principally for their news, sent to them by their () ound the world and by the big ®) . People also read these newspapers for their (I) of ‘new books, films and plays and for their (m) ___, which represent the opinion of the newspaper itself about the important events and issues of the moment. 3. Explain the difference between . . (a) viewers and listeners (b) mass circulation and small circulation (c) editor, reporter and critic 4 Put one of the following words in each of the sentences below. in on over for to (a) This programme is boring. Switch. __ another channel. (b) It'sacommercial__ beer. (c): That actor's“ a soap opera every Friday. (d) What's. television tonight? (@) If you don’t ne this quiz show, you can switch _Watching Television 1 What do you usually see on different television programmes? Match each type of programme on the left below with the correct item on the right. (a) nature films (1) football, boxing, swimming etc. ((b) quiz shows (2) life in different countries (c) news and current 3) people trying to win prizes by affairs answering questions (d) soap operas (4) advertisements for products —(@) commercials (5) animals, fish, birds, flowers, plants ete. (f) travel films “(6) information about what's happening in the world "g) comedies (7) jokes and funny situations th) sport (8) information for pupils and students (i) educational (9) story of the daily life of a family programmes 2 Which of the programmes above do you like? Use the following words. relaxing exciting amusing interesting useful boring E.g. | find nature films interesting, 3 Put the correct word or phrase from the following list into the sentences below. turnon lookup plan record = turnoff switch a programme if | don't like it. good programmes on my video-recorder. the television as soon as | get home. to another channel if I'm bored, my viewing very carefully, the times of the programmes in the newspaper 4 Answer the following questions. (a) What are your favourite types of programme? (b) How do you watch television? (Do you plan carefully, record, watch everything?) (c) How many hours television do you watch every day? (d) What would you do without television? (€) Is television good in your country? (f) How many channels have you got in your country? (g) What are the advantages and disadvantages of television?RADIO A VISION Television, radio and the preas‘dre called the.. ees Programmes on radio and television are. ‘Sometimes a broadcast is interrupted by a. “Ss~-swaseWe are given information about programmes by the... A radio or TV serial drama dealing with domestic problems in a melodramatic way is a.. The report of what has recently happened in the world is called the.. ‘Tf you want to know about tomorrow’ s weather you can listen or watch the. . ‘An advertisement inserted ina TV or radio programme. is called Singers, dancers, comedians, acrobats, magicians 2 appear in. A umber of programmes, each complete by itself, linked by theme or cast is a A story appearing in parts is a Americans call TV the, When you watch TV you are a. The most popular shows are said'to be... A programme broadcast at the same time as it is being made is a . When it is not a live progrmme it’s a. A subject for discussion is a... People: Put the right person against each programme: News reader, presenter, compére, chairman, questionmaster, disc jockey, interviewer, commentator. |. Variety show.... Quiz. . Pop music. |. Interview with celebri Discussion. . Documentary... . Sports report. News. PNOTAWNSA visit to the cinema A film review Cinema and Films 4” Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below, 1 k wall cinema foyer aisle trailer cartoon critic usheretté poster row screen horror performance review : Fiona and | went to the (a)<__— the other day to see ‘Devil’ at the Odeon. The (b) by the Daily Express(c). _ was good, and we decided to go to the B o'clock (4) °—, When arrived, Fiona was waiting forme inthe(e) =, looking’ata(f), 2 for ‘Devil on the wall. The (g)’ "= took our tickets and showed us to our seats. | don’t like to be too close to the (h). = and | usually sit in the back (i). _if possible, and | prefer a seatonthe(j). | _so! can stretch my legs. Before the main film there was a Mickey mouse (ky vthen a (I «for the following week's film. ‘Devil’ was a (m)_ film and | was quite terrified, but Fiona thought it was funny. 2. Instructions as above. documentary location _role director cast’ boxottice studio critical’ performance. plot Marlon Brando is a superb actor and in ‘On the Waterfront’ he gave his finest (a) Its his best-known (b) . The (c) a also included Eva Marie Saint and Karl Malden and the film's (a) Elia Kazan, never made a better film. Parts of the film were shot in the (e) “2 in Hollywood, but a lot was made on (f) xin the streets of New york, which makes it at times like a (g) aghe critics loved the film but it was not only a (h) /success. it was & great (i) success as well, and made an enormous profit. The i) — 18 about a young man’s attempt to be a boxing champion 3 Putone of the following words in each space in the sentences below. to in on at for (a) Itwasn'tmade. (h) Let'sgo —___ the cinema. location. (i) This film is based_~ _a (b) Itwas made_ __the book: studio. () Ilike to sit __ the back. (c) Is there a good film. (k) She prefers to sit. __ the tonight? front. (a). What's _ —the () We were shown —__ our Odeon? seats_ __the third row (e) He likes to sit. _ the (m) Sometimes the cast list ‘aisle comes _. _ the end of the (f) Ithappened_“_ the film. beginning of the fim (g) There was a trailer the next week's film