Discussion Discuss these questions with your partner. Give further detalls where possible. 1. Have you ever ... hhad your name mentioned in a newspaper? had your photo in a newspaper? written an article for a newspaper? had a phoro you took published in a newspaper? had a lester published in a newspaper? 2. Which newspapers do you read? Do you read a paper every day? 3. Why do you read thatpaper / those particular papers? Reading Read these two articles, which report the same incident, and answer these questions: 1, What happened to Cara Phillips? 2. Who saved her? | MIRACLE ESCAPE Cara Philips, 11, daughter of top model Selina Phillips; had a miraculous escape yesterday whilst out on a school tip. Cara was swept away daring a river activity in Ue rain-swollen River Wharfe in North Yorkshire. Luckily her cries were heard by teacher Denise Carter, who pluckily plunged into the raging trent. Grabbing young Cara, MB Caner, 36, managed to avert an almost. cemsin tragedy by dragging the terified gist to the river bank. ‘T am so grateful to Denise ‘Carter, said Cara's supermodel iriam;: “°°? ‘Selina. "Her quick-thinking and her courage ‘saved my daughter's life, She's a wonderful, { scHOOL TRIP DISASTER AVOIDED Aschool wip othe Rives Wharf in North Yorkshire would ave ended in disaster yesterday but fhe courage of teacher 1 Denise Cae. ‘The River Wharf, runing faster and deeper than usual afer the recent heavy rns, swept ayay one of her pupls, Car Philip, aged 1, Ms Cares hearing the gil’ ris, brwvelyjomped into the water and pulled the giro safery Non Yorshi police wil today be questioning staff and pupils about the incident. They Wl be tying to decide haber the school had properly followed the guidelines fr school tps, recently lid down by the government Language 1 Look again at the articles. Match the words and expressions on the left with the words and expressions on the right which convey a similar meaning. Note that the matches. may not be exactly the same grammatically. 1. rain-swollen + a.bravely 2. pluckily b.jumped 3.an almost certain teagedy «. pulling the gil ‘plunged d.a disaster Scdragging the terrified girl running faster than usual after recent heavy rainSEC ea Discussion Reed the articles again. Discuss these questions In pairs or small groups: 1. Which article uses the more colourful and emotive language? 2. Which article mentions Cara’s mother? Why? 3. Which article has a quote from Cara's mother? 4. Which article is the more factual? 5. Which article looks at the wider picture and the consequences of what happened? 6. Which article is more concerned with news and which with ‘human interest’? 7. Which is probably from a tabloid (or popular) newspaper and which from a ‘quality’ paper? 8. Which do you prefer? Language 2 Complete these sentences with appropriate forms of the following words and phrases: editor TV guide obituary horoscope crossword proprietor Sports headline article reviews 1. Have a look at my . «and tell me what it says for today, will you? I'm a Scorpio. 2. Did you know Jason Marthews had died? I saw his. in the paper this morning. 3.1'm never able co do the . in The Independent. It's just so difficult. 4, He's Canadian and I believe he was the first foreign . of a British newspaper. 5.1m staying in tonight. Theow me the . LT want to see if there's anything worth watching. 6.1f you're keen on football and cricket, you ‘ought to buy The Daily Telegraph. It has by far the best... news, : 7.When I saw the........, 1 thought there'd been another plane crash, bur then I read the ee and realised it had just been delayed for 24 hours! 8.1 don’t think I'll bother seeing the new Fred Durkin movie. The ........ were terrible. 9.1 was so angry about the government's plans to raise taxes that I wrote to the........ of The Times. My letter was published yesterday morning. Did you see it? Discussion 1. Write down the names of § or 7 daity newspapers in your country. Work in pairs. Explain to your partner the following: 1. Which have the biggest circulation? 2. Which are local, regional, or national? 3. Which are tabloid (popular and sensational)? 4. Which are considered to be ‘quality’ papers? $. Which contain the best news reporting? 6. Which contain the most gossip? 7. Which contain the best sports reporting? * 8. Which do you read regularly? 2. Work In groups of four. Choose one of the headlines below. Divide into two pairs, One pair writes a short article from a tabloid nowspaper about the headline; the other pair writes a short article from a quality newspaper about the headline. Compare your articles. “QUEEN'S PRIVA’ “LETTERS SHOCK: