@ The media iar emake | deny /refuse talk show / quiz show /game show _| press/media agree / accept ‘announcer / commentator [programme / program headline / heading tabloid / broadsheet channel / broadcast feature / article journalist / columnist bulletin /newsflash bad bring up start discussing a subject _ Took up try to find information ina book or list, ete ‘come on start to be broadcast ‘make out pretend that something is true;see, hear or understand sb or sth with difficulty come out be published ‘make up invent an explanation, excuse, etc; create a story, poem,etc 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 quick! see through recognise that sth is not true and not be tricked by it “go into deal with sth in detail stand out be easy to see because of being different hand out give things to people in a group turn over turn a page so that the other side is towards you Phrases and collocations control in control (of sth); take control (of sth); under control, under the control of sbz out of control description | give a description of sth/sb ditference _| Take acliference to sthvsb):elthedference between) there’ no/someitlelet dference | granted take sth/sb for granted - influence influence sth/sb; have/be an influence on sth/sb Internet [ on the internet; over the Internet; surf the Internet news __| in the news;on the news; hear the news; newsflash;newspaper place | take placerin place of; at a place ‘question | ask/answer a question; question sth/sb;in question, question mark ee have/hold/take a view:be sb’s view that;in my viewsin view of; look at/see the view; view of sth; | view from sthy/swh _ watch watch sth/sb; watch (out) for sth/sb; Keep watch Decca) according to sb inform sb that;inform sb about/of sth announce sth (to sb)jannounce that believe sth; believe in sth; believe that; believe to be likely to do;likely that aaa persuade sb to do; persuade sb that; persuade sb of sth [comment on sth; make a comment (to sb) about sth ‘confuse sth/sb with sth/sb; confused about/by sth point (in) doing send sb sth:send sth (to sb) ‘correspond with sth/sb surprise by surprise; surprised at/by sth describe sth/sb as; describe sth/sb to sb hhear sth/sb; hear about sth/sb;hear from sb tell sb sth; tell sb that;tell sb about sth/doing;tell sb (not) to do_| aR eu} announce announcement, (unannounced edit editor, editorial, edited power powerful(ly),powerless(y), empower belief disbelief, believe, (un)believable, (un)believab) humour humorous,humourless | ridicule ridiculoustly), ridiculousness (un)communicative,communicator | (un)informative ‘communicate communication, | inform information, (un)informed, second secondly, secondary (un)convincing journalistic convince convinced, journal journalist,journalism, write iter, writing, wrote, (un}written discuss discussion politics political (ly), politician 48A Complete using the correct form of the words in the box. 1 John Sanders, MP, © Topic vocabulary in contrast : any involvement in the scandal when asked about it | 2 i 4 Johnny Depp rene deny fi to say more when questioned by reporters this morning. | TC*US® ' gs 3- Johnny Depp rarely. .. invitations to do interviews. agree to appear at a press conference to promote his latest film. | a¢cept Did you see the newspaper? swmumnune this morning? heading If you give every paragraph of your report a snus tll be easier to read. headline Living Today has got a special nsunsmmun this month on healthy diets. There are interviews with nutritionists, menus, recipes, and loads of other things too. feature There's an interesting in the paper about the Constitution of the article European Union. | generally trust what | hear on the news, but rarely believe anything | read in the involve print journalism, TV, radio and even electronic forms of communication such as the Internet. 11 We interrupt this programme to bring you an urgent nar c 12 And welll be back with our regular... at seven o'clock. B Circle the correct word or phrase. 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! Asa journalist / 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. There's a great talk / quiz / game show on BBC! tonight. Contestants have to race through a supermarket as quickly as they can filling up their trolleys as they go, ‘On some TV channels, an announcer /a commentator tells you what the next programme is going to be. Join us at half past nine for a live broadcast / channel of the State Opening of Parliament. Phrasal verbs C. 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 I'd ike everyone here to forward as many suggestions as possible. 4 There wasa guy in the stree out free tickets to that new quiz show. 5 He out that hed worked in children’s TV, but in fact he’s never been near aTV studi Could you .. up her number in the phone book? She... sum Out as one of the finest contemporary British novelists around at the moment.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 Her latest bestseller was published last month. out Her latest bestseller. 2 Thatstory’snottrue,isit? up YOU sevens 3. Thepprogramme starts at half past The programme 4. The documentary didnt really explore why the rainforests are being cut down. into The documentary didn't really ....... why the rainforests are being cut down. 5 Thad a quick look at the magazine in the dentist's waiting room. through in the dentist's waiting room. 6 I dont think we need to mention that now. up Idont think we need t 7 Yourlies don't fool me! through Ican.. last month. didn't you? now. a eecfinayiidicaninaanion ETE Phrases and collocations E Choose the correct answer. 1 It's not always easy to the 6 J.K.Rowling has .« an enormous difference between fact and opinion. influence on children’s literature. 3 A make © say A had C done B do D tell B given D set 2 The debate will .. place tonight. 7 | could spend hours 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.......... the news that the price 3 be maintained. of petrol is going up again. e A mind C sight A from C on ee B view D thought B in Dat 4 ~— Media mogul Ronald Morduck has 9 Theissue . question is more control of another tabloid. complex than you think, § made C given A from Cc on B found D taken B in Dat 5 They. a description of the robber 10 = Watch for words like ‘so-called’ in fs on CrimeTime anc it articles as they express the writer's bias. 5 A made A about C over B told B around D out Word patterns F Each of the words in bold is incorrect. Rewrite them correctly. 1 He's been described by several critics for our greatest living poet. 2 _ I think you've confused tabloids by broadsheet. B 3 Doyou believe about telepathy? sn fe 4 There's no point of trying to get an interview with him. He never does interviews! wns e 5 According from this report, scientists have discovered a new planet. 6 = The facts in this article don't c TERA: TS REP MILLE spond about my own experience at all. TRE SELLE ESTE BEATE args 50The media Unit 8 G 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. The announcement The editor sent an e-mail-agie—every journalist on the news desk announcing.==sgie= there would be an emergency editorial meeting at one o'clock. had heard the problems the paper was facing and | heard-==aghe-one of my colleagues that the paper might be going to close. Whatever it was, it was likely =a be bad news. At the meeting, the editor told usagi to tell anyone else yet, but the paper had been taken over by Ronald Morduck.He said he had only been informed-=sigii*= the decision that morning. We were all 30 surprised-=igiie= the news that nobody knew what to say. made a. comment-Sa—@= a colleague that it was time to start looking for a new job. The editor heard this, and finally managed to persuade us not -SAPE= quit until we had seen what changes would be made. Word formation H Complete the sentences by changing the form of the word in capitals when this is necessary. 1. Why do press photographers think they can tur up at a celebrity's house completely sss (ANNOUNCE)? How many means of ww» (COMMUNICATE) do you use on a regular basis? Could you write an... - (EDIT) for the next issue of the school magazine? You have to have a sense of (HUMOUR) to work on children’s TV! There's an . ~ (WRITE) rule on tabloid newspapers that the truth always takes second place to a good story. When Jill was at. (SECOND) school she used to dream of being a DJ on local radio. ‘Are you thinking of a career GouRNAL)? You don’t actually get a lot of. INFORM) from a news report on radio or TV. Complete the text by changing the form of the word in capitals. Politics on TV | love watching (1) .- (DISCUSS) programmes, and | love politics, so you'd think I'd enjoy watching (2) (POLITICS) being interviewed on TV. But | don’t. All too often, (3) .. UOURNAL) ask them the most (4) swiman (RIDICULE) questions, and, when they do get an interesting question, | sit there watching in (5) .. (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) .. setae (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 myself! SUay, OEE B41