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SCANNING NEWS STORIES
EXERCISE 1. Read the news stories and answer the ques-
tions. Try to use no more than two minutes for each story.
1) UK STEEL INDUSTRY SHUTS DOWN
LONDON (UPI) – Britain’s state-owned steelworks shut down
at midnight last night in the first nation-wide steel strike since 1926,
threatening widespread disruption of Britain’s heavy industries.
Final hopes of averting the strike failed on Monday when unions
and management refused to budge from their positions on steelwor1
pay.
‘The strike is on. It is an impossibility to call if off. The only
question now is how long it lasts’, said Bill Sirs, leader of the steel-
workers’ Union.
The steelworkers are demanding a 20 percent pay increase but
the employers are sticking to their offer of six per cent on basic rates.
1) The story is about:
a. British steel production in 1926
b. a steel strike
c. rebuilding Britain’s steelworks
2) How big a pay increase do the workers want?
a. 20 per cent
b. six per cent
c. the story doesn’t say.
3) How big a pay increase is management willing to give?
a. 20 per cent
b. six per cent
c the story doesn’t say.
2) U.S. WARNS EUROPE ON DEFENCE BURDEN
LONDON – The United States warned Thursday that Americans
might no longer be willing to carry most of the military burden in fu-
3. First (at first, at the beginning) the author points out that IV. PRACTICE EXERCISES (notes that, describes)... SCANNING NEWS STORIES Переход к изложению следующей части статьи: EXERCISE 1. Read the news stories and answer the ques- 1. Then follows a discussion on... tions. Try to use no more than two minutes for each story. 2. Then the author goes on to the problem of... 3. The next (following) paragraph deals with (presents, dis- 1) UK STEEL INDUSTRY SHUTS DOWN cusses, describes)... LONDON (UPI) – Britain’s state-owned steelworks shut down 4. After discussing... the author turns to... at midnight last night in the first nation-wide steel strike since 1926, 5. Next (further, then) the author tries to (indicates that, explains threatening widespread disruption of Britain’s heavy industries. that)... Final hopes of averting the strike failed on Monday when unions 6. It must be emphasized that (should be noted that, is evident and management refused to budge from their positions on steelwor1 that, is clear that, is interesting to note that)... pay. ‘The strike is on. It is an impossibility to call if off. The only Конец изложения статьи: question now is how long it lasts’, said Bill Sirs, leader of the steel- 1. The final paragraph states (describes, ends with)... workers’ Union. 2. The conclusion is that the problem is... The steelworkers are demanding a 20 percent pay increase but 3. The author concludes that (summarizes the)... the employers are sticking to their offer of six per cent on basic rates. 4. To sum up (to summarize, to conclude) the author empha- 1) The story is about: sizes (points out, admits that...) a. British steel production in 1926 5. Finally (In the end) the author admits (emphasizes) that... b. a steel strike c. rebuilding Britain’s steelworks Оценка статьи: 1. In my opinion (To my mind, I think)... 2) How big a pay increase do the workers want? 2. The paper (article) is interesting, of importance (of little im- a. 20 per cent portance), valuable (invaluable), up-to-date (out-of-date), b. six per cent useful (useless)... (not interesting)... c. the story doesn’t say. 3) How big a pay increase is management willing to give? a. 20 per cent b. six per cent c the story doesn’t say. 2) U.S. WARNS EUROPE ON DEFENCE BURDEN LONDON – The United States warned Thursday that Americans might no longer be willing to carry most of the military burden in fu- 43 44
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