Reading and understanding newspapers. Пыж А.М. - 12 стр.

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• придавать живость
• изобиловать словами и фразами…
• статья /очерк – a newspaper or magazine article that concentrates
on a particular subject.
• печально известный
• приложение
After-reading task 2: answer the questions on the text:
1. What kinds of newspapers are mentioned in the next? In which types are
newspapers divided according to the frequency of publication?
2. What is and what is not press subject to according to the text?
3. How are quality papers characterized in the text (coverage of the events,
language, style…)? What are quality papers aimed at as opposed to
popular papers?
4. Why are quality papers called broadsheets while popular papers –
tabloids?
5. What is the motto of The Guardian? How do you understand it? Can you
think of your own motto for a newspaper?
6. What is the oldest of existing newspapers in England?
7. What is special about tabloids’ vocabulary and headlines?
8. What makes the gap between popular and quality papers even more
obvious?
After-reading task 3: try to find copies of English quality and popular
papers (preferably dated the same day) and compare in what ways are
similar events described. Pay special attention to headlines, size of pictures,
captions. Having compared newspapers in general, choose 2 articles (one in
each newspaper) giving an account of one and the same event. Read both
articles making notes as to the vocabulary and style differences, length of
the sentences and details mentioned.
Text 3. A Brief History of American Newspapers
Pre-reading Task: before reading the text look up the following words
in the dictionary to make sure the meaning is clear to you and you know
how to pronounce them correctly:
Forerunner, broadside, sensationalize(V), content (N), atrocity,
perpetrate, predecessor, suppress, subsidize, reconciliation, vital, conceive, bar
(V), libellous, tumble (N), faction, jostle, subscription, census, unprecedented,
intrepid, unabated, atrocious, clamour, supplant (V).

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