Reading and understanding newspapers. Пыж А.М. - 43 стр.

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forced to resign, they should also resign. Let’s test our theory by skimming the

beginnings of the remaining paragraphs:

• Whatever happens, whenever it happens, the torrent of

criticism directed at the former University law dean is unfair.

• Dr Surakiart's one really serious error was when he agreed to

be finance minister.

• He can be criticized for being too weak in trying to stamp out

inflation.

• But he cannot be blamed for the slump in the stock market.

• The only mistake Dr Surakiart took with regard to the stock

market was....

• In all other respects, Dr Surakiart has been as good as we

could expect....Not so the rest of the Cabinet..

• In economic policy, for example, just take a look at

Commerce Minister….

• Look outside economics...

• And there's the former warrior for democracy, Defence

Minister ...

From this brief overview we can be quite confident that the five ministers

mentioned apart from Dr Surakiart will come under some very strong criticism

indeed.

The language of editorials

The language of news stories must be neutral. Opinions are often

expressed in news stories, but they come from the people quoted, not from the

writer. In fact, you should not be able to determine the writer's opinion in a news

story.

Editorials are almost completely different. The writer’s job is to give an

opinion. This is done in a number of ways—through adjectives and adverbs,

through sarcasm and satire, and through very direct criticism or praise. That is

one reason editorials can be fun to read. To give you a taste of a typical editorial

below is the full article that was introduced in the above exercise. The

underlined words are some of the key words. If the meaning is not clear from the

context, consult a dictionary.