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Exercise 17 Put the words into the correct order to make headlines. What are these articles about, in your opinion?

1. backs law new Bush.

2. Hospitals will election issue be key in.

3. Talks to today start end strike teachers’.

4. Western hit towns in Storms seaside France.

5. poor Tax help to cuts.

6. circulation drops Guardian’s again.

7. front- page headline upset by Royals.

8. quits £ 150,000 job a Manager year.

 

Exercise 18 Match the headlines on the left with the appropriate topic on the right.

a. marriage of famous actress 1. PM Backs peace plan

b. royal jewels are stolen 2. MP SPY DRAMA

c. person who saw crime in danger 3. Space probe fails

d. proposal to end war 4. Queen’s gems riddle

e. satellite is not launched 5. Star weds

f. politician sells secrets to enemy 6. Key witness deàth threat

 

Exercise 19 Explain what the following headlines mean in ordinary English.

EXAMPLE SHOP BLAZE 5 DEAD = Five people died in a shop.

 

1. move to create MORE JOBS

2. GO-AHEAD FOR WATER CURBS

3. Woman quits after job ordeal

4. POLL PROBES SPENDING HABITS

5. BID TO OUST PM

6. Prince vows to back family

Exercise 20 Read the interview.

Our reporter asked Julia Jenkins about her favourite magazine, Hiya!

-What is Hiya! magazine about?

-Julia Jenkins (JJ) The magazine has all the latest celebrity news. If you need to know who has married who, who has been on holiday, and who has made a new film, this is the magazine for you. It also has TV listings, a crossword, recipes, and competitions.

- Who is the magazine for?

- JJ It’s for everyone! People from ten to one hundred years old can enjoy it.

- What is the best part of the magazine?

- JJ The pictures are great. There are lots of photographs taken inside famous people’s homes – you can see what their furniture and curtains are like. The other thing I like is that there isn’t too much to read – the articles are very short.

- What is the worst part of the magazine?

- JJ There are sometimes very boring articles about people from European royal families that I have never heard of! The recipes look very difficult and expensive so I’ve never cooked one of their recipes.

- How much does the magazine cost?

- JJ It costs $1.50 which is cheaper than most magazines – I think it is good value. I have bought it every week since it started five years ago and the price has gone up 10% in that time.

Exercise 21 Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

1. Hiya! isn’t about serious political news. __

2. Only people in their twenties and thirties can enjoy the magazine. __

3. JJ enjoys looking at the pictures of stars’ homes. __

4. JJ prefers to read long articles. __

5. JJ has read about European royal families in Hiya! __

6. JJ has never read the recipes in Hiya! __

7. JJ has bought Hiya! for a week. __

 

Exercise 22 Choose the word which does not belong in each category.

1. Adjectives to describe magazines: glossy, quarterly, special interest, daily, teen.

2. Sections of a newspaper: domestic news, editorial, listings, headlines, obituaries.



3. People who work for a newspaper: editor, reporter, make-up artist, cartoonist, reviewer.

Make up your sentences from the words from each category.

Exercise 23 Find and present information about a British (American) newspaper or magazine. Tell about the structure of this newspaper (magazine). Analyze the structure of any article from this newspaper or magazine.


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