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Following questions.

•What are the articles about?

• What is their purpose?

• In your opinion, are they good articles? Why?

 

2 Read and discuss the information in pairs.

HOW TO WRITE

EYE-CATCHING HEADLINES (TITLES)

A headline I titleshould be a short and clear summary of the information presented in the article. Attract your readers' interest by giving them a clear idea what your article is going to be about. The topic should be mentioned in the title.

These are the basic rules:

1 make it SHORT, CLEAR and APPEALING

2 use the Present Simple (it makes the events vivid)

3 put nouns one after another

4 use abbreviations

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WRITING

 

 

4 Change the following sentences into attractive headlines applying the guidelines mentioned in task 2.

1 Last night the President returned from his one-week holidays which he spent on safari in Kenya.

2 The Prime Minister announced that the following elections would take place in December.

3 Two people were killed and three injured when a car crashed into a tanker parked by the road.

4 Ms Alicia Bedford, a three-time Academy Award Winner, was found dead in her house in Malibu yesterday.

5 Special Task Police Forces surrounded a family house in the quiet suburb of Chester and apprehended 1 two men and a woman.



 

 

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themselves in. The identity of the robbers has not been revealed yet. A spokesman for the Bradbury Police says that the investigation is still

underway.

After two days of living in what

resembled a film set for a Hollywood action film, the citizens of this quiet, family community are back to their everyday life. According to those we talked to, they are more than happy.


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the appropriate headline. Outline the plan for your article. Finally,

write the article in 250-300 words.

1 The newspaper you are working for has asked you to write an article about young people and their attitudes to politics.

2 You have been asked to write


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TIPS

Writing an Article

1 Before you start writing your article decide who the readers are and what its purpose is.

2 Think of a short, intriguing

headline I title.

3 Use either a formal or informal style depending on your readers and your topic.

4 Organise your ideas and information into well-planned paragraphs using appropriate transitional words I phrases.

5 In longer articles each paragraph can be preceded by a subheading.


 

an article for an international magazine about the education system in your country.

3 You are a reporter for a popular youth magazine. Write an article describing the learning styles of teenagers.


CHECK YOUR SKILLS

 

 


1 Complete the text with the appropriate words from the box.

 

constitution , legislative , elections , administrat ions, laws, President , power, republic , judicial, independent, bills, justice , declare , Prime Minister, Supreme , executive, responsible

 

STATE STRUCTURE OF UKRAINE

On the 24th of August 1991 Ukraine became (1) .... It started building the democratic state. Ukraine became a presidential parliamentary (2) ... . Over a short period a new system of state structure was created.

According to the (3) ... of Ukraine the state power in Ukraine is divided into three branches : legislative , executive and (4) ....

The body of (5) ... power is the Verkhovna Rada, which consists of 450 deputies.

Each deputy represents an area of the country, that is called a constituency . The (6) ... to the Verkhovna Rada are held every 4 years. Voting is organised in the form of secret ballot and from the age of 18.

The Verkhovna Rada is headed by the Chairman and is responsible for making (7) .... It has special committees , which discuss and introduce (8)

... for debating at parliamentary sitting . It discusses the questions

connected with the State Budget and adopts the Budget for the coming year.

The head of our state is the (9) .... He is elected for 4 years' period.

The executive power is headed by him. In the areas and 25 regions, Kyiv and Sevastopol , it is carried out by the local (10) ... .

The main body of the executive (11) ... is the Cabinet of Ministers. It is formed by the Heads of the Ministries: Ministry of Economics, Finance, Defense, Justice, Agriculture , Health, Education and Science, Youth and Sports and others. The Head of the Cabinet , which is also called the (12) ..., is appointed by the President. But the appointments must be approved by the Verkhovna Rada. The Prime Minister is (13) ... to the President and the Verkhovna Rada.

The judicial power is represented by the (14) ... Court and the Constitutional Court, nominated by the Verkhovna Rada. There are also local and regional courts . The people have opportunity to directly participate in realisation of (15) ... through people's assessors and jurors. The Courts watch over the (16) ... and legislative powers. The Constitutional Court has the right to (17) ... laws and actions of the government unconstitutional.


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1 I have stopped ... (read) the Daily Sketch and have decided ... (read) the

Daily Mirror instead.

2 Do you enjoy ... (look) at these strip cartoons?

3 Try ... (solve) the puzzle in yesterday's paper without ... (look) at the answers in today's paper.

4 Do you remember ... (see) an advertisement for the new Ford cars in yesterday 's paper?

5 Did you remember ... (buy) a copy of the Star on your way home?

6 I saw a man ... (stand) at the street corner ... (sell) newspapers .

7 Please let me ... (help) you ... (solve) that puzzle.

8 These cinema advertisements do not make me ... (want) ... (see) the films.

9 Would you like ... (see) them?

10Megan used ... (think) that a library was a place where books were ... (buy) and ... (sell); now she knows that a library is a place for ... (lend) and ... (borrow) books.

 

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G) Listen about Martin Luther King and say if the statements below are true (T) or false (F).

D 1 King lived in the 19th century.

D2 King's aim was to put an end to segregation' in the USA.

D3 King and his followers never used force or violence.

D4 Rosa Parks from Montgomery was a poor old black woman.

D5 Rosa Parks organised a boycott of city buses.

D6 King and his followers won their first victory in Montgomery.

D7 The 1963 protest march was broadcast.

D8 It was very hard for King to

organise the protest action

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D9 In 1965 black

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D 10 King received the Nobel

Peace Prize in 1964.

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE

AUkraine has wide relations with many countries of the world . The Ukrainian leaders pay official visits to different countries . During these visits a number of important political agreements are reached. First and foremost Ukraine gives priority to developing its relations with neighbouring states .

BThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs on an ever growing scale assists the Ukrainian business in entering the foreign market, provides them with diplomatic and political support and helps in searching for business partners abroad.

Recently a great number of various joint ventures and econom ic,

cultural and political projects have appeared in Ukraine.

Our specialists in different fields improve their qualification abroad.

CWe also have programmes of students' and schoolchildren's exchange .

English, Canadian and American children visit Ukrainian families, go to Ukrainian schools, while Ukrainian children stay at their host families abroad.

These exchange programmes help us to understand each other better, to study culture and traditions of other countries.

DA lot of Ukrainians have immigrated to Great Britain. .augb.co.uk

That's why in 1947 the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain was founded.

This association has some Help Funds that sponsor different important actions.

The association gives help to the Ukrainian students who study in British Universities.

The same associations and societies exist in many other countries.

EFrom year to year the number of spheres of our relations with the countries abroad grow.

Ukraine is a member of many

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F Ukraine has changed over the last years . From 'Terra

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entrance visa.

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D 2 When was Ukraine admitted into

the world tourist's organisation?

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D 4 Who helps Ukrainian students to study in British Universities?

D 5 What countries does Ukraine give priority to developing relations?

D 6 What policy does Ukraine support on international arena?

 

CAN YOU ... IN ENGLISH? [0 -Yes, can.

0 read and understand about international unions, organisations

and institutions

0 listen and understand about politicians . 0 talk about political systems of different .countrieS 0 discuss about human and constitutional rights .

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Participle, the Gerund and the Infinitive write an article on a social issue


 

 

ARTICLES

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use example
We use abefore a consonant and anbefore a vowel. But it depends on the pronunciation of the following word, not the spelling. acat anelephant auniform aninteresting story aone-day trip anhour
We use a I anonly with singular countable nouns. apencil anorange
We use a I anwith jobs . She's anurse. He's anengineer.
We use a I anwhen we are talking about a person or thing for the first time. We saw agirl with adog.
We use thewhen we talk about it again. Thegirl was very little and thedog was big.
We use ain some expressions when it means 'every'. once aday (once every day) twice ayear three times aweek, etc.
We use ain some expressions of quantity. alot of people a few questions anumber of pupils
We use ain some fixed expressions. have acold have (take) abath I shower have aheadache sleep like alog take apicture go for awalk, etc.

 


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