Exercise 1
Express each of the following headlines as it would appear in an ordinary news announcement. Translate them into English
1. Minister to quit government
2. Police quiz millionaire supermarket boss
3. Minister pressed to act on housing
4. New row over pension cuts
5. Mob leaders held
6. Woman alleges unfair treatment
7. China bans US imports
8. America backs British peace moves
9. Teachers pay claim rejected
10. Doctor cleared of drugs charge
11. Spending boom over, says minister
12. Six die in hotel blaze
13. PM blasts EC
14. Government plan to boost exports
15. Police to clamp down on speeding
16. Students clash with police
17. Government promises crackdown on drug dealers
18. Teachers slam school cutbacks
19. Dole queues lengthen
20. Deadlock in peace talks
21. World edges towards war
22. Strikers face sack
23. Twelve-year-old foils bank raisers
24. PM to go?
25. Car plant to halt production
26. British steel in red
27. Landslide for Scottish nationalists
28. Vat on food: new row looms
29. Schools push for more cash
30. MP nails minister on pit closure plans
31. Banks peg interest rates
32. Tories ahead in polls
33. Bank sex scandal rocks city
34. City fears new slump
35. Imports soar for third month
36. Heart swap boy better
37. More troops for boarder area
38. US urged to pull out of arms deal
39. Exiled President vows to return
40. Car workers walk out over wage freeze
Exercise 2
Complete the following headlines. Translate them into English
1. PRIVATE HEALTH PRICE FIXERS FACING
Fees charged for private medical treatment are to be investigated by monopoly watchdogs.
2. MAN FACES ON WIFE DEATH.
Detectives were waiting by the hospital bedside of a man to question him about the death of his wife.
3. NIGELS
World champion Nigel Mansell took a lingering look across the Portuguese Grand Prix track which has caused him both heartache and joy yesterday before declaring: I will never come back here again. Im finished with Formula One.
4. OLIMPIC BOSS BRIBE
The head of the Olympics is threatening legal action over a TV documentary alleging his officials are corrupt.
5. SRI LANKA PEACE
A Sri Lanka government negotiator is expected to try to reopen talks with the Tamil Tigers today in an attempt to end the outbreak of fighting between Tigers and the Army.
Exercise 3
Match the two parts of each headline. Translate them into English
| A. DICTATOR OUSTED: KIDNAP BID FOILED: DEAD ENVOY RIDDLE: CABINET LEA: M-WAY CRASH: | B. CALL FOR PROBE YARD BAFFLED DEATH TOLL RISES PLEA FOR CALM 3 QUIZZED, 2 FLEE |
Exercise 4
