II. Comment on the following quotations:
1. What the mass media offer is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten and replaced by a new dish (W.H. Auden). 2. No news is good news. No journalist is even better (Nicolas Bently). 3. News is a history shot on the wing (Gene Fowler, Skyline). 4. When a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man bites a dog that is news (Charles Anderson Dana). 5. A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself (Arthur Miller).
6. A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but most certainly, without freedom it will never be anything but bad (A.Camus). 7. I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can’t stop eating peanuts (Orson Welles). 8. It isn’t television that wastes time, it’s you (W.H.Auden). 9. Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once (Cyril Connolly).
III. Writing Section
1. Write a composition in which you state your opinion on ethical questions in Journalism. Do you think the line, must be drawn between the individual’s right to privacy and the public’s right to know? Prove your opinion by giving scandalous facts of the media covering the private life of celebrities.
– Start with an introductory paragraph.
– State different points of view.
– Use expressions like: Some people believe … and The media argue that…
– State your point of view. Give your own arguments to support your opinion.
Write an article about 150 words of your favourite pastime (watching TV, reading newspapers, books, etc.) Imagine that you are writing this article for your local magazine.
IV. Role play
You are a newspaper correspondent. The editor-in-chief of your newspaper assigned you to interview some people from different walks of society having different reading habits and different viewpoints on the Media. This interview is important for you because you just start your career in journalism and want to do your best to succeed. So work hard on the problem and get ready. Be aware that critics complain that journalists are always emphasizing the negative, the sensational and the abnormal rather than the normal. You will want to ask different questions, so write them down and take them with you. Read the following tips of advice and get ready to act out an interview.
Before the interview
1. Find out what you can about the people you are going to interview. 2. Inform them where and when the interview will take place. 3. Find out how long it will take to get there. 4. Make sure you know the theme of your interview perfectly well. 5. Get rea-dy audio-visual devices in case you need them.
At the interview
1. Do arrive early. 2. Do show interest in the opinion of the people you interview. 3. Do be polite. 4. Don't look bored or impatient. 5. Don't ask very personal questions.
6. Try hard to be objective and non-biased.
When interviewing people ask the following questions:
1. Do you read newspapers or do you prefer to get news from some other sources?
2. What kind of newspapers do you prefer to read?
Add some more questions.
Ask them to give their pros and contras in describing their preferences.
Here is what the three English people said at the interview about their reading habits:
One:
I don't read newspapers at all. They are all biased. They've been taken over by companies who have political interests. And in Britain most papers are right wing. There is one or two that I think are a bit more objective, but I'd rather listen to the radio.
Two:
Actually, I don't want to know about the details of all the troubles in the world - it's all so depressing. I like human-interest stories about people, not wars and disasters. So my daily newspaper is a tabloid. The other good thing about a tabloid is that you can read in two minutes on the way to work. It is often full of the reviews of the week and I find that quite interesting. That's all I want.
Three
I get a so-called quality newspaper on Sundays because it gives me a good summary of world events, but I also buy tabloids two or three times a week. People are critical of the pictures and stories of the royals and the problems that have been published in the tabloids, but I don't agree. Why shouldn't we know how they're spending our money? They are public figures, and only the tabloids give you the details - the other papers are too respectful.
Now analyze the opinions of the people you have interviewed and write an article. Be objective and try not to subvert the information you’ve got. Good luck!
Unit IX GLOBAL ISSUES
Vocabulary
| Nouns and Noun Phrases | ||||
| approach | /q'prqVC/ | приближение, подход | ||
| consequence | /'kPnsIkwqns/ | следствие, последствие | ||
| decline | /dI'klaIn/ | падение, упадок | ||
| destruction | /dI'strAkSn/ | уничтожение, разрушение | ||
| disaster | /dI'za:stq(r)/ | бедствие | ||
| disease | /dI'zi:z/ | болезнь | ||
| diversity | /daI'vE:sqti/ | различие, разнообразие | ||
| exhaust | /Ig'zO:st/ | выхлоп, выпуск | ||
| fume | /fju:m/ | дым, копоть | ||
| impact | /'Impxkt/ | столкновение, воздействие | ||
| litter | /'lItq(r)/ | сор, отбросы | ||
| poison | /'pOIzn/ | яд, отрава | ||
| release | /rI'lI:s/ | освобождение, выпуск | ||
| threat | /Tret/ | угроза | ||
| waste | /weIst/ | отходы, мусор | ||
| Verbs and Verbal Phrases | ||||
| affect | /q'fekt/ | воздействовать, влиять | ||
| be aware of | /q'weq(r)/ | сознавать, знать | ||
| cause | /kO:z/ | вызывать | ||
| contaminate | /kqn'txmIneIt/ | загрязнять | ||
| deplete | /dI'pli:t/ | истощать | ||
| devastate | /'devqsteIt/ | опустошать | ||
| dump | /dAmp/ | выбрасывать на свалку | ||
| implement | /'ImplIment/ | выполнять, осуществлять | ||
| inhabit | /In'hxbIt/ | жить, населять | ||
| preserve | /prI'zE:v/ | сохранять | ||
| recycle | /"ri:'saIkl/ | перерабатывать | ||
| Adjectives | ||||
| entire | /In'taIq(r)/ | целый, полный, цельный | ||
| extinct | /Ik'stINkt/ | потухший, вымерший | ||
| harmful | /ha:mfl/ | вредный | ||
| hazardous | /'hxzqdqs/ | рискованный, опасный | ||
| severe | /sI'vIq(r)/ | суровый | ||
| sustainable | /sq'steInqbl/ | устойчивый | ||
| urban | /'E:bqn/ | городской | ||
I. Oral Practice Section
