. Do ex.5 p.36. Read and choose the correct answers. (R = Ross, S = Sophie) R Hi, Sophie. What are you doing?
S Oh, I have to write this essay for school. What I’d do if I was president, and why.
R Oh yes. Have you had any ideas?
R What kind of tax?
S A tax on people who don’t recycle their rubbish.
R Mmm. I suppose you’re right.
S What would you do if you were president then, Ross?
R Ooh. If I was president, I’d do a lot of things. Build better schools for a start.
S What do you mean by better schools?
R Well, more comfortable classrooms, for example. If classrooms were more comfortable, people would be happier at school.
S OK. What else?
R Erm, let me think – I would raise the price of petrol.
S Petrol? Why?
R Because if petrol was more expensive, people wouldn’t use cars.
S And what good would that do?
R Well, it would encourage people to use public transport, and then we wouldn’t have so much noise and pollution.
S Right. Sounds like you’ve thought about this. I can use some of those ideas in my essay, thanks. Are you sure you don’t
want a career in politics, Ross? If you were a politician, I’d vote for you.
R Mmm. President Ross Taylor. Nice idea

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. And now tell me what types of mass media do you know?

(TV, the Internet, newspapers and radio)

But what are their definitions? Your task is to match the words and their

definitions. 

 1. Television

 2. Newspaper

 3. Tabloid

 4. The Internet

 5. Radio

a) a paper printed and sold usually daily or weekly with news,

advertisements etc.;

b) the process of sending and receiving messages through the

air; broadcasting programmes for people to listen to;

c) broadcasting programmes (the news, plays, advertisements,

shows, etc.) for people to watch on their television sets;

d) a newspaper with rather small pages, many pictures and

little serious news;

e) a way to communicate with your partner who might be a

thousand miles away using the computer (e-mails).

Задание 2. Напишите недостающую информацию. You know that

newspapers are very popular among people, don’t you? Do you like reading

newspapers?

P: Yes, I do.

T: What newspapers do the members of your family prefer reading? F.eg. your

mother?

P: My mother likes reading …

T: What are the main types of newspapers in Britain?

P: The main types of British newspapers are quality newspapers and tabloids.

T: What do people read newspapers for?

P: They want to learn some news (TV programme, horoscopes, weather forecast,

etc.)

Задание 3. Прочитайте текст. Используйте слова, написанные заглавными

буквами в конце каждой строчки, чтобы образовать однокоренное слово,

которое подходит к пропуску в этом предложении.

In Britain there are 12 national (1) newspapers DAY

and most people read one of (2) every day.

Daily newspapers are (3) on every day

of the week except Sunday. Sunday newspapers are

(4) than daily newspapers. All the Sunday

newspapers are (5) . Most national news-

papers in Britain express a (6) opinion,

and people (7) the newspaper that they

read according to (8) own political

(9) .

THEY

PUBLISH

LARGE

NATION

POLITICS

CHOICE

THEY

BELIEVE

I want to buy a nice present for my Mum.

2. The boy read an interesting book yesterday.

3. Ann opened her Textbook on Page 11.

4. Bill chose the biggest apple in the basket.

5. The tourists are waiting for the bus at the stop.

6. This little girl looks like her mother.

7. My grandmother like tea with lemon .
8. Last week my uncle celebrated his birthday.

9. Have you been in London last year?

10. The students started to do this test yesterday.

11. The children saw this funny film last week.

12. Last summer my friend flew to Sochi.

13. Robert made a lot of mistakes in his test.

14. Marry was in Edinburgh five years ago.

15. Only the wizards can predict the future.

16. Alice closed the window in her bedroom.

17. The students went to the museum yesterday.

18. My mother told me to buy oranges.

19. James takes his little brother to the Zoo.

20. Jane has a lot of friends in London.