8-А клас. Newspapers and magazines. Reading

Newspapers and magazines. Reading

Vocabulary

Article – стаття

News- новини

Interview – інтерв'ю

Review –перегляд

Report – повідомлення

Issue – випуск

Broadsheets – широкомасштабне видавництво

Tabloid – таблоїд, жовта преса

- Read and translate the new words and word combinations one by one.

- Create your own sentences using the new words.

Possible answers:

The articles reported that the conference was brilliant.

The channel gives the full coverage of the local news.

His interview was scandalous.

It was in the sport review.

It' is reported that the situation is stable.

IT was said in the issue of July 15.

-         What kinds of papers do you know?

Broadsheets (quality papers)	Tabloids (popular papers)
Possible answers: The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The guardian, The Financial Times, The Washigton Post, etc.	Possible answers: The Sun,   The daily mirror, The Daily Star,USA Today, etc.

- So now you are going to read the text that is called "British newspapers and magazines". The situation looks like as follows. There are 6 foreigners Peter, Alex, Jane, Liz, Tom, Mary. These people came from other countries. They can’t buy their favourite magazines and newspapers. What can you recommend them if you know what types of papers and magazines they like? Read the texts and fill in the table!

Peter is a businessman. He is interested in politics and economics. He finds very important articles about business and culture as well. But he hates gossips and never buys papers with scandals and bright photos. Sometimes he reads messages about society, science and technology.	Alex came to London from Rome a week ago. He wants to know news about London’s films, theatres and exhibitions from a newspaper. His hobby is visiting restaurants. It is very important for him to know everything about London’s weather.
Jane doesn’t read very serious papers. She chooses only tabloids with big bright pictures and a lot of gossips about film and pop stars. She likes reading showbiz news and her favourite columns are about TV, films, lifestyle, games and fun.	Liz is about 15. She likes reading modern magazines with horoscopes, life advice, articles about fashion and beauty and entertainment. Liz doesn’t think of her career and doesn’t like articles about colleges. She is interested in guys (boys).
Tom’s favourite paper is a broadsheet with some scandals. He is interested in news, business, sport and travelling. He has a family and always reads articles about health, family and education. He knows everything about weather from his newspaper. In the evenings he doesn’t mind reading horoscopes and guessing Sudoku and Crosswords.	Mary isn’t interested in politics and economics. She reads only magazines. Her favourite columns are about fashion, make-up, hair and skin care. She studies at college and thinks of her future career. In her free time she likes dating with some her friends: Simon, Jack and Paul. More over Mary keeps fit and usually reads articles about health and fitness.

 Home task

- Fill in the table! It will help you to make right decisions!

Name	…reads papers/ magazines	…is interested in…	… never reads …	I can recommend to read …
Peter
Alex
Jane
Liz
Tom
Mary