Practical Tasks

Task 1. Watch Video 10.1. Each headline in the clip contains a colloquial word. They go in the following order:

- a noun (Headline #1);

- a phrasal verb (Headline #2);

- a noun formed from a phrasal verb (Headline #3);

- a shortened word (Headline #4);

- a verb and an adjective (Headline #5).

Transcribe the headlines, identify the words in question (some of them are are part of screen graphics). Use online dictionaries if necessary to get the meaning of the lexical units in question.

Task 2. Watch Video 10.2 and transcribe it.Identifya colloquial word, an idiom and clichés in the video.

Task 3. Watch Video 10.3 and identifya neologism in it. What sphere of public does the clip reflect? Find several abbreviations in the clip (including screen graphics), write them down.

Task 4. Watch Video 10.4. It is a fragment of a package.Watch it in full, identify an abbreviation in the clip and its definition.

Task 5. Watch Video 10.4 again and identify two realia reflected in the clip (both audially and visually).

Task 6. Watch Video 10.5 lead. What holiday is in the media focus? Fill in the gaps to identify the realia the video contains.

Despite the freezing temperatures, thousands of people, of course, will descend on …1… this evening for the annual …2… celebrations. But it seems even the most famous of …3-5… can’t avoid the effects of the economic downturn – some tickets have been left unsold.

Find Russian equivalents of the realia you have identified.

Task 7. Watch Video 10.5 to the end to get it’s idea. What genre is the piece?

Task 8. Watch Video 10.5 again. Close the gaps in the sentences below.

1. …1… …2… comes to …3… for …4…

2. Final preparations …1… today for the capital’s world renowned …2-3… celebrations.

3. …1… at midnight as the New Year’s …2-3… with the …4-6… above the castle.

4. Edinburgh’s …1… …2… first was in 1993 and is now the …3… of cities around the world.

5. There’s been a very late …1.. for tickets this year, and …2-5… expensive ones remain …6….

6. …1-2…, a sign of the …3-4…

7. But organizers say the …1… has had …2-4…

8. It’s the weather that is …1-5… – with …6-7… to drop to around minus three tonight, …8-10… party goers to stay …11-13….

Task 9. Watch Video 10.5 interviews and fill in the gaps below. Comment on the words you have just restored. What category of lexical units typical of TV discourse do they relate to?

­ Interview #1

Event Co-ordinator …(name?)…:

“We have seven stages, we have four different arenas. …1… arenas are all ticketed …2-5…. And in the street party, the…6-7… the …8… of it, …9-10… we have four …11-12…. …13… and …14… of bands. Some …15… …16-17… this year. And …18-20… turn the whole thing into an enormous …21-22…”

­ Interview #2

Interviewee’s post …., interviewee’s name …

“The …1… is not …2… …3-4… against the …5… …6… of people i.e. from …7-8… have decided to come to …9… to celebrate …10-12… and that is …13-14… welcome. It’s a …15… news for us.”

Task 10. Did you pay attention to the way the journalist pronounces some words? What accent is it? Which interview in the report has the same phonological characterstics?

Task 11. Match up the numbers in the box with information points of the clip.

1993 4 7 4 – 3

Task 12. Sum up the report in three sentences. Put them down.

Task 13. Watch Video 10.6 and Video 10.7. What genre are they?

Watch the videos again and transcribe them, identifyall colloquial words in thescripts. What subcategory do these colloquialisms fall into? Translate the colloquial words into Russian, make up sentences with them.

Task 14. Watch Video 10.8. What genre is the piece?

Transcribe the piece and get its idea. What verb would you use to characterise the event highlighted in the clip?

Task 15. Watch Video 10.9. What genre is it? What is the general idea of the clip? Now do the following tasks.

1. Transcribe the clip and make lexical analysis of its script. You may need to know expressions Christmas rows and counseling service to get a better idea of the piece.

2. Identify a proverb and an idiom in the clip, find their Russian equivalents. How long does Christmas festive season last in the UK, according to the video clip? To what effect?

Task 16. Watch Video 10.10, determine its genre. Answer the questions.

1. What political event is broadcast live?

2. What city is it being held in? When?

3. Who is talking? What post does he hold? Since what time?

4. What is the overall idea of the speech featured in the clip?

Task 17. Watch Video 10.10 again and say what London boroughs, areas and districts are mentioned by the speaker (six in total).

Task 18. Fill the gaps in the sentences below, translate them into Russian.

You may find useful the following realia:

1. The Tube – The London Underground.

2. Crossrail – a 118 km railway line currently under construction in London and its environs. Work began on the central section of the line in 2009 with a new tunnel built through central London. The line is expected to begin full operation in 2019.

3. Bendy bus – a single-deck bus comprising two rigid sections linked by a pivoting joint.

4. Routermaster bus (colloquially known as the Borisbus or Borismaster) replaced the bendy bus in London 2012.

1. And what an …1... year it’s been for our city and for our country. Elected again when there are so many opportunities in London from …2... o …3..., from …4... to …5... to build on the momentum of 2012. And take the city …6....

2. Thank you, we did it ….

3. Because people could see we had …1... the first time round, we did …2..., especially the …3... down to low not seen since 1920s.

4. We …1... the …2..., we put in a new bus, a wonderful new bus on the streets of London – …3..., …4..., …5..., new generation …6....

Task 19. In Video 10.10 the speaker refers to the five achievements reached under his leadership and the nine point plan. What are those achievements and what is the essence of the plan?

Task 20. Revise the following phrasal verbs, clichés and idioms. Translate them either into English or Russian.

1) слоняться без дела; 2) решить проблему; 3) нажиться; 4) to team up; 5) to beef up; 6) дойти до сути; 7) to go softly-softly; 8) to snap up; 9) быть доступным каждому желающему; 10) to get nitty-gritty; 11) a shot in the arm; 12) обходи­тельный человек; 13) пустые посулы; 14) запускать, приводить в действие (взрывное устройство, механизм и т.п.); 15) to spell out; 16) сделать отметку (поставить «галочку»); 17) подытоживать, складывать; 18) продолжать; 19) унести жизни; 20) всерьез; 21) стать объектом внимания; 22) высказывать озабоченность (по поводу чего-либо); 23) to be too little too late; 24) представлять угрозу; 25) in the run up to: 26) по пятам, следом; 27) to make one’s way; 28) запаздывать; 29) продолжать; 30) to pop up; 31) to kick off; 32) вопреки всему; 33) вмешиваться в дело; 34) браться за какое-либо дело; 35) to put up (prices); 36) заканчиваться, завершаться; 37) to shy away; 38) to set up; 39) to prop up; 40) брать на поруки; 41) to hop on; 42) приходиться (на долю промышленности приходится…); 43) to roll off.

Task 21. Revise the following colloquial words. Translate them into English or Russian.

1) ageism; 2) flop; 3) шампанское; 4) a jab; 5) glitch; 6) сердитый; 7) парашю­тист; 8) flicks; 9) jittery; 10) scary; 11) weird; 12) обмениваться; 13) модный; 14) to revamp; 15) posh; 16) капельница; 17) frantic; 18) неудавшийся; 19) to down (something); 20) резкое увеличение; 21) наглый; 22) a fag; 23) booze; 24) The Met; 25) upbeat; 26) a spook; 27) известные люди шоу-бизнеса; 28) a cowboy; 29) safe heaven; 30) запрыгнуть – спрыгнуть: 31) свалиться (упасть).

Task 22. Put the lexical units in Tasks 20-21 into the context. Get prepared to write a lexical quiz.

Unit 11

BROADCAST NEWS MEDIA DISCOURSE: STYLISTICS AND SYNTAX

Stylistic features of news broadcast media discourse

Stylistic features of news broadcast media list lexical stylistic devices and morphological expressive means.

Lexical stylistic devices are: epithets, metaphors, metonymy, simile, idiom s (a miserable prime minister; emotional idiocy; a crushing defeat; poor decisions; busting pay rises; to put a brave face on something).

It comes after another extraordinary public display of faith – 50,000 people gathered in Birmingham (Sky News).

“The I” is aimed at people who are time poor (BBC News).

– So, it’s a very moving article (Sky News).

BMW faces a major boardroom shake-up (Sky News).

The landscape for public bodies needs radical reform (BBC News).

A bonfire of quangos we expected, a conflagration of waste and bureaucracy – well may be (BBC News).

To sugar a bitter pill, the plan before the PM is set to include that Kosovo remain part of Yougoslavia (Sky News).

Like many British seaside resorts, Scarborough has been dying on its feet in recent years (Sky News).

A Halloween parade in New York has given meaning to the expression “ dressed up like a dog’s dinner ” (Sky News).

– The country has become a laughing stock of Europe (Sky News).

Morphological stylistic means embrace grammatical means and syntactical devices: word order, type of sentences, type of syntactical links, etc. (inversion, repetition, parallel constructions, asyndeton, polysyndeton).

But wet it will become later (Sky News, weather forecast).

Once inside the square, they have to hold it. And hold it they did (Sky News).

In Paris they are speaking for peace but in the troubled Serb province of Kosovo they are bracing for war (EuroNews).

– In its current structure, yes, of course it’s doomed. I t was always gonna be doomed (BBC News).

– It was obvious that Ireland, it was obvious that Greece, it was obvious that Portugal weren’t gonna fit it (BBC News).

– [ If you ] Mention the euro on the streets of Marlow, and you get a reaction that sums up, why Britain remains undecided over the single currency (Sky News);

[ It is ] … Time for a change in how they do things … (Sky News);

– But hang on, could have not they devalued and therefore, sold their problems … (BBC New s).

Whilst today is essentially a Christian festival, there are millions of people of other faiths who’ll celebrate Christmas as a secular event (Sky News).

Money worries and Christmas rows mean this week is expected to be biggest ever for divorce lawyers (Sky News).

Broadcast news media stylistic devices are typical predominantly of such genres, as a report, comment, extended press review and talk. Such devices add emotional colouring to broadcast news media texts, nearing them to belles-lettres texts. On the other hand, brief news genres tend to be stylistically neutral, devoid of any emotion to prevent distracting the viewer’s or listener’s attention from minor details.

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