Читайте также:
|
Task 1. Watch Video 11.1 for several seconds until you see screen graphics. Still the frame and try to explain the expression Big Freeze.
Task 2. Before resuming your work with Video 11.1, study the words and expressions in the box below, watch the video to grasp its essence.
cusp: on the cusp of several counties
to brace oneself for another storm
to be thin on the ground: customers are thin on the ground
to sell out haulage
shovel attic
blanket kindling
the staples pond
to maroon snug
pelvis to fracture
to slip featureless
stables barracks
panic buying to stock up
spill installment
Task 3. Watch Video 11.1 again identify the following proper names:
- a village name;
- names of the three counties mentioned in the clip;
- the county where the report was filmed is known as …
Task 4. Can you find a Russian equivalent of the village name?
Find another village name in the clip, think of its origin.
Task 5. Close the gaps in the sentences below. Identify idioms, phrasal verbs and stylistic devices in the script.
1. …1… [village name], on the cusp of the counties of …2-4…, …5… itself for what might be to come.
2. …1… the village is …2… with snow … and customers at the local shops …1… …2… …3….
3. At the Equestrian Centre the shelves have been cleared of …1… and …2… that might keep animals warm.
4. “I’m afraid, we are completely …1… …2…”
5. The local school is under a …1… of white and …2… decisions will need to be made about …3… to allow pupils to come to lessons on Monday.
6. Most people have already …1-2… for the next …3… of the snow and ice …4…
7. …1… …2… sledges are proving popular, it’s …3… …4… that are disappearing fast.
8. – People …1… …2…: … 3- 9…
9. …1… look at the ducks, …2… on the …3-6… village pond.
10. …1… the temperatures firmly below zero, and the snow …2… …3… yet again, most of the villagers here in …4… are doing what sensible people would do under these conditions – they are …5… …6….
11. At the …1… more than 40 horses are confined to …2…, …3… …4… …5… against the …6… cold.
12. “Unfortunately, I was …1… a horse …2… of stable yesterday. And it just literary …3… …4… a bit of ice and …5… …6… fracturing its pelvis.”
13. …1… for now the “…2-3… ” is no longer …4… Instead, it’s a …5-6…
Task 6. How would you comment on the abundance of phrasal verbs in the report?
Task 7. What is the general mood of Video 11.1? What means (verbal and visual) are employed by the journalist to create such mood?
Task 8. Divide the report into major information points. State your opinion on the issue raised in the piece.
Task 9. Watch Video 11.2. What political event is in the media focus? What does the realia the battle of the Boyne mean?
Task 10. Watch Video 11.2 again and fill in the gaps in the interview below. What stylistic devices are used by Father Gary Donegan?
– You have the …1-2…, you have, …3-4…, a lot of difficulty with young people, unemployment, and just …5-6, …7-8…. And for young people, …9-10…, it’s an opportunity to come with an excitement.
Task 11. What sentences prevail in Video 11.2 in terms of syntax? Identify all sentences beginning with ‘but’ and ‘and’.
Task 12. Study the word box below, watch Video 11.3 and get its idea.
to bear the brunt to orchestrate the clashes
consecutive paramilitary
to retaliate loyalists, unionists and republicans
strife deprived
flashpoint to retalliate
to gamble scarred
UFV Ulster Unionists
MLA the US Open
Task 13. Fill the gaps in the sentences and make their stylistic analysis.
1. There was …1-2… on the …3-4… of East Belfast.
2. Police came under …1-2… for the second …3-4….
3. They accused loyalist paramilitaries of …1-2….
4. And therefore, their hands are …1… this, whether …2… direction, …3… omission or …4….
5. …1… is never far …2-3… in this …4… area.
6. Most people feel the peace process …1-4….
7. – This is a …1-3… which feels us forgotten. …4… if people have nothing to lose, they won’t …5-6…. about …7… everything.
8. Sadly, there are still some who’d rather …1-3… than part them.
Task 14. Watch to Video 11.3 again, identify three sentences that syntactically are typical of spoken discourse.
What can you say about the syntactical structure of the sentences in general that make up the report?
Task 15. Which of the two clips – Video 11.2 or Video 11.3 is more informative? Why? Prove your point.
What accent do you hear in both clips?
Task 16. Read the newspaper article below and get ready to work with Audio Track 11.1 and Video 11.4 featuring the same event.
Дата добавления: 2015-11-14; просмотров: 88 | Нарушение авторских прав
| <== предыдущая страница | | | следующая страница ==> |
| Control Questions | | | Hungarians battle to hold back toxic sludge spill from Danube |