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Read the text, translate it into Ukrainian. Be ready to discuss it. | Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the topical vocabulary, making any necessary changes. | Fill the gaps using active vocabulary. | Read the text, translate it into Ukrainian. Be ready to discuss it. | Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the topical vocabulary, making any necessary changes. | Choose the quotation you like best of all. Comment on it. | Choose the right answer. | Fill in the missed prepositions if necessary. Retell the text. | THE BRITISH BROADCASTING | News Programmes |


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4. IT'S CURTAINS FOR CORINTH

 

a) Mysterious death of four members of the royal family.

b) Philip of Macedonia wins battle against city states of Athens and Thebes.

c) Archimedes' discovery of the laws governing the displacement of water.

d) Burning of city of Corinth to ground by the Romans.

e) Long-distance runner brings news of battle victory to Athens and then dies.

Match the headline to its story and explain the play on words in each case.

l Bad blood 2 Happy days? 3 Shell-shocked 4 False impressions 5 Happy haunting 6 Hopping mad 7 Flushed 8 Highly embarrassed 9 Round-up

 

1. A grandfather's breathing problems were solved when doctors found four false teeth at the entrance to his lungs. They had been forced down his windpipe in a car crash eight years ago.

2. A 25-year-old terrapin is being treated for a fractured shell after surviving a 200ft drop.

3. A Shetland teacher has suggested labradors or golden retrievers could be used to control pupils in playgrounds.

4. A ghost society has been told not to scare off a friendly female apparition at a hotel.

5. Adults who have never quite grown up are to be offered school theme nights including uniforms, register, assembly and primary school dinners by a Nottingham hotel.

6. An ex-public loo in Hackney, East London, is to be sold for £76,000.

7. A Whitby curate has attacked the resort's attempts to profit on its connections with Dracula: 'a pale-faced man with a bad sense of fashion, severe dental problems and an eating disorder.'

8. A toad triggered a police alert when it set off a new hi-tech alarm system. i) Firemen had to scale a 30-foot tree in St Leonard's, East Sussex, to rescue a man who was trying to capture his pet iguana.

Language Focus

 

Newspaper headlines use a lot of distinctive vocabulary. They prefer words that are usually shorter and generally sound more dramatic than ordinary English words. The words marked can be used either as nouns or verbs.

newspaper word meaning newspaper word meaning
aid * help key essential, vital
axe * cut, remove link * connection
back support move * step towards a desired end
bar * exclude, forbid ordeal painful experience
bid * attempt oust push out
blast * explosion plea request
blaze * fire pledge * promise
boost * incentive, encourage ploy clever activity
boss * head* } manager, director poll * election / public opinion survey
probe* investigation
clash * dispute quit leave, resign
curb * restraint, limit riddle mystery
cut * reduction strife conflict
drama tense situation talks discussions
drive * campaign, effort threat danger
gems jewels vow * promise
go-ahead approval wed marry
hit affect badly    

 

Newspaper headlines often use abbreviations, e.g. PM for Prime Minister, MP for Member of Parliament.


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