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publishing
about
and
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Radio and television

Typ.,ofprogrammes:documentariesnewsbroadcastscurrentaffairsprogrammes
'roup
oi.rrs [continuing stories about the lives of a set of charactersl quizzes
situationl
,it.o*, [comedies ..n,ling around a set of characters in a particular
drama chat shorvs detlctive stories spofts programmes rveather forecasts
musicprogrammesgameshow,s[r,vhereContestantsCompeteforprizes]
variety shorvs commercials Iadverts]
to the next' A series
A serial is a story that continues from one programme or episode
but each programme is
about the same characters or has th. ,u-.]orat each lveek

is

complete in itself.
so you can read a
Films originally made in a different language may'have-sub-titles
hear rvhat they are
translation of rvhat the characters are saying r be dubbed, so You
saying in your orvn language.

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Newspapers and publishing

opinion article ',vritten bvParts of the newspaper: headlines nelvs reports edrtorial fan
horoscope cartoons
the eclitor] feature articles, e'g' about fashion or socials trends
the letters Page
scandal
crossrvord small ads business nelvs sports reports
real nervs r'vhereas a
A popular or tabloid newspaper focuses more on sensation than
sensation' A tabloid
quality newspaper p.of.ss., L b. Inot. interested in reai ner'vs than in
and shorter
headlines
larger
has
it
paper,
.rr.ruily has n ,-o11.r format than a quality
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and
crimes
violent
srories and, in Britain, ii pr.f.r, ,rorL, about ii1- stars,
supplement
colour
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magazine"
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to
addition
as
an
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picture
of
lots
rvith
,r.r,-.pJp... A comic is a magazine, usually for chrldren or teenagers,
stories and/or cartoons.
lv{ake sure yor-r knor'v the verbs in these sentences'
The BBC \{brld Service broadcasts throughout the r'vorid'
I can receive / pick up broadcasts from Nloscor'v on my radro'
They're showing a good film on TV tonrght'
by CUp and it rvas printed in Cambridge.
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The film rvas shot / made on location in Spain'

They cut/censored the film before shorving it on TV'
Thii article/programme has been badly edited'
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Use (Upper'intermedote)

Journalists and people in the media

lv{atch the lr.ords rnd definitions.

commentator clitic editor fi'eelance iournalist ner.vsreader

presenter press photogrirpher- reporter

p..tparazzi /,pie pa r;etsi

photographers ivho fcrllor'r, fhmor-rs people around to get good photos of them to sell to a ne\\ispaper
a person lvho t,rites about the good / bad qr-ralities of books, concerts, plrys, films, etc.
a person rvho describes a sports event lr.hile it's happening on TV or radio

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a person rr,ho collects and reports nervs tbr nelvspapers, radio, or TV

a person in charge of a neivspaper or magazine, or part of one, r,vho decides rl,h'it
should be in
a person lvho introduces the different sections of a radio or TV programn-re
a person,,r.ho rvrites articles for dilferent papers and is not en-rploy-ed bv a single ner,\spaper

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a person rr.ho reads the nelvs on TV or radio

a person rvho takes photos for a ner,vspaper

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Sections of a newspaper or news website
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Adiectives to describe the media

4 The language of headlines

Nfatch tlre sentences. Ther-r look at the lvay the bold

adjectives are used in context, and guess their meaning.

The reporting ir the paper \,ras verv sensational

ner,vs on that TV channei is real1,v biased l'baresti.
I think The Obserlet.is the most objeltive of the
.

lvfatch the highlighted 'headline phrases'rvith its meaning.

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Sundar,- papers.

4 The fi1m revie,,v r,r,as quite accurate 1'rkjaret,.

5 I think the repolt r.r.as censored.
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rvas qr-rite true.

B It bases its stories just on facts, not on feeiings or beliels.

C The nervspaper lvasn't allorved to publish all the details,
D It made the storv more shocking than it reallv rvas.

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Chanceor

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United boss

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Can you rernember the words on this page?

Test yourself or a partner.

A argument
B have been cut

E is going to marry
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C qr-restion, interrogate
D is going to leave

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