Exercise4. Match two words to make a common collocation

Television networks

Channel - канал

Newscast - обзор новостей

Email – электронная почта

Daily- ежедневное издание

Magazine - журнал

Exercise1. Read the text more carefully and answer the questions:

1. What is the role of telecommunications in your life? 2. What are the means of communications? 3. What do you know about satellites? 4. What is the difference between the technologies of computing and telecommunications? 5. Can you give any additional information about BBC? 6. Can you imagine your life without means of communications? 7. Do you know other means of communications? 8. What is the total circulation of national newspaper? 9. How many national radio services are there in Great Britain?

Exercise2. a) Translate the following expressions into Russian/Kazakh:

to face persistent conflict; to exercise the freedom; to place the faith; in the eyes of many; to obviate the need; literacy rate; to put on sales; to shape one’s life; to bother with; fall in sales; alienation; declining newspaper readership; to disseminate news; diversity of opinion; to mask smb. from the truth; to offer an unrivalled opportunity.

b) Make up a plan of the survey; retell the text using the topical vocabulary.

Exercise3. Complete the following sentences:
1. and communication/ the Internet / an additional medium for information, entertainment/ is providing.

2. total circulation /newspapers /of over 13 million on weekdays/ National /have an average

3. daily papers/ there are/ national morning /10

4. World Service radio /a government grant /BBC /is funded by

5. two complementary /provides/ terrestrial television networks/the BBC /national

Affairs cassette chat colour control current dish forecast news newspaper

Opera remote report satellite show soap supplement tabloid video weather

Exercise4. Match the media job on the left with its definition on the right.

1.make-up artist writes a regular article in a newspaper or magazine
2.foreign correspondent shoots films
3.sub-editor writes reviews
4.publisher is responsible for the production and sale of a book
5.continuity person reports on events in other countries
6.columnist lays out and adds headlines to newspaper pages
7.camera operator makes up the faces of people who are to appear on TV
8.critic ensures scenes in a film connect smoothly

Reading comprehension:

§ What kind of programmes do you watch on TV?

§ Do you ever watch films on video or DVD?

§ Do you ever go the cinema?

§ What kind of films do you like?

§ What was the last film you saw?

§ Have you got a favourite film?

§ Does your country ever have film festivals?

In England, going to the cinema is one of the most popular leisure activities. Most towns have a cinema, usually one with several screens. These cinemas show all the big films from Hollywood in the USA, and a much smaller number from other countries. However, there are many festivals which show films that may normally not be shown at cinemas. The festivals last for several days and show many films. You are going to find out about two festivals in England.

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