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For each of the following words, all frequently used in headlines, find the meaning in the list below. Then Express each headline as it would appear in an ordinary news announcement.
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MOVE – action, step, to take action
CLASH – fighting, argument, conflict, to argue, to fight.
WOO – attempt, to attempt
BID – to try to attack
FOIL – to prevent
HALT – stop, to stop
OUST – to force out of office, remove from
QUIZ – to question, interrogate
PLEA – strong request, call for help, appeal
BAN – to prohibit, prohibition
BACK – support, to support
FLEE – run away from, escape
a) DICTATOR OUSTED: PLEA FOR CALM – Dictator has been displaced, that why calmness must be restored
b) NEW MOVES TO HALT BORDER CLASHES – New actions has been made to avoid the collision of borders.
c) GOVT BACKS ARMS BAN TO WOO LEFT – The government supported the Army to prohibit the attempt of leaving.
d) KIDNAP BID FOILED: 3 QUIZZED, 2 FLEE – The attempt to prevent the kidnappers’ action gave the results – three of them are being interrogated, two of them were escaped
Give English equivalents for:
Предотвратить – FOIL
Обращение – PLEA
Попытка - WOO
Остановить – HALT
Запрещение – BAN
Столкновение – CLASH
Поддерживать – BACK
Снять (с поста) – OUST
Бежать – FLEE
Пытаться привлечь (на свою сторону) – BID
Шаг (действие) – MOVE
Допрашивать – QUIZ
Instruction as above
SPLIT – divide, division
LEAK – to escape, escape (of secret information)
REDDLE – mystery
PROBE – investigate, investigation
AXE –close, dismiss, cancel, closure, dismissal
LIFT – remove (restrictions, prohibitions)
CURB – restrict, restriction
BAFFLED – at a loss to explain, mystified.
STORM – angry argument
CALL – to demand, to appeal, demand, appeal
RAP – criticize, reprimand
ENVOY – diplomat, ambassador
a) CABINET LEAK: CALL FOR PROBE – Government demands to make an investigation in consequence of losses of secret information.
b) EEC SRLIT OVER LIFTING OF TRAVEL CURBS – EEC has been divided because of canceling of travel restriction
c) DEAD ENVOY RIDDLE: YARD BAFFLED – A leading ambassador has been killed: Scotland Yard is at a loss to explain the situation
d) PM RAPS BBC IN JOBS AXE STORM – Prime Minister criticizes BBC for the fact of mass reduction of the staff
Give English equivalents for:
Загадка – REDDLE
Утечка (информации) – LEAK
Посланник – ENVOY
Увольнение (сокращение) – AXE
Снять (ограничения) – LIFT
Критиковать, резко высказываться – RAP
Озадачить, сбить с толку – BAFFLED
Ограничение, обуздание – CURB
Раскол – SPLIT
Расследование – PROBE
Призыв, требование – CALL
Возмущение – STORM
Make brief headlines from the following news stories.
a) Eighteen people were killed when the army tried to overthrow the government – GOVT OUST WOO BY ARMY: 18 DEAD
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b) A leading diplomat has been mysteriously murdered. – DEAD ENVOY RIDDLE
c) The Prime Minister is trying to win the support of the coal miners trade union. – PM PLEAS COAL TU BACK
d) The director of British Petroleum has been forced to resign – BP CHIEF OUSTED
e) A Member of Parliament was questioned by the police in an investigation into the use of illegal drugs – MP QUIZED IN PROBE FOR DRUG USE
Express the following headline in ordinary English.
a) PEER DIES IN FLATS BLAZE DRAMA - A leading Peer died at his home because of ignition in the flat.
b) BLAST TOLL RISING: WITNESSES SOUGHT. A powerful explosion happened; the police are looking for the witnesses of this occurrence.
c) COMMONS STORM OVER DEFENCE CUTS – The burghers express angry argument against the reduction of the staff.
d) M-WAY DEATH CRASH: BRITON HELD – A great wreck occurred in the Motor-Way; there was fatal case; the police detain an Englishman.
Exercise 2
Give some information on:
Newspapers in the USA.
Millions of people read popular issues of newspapers & magazines in their spare time. Newspapers publish articles which cover the latest international and national events, give a full coverage of commercial, financial and public affairs. Many people buy newspapers also for the radio and TV programs which are printed there. A lot of magazines give an opportunity for youth to be in known in the fashion world, cultural life, sensational news & nightlife events; there we can find reports on education & sports.
There are a lot of popular newspapers in the USA. Here are some information about the most famous of them:
1. The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded in 1851 and published in New York City. The largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, "The Gray Lady"—named for its staid appearance and style—is regarded as a national newspaper of record.
The Times is owned by The New York Times Company, which publishes 18 other newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune and The Boston Globe. The company's chairman is Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., whose family has controlled the paper since 1896.
The New York Times motto, as printed in the upper left-hand corner of the front page, is "All the News That's Fit to Print." It is organized into sections: News, Opinions, Business, Arts, Science, Sports, Style and Features. The Times stayed with the eight-column format for several years after most papers switched to six columns, and it was one of the last newspapers to adopt color photography. The Times has won the most Pulitzer Prizes (98) of any paper. Its website is one of the most popular, receiving over 14 million unique visitors in August 2008.
2. The Washington Post is the newspaper with the largest circulation in Washington, D.C., United States and is the city's oldest paper, founded in 1877. Being located in the nation's capital, it has a particular emphasis on national politics and international affairs. It is a newspaper of record and a regional paper; only D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation.
The newspaper is published as a broadsheet, with photographs printed both in color as well as in black and white. Weekday printings include the main section, containing the first page, national, international news, politics, and editorials and opinions, followed by the sections on local news (Metro), sports, business, style (feature writing on pop culture, politics, fine and performing arts, film, fashion, and gossip), and classifieds.
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The Sunday edition includes the weekday sections as well as several weekly sections: Outlook (opinion and editorials), Style & Arts, Sunday Source, Travel, Book world, Comics, TV Week, and the Washington Post Magazine. Beyond the newspaper, the Washington Post under its parent company of The Washington Post Company is involved with the Washington post.
In 1889, John Phillip Sousa composed on behalf of the newspaper "The Washington Post March", which later became one of the most famous march music pieces. Perhaps the most notable incident in the Post's history was when, in the early 1970s, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein began the media's investigation of Watergate. This contributed greatly to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. In later years, its investigative reporting has led to increased review of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Since Leonard Downie, Jr. was named executive editor in 1991, the Post has won 25 Pulitzer Prizes, more than half of the paper's total collection of 47 Pulitzers awarded. This includes six separate Pulitzers given in 2008, the second-highest record of Pulitzers ever given to a single newspaper in one year. The Post has also received 18 Nieman Fellowships, and 368 White House News Photographers Association awards, among others.
3. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is an English-language international daily newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, in New York City, with Asian and European editions. As of 2007, It has a worldwide daily circulation of more than 2 million, with approximately 931,000 paying online subscribers. It was the largest-circulation newspaper in the United States until November 2003, when it was surpassed by USA Today. Its main rival is the London-based Financial Times, which also publishes several international editions
The Journal newspaper primarily covers U.S. and international business and financial news and issues—the paper's name comes from Wall Street, the street in New York City that is the heart of the financial district. It has been printed continuously since being founded July 8, 1889, by Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. The newspaper has won the Pulitzer Prize thirty-three times, including 2007 prizes for backdated stock options and for the adverse impact of China's booming economy.
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