Exercise 1 p. 476

 

- What do the media say about him?                   - What does the advert say about him? D

1 There is peace  between the two countries.       - There is war between two countries.  D

2 What’s your opinion of the news?                     - What do you think of the news?         S

3 It was a great event.                                      - It was a great advertisement.            D

4 He is reporting from Seul.                               - He is giving the news from Seul.        S

5 I read it in an article.                                      - I read it in an advertisement.            D

6 She’s a TV celebrity.                                       - She is on TV a lot.                            D

7 Where did he live?                                          - Where did he die?                            D

 

Exercise 2 p. 476

 

The media is TV, radio, newspaper, magazines and the internet. The media report on important event from around the world; for example, disaster like the Asian tsunami, or war between different countries. As well as reporting the news, the media give theirs opinion of events round the world. And reporters also like to write about celebrities such as Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie.

 

Exercise 4 p. 277

 

- See - / the film.

1 Read an article on / in the paper.

2 Let’s listen to the / a news.

3 Watch a programme in / on TV.

4 Find - / out what was happened.

5 See the programme / article on TV.

6 Did you hear - / the sports results?

7 I heard all - / of it on / in the radio.

8 Don’t belive / listen what you see.

9 I watched most - / of it.

 

Exercise 5 p. 277

 

- I always read a paper at the weekend. ­        - But do you read all of it?

1 Did you watch TV last night?                        - Yes, I saw a programme about dogs.

2 I read the story but I don’t belive it’s true.    - No, nothing of it is true. It’s false.

3 Have you heard the news ?                         - No, what’s happen?

4 Did you listen to the radio this morning?       - Yes, I heard the 8 o’ clock news.

5 What’s in the newspaper this morning?         - I don’t know; I never buy one.

6 Have you seen the weather forecast ?          - Yes, it’s going to rain.

7 What did you  watch on TV ?                        - Oh, nothing much.

 

Exercise B / 6 p. 277

Media questionnaire

 

1 Why do you read a newspaper?

  A to find out what was happened

  b becouse it has interesting articles

  C for the sports results

  d for the business news

2 What do you watch on TV?

  a the news

  b soaps

  C films

  d nothing much

3 What do you listen to on the radio?

  a the news

  B music programmes

  c the weather forecast

  d nothing much

4 Do you believe what you read or hear in the news?

  a yes, all of it

  b yes, most of it

  C yes, some of it

  d no, none of it.

 

 

THE MICROLANGUAGE OF COMPUTER

 

VERBS:

to log in = collegarsi

to log out = scollegarsi

to create = creare

to insert = inserire

to upload = caricare

to download = scaricare

to save = salvare

to file = archiviare

to fold = piegare

to send = inviare

to paste = incollare

to cancel = cancellare

 

NOUNS :

link = collegamento

memory extension = chiavetta

projector = proiettore

load = il carico

folder = cartella

file= file, archivio