- •Гавриленко о.В., Ильинцева а.В., Бондарева е.В.
- •Part I: Publishing unit 1 Publishers and Publishing
- •1. Match the words which are close in meaning:
- •2. Match the given words and word-combinations with their definitions.
- •3. Explain the meaning of the following words and word-combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •4. A. Translate the word-combinations given below.
- •5. Paraphrase the sentences given below. Use the words and phrases from the topic vocabulary instead of phrases shown in boldface.
- •6. Translate the sentences from Russian into English paying attention to the words and phrases from the topic vocabulary.
- •7. Say whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.
- •8. Answer the following questions:
- •9. Agree or disagree. Give your reasons.
- •10. Make up a dialogue.
- •11. А. Read the Russian text below. Render it into English.
- •12. Speak on the topic “Publishers and Publishing”.
- •History of Publishing
- •(Part 1)
- •1. Find in the text the words which describe or mean the following:
- •2. Explain the meaning of the following words and word-combinations.
- •3. A. Translate the word combinations given below.
- •4. Paraphrase the following sentences. Use your own words instead of the topic vocabulary words and word combinations shown in boldface.
- •5. A. Insert prepositions (by, for, from, of, to, upon) where necessary:
- •6. Translate the sentences given below from Russian into English:
- •7. Answer the following questions:
- •8. Write and discuss.
- •9. A. Read the Russian text below. Render it into English.
- •10. Speak on the topic “History of Publishing”.
- •History of Publishing
- •(Part 2)
- •1. Match the given words and word-combinations with their definitions.
- •2. Explain the meaning of the following words and word-combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •3. A. Translate the word-combinations given below.
- •4. Paraphrase the following sentences. Use the words and phrases from the topic vocabulary instead of the words and word combinations shown in boldface.
- •5. Paraphrase the sentences from the text. Use your own words instead of the active vocabulary shown in boldface.
- •6. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
- •7. Say whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements. Use Language Support from Unit 1.
- •8. Answer the following questions:
- •9. A. Pair work.
- •10. A. Read the Russian text below. Render it into English.
- •11. Speak on the topic “History of Publication: Periodical and Nonperiodical Publications”.
- •Categories of Publishing:
- •Trade, Textbook, Academic
- •1. Match the given words and word-combinations with their definitions.
- •2. Explain the meaning of the following word-combinations.
- •3. A. Translate the word-combinations given below.
- •4. Paraphrase the sentences given below. Use the words and phrases from the topic vocabulary instead of phrases shown in boldface.
- •5. Insert prepositions (by, for, in, into, of) where necessary:
- •6. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
- •7. Answer the following questions:
- •8. Read the information about monographs below. Agree or disagree (use Language Support from Unit 1). Give your reasons.
- •9. A. Read the Russian texts below. Translate them into English.
- •10. Speak on the topic “Trade, Textbook and Academic Publishing”.
- •Categories of Publishing:
- •Reference and Self-Publishing
- •1. Match the words which are close in meaning:
- •2. Find in the text the words which describe or mean the following:
- •3. Writing. Explain the meaning of the following words and word-combinations.
- •4. A. Translate the word-combinations given below.
- •5. Insert prepositions (at, for, into, of, on) where necessary:
- •6.A. Translate these sentences into English orally.
- •7. Answer the following questions:
- •8. Speaking.
- •9. A. Read the Russian texts below. Translate them into English.
- •10. Speak on the topic “Categories of Publishing: Reference and Self-Publishing”.
- •Part II: Book
- •Types of Printing
- •1. Find the words and expressions from the vocabulary that have the following definitions
- •7. А. Translate the text into English Печать журналов
- •B. Write the main idea of the text in 2 – 3 sentences.
- •1. Find the words and expressions from the vocabulary that have the following definitions:
- •6. Translate these sentences into English
- •7. Answer the following questions:
- •9. Discussion point. Read the following quotations and express your point of view on them.
- •10. Retell the text pointing out the following periods in printing history: pre-printing period, first books, movable type advent, further development of printing.
- •11. Read the text about the inventor of the printing press and share what you have learnt about him with your group. What was unknown to you? What things were the most surprising?
- •12. Make a written summary of the previous text
- •1. Find the words and expressions from the topic vocabulary that have the following definitions
- •2. Paraphrase the expressions in italics using the topic vocabulary
- •3. Find English equivalents in the text. Make up your sentences with them
- •4. Finish the sentences paying attention to the vocabulary.
- •5. Arrange this book parts as they should go in the book (second column) and tell what they contain (third column)
- •6. Translate these sentences into Russian
- •7. Translate into English
- •8. Define if the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones:
- •С. Read the following text. Text 9
- •1. Find the words and expressions from the vocabulary that have the following definitions
- •7. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •8. Answer the following questions:
- •9. Read the following quotations and express your point of view on them
- •Text 10
- •1. Match the given words and word-combination with their definitions.
- •2. Give Russian equivalents to the following:
- •3. Find English equivalents in the text. Make up your sentences with them.
- •4. Explain the meaning of the following words and word-combinations.
- •5. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.
- •6. Answer the following questions:
- •7. A. Read information about some types of printed material. Give Russian equivalents to the words in italics.
- •9. Match the information (in the left column) with the type of printed material (in the right column).
- •10. Translate some facts about Japanese newspapers into English:
- •Unit 11 How Newspapers Are Produced (Part 2)
- •Text 11
- •1. Give Russian equivalents to the following:
- •2. Find English equivalents in the text. Make up your own sentences with them.
- •3. Match the given words and word-combination with their definitions.
- •4. Explain the meaning of the following words and word-combination.
- •5. Translate into English:
- •6. Decide whether the following statements are true or false.
- •7. Answer the following questions:
- •8. A. Read the text. Typical sections found in newspapers and magazines
- •9. Read the situations. Discuss the questions which are put in the end. Share your ideas with the group. Try to find the ideal solution.
- •11. A. Study the list of the daily newspapers in the world by average circulation. The figures are compiled by the World Association of Newspapers and represent each paper’s average circulation.
- •Unit 12 From the History of Newspapers
- •Text 12
- •1. Match the given words and word-combination with their definitions.
- •2. Explain the meaning of the following words and word-combination.
- •3. Give Russian equivalents to the following:
- •4. Find English equivalents in the text. Make up your sentences with them.
- •5. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.
- •6. Answer the following questions:
- •7. A. Translate into English:
- •8. A. Read the text and guess the meaning of the underlined words and word-combinations. Gathering the news
- •9. Discuss the following questions and share your ideas with the group.
- •Unit 13 The Staff of a Newspaper
- •Text 13
- •1. Match the given words and word-combination with their definitions.
- •2. Give Russian equivalents to the following:
- •3. Find English equivalents in the text. Make up your own sentences with them.
- •4. What are these people responsible for? Use the information from Text 13.
- •5. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.
- •6. Answer the following questions:
- •7. Writing. Write about 50-60 words describing a newspaper you have read recently.
- •8. A. Read the text. Code of Ethics The Washington Post
- •9. Discuss the following situations and questions. Share your ideas with the group.
- •Vocabulary
- •Литература
- •Contents
- •Unit 9 Transition to Digital Format
9. Read the following quotations and express your point of view on them
• “We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing much of our routine work. Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not changed...”, Lawrence Clark Powell
• “The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.”, Douglas Engelbart
10. Discussion point
Team work: discuss the difference between printed books and digital versions. The first team should defend traditional books, the second supports digital ones. Prepare arguments to prove your point.
11. Make a summary of the text
12. Essay
1. Write down all pluses and minuses of digital publishing.
2. Make a report of how you see future of printing (paper or digital means).
PART III: Newspapers
UNIT 10
How Newspapers Are Produced
(Part 1)
A. Discussion. Think of the possible solutions for the situation below
A member of your city council declared her candidacy for mayor. As part of her campaign, she spent one day “working” as a police officer: dressed in a uniform and walking a downtown beat (участок работы). It is an obvious campaign stunt, designed to attract favorable publicity. But it is a local story, and unusual. As an editor, would you cover it?
B. Topic Vocabulary. Learn the words and phrases below.
1. news service (wire service) – телеграфное агентство
2. to gather information for – собирать информацию для
3. public interest – общественный интерес
4. beat reporter – журналист, специализирующийся в определенной сфере
5. beat – тема, сфера, в которой специализируется журналист
6. general assignment reporter – журналист, освещающий разные темы
7. news staff – сотрудники отдела новостей
8. investigative reporter – журналист, проводящий расследование какого-л. вопроса
9. stringer – внештатный корреспондент
10. suburban newspaper – пригородная газета
11. metropolitan newspaper – газета крупного (столичного) города
12. teletypewriter - телетайп
13. news syndicate – газетный синдикат
14. chain of newspapers – газетный концерн
C. Read the text.
Text 10
Gathering information is the first step in the production of the news in a newspaper. A paper gets the news it prints from two main sources: 1) its own reporters and 2) news services.
Reporters use interviews, research, and investigative techniques to gather information for their stories. They must have well-developed news judgment to sort out important stories from those with little public interest.
A newspaper employs several kinds of reporters. Many reporters cover a specialty called a beat. Some beat reporters are assigned to particular locations, including city hall, police headquarters, and the criminal courts. Other beat reporters cover a particular subject, such as science, religion, education, or consumer affairs. Certain other reporters, called general assignment reporters, cover any story to which they are assigned or which they find on their own.
The news staff of a big-city newspaper also includes investigative reporters and stringers. Investigative reporters search out and expose political corruption or other wrongdoing. They may work weeks or months to get a story or a series of stories. Stringers do not work full time for the newspaper, but they occasionally write a story for it. Many stringers for big-city newspapers have a regular job with a suburban newspaper, a regional magazine, or a small radio station.
Many metropolitan papers have a staff of reporters in the state capital and in Washington, D.C. The largest papers also have foreign correspondents in such cities as London, Paris, Moscow, and Tokyo.
Not even the largest newspapers can afford to have reporters in all the major cities of the United States and the world. As a result, newspapers depend on news services for at least part of their national and foreign news. The chief U.S. news services are the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI). Each of these services has reporters throughout the United States and throughout the world. Major news services in other countries include Agence France-Presse in France, Reuters in the United Kingdom, and ITAR in Russia (called ITAR-TASS in its bureaus outside Russia). News services were formerly known as wire services because they sent their stories by wire to printing devices called teletypewriters. Today, satellites are widely used to relay stories and photographs.
Many papers also get news from news syndicates. A news syndicate is owned by a newspaper or chain of newspapers with a large staff of reporters worldwide.
(from “Newspaper in the classroom”)