8. Подготовьте развернутые высказывания (от 25 развернутых предложений) в ответ на вопросы, заданные ниже. Задание, помеченное звездочкой, выполнять не обязательно.

1. Using the examples from the text write your own letter introducing either a person/company or a product/service.

2.* If you happen to know any business-person from abroad (or someone who has ever worked with representatives of any foreign country), ask them to show you a sample of a business letter of some other kind (a CV cover letter, a business thank you letter, etc.). Discuss the given sample letter with your groupmates/instructor.

Text 2. What Is Mass Media?

1. Убедитесь, что Вам понятны слова и выражения, перечисленные ниже. Если необходимо, воспользуйтесь словарем.

mass media broadcast media print media internet media outlet web presence to take advantage of mainstream media to stick to general audience controversial entertainment the entire population local media to cover

to focus on specialty media demographic groups provincial news prominence investigative journalism clout nationally-respected paper a regional daily criticism topical viewer residents of a community

television show educational programming political communications via public service announcement emergency alert elitist to be tempted to to sneer at a critical part population to interact clue a diverse assortment perused

2. Соедините разрозненные части выражений и составных слов.

1	Broadcast	a	presence
2	Provincial	b	journalism
3	a regional	c	population
4	the entire	d	paper
5	Emergency	e	groups
6	investigative	f	media
7	General	g	alert
8	nationally-respected	h	daily
9	demographic	i	news
10	Web	j	audience

3. Заполните пробелы недостающими словами из списка (Упражнение 1).

1. Channel 4 are _________ the match.

2. Let’s __________ to the facts.

3. He ignored the ___________ of his friends.

4. I knew he carried a lot of ________ in business world.

5. When some information or news is current and of immediate interest, we say it is __________.

6. Criminal activity has received heavy coverage in the mass _______.

7. I _________ several online reviews.

8. The study will _________ on a number of areas in Wales.

9. She came to __________ as an artist in the 1960s.

10. He was commenting on the recent media review by stakeholders which found that this is one of the most awkward events when media ____________ have been misused blatantly by some politicians.

4. Сократите данные предложения, заменяя словами из списка (Упражнение 1) выделенные курсивом конструкции. Если это необходимо, измените порядок слов.

1. Most people buy a home with a mortgage with the help of a building society.

2. She had spoken in a mocking manner about their bad taste.

3. If you went to Harvard, wear only the finest silk suits, and hang around only with other Ivy League graduates, then you’re a person who thinks he is better than everyone else; and, therefore, puts himself before others.

4. Archaeological evidence can give facts that serve to reveal something about the past.

5. The island has a number of people living there of about 78,000.

6. The UK's top-selling newspaper that covers the news from the given region and is issued every day, the Aberdeen-based Press and Journal, will no longer publish broadsheet editions from next year.

7. It is a result of the Children's Television Act of 1990, which mandates broadcast stations to program at least three hours of programming that serves to educational purposes a week.