English language

Television

Television in our life.
Television is now one of the most important mass media. It plays a great role in our life today. The idea of machine ABLE TO BROADCAST BOTH SOUND AND vision goes bark to 1875. But only in 1926 a Scottish engineer turned the idea into practical reality. John Logier Baird produced the first TV pictures just 8 years after the WW1.Soon his original system was improved and in 1936 Britain’s first regular TV programme went on air. In 60’s and 70‘s TV started to satisfy the public desires, not just for entertainment, but also for rapid accurate information. We can hardly imagine our life without television. It offers the viewers several programmes on different channels to satisfy all tastes. It’s convenient source of information as it informs us about current affairs and latest developments and achievements in science and technology both in our country and abroad. It also broadcasts meetings between famous people in various walks of life. You can also get a lot of useful information from a great number of educational programmes, which are very helpful and interesting for children and grown-ups. By watching programmes dealing with animals and birds and all kinds of living things in their natural surroundings, about the unusual pnenomena on our planet...we widen our knowledge of different subjects and the world around us. TV is a convenient source of entertainment too. You watch your favourite sport games, hear symphony concerts, operas, popular melodies, we hear talks on archeology, history, we hear critics talking about new books, films, plays, works of art, we hear living poets reading their own poems. So , television informs, educates and entertains us.

TV programmes: nature films, quiz shows, news and current affairs, soap operas, commercials , travel films, comedies, sport, educational programmes, sitcoms, weather forecasts, chat shows, detective stories, game shows, cartoons.

Useful phrases: making( shooting) a film in a studio and making (shooting) a film on location Turn\ switch on, turn \switch off, turn\ switch to, Turn up, turn down, turn over, an aerial and a satellite dish, sub-titling and dubbing.

Exercise1 Television on trial. Use A, B or C in each space
Once again, television is the ------ of a national debate –this time about the effect on young people of seeing violence and sex on their TV screens According to a -----published yesterday, the number of complains about television shows has---- from 2,000 to 15,000 in just one year! What lies behind this dramatic increase? It seems that the thinking that makes--- most angry is the fact that violent or sexual images are often shown during the early evening, when children are not yet in bed. Channel 6’s “News World” was recently criticized because it showed images of a plane…. In which 350 people were killed. On that occasion, hundreds of furious parents called in to say that images were completely unsuitable for the early evening, and that their .

The media Topic vocabulary in contrast
deny /refuseb
talk show / quiz show / game show
press /media
agree /accept
announcer / commentator
programme / program
headline /heading
tabloid / broadsheet
channel / broadcast
feature /article
journalist /columnist
bulletin / newsflash

Phrasal verbs

bring up start discussing a subject
look up try to find information in a book or list, etc
come on start to be broadcast
make out pretend that sth is true; see, hear or understand sb or sth with difficulty
come out be published
make up invent an explanation, excuse, etc; create a story, poem, etc
put forward suggest
fill in add information in the spaces on a document
flick through turn and look at the pages of a magazine, etc quickly
see through recognise that sth is not true and not be tricked by it
go into deal with sth in detai
stand out be easy to see because of being different
hand out give things to people in a group
turn over turn a page so that the other side is towards you

control in control (of sth); take control (of sth); under control; under the control of sb; out of control
description give a description of sth/sb
difference make a difference (to sth/sb); tell the difference (between); there's no/some/little/etc difference between
granted take sth/sb for granted
influence influence sth/sb; have/be an influence on sth/sb
Internet on the Internet; over the Internet; surf the Internet
news in the news; on the news; hear the news; newsflash; newspaper
place take place; in place of; at a place
question ask/answer a question; question sth/sb; in question; question mark
view have/hold/take a view; be sb's view that; in my view; in view of; look at/see the view; view of sth; view from sth/swh
watch watch sth/sb; watch (out) for sth/sb; keep watch
according to sb inform sb that; inform sb about/of sth
likely to do; likely that
announce sth (to sb); announce that
believe sth; believe in sth; believe that; believe to be
persuade sb to do; persuade sb that; persuade sb of sth
point (in) doing comment on sth; make a comment (to sb) about sth
send sb sth; send sth (to sb) confuse sth/sb with sth/sb; confused about/by sth
correspond with sth/sb surprise by surprise; surprised at/by sth
describe sth/sb as; describe sth/sb to sb
tell sb sth;tell sb that;tell sb about sth/doing;tell sb (not) to do
hear sth/sb; hear about sth/sb; hear from sb

announce announcement, (un)announced
belief disbelief, believe, (un)believable, (un)believably
communicate communication, (un)communicative, communicator
humour humorous, humourless
inform information, (un)informed, (un)informative
power powerful(ly), powerless(ly), empower
ridicule ridiculous(ly), ridiculousness
second secondly, secondary
convince convinced, (un)convincing
journal journalist, journalism, journalistic
write writer, writing, wrote, (un)written
politics political(ly), politician
discuss discussion

Topic vocabulary in contrast

Complete using the correct form of the words .
1John Sanders, MP, ......................... any involvement in the scandal when asked about it yesterday. deny,refuse
2The politician ...... to say more when questioned by reporters this morning.
deny,refuse
3 Johnny Depp rarely......................... invitations to do interviews.agree,accept
4 Johnny Depp ......................... to appear at a press conference to promote his latest film.agree,accept
5 Did you see the newspaper......................... this morning?headihg,headline
6 If you give every paragraph of your report a .................., it'll be easier to read.headihg,headline
7 Living Today has got a special......................... this month on healthy diets.There are interviews with nutritionists, menus, recipes, and loads of other things too. feature, article
8 There's an interesting ................ in the paper about the Constitution of the
European Union. feature, article
9 I generally trust what I hear on the news, but rarely believe anything I read in the press, media
10 The ......................... involve print journalism,TV, radio and even electronic forms of communication such as the Internet.press, media
11 We interrupt this programme to bring you an urgent......... .bulletin, newflash
12 And we'll be back with our regular........... at seven o'clock.bulletin, newflash

Circle the correct word or phrase.

1 It's a great computer programme / program once you get the hang of it.
2 I hate tabloid /broadsheet newspapers; they're just full of gossip, scandal and lies!
3 As a journalist / columnist for a local paper,you don't have to interview people or attend ' events. You just have to express your opinions about the issues of the day.
4 There's a great talk / quiz / game show on BBC1 tonight. Contestants have to race through a supermarket as quickly as they can, filling up their trolleys as they go.
5 On some TV channels, an announcer / a commentator tells you what the next programme ' is going to be.
6 Join us at half past nine for a live broadcast / channel of the State Opening of Parliament..

Phrasal verbs

Write one word in each gap.
1 Please do not......................... over your examination papers until you are instructed to do so.
2 I had to ......................... in so many forms. It took me hours!
3 I'd like everyone here to ......................... forward as many suggestions as possible.
4 There was a guy in the street......................... out free tickets to that new quiz show.
5 He ......................... out that he'd worked in children's TV, but in fact he's never been near a TV studio!
6 Could you ......................... up her number in the phone book?
7 She ......................... out as one of the finest contemporary British novelists around at the moment.

Fasion

Fashion What is fashion? Well, It’s the way of dressing or behaving that is usual or popular at a certain time. Every fashion goes through three stages: at first it is different, it may be new and exciting, shocking and surprising. Then it becomes popular, and the original idea is limited. Finally it becomes boring and out of date as a new fashion starts. Being fashionable says something about you. It means that you know what is smart, and suggests that you up to date in other ways. Some changes have been practical and reflect the different way that we live. Today fashion is a big industry. When fashion shock, it is usually more than clothes that are changing. In the 1920s people were shocked when women cut their hair short, and wore short skirts. At this time more women began to work outside the home and started to wear trousers. Later in the 1970s many young people shocked and frightened the older generation. They cut their own hair and styled it themselves using everything to make their hair stiff: sugar, toothpaste, butter, oil, glue, soap, orange, juice, and even egg. The clothes were also DIY and young people spent hours tearing their jeans and jackets and creating the new look with pins, studs, bicycles clips. They were punks and followed their own fashion and style. By 1977 punk music ( loud, fast, tuneless, which shocked with violent lyrics) was at the top of the hit parade and the punk’ look was high fashion. At the beginning of the 20th century, very young girls and boys wore dresses and long hair. Teenagers dressed like adults/ The big change started in the late 1050s when teenagers adopted blue jeans and T-shirts. Fashion became colourful and exciting, changed fast. In the 1990s many adults copied the bright tracksuits and trainers their children wore. Do you want to know the secret of being well-dressed? Here is some practical advice. When you buy clothes, go in for simple, well-cut suits and dresses that will look right for almost any occasion. Concentrate on styles that are not expensive but elegant and remember that the keynote of all good dress-making is simplicity. An extra dress is a perennial ‘must’ with woman. The short evening dress is a much better than the long one and it can look quite as glamorous. As for shoes, you may like comfort, but it’s a pity to ally that beloved old pair of shoes of yours to your smartest suit. Always try to team up a coat, skirt or dress with a plain classical type shoes but not ‘ dressy’ shoe. The effect of a beautiful dress will be spoiled by the wrong bag and still worse by untidy or bulging bag, avoid unnecessary buckles, bows and all sorts of fancy work on your bag. Remember that the clothes in which you feel happy are always the most successful clothes. Remember that Enemy Number One both to chic and charm is untidiness. You can get away with an unfashionable dress but down-at-hell shoes, grub, by-looking gloves, collar or cuffs, a creased skirt completely ruin the effect of a model dress no mother/ how expensive it may be. Follow the advice and you’ll always be in style, i.e .causing admiration by being fashionable

Fashion and design

I Topic vocabulary in contrast

put on /wear
cloth /clothing
look /appearance
costume / suit
blouse /top
supply /produce
dye /paint
design / manufacture
glimpse /glance
fit / suit / match
current / new / modern
average / everyday

Phrasal verbs

line up get/put into lines
catch on become popular or fashionable
do away with get rid of
pop in(to) visit quickly or for a short time
draw up create (plans, etc)
show (a)round take sb on a tour of a place
dress up put on fancy or unusual clothes
take off remove (a piece of clothing)
tear up rip into pieces
go over repeat or think about again in order to understand completely_____________ grow out of develop from; become too big for try on put on (a piece of clothing) to see how it looks and whether it fits hand down give sth valuable to your children or grandchildren, usually when you die_______ wear out become old and unusable Phrases and collocations art work of art; modern art; art gallery; art exhibition clothes put on/try on/wear/take off clothes; clothes line; clothes peg; best clothes combination in combination with; combination of compliment pay sb a compliment; compliment sb on sth example be/set an example; an example of; for example; follow an/sb's example fashion in fashion; be/go out of fashion; follow fashion; fashion model/show hair cut/brush sb's hair; have/get a new hairdo/hairstyle; have a haircut; let your hair down make-up put on/apply/wear/take off make-up pattern follow a pattern; a checked/striped/plain pattern style in style; be/go out of style; do sth/go somewhere in style; have style taste have/show good/bad taste (in sth); in good/bad taste tendency have a tendency to do trend a trend in sth; follow/set a trend Word patterns advise sb to do; advise sb that; advise sb on/about sth; advise (sb) against sth/doing______________ proud of sth/sb/doing; proud to do refer to sth; refer sb to sth anxious about sth/doing; anxious to do seem to be; it seems that criticise sb (for sth/doing) stare at sth/sb insist on sth/doing; insist that plenty of sth; plenty more sth; plenty to do use sth (for sth/doing); use sth to do prepare (sb) for sth; prepare to do useful for sth/doing; useful to sb Word formation! advertise advertisement, ad(vert), advertising, advertiser enthuse (un)enthusiastic(ally), enthusiasm, enthusiast similar dissimilar(ly), similarity attract (un)attractive(ly), attraction expect (un)expected(ly), expectation, expectancy_______________ style (un)stylish(ly), stylist, stylishness________ beauty beautiful(ly) fashion (un)fashionable, (un)fashionably succeed success, (un)successful(ly) decide decision, (in)decisive(ly), undecided like alike, dislike, unlike, likeness, (un)likeable, liking __ use usage, useful(ly), useless(ly), user, (un)usable desire (un)desirable produce product, producer, production, (un)productive(ly)

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