WORLD NEWS
3.2
4
Personal reflection
Discuss these questions with a
partner. Give examples and explain your opinions.
1
Do you ever watch any of the international news
channels or get your news from the internet? Do you
follow the news in any other ways?
2
Which news channels or sites do you trust?
3
What are the advantages and disadvantages of non-
professional journalism?
4
Do you have any experience as a citizen journalist?
5
Do you ever get your news from social networking
sites?
6
What are the advantages and disadvantages of
newspapers, TV and internet news?
VOCABULARY
NOUNS
5
a
Choose the correct word to complete each of
these definitions.
1
A
journalist / journalism
is someone who writes
reports for newspapers, news websites, television,
magazines, television or radio.
2
Journalist / Journalism
is the job of writing reports for
television, news websites, magazines, newspapers or
radio, or a subject that people study.
5
b
Put these nouns into two groups: A for the person
and B for the job or subject.
art artist blogger blogging journalism
journalist photographer photography politician
politics psychologist psychology reporter
reporting scientist science
A: photographer
B: photography
5
c
3.3
Mark the word stress on the words above.
Then listen and check your answers.
GRAMMAR
RELATIVE PRONOUNS
6
a
A sentence can sometimes contain two pieces of
information. This example tells us that the journalists
are experienced writers and that the journalists
produce journalism of a high standard.
The journalists are experienced writers who produce
journalism of a high standard.
Identify the two pieces of information in each of these
sentences.
1
With audiences of over 1.5 billion people, the main
international channels make good-quality news
programmes.
2
There are several internet sites that have stories
about the developing world and human rights.
3
The writers for these new companies are often local
people who write the stories for free.
4
Their experienced journalists often report from
places where Western journalists do not work.
5
Alternative news channels, which are often non-
Western, can give a fresh view on the big stories.
6
b
Look at the sentences in Exercise 6a and complete
these grammar notes.
1
You use
and
to link information
about people.
2
You use
to link information about things.
3
You use
to include extra information about
things that could be removed from the sentence.
4
You use
to link information about places.
6
c
How many more examples of this language can
you find in the text?
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Language reference and extra practice, pages 106–107
7
Join these pairs of sentences.
1
Politicians are very important people.
Politicians make the laws in a country.
2
The United Nations is a global organisation.
The United Nations tries to solve world problems.
3
Nelson Mandela was a great leader.
He made his country a fairer place.
4
I visited a hotel.
Chairman Mao stayed in the hotel in 1965.
8
You often use relative pronouns to make definitions.
Match 1–3 with a–c and join them using
who
or
that
.
1
A journalist is someone …
2
It is a company …
3
Global
is an adjective …
a
means ‘international’ or ‘all over the world’.
b
writes stories for television and newspapers.
c
provides news about the developing world.
9
Work with a partner to complete a crossword.
Student A:
Turn to page 139.
Student B:
Turn to page 144.
SPEAKING
10
a
Prepare to tell your partner about a recent story
from the news. Think about the people, places and
events in the story. Make notes to help you remember
the story and to organise your storytelling.
10
b
Tell your partner the news story. Try to use
who
,
which
,
that
and
where
to build your sentences. Take
notes when you listen to your partner’s story.
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