Role-play. Divide into two groups (editorial boards), supporting two opposite points of view

Make the following statements more factually correct.

Speech activities

Language focus

Functional vocabulary

cater for v	угождать, удовлетворять требования
circulate v	циркулировать, распространяться
circulation n	тираж
editor n	редактор
editorial adj	редакторский, редакционный
launch v	запускать, выпускать, начинать
pander to v	потворствовать, угождать
to pander to public opinion	потворствовать общественному мнению
prejudice n	предрассудок, предубеждение
staunch adj	ярый, верный, стойкий

1. Match the words with their definitions. Translate them into Russian/Belarusian.

staunch	to follow people’s opinions without criticism
to be wary of	belief based on feelings rather than on facts
a proprietor	an owner
to pander to	to bring on to the market
to launch	to be careful about, afraid of
prejudice	firm, faithful
to cater for	to provide the things that a particular person or situation need or wants

2. Insert the right particle or preposition where necessary. Translate the sentences into Russian/Belarusian.

1. His speech was just pandering … racial prejudice.

2. Remember to put your suggestion … at our next meeting.

3. He peddled the goods … the customers successfully.

4. Be wary … strangers who offer you a ride.

5. The class caters … all ability ranges.

6. Many newspapers are owned … people who are interested only in their profit.

3. Replace the italicized parts with the words and expressions from the text. Translate the sentences into Russian/Belarusian.

1. He was an ardent fighter for race equality

2. The Sultan of Brunei is the owner of many hotels all over the world.

3. Belarusian national television started a new series of programmes.

4. The number of copies of the Daily Express is really very huge.

5. The director of a newspaper is free to decide what editorial line suits his paper and its readers.

1. Lord Beaverbrook’s main motive for owning newspapers was to concentrate on entertaining the readers.

2. Lord Thomson bought the Scotsman, the Sunday Times,The Times in order to influence the public.

3. Such newspapers as The Times, the Guardian, the Financial Times aim at forwarding the views which are unpopular and may lead the reader to change his paper.

4. Popular newspapers nowadays seem much more concerned with influencing the readers than with keeping them.

5. Sunday newspapers concentrate on informing and influencing their readers.

Members of editorial board No. 1 are staunch supporters of the opinion that papers should lead public opinion and influence it.

Members of editorial board No. 2 are concerned with keeping their readers through paddling to their interests.

To prove your points of view make use of the facts and figures from the text and from your personal experience.

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