mass media A. Put the following words/ expressions under the right

heading. Some might belong to more than one group.

A.1. Radio and Television a) Match the words to their definitions.

b) Write the names of the programmes in the bubble under the correct TV set.

A.2. The Press a) Complete the following text with words/ expressions

from the bubble. You can use them more than once.

b) Look at these magazines and say the ones people read if they are interested in:

A.2. Internet and Mobiles a) What do you use the Internet for?

b) How many hours a day do you spend

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Reading a daily newspaper is part of the British routine. Millions of newspapers are sold in Britain every day. In fact, after the Japanese, the British are the people who buy the most daily papers in the whole world. The fact that newspapers are delivered door to door for a small extra charge contributes to a high rate of readership.

Besides countless small local papers, there are national dailies. Some have a high quality. Thats why they are called quality papers. They used to have a large format broadsheet, but nowadays some quality papers have adopted the smaller format. They deal with an extensive coverage of political, financial, and foreign news, use formal language, have few pictures and deal with the information in a serious and objective way.

Others, popular papers, are smaller in format tabloids. They have lots of pictures, large headlines and short articles written in simple and informal language., which deal with human interest stories. This kind of newspapers handle the information in a sensationalist way.

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the people who buy the most daily ______________ in the whole world. The fact that ______________ are delivered door to door for a small extra charge contributes to a high rate of ______________.

Besides countless small local papers, there are ____________________. Some have a high quality. Thats why they are called ____________________. They used to have a large format broadsheet, but nowadays some ____________________ have adopted the smaller format. They deal with an ______________________ political, financial, and foreign _____________, use formal ____________, have few _______________ and deal with the information in a ____________________________ way.

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a) Fashion and beauty

b) motoring

c) sports

d) computers

e) healthy living, latest medical breakthroughs

f) Business, finance

g) Interior design and crafts work

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important events

i) TV programmes for the week

j) Teen style, friends, guys, college, careers, the stars and love.

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l) Places. People and cultures

d) Facts and Statistics about Mobile Phone Use

In the most recent surveys, 1 in every 40 car drivers was talking on either a hand-held or hands-free mobile phone.

Drivers of other vehicles, such as vans, were observed to be using a mobile phone more frequently in the survey, with around 1 in every 30 drivers using a hand-held or hands-free mobile phone.

1) Look at the graph carefully. In pairs, discuss how the introduction of legislation in 2004 affected the use of mobile phones while driving.

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2) Can you write this sentence in Standard English?

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6) to play games

7) for audio and video downloads

8) for shopping

9) to read the news

10) to watch my favourite TV programmes

11) to check the weather

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