- •Reading newspaper is a common thing for British people. There are different kinds of newspapers in the uk.
- •Troops fired on an Afghan bus.
- •6. Answer the following questions:
- •(3)The readers of both London Courier and RussianUk fall into the following four categories:
- •8. Print off an on-line version of a news article from a British newspaper and –
- •Newspaper Vocabulary
- •New York Post Circulation: 565,679
- •Long Island Newsday Circulation: 527,744
- •Houston Chronicle Circulation: 477,493
- •2. "Translate" the meaning of each of the following headlines into more understandable English:
- •3. Explore an example newspaper and –
USA Today Circulation: 2,281,831
Wall Street Journal Circulation: 2,070,498
New York Times Circulation: 1,121,623
Los Angeles Times Circulation: 907,997
Washington Post Circulation: 740,947
New York Daily News Circulation: 708,773
Chicago Tribune Circulation: 643,086
New York Post Circulation: 565,679
Long Island Newsday Circulation: 527,744
Houston Chronicle Circulation: 477,493
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Module 6
Assessment Test
1. Match the news headlines in the left-hand column with the corresponding leading phrases (opening sentences) given in the right-hand column:
1. Anti-tobacco President still smokes |
1. Faulty speed readings and electronic failures were cited by crash investigators yesterday as they said they were closer to understanding the loss of Air France Flight 447 on June 1 |
2. US train crash kills 9 |
2. A 26-year-old Indian-origin youth working at a convenience store in the US was shot dead by robbers, but shoppers made no attempt to help him or call police |
3. Rape finger at capital cops |
3. Alcohol goes to your head in just six minutes, scientists revealed yesterday. For the first time, re- searchers have proved the rapid changes that drinking alcohol causes in human brain cells. |
4. Indian shot in US store |
4. At least nine people were killed and at least 75 injured when one Metro subway train slammed into another on the outskirts of the city during the afternoon rush hour yesterday, emergency officials |
5. Threats shut down airport in Peshawar |
5. A fake painting supposedly by Vincent Van Gogh has been sold for $35 million in Paris |
6. Subway crash in US kills 9 |
6. (Reuters): President Barack Obama may have just made life more difficult for cigarette makers, but he is not above sneaking a smoke every now and again. |
7. Nasa moon mission |
7. Pakistan today shut down the Peshawar airport for an "indefinite period" because of terror threats and the planned military operation in Waziristan to hunt down Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitual |
8. Bug blamed for crash |
8. A subway train slammed into another in Washington during the Monday afternoon rush hour, killing nine persons. |
9. Fake Van Gogh sells for 35 million |
9. A woman today alleged she was raped by five cops inside a police station in southwest Delhi last night. |
10. Alcohol hits head in '6 minutes'
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10. An unmanned Atlas rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station yesterday carrying a pair of probes to map the moon and hunt for water. |
2. "Translate" the meaning of each of the following headlines into more understandable English:
(1) Passerby Sees Woman Jump – (2) Tommy the Dog Named Hero – (3) Professors Protest Pay Cuts.
3. Explore an example newspaper and –
(a) find an article on economic/business matters;
(b) analyze the headline and leading sentence to identify its main topic;
(c) read the article and find the answers to the six basic questions;
(c) render the main idea of the article.