Unit 14
Task 1. Close the gaps in the sentences below (Video 39) and identify idioms and clichés in them.
Say what lexical and grammatical expressive means are used in the report.
Translate the sentences into Russian.
1. Facing the cameras, and …
2. Brian Cowen went … fighting.
3. He surrendered the …1… of his …2… party but he …3… …4… to the leadership of the country.
4. “I am concerned that …1… …2… criticism of my leadership of …3-4… …5-6… attention from these important debates.”
5. …1…, …2… everything …3…, and …4… discussed the matter with my family, I have decided …5…, to step …6… as leader of Fianna Fáil.
6. Ireland …1-2… to …3-4… on March 11.
7. “We want …1… to this government, …2… to this Taoiseach and …3… to allow the people decide on what formulation of new government.”
8. Opposition parties …1… now …2… he …3… as PM.
9. “If you want to step …1…, you must …3-2…”
10. “Because somebody has to pass that …1-2… “
11. “The country has become a …1-2… of Europe”.
12. …1… need of a multibillion euro …2… left its citizens disillusioned with politics.
13. Independent candidates and …1… parties like Sinn Fein …2… …3… on the protest vote.
14. …1… the election looming, the ruling Fianna Fáil party moved swiftly to …2… its leader…
15. This political sidestep marks the …1… of the …2… for the Taoiseach.
16. Critics say history will record him as the …1… man in the …2-3… at the …4-5…
Task 2. Listen to Audio Track 16 again and fill in the table below.
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Task 3. Watch Video 41 again. What expressive grammatical and lexical means are used by the member of the panel (Simon Hughes, President of the Liberal Democratic Party, MP).
Find grammatical constructions typical of television discourse in the sentences on the next page.
1. He …1-2… …3-4… till the autumn conference – …5-6… going to be the Labour Party …7…
2. I …1… think, there’s bigger question than G.Brown, …2…
3. Labour for … the second time in their history came behind us in share of the vote.
4. I think the Labour Party …1… beginning to realize …2-8…
5. They were founded for …1-3… a hundred years ago, …4…, to be …5-8….
6. We are in …1-4… …5-8…
7. I thought …1-3… for the poor and …4-6… between …7-11…
8. For 11 years they haven’t done that …1-2…
9. I thought they were going to help …1-3… and not give advantages to the …4-6…
10. It’s the …1… well off who have …2-6…, and the low paid …7… …8… by the 10p.
11. …1… I think the Labour Party are …2… at risk of losing their …3… – Soleford, Hazels – areas used to be …4… Labour, not longer now.
12. I think, in the next 20 years we …1-4… – no longer as the …5-10…
Task 4. Watch the report again and unravel its 5W and H pattern. Use the tips provided below.
1. WHAT is the idea of the report? ……………………………………….
2. WHEN (it all happened)? ……………………………………………
3. WHERE no one be found reading the unfortunate paper? ………………………
4. WHY? (Trevor Cavanagh’s opinion) ………………………………………
5. WHO? (G.Brown’s reaction → Tony Woodley’s behaviour → Peter Mandelson’s comment)
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6. HOW (serious is the blow for Labour)? ……………………………………..
Task 5. Close the gaps in the script on the next page (Video 42). Make its linguistic (morphological) andstylistic analysis. Group the grammatical and lexical means employed into expressive and neutral ones, write them down.
1. …1-2… only one paper you won’t find anyone …3… at the Labour Party conference…
2. In fact, you couldn’t …1… the Sun …2… in Brighton today.
3. The decision of the …1-3… newspaper to …4… G.Brown a …5-6… after his big discourse is a cruel blow there.
4. The PM …1-4… on it.
5. In …1…, it’s …2… suggested Peter Mandelson was …3… angry, he used a very …4-5… talking to …6-7…
6. …1…, …2…? …3…, they don’t seem …4… bothered about …5… criticism.
7. …1… are 25 % in the …2…. They are …3…, they are …4…, they can’t …5… around their leader for more than 10 minutes.
8. The paper felt it …1-2… and celebrated by …3… it was the Sun …4-6…
9. The thing is this …1-3… from the paper comes several months before the …4… election day but does mean they’ll be able …5-7… the pro Tory message with what one imagines will be the usual Sun... 8…
10. The …1… election campaign already looked like a bit of a …2… for this party and without the Sun to …3… the Labour …4… it will be …5… much …6…
Task 6. Watch Video 43. What is its major idea?
Watch the video again to fill in the grid below.
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(the party he belongs to)
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| Task 7. Listen to the report (Audio Track 17). Close the sentences with relevant information from the report.
1. LibDems are back in government for the first time in … years.
2. In his speech at the party conference, Nick Clegg is going to …
3. The LibDems formed a coalition because …
4. The coalition is planning …
Task 8. Fill in the gaps in the sentences below (Audio Track 17). What is the function of the grammatical structures in the script – to standardise the piece or make it expressive?
a) …1-2… a strange time for the Liberal Democrats.
b) and the LibDems are still getting …1… …2-3… back in government for the first time in over 60 years.
c) Although the voters …1-3… the idea of the coalition...
d) N. Clegg’s job is …1-2… the …3… nerves
e) From the …1… of pre-speech interviews he’s given
f) …1… the coalition …2… deep and …3… cuts …
g) But his message to the party …1-3… with it …4-5… any chance of …6-8… from the party’s …9… into government.
Task 9. Close the gaps in the script (Video 44). Make the lexical analysis of sentences No 1-7, 9. Comment on your findings. Make the grammatical analysis of sentences No 8, 10,11.
1) …1…, on to The Sunday Times …
2) We don’t know if this is a …1… quick reaction to Ed Ball …
3) … he doesn’t think he’s going to give …1… …2… at the moment.
4) … he …1… doesn’t want give any money …
5) There’s a …1… of nothing left.
6) It would be difficult for Ed Miliband if there’s very little in the…1…
7) Are they …1… …2… as a party?
8) No, no, the election.
9) They were …1-2… to their last penny.
10) Because nobody wanted G.Brown …1-2… …3-4…
11) Of course, I …1…, if you are in opposition you need more money …2… a better campaign trying …3-6…
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