Favourite Magazines Warm up What is your favourite

Favourite Magazines

Warm up What is your favourite magazine? Why do you like it? What does it write about? What do you like to read about most? Do you usually find everything you like in your magazine? Do you subscribe to it? If not, how often do you buy it?

Exercise 1, page 194

Who knows quite a Exercise 3 a, page 195 lot about music and Who doesn’t like reading singers’ lives? newspapers? Who’s interested Who’s in fashion? bored with politics? Who likes reading something funny? Who’s keen on playing computer games?

Exercise 3 b, page 195 Look through the opinions again and write what every person thinks about newspapers.

Exercise 5, page 197 Write a short paragraph about a magazine using the cues from the exercise

Read the text Characterize the content of Ukrainian newspapers Who does each newspaper address to?

Zerkalo Nedeli (Dzerkalo Tyzhnia), a broadsheet, usually referred to in English as the Mirror Weekly, is one of Ukraine’s most influential analytical newspapers published weekly in Kiev, the nation's capital. It was founded in 1994. It offers political analysis, original interviews, and opinions on 32 pages. Originally published in Russian, since 2002 it was fully translated for the Ukrainian edition. Also, since 2001, the main articles are also published in an online English-language version. All three language editions and the archives are freely available online. Uriadovyi Kurier is the national daily newspaper published by the executive branch of Ukraine. Founded in 1990, the paper published in Ukrainian, and is consistently among the top three newspapers by subscription. The Kurier covers political, economic, cultural and sporting developments in Ukraine and around the world.

However, the newspaper's principal focus is the work of the President and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Ukraina Moloda is a daily Ukrainian-language newspaper based in Kyiv. It represents the political opposition and caters to a younger audience. It offers both domestic and international news reporting, analysis, and interviews. Silski Visti is a Kyiv-based daily newspaper written in Ukrainian. Founded in 1920, it is read amongst the rural population. Holos Ukrainy is a Ukrainian daily newspaper published in Kyiv. The paper is an official voice of Verkhovna Rada, partially funded by the state.

Answer the questions 1. What kind of newspaper is Dzerkalo Tyzhnia? 2. What issues does The Kurier cover? 3. Who likes reading The Silski Visti? 4. What newspapers are daily publications?

Exercise 8, page 198

Exercise 1, page 199 (виконану вправу надіслати на email вчителя) Read the email and write a short email presentation of any magazine or newspaper you like.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (надіслати на email) 1. Please be quiet. I ______ (try) to read my book. 2. ___ (you / hear) the bad news? Simon ___ (break) his leg! 3. She always _____ (remember) my birthday. 4. Mr Brown _____ (work) in a supermarket. 5. Shakespeare ____ a lot of plays. 6. I ____ (not / use) the computer at the moment so you can use it. 7. I’m so tired. – Don’t worry! I ____ (help) you. 8. She ____ (not / read) the book because she ___ (not / be) very interested in that author.

9. Now I ____ (read) the magazine you lent me. I ____ (not / finish) yet. 10. By the time I got home they _____ (eat) all the cake. 11. Why ____ (not / wear) shorts? It's so hot today. 12. I ____ (just / remember) something. 13. Ruth ____ (be) a vegetarian. She ____ (not / eat) meat or fish. 14. Tom ___ (not / come) to the office yesterday because he ____ (be) ill. 15. I ____ (lose) my wallet. Have you seen it anywhere? 16. His flat was rea 1 ly dirty. He obviously ____ (not / clean) it for weeks. 17. Jane ___ (repair) her bike. She ____ (know) exactly what to do.