Reported statements

Change the following into indirect speech.

1 “I am going to call again tomorrow, mother,” she said.

2 “I've been to Turkey twice, but so far I haven't had time to visit Istanbul,” said Robert.

3 “It will be very difficult to persuade her to take care of herself, doctor,” I replied.

4 “We passed our exams successfully,” the students said.

Complete the sentence with the right form of the verbs.

1 Не said he (is staying, was staying) at the “Ritz” Hotel.

2 They realized that they (lost, had lost) their way in the dark.

3 He asked me where I (study, studied).

4 Не said his friends (had finished, was finishing) writing an essay.

Exercise 7. Choose and write the correct word.

1. It helps us to think/relax after a hard day's work and escape from reality.

2. Some people argue that television is a terrible waste of time/money.

3. The trick is to learn to control / repair television and use it intelligently.

4. Violence on TV is another problem that promises/worries people.

5. But the same can be come / can be said about computer games and many films and books.

Exercise 8. So you have learnt some information about the mass media. Divide into 2 teams and write your arguments for and against the mass media.

Check yourself

1. Choose the correct variant: Ann ______ Tom not to go out after dark.

GLOSSARY

Make up a topic “ The role of mass media in my life ” and retell it.

Write a condolence letter using a model, p.188

References

Main:

1. Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig. New English File. English Course: Upper-intermediate, Student`s Book + Cassette. - New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.

2. Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig.New English File. English Course: Upper-intermediate, Workbook with keys. + Cassette. - New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.

Additional:

3. CD обучающие программы Cambridge University для IV уровня

4. Голицынский Ю.Б. Грамматика. Сборник упражнении. (6-е изд.). СПб.: КАРО, 2010, p.108.

5. Nick Ceramella, Elizabeth Lee “Cambridge English for media” - New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012, p. 92.

Exercise 1. [T.12] Listen to the text and give T (true) or F (false) answers.

1. Speaker 1 was giving a talk to about one hundred people in a large hotel room in Poland.

2. Speaker 1 is really frightened of rats.

3. Speaker 2 gave exactly the same talk which was last year.

4. Speaker 3 was giving a presentation to a rather serious group of businessmen in Germany.

Exercise 2. Answer the questions and retell the listened text.

1. Which speaker do you think was the most embarrassed?

2. Which speaker couldn’t understand why nobody found the talk amusing?

3. Which speaker noticed that the women in the audience were not looking very happy?

4. Why couldn't the people see the slides during the presentation?

Exercise 3. Discuss on the given situation.

Some people think they can get information that is more serious when they read a lot of newspapers and magazines. Others think they use more information from Internet and spend much time on different sites. What is your opinion? Explain why.

Exercise 4. Speak on the given topic “Computers in our life”.

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don’t need to be done. Andy Rooney

How do you understand the quotation? Do you know the equivalents in Russian and Kazakh?

Exercise 5. Read the text and translate the 1^st paragraph of the text without dictionary.

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