
Ленинский пр-т, 32а
Vocabulary: The news
Reading: Everyone’s a journalist
Grammar: Reported speech
Listening: Airport adventure
Writing skills: Summarising information
Grammar
Reported speech and direct speech
Reported questions
Other changes
Vocabulary
The news
article |
a piece of writing in a magazine, newspaper, etc |
blogger |
a person who writes or reads a blog |
breaking news |
information that is being received and broadcast about an event that has just happened or just begun |
celebrity gossip |
conversation or reports about famous people's private lives that might or might not be true |
current affairs |
important political or social events that are happening in the world at the present time |
editor |
someone who is in charge of a newspaper or magazine |
headlines |
the main stories in newspapers, on television, etc |
news feed |
a web page or screen that updates often to show the latest news or information |
presenter |
someone who introduces a radio or television programme |
reporter |
someone whose job is to discover information about news events and describe them on television, radio, or in a newspaper |
social media |
forms of electronic communication that allow people to share information using the Internet or mobile phones |
Writing skills
Summarizing information
You can add the following words and phrases to join the sentences together in the summary: