Teen Celebrities is my

favourite magazine.
Whats yours?

A. Put the following words/ expressions under the right

heading. Some might belong to more than one group.
touch screen

broadcast

magazines

station surfers

messaging

link band commercials

national dailies
audio and video
downloads
dubbed
tuning
circulation
soap operas
texting

advertisements
waves blogs ringtones newspapers voice mail editor listeners
Bluetooth electronic superhighway cable viewers chatrooms tabloid
channel headlines modem zapping
browsing roaming
transistor

TELEVISION

RADIO

THE PRESS

INTERNET

MOBILES

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a) The organized means of dissemination of

A.1. Radio and Television

information and entertainment, such as

a) Match the words to their definitions.

the radio and the television, among others.

b) A contest in which you take part by
calling to a specific Radio /TV programme.
c) an advertisement broadcast on radio or

television

d) the box that shaped the world.

e) A radio or TV broadcast.

5.

f) People who listen to the radio.

g) Regular reports of recent events.

h) A short news report.
i) A person who reads news or introduces

programmes.
j) a person that collects and writes news
stories.

b) Write the names of the programmes in the bubble under the correct TV set.

Sports
Sports

Sitcom
Sitcom

Documentary
Documentary
Soap
Soap opera
opera

News
News

Quiz
Quiz
show
show

Weather
Weather forecast
forecast

Talk
Talk show
show

Reality
Reality show
show

Series
Series

A.2. The Press

a) Complete the following text with words/ expressions
from the bubble. You can use them more than once.

The British Press

Reading a daily ________________ is part of the _____________
routine. Millions of _____________ are sold in _______________
every day. In fact, after the Japanese, the ______________ are

articles pictures
stories
popular papers
readership
headlines language news
serious and objective informal
sensationalist

extensive

coverage of British simple

national dailies quality papers

the people who buy the most daily ______________ in the whole world. The fact that ______________
paper
(s)/newspaper(s)
are delivered door to door for a small extra charge contributes to a highrate
of ______________.
Britain

Besides countless small local papers, there are ____________________. Some have a high quality.
Thats why they are called ____________________. They used to have a large format broadsheet, but
nowadays some ____________________ have adopted the smaller format. They deal with an
______________________ political, financial, and foreign _____________, use formal ____________,
have few _______________ and deal with the information in a ____________________________ way.
Others, __________________, are smaller in format tabloids. They have lots of ______________,
large _____________ and short ____________, written in ____________ and ___________ language,
which deal with human interest ____________. This kind of newspapers handle the information in a
______________ way.

b) Look at these magazines and say the ones people read if they are interested in:
a) Fashion and beauty
b) motoring
c) sports
d) computers
e) healthy living, latest medical

breakthroughs
f) Business, finance
g) Interior design and crafts work
h) Insightful analysis of todays

important events
i) TV programmes for the week
j) Teen style, friends, guys, college,

careers, the stars and love.

k) Celebrities
l) music
m) Nature, old civilizations

l) Places. People and cultures

d) Facts and Statistics about Mobile Phone Use

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never
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before
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soeasy
easyto
to
been
chat,
chat,
chat, chat,
chat
chat

A.2. Internet and Mobiles

a) What do you use the Internet for?

In the most recent surveys, 1 in every 40 car drivers

was talking on either a hand-held or hands-free mobile
phone.
Drivers of other vehicles, such as vans, were observed
to be using a mobile phone more frequently in the survey,
with around 1 in every 30 drivers using a hand-held or
hands-free mobile phone.
1) Look at the graph carefully. In pairs, discuss how the

introduction of legislation in 2004 affected the use of

mobile phones while driving.

1) to do research work
2) for web surfing
3) to send e-mails
4) to chat with my friends
5)

to meet new people

6) to play games
7) for audio and video downloads
8) for shopping
9) to read the news
10) to watch my favourite TV programmes
11) to check the weather
12) other uses:

____________________________

b) How many hours a day do you spend

online? _________________________
c) Discuss your answers with the whole class.

http://www.stoppingdistances.org.uk/facts/mobilephones.htm

2) Can you write this sentence in Standard English?

RU OK? UER R U? NID SPK 2U. BOT NEW CDS. UEN R U ON? C
U L8R. PLS CM. __________________________________________
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TELEVISION

RADIO

INTERNET

THE PRESS

MOBILES

broadcast
broadcast

broadcast
broadcast

newspapers
newspapers

surfers
surfers

messaging
messaging

commercials
commercials

station
station

magazines
magazines

link
link

voice
voice mail
mail

soap
soap operas
operas

band
band

national
national dailies
dailies

audio
audio downloads
downloads

channel
channel

commercials
commercials

headlines
headlines

zapping
zapping

tuning
tuning

advertisements
advertisements

cable
cable

listeners
listeners

circulation
circulation

viewers
viewers

waves
waves

tabloid
tabloid

dubbed
dubbed

transistor
transistor

editor
editor

ringtones
ringtones

blogs
blogs

texting
texting

electronic
electronic superhighway
superhighway

roaming
roaming

chatrooms
chatrooms

bluetooth
bluetooth

browsing
browsing

browsing
browsing

modem
modem

touchscreen
touchscreen

A.1.a)
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B 4 C 10

D1 E7

F5 G2

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b) 1 weather forecast 2- series 3- news 4- reality show 5- quiz show 6- sitcom 7- documentary 8soap opera 9 sports 10- talk show

A.2.a)

The British Press

Reading a daily newspaper is part of the British routine. Millions of newspapers are sold in Britain
every day. In fact, after the Japanese, the British are the people who buy the most daily papers in the
whole world. The fact that newspapers are delivered door to door for a small extra charge contributes to
a high rate of readership.
Besides countless small local papers, there are national dailies. Some have a high quality. Thats why
they are called quality papers. They used to have a large format broadsheet, but nowadays some
quality papers have adopted the smaller format. They deal with an extensive coverage of political,
financial, and foreign news, use formal language, have few pictures and deal with the information in a
serious and objective way.
Others, popular papers, are smaller in format tabloids. They have lots of pictures, large headlines
and short articles written in simple and informal language., which deal with human interest stories.
This kind of newspapers handle the information in a sensationalist way.
In Profile, 8, Textos Editores
b) a 3;
b- 2;
c 5;
lm 13; m 4; n 9.

d 1;

e 10; f 6; g 12; h 8; i 11; j 14; k 7;

A. 2. D)1. The graph shows how mobile phone use has changed over time, with a large
reduction following the introduction of legislation in September 2004. However, there is
concern that this is starting to creep up again.
2. Are you Okay? I need to speak to you. I bought new CDs. When are you on? See you
later. Please call me.