des b2 unit 8: The media

Deny

To say that st is not true

A spokesman denied that the company had acted irresponsibly.

Refuse

To say that you will not do or accept st, or will not let so do st

I asked him to apologize, but

Agree

To have the same opinion as someone else

Doreen thought that the house was too small, and Jim agreed

Accept

To regconize that st is true, fair or right

Most scientist accept that climate change is linked to pollution

Headline

The title of a newspaper story, printed in large letters

The whole of the front page of the paper was taken up with the headliner “YOU LIAR”

Heading

The title at the top of a page or piece of writing

If you look at the heading, it’ll tell you what the paragraph is about

Feature

A newspaper or magazine article, or a part of a television or radio programme that concentrates on a particular subject

This week we’ve got a special feature on new children's books

Article

A piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine

He has written several articles for The Times.

Talk show

A television or radio programme in which famous people talk about themselves and their work

Did you see Johnny Depp on that talk show last night?

Quiz show

A television or radio programme in which people answer questions in order to win prizes

Your general knowledge is very good, maybe you should go on a quiz show

Game show

A television programme in which people play games or answer questions in order to win prizes

Bruce Forsythe used to host a game show called The Generation Game

Announcer

So whose job is to give information about tv or radio programmes between other programmes

The announcer’s just said that Big Brother is not going to be on tonight after all as they're showing a football match instead

commentator

so whose job is to give a description of an event on tv or radio as it happens

I’d love to be a sports commentator but I don’t think I can talk quickly enough

tabloid

a newwspaper that has small pages and not much serious news

Idk why you waste your money on that tabloid. It’s just full of gossip about minor celebraties.

broadsheet

a serious type of newspaper that is printed on large sheets of paper

The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian are both examples of broadsheet

journalist

who writes a regular series of articles for a particular newspaper or magazine

Enid works as a journalist for the local newspaper

columnist

nhà báo viết chuyên mục

as a columnist, I’m allowed to express my opinion in ways that other journalists are often not allowed to

press

newspaper and news magazines, or the journalists who work on them

She has been criticized in the press for not speaking out on this issue

media

radio, tv, newspaper, the Internet and magazines, considered as a group

The story has been widely reported in the media

programme

a tv or radio broadcast

More people watch the news than any other programme

program

a series of instructions that makes a computer do st

I’m thinking of getting a new word processing program for my laptop

channel

a tv station and the programmes that it broadcasts

What’s on the other channel?

broadcast

a programme that is broadcast

we usually watch Channel 5’s main news broadcast in the evening

bulletin

a short news broadcast

there’s a two minute news bulletin on at eleven o’clock

newsflash

a short broadcast of an important piece of news in the middle of a tv or radio programme

we interrupt this programme to bring you a newsflash

bring up

start discussing a subject

bắt đầu thảo luận, đề cập đến, nuôi dạy

come on

start to be broadcast

bắt đầu phát sóng

come out

be published
được xuất bản (sẵn sàng để bán)

fill in

add information in the spaces on a document

điền thông tin vào

flick through

turn and look at the pages of a magazine, etc quickly

đọc lướt qua thông tin chính, đề mục của tờ báo

go into

deal with st in detail

thương lượng với

hand out

give things to people in a group

phát/phân phối đồ/vật cho mn

look up

try to find information in a book or list, etc

tra từ điển, tìm ttin

make out

pretend that st is true, see, hear or understand sb or st with difficulty

giả vờ coi như đúng

make up

invent an explanation, excuse, etc; create a story, poem,etc

bịa chuyện

= cook up, invent

put forward

suggest

đề nghị, đưa ra

see through

recognise that st is not true and not be tricked by it

nhìn thấy rõ bản chất sự việc/ hiểu rõ vấn đề

stand out

be easy to see bc of being different

nổi bật, dễ nhìn thấy

turn over

turn a page so that the other side is towards you

lật (tờ giấy, bài thi,…)

tell the difference (between)

nói ra sự khác biệt (giữa)

make a difference (to sb/st)

làm sự khác biệt

in the news

trên phương tiện truyền thông

on the news

trên bảng tin

confuse st/sb with st/sb

bối rối điều gì đó với ai đó

confuse about

bối rối về

correspond with

tương ứng với/ giao tiếp với

(un)announced

(không) báo trước

editorial

n bài xã luận

a (thuộc) biên tập = edited

(un)informed

a (không) am hiểm

ridicule

n sự nhạo báng

to invite ridicule: làm trò cười

unwritten

a bất thành văn

written

a (trên) văn bản

written agreement

disbelief

n sự hoài nghi

journal

n tạp chí

there’s no/some/little difference between

không có/ít sự khác biệt

under the control (of sb)

dưới sự kiểm soát (của)

be sb’s view that

quan điểm (của ai đó) rằng

comment on

bình luận về

imprecise

không chính xác, không đúng

mơ hồ