Practice. Express each of the following headlines as it would appear in an ordinary news announcement

Exercise 1

Express each of the following headlines as it would appear in an ordinary news announcement. Translate them into English

1. Minister to quit government

2. Police quiz millionaire supermarket boss

3. Minister pressed to act on housing

4. New row over pension cuts

5. Mob leaders held

6. Woman alleges unfair treatment

7. China bans US imports

8. America backs British peace moves

9. Teachers’ pay claim rejected

10. Doctor cleared of drugs charge

11. Spending boom over, says minister

12. Six die in hotel blaze

13. PM blasts EC

14. Government plan to boost exports

15. Police to clamp down on speeding

16. Students clash with police

17. Government promises crackdown on drug dealers

18. Teachers slam school cutbacks

19. Dole queues lengthen

20. Deadlock in peace talks

21. World edges towards war

22. Strikers face sack

23. Twelve-year-old foils bank raisers

24. PM to go?

25. Car plant to halt production

26. British steel in red

27. Landslide for Scottish nationalists

28. Vat on food: new row looms

29. Schools push for more cash

30. MP nails minister on pit closure plans

31. Banks peg interest rates

32. Tories ahead in polls

33. Bank sex scandal rocks city

34. City fears new slump

35. Imports soar for third month

36. Heart swap boy better

37. More troops for boarder area

38. US urged to pull out of arms deal

39. Exiled President vows to return

40. Car workers walk out over wage freeze

Exercise 2

Complete the following headlines. Translate them into English

1. PRIVATE HEALTH PRICE FIXERS FACING …

Fees charged for private medical treatment are to be investigated by monopoly watchdogs.

2. MAN FACES … ON WIFE DEATH.

Detectives were waiting by the hospital bedside of a man to question him about the death of his wife.

3. NIGEL’S …

World champion Nigel Mansell took a lingering look across the Portuguese Grand Prix track which has caused him both heartache and joy yesterday before declaring: ‘I will never come back here again. I’m finished with Formula One’.

4. OLIMPIC BOSS BRIBE …

The head of the Olympics is threatening legal action over a TV documentary alleging his officials are corrupt.

5. SRI LANKA PEACE …

A Sri Lanka government negotiator is expected to try to reopen talks with the Tamil Tigers today in an attempt to end the outbreak of fighting between Tigers and the Army.

Exercise 3

Match the two parts of each headline. Translate them into English

A. DICTATOR OUSTED: KIDNAP BID FOILED: DEAD ENVOY RIDDLE: CABINET LEAК: M-WAY CRASH:

B. CALL FOR PROBE YARD BAFFLED DEATH TOLL RISES PLEA FOR CALM 3 QUIZZED, 2 FLEE

Exercise 4