Your group is going to set up a leisure centre where people will enjoy different activities

Follow the given stages to reach the goal.

1. Think about the final form of the centre. What activities will be included into plan of your centre?

2. Prepare a questionnaire about leisure activities your group mates prefer.

3. Run surveys, interviews and students’ activities preferences.

4. Decide how to organize the preferences for effective presentation.

5. Present the outcome of your project work as a culmination activity. The manner of the presentation will depend on the final form of the product. You may use pictures, diagrams, photographs, posters, video or audio recordings.

Comprehensive Prolonged Project

Day 7^th Today is your day off.

All the students are divided into groups. Your group is offered to visit a first-night performance and to attend The Wallace Collection and the museum of Madame Tusseaut of wax figures, representing famous personalities of politics, science and arts. Share your impressions on both visits with other participants of the Conference.

Unit VIII MASS MEDIA

Vocabulary

	Nouns and Noun Phrases
	benefit	/'benIfIt/	выгода, польза; прибыль, преимущество
	bias	/'baIqs/	пристрастие; необъективность, предвзятость
	disadvantage	/"dIsqd'va:ntIdZ/	недостаток, затруднение
	impact	/'Impxkt/	сильное воздействие, влияние
	issue	/'ISu:/	проблема, спорный вопрос
	source	/sO:s/	источник
	viewpoint	/'vju:pOInt/	точка зрения
	violence	/'vaIqlqns/	насилие
	Verbs and Verbal Phrases
	advertise	/'xdvqtaIz/	рекламировать
	concern	/kqn'sE:n/	касаться, относиться; затрагивать
	cover	/'kAvq(r)/	освещать (события и т.п.) в печати, на телевидении, по радио
distribute v	/dI'strIbju:t/	распространять
	do harm	/du:ha:m/	наносить, причинять вред
	encourage	/In'kArIG/	ободрять, поощрять, поддерживать в чем-либо
	enrich	/In'rIC/	обогащать
	entertain	/"entq'teIn/	развлекать
	excite	/Ik'saIt/	побуждать, вызывать (какие-либо чувства), пробуждать (интерес и т.п.)
	raise v	/reIz/	поднимать, повышать; побуждать
	subscribe	/sqb'skraIb/	подписывать(ся) (на газеты, журналы и т.п.)
	subvert	/sqb'vE:t/	низвергать, низлагать, ниспровергать, разрушать
	Adjectives
	accurate	/'xkjqrqt/	точный, верный, правильный
	current	/'kArqnt/	текущий, данный, современный
	harmful	/'ha:mfl/	вредный
	reasonable	'ri:znqbl/	разумный, благоразумный, рациональный, здравый
	reliable a	/rI'laIqbl/	надежный
	topical	/'tPpIkl/	актуальный, животрепещущий, жизненный
	vital	/'vaItl/	(жизненно)важный, насущный, существенный, необходимый

I. Oral Practice Section

1. Look through the following proverbs, statements and quotations to outline the problems to be discussed.

1. Television is a window on the world. 2. One picture is worth a thousand words. 3. The press is a mirror of current events.4. “Explain, simplify, clarify”

(Alfred Harmsworth, publisher, press baron).

2. Work in pairs. You’ve got some information about mass media. Tell your partner about the role of mass media. Replace the words in bald with the words similar in meaning given in the box.

Mass media play a very important role in reflecting the life of society and building opinions. There are different kinds of mass media: press, television, radio, posters, advertisements, etc. All of them do much to excite an interest in every aspect of the country's life. They draw the public's attention to the most serious political, economic, social and ecological problems. They help to develop a broader understanding of the present-day world around us, to form our outlook. So as mass media actually raise the most vital problems, the effectiveness of their influence on the people is great. They keep people informed on all topical issues of the day.

Comprehension, current, in fact, commercial, significant, arouse, essential, pay attention to, viewpoints, impact, problems