| jd News travels.fast © eines Teer + NewsandmediaEr Ces 1 @ discuss the questions, 1 How often do you watch or read the news? 2 What kind of news stories do you find interesting? Ryan and Maddy’s VLOG The daily news \o 2 Watch Ryan and Maddy's vlog. Decide what type of news programme they are making. International news localnews national news schoolnews sports news Watch again. Answer the questions. 1. What newsstory are Ryan and Maddy reporting on? 2 Whatis the play and who is the star? 3 Why doesn't Ryan vantto talk toMaddy?— 4 What is the breaking news about? 5 Whyis Ryan pleased? 6 How successful is their news report? 4 Look online and find the most important ‘news stories in your country today. Choose the one thatinterests you the most and tall the class something, aboutit, jout about anews programme * Learn news-related vocabulary eee eed 5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box. breaking news eyewitness headlines Journalist live news presenter report reporter source update 1 Wehavesome the 11 teenagers ‘who went missing in the desert have been found, Check ‘our website throughout the day for _ on thestory. 2A Our ______Laurais speaking tous .. _from the scene ofthe explosion. Laura, what's going on there? B Thanks Tim. t'm here with an i Peter. Peter, toll us what you sam. 3A You'rea really good writer you should becomea. ss 8 Iratherbea It would be ‘exciting to be the public face of a news programme. 4 The following contain flashing, images and strong language 5. Thisisa great story, but we can’t publish tifwe don't know the _ 6 The newspaper the Prime Minister this morning. Last = =— Identify different types of news stories. A ‘Workbook Projectiog p24 ae are really bad for 6 88 Youare going to make a news programme. Brainstorm all the different types of naws stories that celebrities tives a = sons tes politics s science and technology T Find an international, national and local news website ‘and look at more stories in the news today. Are there any types of story you didn't think of in exercise 6? Add them toyour list. 66.2 TaD) Reve Tg 1 ®@ Discuss where you go to find the news, 2 Look at the compound nouns in bold in the infographic. Which of the individual words do you know? Can you ‘guess what any ofthe compound nouns mean? TEETMIE compound nouns Compound nouns aretwo words put together tomake a new noun. Compoune nouns canbe + wo words, swimming poot + one word, bathroom + hyphenated, © g horse-riding 3 Look at the infographic again. Match the compouné nouns to the definitions. 1 material puton the internetin order to encourage users to follow a link o a particular web page 2 false reports of events, written and read on websites, 3 events of social or political importance that are happeningnow 4 afeature of awobsite that prevents users from ‘opening some web pages unless they give money 5. a vel-known person who recommends products and services, or gives their opinions on social media 6 presentinginformation and ideas in pictures or anather way that must beseen se 7 abbeliet that a secret organization is responsible for, anevent _ 8 achannel distributed on the internet, 9 aservice that provides news to the public by way of enspapers, TV, radio or the internet, 10 a vrebsite or app used to communicate intormally with alot of otherpeople 4 Imagine your friend dossn’tspeak English, Use your own language to explain what the statistics in the infographic represent. 5 EES biscuss the questions. 1 What are the advantages and disadvantages of getting, ‘news from social macia? 2 Doyou evertook at clickbaitz Why / Why not? 70 1 BREAKING NEWS \ Where do 13-18 year-olds Pe erg 39% tan got news from celebrity influencers on social me platforms: rather than traditional w media outlets. only 6% ofteens often get their rrews from tracitional print or ontine newspapers Dice Peeters eee 98% like to learn about the news froma visual ‘medium - Instagram, YouTube or Snapchat™ say they cantalfastoryis fake news, This suggests they are good 55% J) at cenitying conspiracy theories and elickbait if these things appear onthei newsfeeds A aA Bik————— a Reported speech 6 Read what Alberto and Sandra ate aying to eachother. Identify the tenses. ST uetay vatctheneon oy phe but tence ns rina yey Nprsably do the'same tomorrow. ve lays fellowed the newson social @ ‘media, but tomorrow 'm going to watch the news on TV te compare. I'm trying {to keep up with current affairs. T Compare the direct speech in exercise 6 with the reported speech. What changes have been made? 1. Alberto said that he usually watched the news on his phone. He said that he had listened to the news on the Tedio the day before. He told Sandra he would do the same the next day. 2. Sandia said she had always followed the news on social media, She told Alberto that she was going to watch the ‘news on TV to compare. She told him she wastrying to ‘keep up with current atars 8 Read the rules on reported speech. Find examples for each rulein exercise 7. 1 We use say and tell to report what someone else has saic. Tellisfollawed by an abject 2 Theverks move back ore tenseinto the past. 3 Personal pronouns, possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives change. 44 Time expressions and other words change, 0. this week » that week, now » then We canuse other vert instead of say and tell suc as admit, ‘mention, reply, state, ade and compan, “1 saw his im ast week’ > He mentioned (that) he had seen thot Fim the week before, 9 Choose the correct option. 1 ‘imaiting for Rob: > Sue said told that she was waiting / waited for Rob, 2 ‘Wo've been to the skatepark’ > Thoy said / told me ‘they had been /have been to the skatepark 3-My exams willstart tomorrow > Maria told me that her / my exams would start the day before / nextday. 4 "The weather was great yesterday: 2 Pablo said the weather have /had been great the cay before / after. 5 ‘love the present you gave me. > John told Alice that he loved the present she / you had given him /her. 10 Rewrite what the young people said. Use reported speech and the verbsin brackets. 1 Jake:‘\ don't watch the news on Tv! (admit) 2: han gi evecang te ay ah reply) fa: ‘im going to listen to the interview with the Prime Minister tomorrons (state) 4. Emir:‘Wewrotea news report forcur teacher yesterday! (mention) 5 Sally:"'Lwatch YouTube on my tablet with you! (tetime} 66 Paulce ‘And | haven't read the news this week: (ada) 11 ® Discuss the questions. Report what your partner said tothe lass, 1 Did you read or watch the news yesterday? Why /Why not? 2 Do your parents watch the news or read it? Emily admitted that shehadn't watched the news the day before. She said that she'd been busy. Carlos replied that his mum usually watched the news, but his dad liked te rad the pa Choose and research a story. ‘Workbook Projectiog p24 12 BAA Look at your list of types of story from Project Builder 1. Choose types of stories to research: each. studentin your group choosesa different one, 13 Work alone. Research a real story that has happened recently or is happening now. Consider the location of the story so that you can report it ‘live for your news programme. Use the following sources and try to find some photos relating to the story, national and local news websites ‘© news reports on YouTube, etc. social media reactions 14 Find videos about the story. What do people say about.it? Report some reactions using reported speech, ‘A naus reporter said that several people had beew hurt. Alocal resident told the reporter that she had heard alot ‘Of people shouting inthe middle of the night, n6.3 GG) on FALSE? Every day, hundreds of millions of photos, videos, social media posts and articles are uploaded to the Internet. 1__ These might be Incorrect or invented. facts, wrongly-labelled photos, and Increasingly, ‘deeplakes' ~ computer generated videos that appear to show people saying or doing something that they didn't do, + _ Often, they do It without realizing thet it's false; they really believe it, or they write something that’s Incomect by mistake, which ls then shated.?___ This can be a problem for journalists and news reporters, asit makes it more dificult to report a story quickly ‘and accurately, How good are young people at spotting fake news? The BBC recently sent a reporter fo visit a class of teenage students in Wales First the reporter asked the students where they got 1 ® Discuss the questions, ‘© Read about an experiment in spotting fake news * Use reported questions, requests ‘and commands ® Learn some synonyms their news, and whether they knew how to spot fake information. Then he asked them. to play 8 game to test their skills. In the game, they were 3 journalist working on the BBC website, “_ They had to analyse information such as photos videos, social ‘media posts, opinions from ‘experts and updates on other websites, and decide ifthe source and the information was reliable. > _ However, the reporter told the students not to believe everything, and asked them not to post something if they weren't sure that the Information was accurate, ‘The students performed well in the game They Identified alot of fake information, although at times they were too cautious, and didn't beliave Information that was actualy te. This isn’t surprising, Their teacher explained that young people were better than older generations at Spotting fake information, and that they often ‘educated thetr parents about the importance of checking sources. ) ‘synonym isa different word that expresses the same thing It's importantto be aware of 2s many synonyms aspossible 1 Explain the expression fake news’ in your own words. 2 What types of fake news can you think of? 2 Read the article. Match sentences A-F with gaps 1-5in thearticle, There is one extra sentence you donot need touse, A We can allimprove our skillsin recognizing fake news, formation deliberately in order B Burothers spread fake! to influence people's opinions. 4 Read the Skill UP! Underline synonym: the following words and phrases. the article for 1 imaginary 6 origin 2 moreand more 7 tue 3 gained 8 did 4 acts 9 careful 5 study 10 taught R Thair‘colleagues’ told them to post news updates as quickly as possible. D Why do people upload or share incorrect informetion? E Many of these will contain false information, sometimes called foke news F Their job was to post updates on a major breaking news storyta virus that was crashing social media websites. 3 OIEB Read and listen tothe article. Check your answers to exercise 2. Were any of your ideas from exercise 1 mentioned? What was the game and its outcome? 5 W@W discuss the questions. 1. How much of what you see online do you think is false? Most oft, quite a lot oft ornot much of it? 2. Have you ever seen a deepfake? Do you think they will Ddeused widelyin the future? How? 3. Doyou think you've ever shared something online that wwas false oruntrue? 6 Imagine you are talking toa younger brother or sister who can speak English. Give them tips on how to recognize unreliable sources and false information online,GRAM 12 Rewritethe requests and commands as reported speech. platelets Usethe verbs ask and tell. Reported questions, requests and commands 1 ‘Can you go to the shops for me, please?’ asked my mum. 7 Complete the reported questions from the article, What arethe direct questions? 1. The reporter asked the students they got 2 ‘Don't be late forthe film; said Ben theirnews. 2 Heasked them ___ they knew howto spot fake So information, 3 Please don’t make so much noise; said ourneighbour 8 Read the rules and choose the correct option, 4 ‘Canyou help me with my homework?” asked my sister. In reported questions, changes in tenses, pronouns, possessive adjectives and time expressions are the Same as in reported statements. in reported questions: 5 1 the verb Is / isn’t inthe question form 2 weuse / don’t use a question mark. 3 weuse / don’tuse the question word there is one. ; ; ata anicae Eee 6 ‘Please turnto page 47, requested the teacher. question word. eEEmows ce as ry ayiie you aralmarewing someone fammus. Wake notes on these things. 1 Wheredid you ask therm to meet you? 2 Whattime? 3 Did you offer them anything to eat or drink? 4, What questions cid you ask them? ‘Don’t touch the cake’ said Dad. 9 Rewrite the direct questions as reported questions, Use She asked (me) 12 ‘isthis your phone? _ 2. “Winere did you go yesterday?” 14 Report your interview to your partner. | asked her to meet me at the Hilton hotel, She tld me to — ESR 3 ‘Didyouloseyourpencil® 4 What are you doing tomorrow? _ 5 ‘Are you going to the sports centre?” Identify fatse i =e Smaart Sy, ‘10. Complete the reported request and command from re the article. 15 You are going to share yoursstory with your group. First, prepare some information for them to read and look at. Write down or print out a description of the story, some ‘quotes from people, social media reactions, photos, etc. 1. Then heasked _ a 2 However, the reporter told 16 Now, include at least two bits of falseinformation (incorrect facts or quotes, social media reaction 11 Lookatexercise 10, Reaé the rules and choose the to another story,a photo that shows something Commer es, different, etc). 117 ABR Look at each other's news storie. Tryto identity 1 Sentence Iisa reported request / command. the false information in each story. © 2 Santonce2 ie 3 reported request /eommand. ee 3 Weuse the verb ask telftoreportareques. | Ldon't believe this statistic, 4 We use the verb ask ello report a command. ‘This doesn't look tikea real social media account. 5 The reporting verbs are/ are not followed by an object 6 Weuse /don’tuse the to infinite ofthe main verb. T Whe four a negative with nat before after the to infinite. | 18 ®R% Confirm which bits of information were false. Who was best at spotting the fake news? "a4 6.4 Bear ‘© Watch an online news programme CTIVES d e res # Learn adverb + adjective collocations to Ws 1 ®y Youare going to watch a vdeo about tree news stories. Look at te photographs What do you think tne news stories willbe about 2 CREED Watch the video. Check your ideas from exercise 1, Makea note of the headline for each story. 3 Watch again, Complete the sentences with one to three words. 1. The vioggers say t's good to have a break from news enorts sometimes, 2. The police officer saw the penguin white driving home 3 The penguin returned to its home on a nearthe police station, 4. Stadiums were closed because of the 5 The robots danced to their team’s & The robots’team won their game y Tin }auniversiyis offering money fo doing nothing 8 One vlogger says he/she would find it hard to st for more than 4 @ Answer the questions. Which story: 1 was the strangest? 2 was the most entertaining? 3 wasabit boring? Here are tips for ghing.a good presentation, 1 Decideon your presentation style-formelor informal 2 Engage with the camera - look into the camera 30 you are making eye contact with the viewers 23 Speak cleartyin e cheerful interested voice 4 Sitorsiand up straight and trynot to move your body too much 5 9 Read the Video focus. Discuss the questions. 1 Whatis the presenting style in the video? Formal or informal? Give examples. 2 Doyou think the presenters are engaging? If yes,in which ways? 3 How clearly do they speak? What like? 4 Doyou think this news formats successful? Why / Why not? heir body languageThe letters th have two different sounds, voiced or voiceless Fora voiced put your hand on your throat, say‘the’ and you can ee! it. Fora voiceless, say thank’ and you can't feel anything 6 GIB) Read the Pronunciation then say these words from the video and complete the table. Listen and check. neither nothing something that thei them then they things think this thought through wv @ 4 The questions on this quiz show are - I can't balieve people get them wrong. 5 Something last night. You won't believe it! 6 We hada great holiday in Thailand. The best part was the people they were happened tome 9 @® Tell your partner about the following things. 1. something that you find ridiculously easy to do 2 atime winen you were absolutely delighted 3. something incredibly weird that once happened to you 4 somaone who is extremely friendly ‘aconmnee | Collocations | Some adverbs and adjectivescoften go together, for example completely different, not absolutely different. Learning these common collocations willincrease your vocabulary | and make your English more natural 7 IER] Read about adverb and adjective combinations. Then listen and match the combinations used in the video. 1 incredibly ‘A celighted 2 extremely B cifferent 3 __ absolutely € easy 4 completely D friendly 5 __ highly E unlikely 6 __ ridiculously F weird 8 Complete the sentences with the adverb and adjective combinations from exercise 7. 1 Our best players are injured, so we're = to win today’s match. 2 I'mbored, Let's do something, forachange. 3 My brotherwas: with his birthday present, Tae Practise presenting your story. ‘DWorkdook Projecttog p25 120 AB Wiork in a new group. Take tin turns to present your story Imagine you area news presenter or reporter. ‘11 AAR As you listen, make notes about each story. Use the prompts below to help you. * What type of storys it? ‘What happened /is happening? Where did it happen J st happening? Whois involved? What else would you like to know about it? 12. AF® After youfinish, discuss each story. Say what you found interesting and what other information you'd like toknow. 13 Think about the other students’ reactions to your story. ‘Do you want to find out any more information about it? ihe found £10,000 ina parkis extremely interesting. They sound incredibly honest! 11d ike to know why someone was ‘cerryingaround so much money. 1515 6.5 ENG SPEAKING 1% can you think at some good news that you shared orthat someone shared with you recantly? How do you tsuely respond when someone tllsyou good news? 2 CEES Watch the first part of the video. Answer the questions. 1 How doDan and Jess react when they see Liam? 2 What newsdoes Liam share? 3 How dothey respond to Liam's news? What other news dothey share? 3 $e Look atthe photo. What does Liam tell Emma? How do you think he fects? Remember to show sympathy when someone tells you ews thae’snot sa good, eg. Oh dear.’ sorryto hear that. What a shame. That's ful. That's not very nice. 4 Read the Skill UP! Which phrase does Emma use to express sympathy when talking to Liam? 5 Complete the Key phrases, ona Sharing news + Guess what! + limi sure that). + Hove you heard (about...? + it_____that Responding to good nens + Really? + Thats? + bucky you. + lm (cally) + Thats* {for you / her/him /them, HGESETHING considering oer people’ feetings her ,ou do orsey something that someone else may nat Ihe, tcportantoabkyoursel these quesbons + How would eat wasthe othe person? + Am | putting enything at risk by saying or doing this - find srneon dng Watch the first part of the video again. Check your answers to exercises 4 and 5. f Dh * ‘What do you thinkis going on between Jess, Dan and Emma Why do you think they are behavingin this way? Watch the second part ofthe video and check your ideas. 8 Look at these pieces of good and bad news. Think of some more information about each one. 1 We're going on holiday to New York. 2. My sister's gotting married, 3. My best fiend is moving to Australia. 4 Ourneighbour won the lottery 5. Jake and Emily have broken up! 6 Were getting adog. 9 ®@ Take turns to share and respond to the news, Inexercise 8. Ask and answer questions to keep the conversation going. Use the Key phrases in exercise 5 and remember to consider your partner's feelings. ‘Guess what? We're getting adog. (Really? Yesitse aoa That’ fantastic. When Labrador taba SY | rey einai “intwo weeks. ) — ar J (Ww. tacky you Cantseeit?” 6.6 Ga 1 Lookat the photos. What do you think has happened and where? Then read the first paragraph of the report and check your answers. 2 Read the rest of the report. In which paragraph does Sam inelude the following information? 1. information about whatis going to happen inthe near future point of view from someone involved in thestory ‘a comparison with another, similar event 1 description of what the reporter can see asummary ofthe story BB Pmberein the city of Lake Charles, in Louisiana, where Hurricane Laure hit earlier this week. Thousands of people are homeless - the Red Cross estimates thatthe storm has destroyed around 8,000 homes - and 400,000 homes have no power. Bh Behind me, you can see just how disastrous this storm has been. This isone ofthe most important roads in the town and now i's under water. i ealer spoke to local high school student Larry Mendoza. He told me that he and his family had been evacuated from the area before the storm, but when they Tehri tol ex bets, the rool wes gad RS the care | story for thousands of others across Louisiana, Bh Louisiana residents are used tonatural disasters in their state. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed large parts ofthe state's biggest city, New Orfeans. Hurricane Laura iseven stronger than Katrina, but luckily, it has been less disastrous, soar. i Helpis on the way. The White House has declared Louisiana a mejor disaster zone, and is sending money to the worst hit areas. It will pey for temporary housing, and help people to rebuild their homes and theirbusinesses, This is Sam McDonnell, reporting from Louisiana. Tewsiepor may tess tees Preset prec smpleforrecert events ith preseteonsequences + Preset comtnoustor events happening fasteom + Pastampl fr ging mre deta about sents strane Uy barn, + iar be gongtotor unt rg Mapren be 3. Read the Skill UP! Find examples of each tense ‘mentioned. Does the report contain other tenses? What does it use them for? 4 Take turns to read the news report aloud Did you read it naturally and make it sound interesting? Pier ae eae Write a video news report. A D Workbook ProjectLogy26 5 Imagine youare on location where your news story is happening or has happened, Write a video ews report, A Plan © Think ofa specific location for your report. Imagine what you can see, Make notes about vrhat has happened, what is happening now,and what's going to happen. B Write ® Useyour notes end the Skili UP! © Use reported speech to include the point of view of someone connected with the story. © Read and check © Read your report aloud and make sure it sounds natural © Check the spelling and grammar. 7Workin your original group again. Lock back at your Project Builders 1-S for this unit. In which lesson did you: i 2 3 4 writea video report? ‘choose and research a news story? presentand discuss your story with a new group? brainstorm typesof news story? identify false information in 2 news story? é A Te Consider the order of your stories. Choose the story with the most impact frst. I possible, end ‘on a story which won'tbe depressing forthe ‘audience, such asa 'good news! story or sport. + Include. brief introduction to each news story Remember to welcome viewers to the programme atte start, and say goedbye a the end Why? |A__. Jayden’s story about the royal wedding. B __ Maya's story about the discovery of a new species: oflizard, C __ Sara's story abouta hijacked plane. D___ Amir’s story about sometocal students who want A PROJECT ‘COACH Read the Project sili, Then listen. In which order do the students decide to present the stories below? toclimb Mount Everest Listen again, Where will each reporter be for their story? Discuss the questions and make decisions. Which order will you present your stories? \ilyou report each story on location, or presentit ina studio? Who will be the presenter? They should welcome the viewers, introduce each story, and say goodbye at the end. \Willyou film your story, or perform it? Ifyou film it, decide who will lm each section.5 Work atone. Practise reporting your news story on location or presenting itin a studio, Look back through the Project Builders tohelp you remember the details about it. Consider if you can use photos as part of your report. News presenting Hello and welcome to Here are the headlines. «Our fist / second / third story is about Let’ go to our reporter Jackin (London ‘Thanks, (Jack) Next, a completely different story. That'sall from us. Thank you for watching 885, Help the news presenter in the studio decide what to say at the start and finish, and how tointroduce each story. Use the ey phrasesto help you. 7 PRS Rehearse your news programme from start to finish. Then discuss hovrit went. What could you do better? Film your news programme. Follow the instructions 1 Film each section separately. 2. Use editing software to join the sections together into ane file. 3 if possible, include music at the start and end of your programme, ait 9 FBR, show your news programmeto the class. As you watch, decide which programme in your opinion: 1 had the most interesting stories 2. was the most professional 3 was the most fun to watch 10 ARB Think about your project work inthis unit. Read the statements and choose your reaction, ‘ONLINE RESEARCH GIVING FEEDBACK PRESENTING 1 We were successflin researching 2 Our group gave helpful feedback to | |3 Ourgroup presented cur news ‘pews information each other programme well OxOxG@ | | O=@ ® O-® ©-®© 11 Complete these sentences for you. 1 im happy with our news programme because 2 Iwrantto improve ® Workbook Projectieg p27