Media. Video with following exercises

1.Watch the video and answer the multiple choice questions.

1)    What way of getting news was mentioned more often than the others?

a)                    Newspapers

b)                    Television

c)                     Radio

d)                    Internet

2)    What kind of news John, the doctor, is interested in?

a)                    Health stories

b)                    Sport

c)                     New technology

d)                    Popular culture news

3)    What people used to rely on more in era of modern technologies?

a)                    Twitter

b)                    TV

c)                     Facebook

d)                    Radio

4)    What newspaper was mention in the video?

a)                    The Times

b)                    The Independent

c)                     The Guardians

d)                    The Economist

2.     Read the sentences below and underline the correct answer according to recording from 1:27-1:41 and 2:48-3:45

1)                      I like all sorts of news stories, about what’s ¹happening/going on and ²particularly/especially about new  ³technology/discoveries, but I also like ⁴some/a bit of trashy news – I like a bit of  ⁵glitterati/celebrity gossip, just to break up the day.

2)                      I think in general yes, but ⁶there are occasions/sometimes I think it’s ⁷careless/irresponsible. I think, for example when they hound ⁸celebrities/ beautiful people, for example, I don’t think that’s very responsible news. I don’t even think it’s very good news.

In my area – I’m especially interested in the area of health – ⁹frequently/often you get these health stories about ¹⁰immunization/vaccination or about some latest ¹¹panic/scare about cancer and this causes ¹²a great deal of anxiety/a lot of fear, and yet when you go down to the real truth it’s often based on very ¹³weak/flimsy foundations. So, I think the media do have a, a ¹⁴duty/an obligation to use their power responsibly.