6. The ____ investigates crime in America.
7. There are fifty states in the ____.
8. The ____ consists of Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands and
the Isle of Man) and Northern Ireland.
7. Explain what the headlines mean in ordinary English (appendix С ). E x a m p l e SHOP BLAZE 5 DEAD —
five people died in a fire in a shop. •
MOVE TO CREATE MORE JOBS.
•
GO AHEAD FOR WATER CURBS.
•
WOMAN QUITS AFTER JOB ORDEAL.
•
POLL PROBES SPENDING HABITS.
•
BID TO OUST PM.
•
PRINCE VOWS TO BACK FAMILY.
8. Look at the verbs in italic type and explain what they mean. You may need to use more than one word (appendix С ). E x a m p l e PM
TO CURB SPENDING —
to curb= to limit •
BOOK
LINKS Ml5 WITH KGB.
•
CHANCELLOR
CUTS INTEREST RATES.
•
BOMB
BLASTS CENTRAL LONDON.
•
PM
PLEDGES BACKING FOR EUROPE.
•
PRESIDENT
HEADS PEACE MOVES.
9. Headlines for interpretation. Rephrase the newspaper titles keeping in mind all linguistic features of newspaper headlines. 1. Russian plane crash kills 32 in Siberia.
2. “Batman” pulled over by police in Maryland.
3. Italy’s Mount Etna volcano erupts again.
4. Russian anglers rescued as Sakhalin ice floe
breaks.
5. Somalia minister held in Uganda.
6. US “to cut immigrant detention”.