The news media

Here´s the video we´ve watched today in class:  

Let´s do some vocabulary revision:
Match the following expressions with their meanings:

-To be "drowning" in news
-To matter "in the long run"
-To "fall by the wayside"
-To push back the limits"

-To continue to expand the borders of what is possible

-To quickly become unimportant and forgotten

- To have somuch news available that we can´t possibly process all of it

-To be important for an extremely long time or forever

Now, watch the TED video again and answer the questions in the following quizz:

Headlines and the passive voice

Headlines in newspapers are very short. They don´t usually include punctuation, auxiliary verbs or articles.

Read the following headlines and rewrite them so that they are grammatically correct. Include articles, punctuation marks and the "to be" part when necessary.

1. Madrid named "noisiest" capital in Europe
2. Mothers asked nearly 300 questions a day
3. Protesters arrested amid police clearance
4. Free expression under threat
5. Presidential elections hit by new bribery allegations
6. Sierra Leona´s most senior doctor killed by Ebola 
7. Metal scraps turned into prize-winning award

You can link to this page to do some more passive voice practice!

Class Presentation

Have a look at these newspaper articles and choose the one you prefer to do an oral presentation in class, remember that you should only pick articles in the advanced level, the level is specified in every article. 
You may also do your presentation on news stories from one of the newspapers (Independent, Guardian, New York Times, etc...) included in your list of resources.
The presentations will be held over the second week of January.

Have a nice weekend, see you on Tuesday!