Стр.42-43 Unit 5 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 10 класс
Work in pairs. Look at the list of different kinds of texts and put them into categories 1–5 below. Some items can go in more than one category.
advert, biography, catalogue, dictionary, diary, email to a friend, encyclopedia, essay, friendly letter, greetings card, guidebook, instructions, invitation, letter of application, newspaper article, note/message, novel, poem, postcard, recipe, rules
Purpose of text
- to give orders or instructions
- to persuade the reader
- to give (non-personal) information
- personal, informal writing
- literature
Type of text
signs and notices, …; newspaper editorial, …; website, …; blogs, …; plays, …
Read text A and answer the questions. Don’t worry if you don’t understand all the words.
- What is the purpose of the text? Choose from categories 1–5 in Exercise 1.
- What type of text from the list above do you think it is?
- Do you think it is a modern text? Why? / Why not?
Look at the information below. Then read text B and decide what type of style it has. Do you think the text is a piece of personal writing (e.g. a letter) or literature?
Informal style
contractions (I’d) and ellipsis (missing words)
quite simple language/slang
usually quite short sentences
exclamations and direct questions often usedLiterary/formal style
contractions and ellipsis not common
sophisticated language
long sentences and complex grammar
exclamations and direct questions not used often
A Sore throats
In the case of sore throats, the most effective remedy is bacon. Cut slices of fat, boneless bacon and season it well with black pepper. This should be tied around the patient’s throat using a cotton bandage and worn for several hours until the pain decreases.
Poor appetite
There are several remedies which are suitable for patients with poor appetites. One can try rubbing the stomach with some chocolate or taking a bath in beef soup. Now that electricity is becoming more popular in the home, one can also put beautiful bright lamps in the dining room.
B
The elderly passenger who was sitting on the north-window-side of that moving train was the one and only Professor Timofey Pnin. Ideally bald, sun-tanned and clean-shaven, he began rather impressively with that great brown dome
1. Possible categories:
| Purpose of text | Type of text |
|---|---|
| 1 to give orders or instructions | instructions, recipe, rules, signs and notices |
| 2 to persuade the reader | advert, letter of application, invitation |
| 3 to give (non-personal) information | biography, catalogue, dictionary, encyclopedia, essay, guidebook, newspaper article |
| 4 personal, informal writing | diary, email to a friend, friendly letter, greetings card, note/message, postcard, blog |
| 5 literature | novel, poem, plays |
2.
- The purpose of text A is 3 — to give non-personal information.
- It is a guidebook / medical advice text.
- No, it is not a modern text, because the remedies and language sound old-fashioned and unusual.
3. Text B has a literary/formal style. It is literature, not personal writing.
5.
- C — mentions a way to make you feel less tired.
- A — mentions dietary problems.
- B — describes somebody’s appearance.
- D — talks about changes in people’s behaviour.
- C — mentions ways to stay young-looking.
- E — mentions people who look older than they really are.
6.
- f flattering — making you look more attractive than usual
- h smart — looking clean and tidy
- d vain — too interested in his/her own appearance
- a skinny — too thin
- i posh — expensive and used or owned by rich people
- e trendy — fashionable
- c shiny — bright because it reflects light
- b bald — with little or no hair
- g stunning — very beautiful
