Стр.106 Unit 10 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 11 класс

Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Вербицкая, Камине Д.Карр, Парсонс 11 класс, Просвещение: a Thanks to their brilliant performance in the second half, the team have secured their place in the final …
b OUR CONGRATULATIONS go to Paris Hamilton and Rowan Lawton, who were recently spotted wearing engagement rings at ‘Hip’, London’s newest nightclub.
c Is Maths giving you a headache? Help is at hand with our online Mathematics Tutor, available from …
d Peugeot-Citroen announced last week that it was shutting one of its main British factories …
e Crowd of 20,000 wait outside Windsor Castle to cheer Queen on birthday.
f If your surroundings are beginning to seem all too familiar, now is a good time for a change: take a holiday or even think about a new job …
g While it is true that the Prime Minister made some mistakes, I feel that the media have blown them out of proportion…
h The orchestra, which was conducted by Sir Leonard Williams, played superbly, and the audience were quick to show their appreciation with thunderous applause.
VOCABULARY
1 What for would you look at each of sections 1-8 of a newspaper? Discuss in pairs. Then match extracts a-h to the sections.
1 gossip column
2 sports pages
3 letters to the editor
4 classified ads
5 horoscope
6 business news
7 national news
8 entertainment section
2 Add the underlined nouns in the extracts to Train Your Brain.
TRAIN YOUR BRAIN Nouns
Nouns which are always plural:
acoustics, belongings, clothes, earnings, premises, refreshments, thanks, 1) congratulations, 2) surroundings
Nouns which end in -s but have a singular verb:
• subjects of study: economics, linguistics, politics, 3) maths
• sports and games: aerobics, billiards, gymnastics
• other: news
Nouns which can be singular or plural (group nouns):
• names of institutions, companies and teams: the United Nations, Manchester United, 4) Peugeot-Citroen
• other: class, crew, family, government, group, press, public, staff, 5) team, 6) crowd, 7) media, 8) orchestra, 9) audience
The choice of a singular or plural verb depends on how you ‘see’ the noun.
• as a single unit: My singing group is quite small.
• as a number of individuals: The group have all got very good voices.
Mind the trap!
Make sure that you use the correct pronouns and possessives with group nouns:
The management have increased their pay offer. (as individuals)
The management has increased its pay offer. (as a unit)
The crew who looked after us on the flight were excellent. (as individuals)
The crew which looked after us on the flight was excellent. (as a unit)
3 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs from the box. Which of the extracts does NOT come from a newspaper?
start; lose; be; criticise; cost; move; produce
1 The family of a five million-pound lottery winner have appealed to the media to respect their privacy.
2 Bath have lost 7-12 to Cardiff and their dreams of repeating their 2005 victory have been shattered.
3 Members please note that aerobics starts at 8 a.m. on Mondays, not 7.30.
4 The company has recently moved to new premises outside London, which cost much less to rent than its office space in the city.
5 The BBC, which usually produces high-quality TV programmes, has been criticised for launching a lifestyle magazine aimed at girls as young as five.
6 According to a survey, one in five teenagers thinks that billiards is more fun than football. *Цитирирование части задания со ссылкой на учебник производится исключительно в учебных целях для лучшего понимания разбора решения задания.

Ответ

1. 1 — gossip column; 2 — sports pages; 3 — letters to the editor; 4 — classified ads; 5 — horoscope; 6 — business news; 7 — national news; 8 — entertainment section.

2. Underlined nouns: congratulations, surroundings, maths, Peugeot-Citroen, team, crowd, media, orchestra, audience.

3.

1. The family of a five million-pound lottery winner have appealed to the media to respect their privacy.
2. Bath have lost 7-12 to Cardiff and their dreams of repeating their 2005 victory have been shattered.
3. Members please note that aerobics starts at 8 a.m. on Mondays, not 7.30.
4. The company has recently moved to new premises outside London, which cost much less to rent than its office space in the city.
5. The BBC, which usually produces high-quality TV programmes, has been criticised for launching a lifestyle magazine aimed at girls as young as five.
6. According to a survey, one in five teenagers thinks that billiards is more fun than football.

Не из газеты: 3.