Unit 3 Global Communication

Worksheet 9: The media – newspapers and information society

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Match the expressions with their meaning in Portuguese.

a. breaking news
1. manchete
b. scoop
2. notícias falsas
c. headline
3. notícias sérias
d. byline
4. jornais
e. fake news sensacionalistas

f. feature story 5. reportagem importante

g. hard news 6. notícias de última hora

h. soft news 7. jornais de grande formato com conteúdo sério

8. fonte; nome da pessoa que escreveu o artigo

i. tabloids

9. furo jornalístico; publicar antes de outros jornais

j. broadsheets
10. notícias ligeiras

Complete the sentences with an expression from exercise 1. Two expressions are not needed.

a. In most you can read serious articles about economy, politics and world affairs.
b. During March 2020, the in most newspapers was the Covid19 virus.
c. Don’t believe anything that you read in that newspaper. It’s mostly .
d. Thanks to the internet, we can watch in real time as it happens.
e. The is usually at the top of an article and it tells you the name of the person that
wrote it.
f. The of the article was “Broken Heart”. It was almost as big as the article itself.
g. My mom loves to read when she goes on holiday. So, she usually buys lots of
magazines about celebrities and stuff like that.
h. The reporter didn’t rest until he found out the big
scam in the White House. He was the one who got
the . All the other reporters
were jealous.