Navigate Reading/slide 112, ex 11a, slide 113, ex 3a,
Navigate. Read the text on slide 114, and discuss the topic “The internet has improved the quality of journalism.”
11a. Match adjectives 1-8 from the listening to meanings a-h in this context.
- addictive — f. difficult to stop doing
- objective — e. considering only facts, not personal opinion
- actual — a. real
- unmanageable — b. too big or difficult to deal with
- reliable — c. that you can trust
- informative — g. giving useful knowledge
- mental — h. of the mind
- relevant — d. important and useful
3a. Complete the sentences with words from the box.
- .. she’s the oldest person who has ever lived, supposedly ..
- .. according to the article, she claims she was born in 1887 ..
- .. she’s got something like seventy-three great-grandcholdren ..
- The sad thing is that several of them have already died before her.
- This suit was incredibly heavy, around fifty-nine kilos or something.
- It took him six days, apparently.
- His name’s Lloyd something or other.
- What’s amazing about him is that he was diagnosed with leukaemia several years ago.