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European Union

Member of Parliament (MP) - the abbreviation for 'Member of Parliament': Conservative / Labour MPs, the MP for Oxford East, a Euro-MP.

Military Police (MP) - a member of the military police.

Backbencher - a member of the House of Commons of Great Britain who is not a party leader.

Glossary

Household - all the people living together in a house: Most households now own at least one car. Low-income / one-parent households, the head of the household, the royal household.

Fancy dress - clothes that you wear, especially at parties, to make you appear to be a different character: guests in fancy dress.

Shameful

Shameful - that should make you feel ashamed: shameful behaviour, a shameful secret / thought. It was shameful the way she was treated. There is nothing shameful about being poor.

shame•ful•ly advround on sb to suddenly speak angrily to sb and criticize or attack them: He rounded on journalists, calling them ‘a pack of vultures’. he buildings have been shamefully neglected. dressing-down noun [sing.] (old-fashioned, informal) an occasion when sb speaks angrily to a person because they have done sth wrong dis•grace•ful adj. /d s gre sfl/ adj. very bad or unacceptable; that people should feel ashamed about: His behaviour was absolutely disgraceful! It's disgraceful that none of the family tried to help her. a disgraceful waste of money dis•grace•ful•ly /-f li/ adv. ap•pro•pri•ate adj. / pr pri t; AmE pro -/ ~ (for / to sth) suitable, acceptable or correct for the particular circumstances: an appropriate response / measure / method Now that the problem has been identified, appropriate action can be taken. Jeans are not appropriate for a formal party. The book was written in a style appropriate to the age.

of the children. Is now an appropriate time to make a speech? Please debit my Mastercard /Visa / American Express card (delete as appropriate). Opposite: ap•pro•pri•ate•ly adv.:INAPPROPRIATEto throw: [vn] ~ a party (informal) to give a partythrow sb out (of ... ) to force sb to leave a place: You'll be thrown out if you don't pay the rent.detraction noun 1. A petty disparagement. 2. The act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander); "let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken".telling-off noun [usually sing.] (pl. tellings-off) (BrE, informal) the act of speaking angrily to sb, especially a child, because they have done sth badcall for sth 1 to need sth: The situation calls for prompt action. 'I've been promoted.' 'This calls for a celebration!'; 2 to publicly ask for sth to happen: They called for the immediate release of the hostages. The opposition have

COMPREHENSION

Exercise 3

Read the passage and answer the questions:

1. What did Harry wear at the fancy dress party?
2. Where did he wear it?
3. Why is it a serious gaffe?

Exercise 4

Is the article written according to the inverted pyramid pattern?

Does it answer the 5 W-questions? If yes, list your findings below:

who ___________________________________________________________________

what ___________________________________________________________________

where ___________________________________________________________________

when ___________________________________________________________________

why ___________________________________________________________________

Exercise 5

Tick the correct answer:

1. Which people have criticised Harry's behaviour?
1. Some European politicians and Jewish leaders
2. Journalists from The Sun and The Guardian
3. A spokeswoman of Clarence House
2. What punishments have been suggested?
1. He should be immediately sent to Sandhurst

6 1. tell (so.) off, give (so.) a telling-off, give (so.) a dressing down - b. reacting angrily and criticising someone strongly 2. thoughtless, insensitive - a. not thinking about other people's feelings 3. condemn, round on - c. describing behaviour that is very bad 4. shameful, disgraceful - d. talking to someone angrily for doing something wrong Exercise 7 Find at least three examples of nominalization in the article: 1. discipline - a strict discipline 2. appearance - a public appearance 3. apologies - additional apologiesFind at least three passive verbs in the article and explain their use: 1. "shouldn't dress up" - The verb "dress up" is in the passive form here, indicating that Prince Harry is the one being dressed up. The use of the passive voice emphasizes the action being done to him rather than him actively choosing to dress up. 2. "will be turning" - The verb "turning" is in the passive form here, indicating that the Queen Mum is the one being turned. This passive construction emphasizes the action being done to her, suggesting her disapproval of Prince Harry's actions. 3. "died there" - The verb "died" is in the passive form here, indicating that the Jews are the ones who died. This passive construction focuses on the action of dying rather than who caused their deaths.

arelaughing at his jest?Harry's about to join the Army, to serve Queen and country.Does he think the old sweats who served from 1939 to 1945 are amused?As the Sergeant Major would say: "Get a grip, lad."Of course, he's young and he's entitled to fun.But he's got to learn that the privilege of being a Royal comes withresponsibilities.One of them is not to mock the past and the memory of those whofought for freedom.Next time Harry goes in fancy dress he should go as something moresuitable...How about one of the Muppets?The Sun 2005-13-01 (page 8)

GLOSSARY

gig•gle / g gl/ verb, noun

verb ~ (at / about sb/sth) to laugh in a silly way because you are amused, embarrassed or nervous:

[v] The girls giggled at the joke. They giggled nervously as they waited for their turn. She giggled with delight.

at•tire / ta (r)/ noun [U] (formal) clothes: dressed in formal evening attire

jest /d est/ noun, verb

noun (old-fashioned or formal) something said or done to amuse

people; jokeget / take a grip (on yourself) to improve your behaviour or control your emotions after beingGet a gripafraid, upset or angry: I have to take a grip on myself, he told himself firmly. (informal) (= make aneffort to control your emotions)!lad /læd/ noun 1 [C] (old-fashioned or informal) a boy or young man: Things have changed since I was a lad.He's a nice lad. Hurry up, lad.mock /m k; AmE m k/ verb, adj., nounverb 1 to laugh at sb/sth in an unkind way, especially by copying what they say or do: He's alwaysmocking my French accent. The other children mocked her, laughing behind their hands.7Now look at the newspaper’s front page and tryto understand why it had such an effect on thereaders and on the rest of the media. The Sun, January 13 2005Exercise 9Find examples in both texts of lexical and grammatical cohesion.Text 1 (The Guardian)Grammatical cohesion

the following questions:

1. Are there any lexical and syntactic differences?
2. Which words have the greatest emotive impact?
3. Which of the two articles is more objective?
4. Which are the strategies used by the journalist to sound more objective?

Exercise 11

Look for verbs in the past simple, present perfect and past perfect in the two articles and explain why they have been used:

PAST SIMPLE: PRESENT PERFECT: PAST PERFECT:

1. _______________
2. _______________
3. _______________
4. _______________
5. _______________

GRAMMAR REVIEW

PAST TENSES

PAST SIMPLE

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian musician and composer. He lived from 1756 to 1791. He started composing at the age of five and wrote more than 600 pieces of music. He was only 35 years old when he died.

Lived/started/wrote/was/died are all

Very often the past simple ends in –ed (regular verbs):

I work in a travel agency now. Before that I worked in a department store.

- We invited them to our party, but they decided not to come.

- The police stopped me on my way home last night.

- Laura passed her examination because she studied very hard.

- But many verbs are irregular. The past simple does not end in –ed. For example:

Write – wrote Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of music.

See – saw We saw Rose in town a few days ago.

Go – went I went to the cinema three times last week.

Shut – shut It was cold, so I shut the window.

In questions and negatives we use did/didn’t + infinitive (enjoy/see/go etc.):

a) Did you go out last night?

- B) Yes I Went to the cinema, but I didn’t enjoy the movie.