А. Яковлева - Иностранный язык (английский): особенности языка современной англоязычной прессы

1. They will argue that the system breaches international law (http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jun/05/).

2. It was a close fight, but I can't argue with the decision (http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jun/05/).

3. There are very few hard and fast rules in life (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/76658837679124);

4. The rest of the industry is growing faster and outpacing consoles (http://www.latimes.com/business/).

5. His column on Gessler the other day was absolutely priceless. Is it any wonder nobody wants to buy ad space?.. (www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-greene).

6. Inter lost their opening game 1-0… (www.football.thestar.com.my/story.asp?file=/2011/9/21);

7. Mr Humphreys eventually lost his patience, took the boy by the collar and marched him to his gate (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland).

8. Pending Sales Of Existing Homes Hit Drop By 11.6 Percent In April (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/27/).

9. Tracking Economy, CO2 Emissions Hit New High (http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/30/).

Task 3: Translate the sentences, paying attention to the meanings of the journalese (переведите предложения, обращая внимание на значения газетных штампов).

1 . United States would consider extending a “defense umbrella” over the Middle East… (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/).

2 . Clinton lands in Pakistan to ‘reset’ relations (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/128).

3 . Suzuki has denied that the deal broke the agreement (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14877009).

4 . Some we are getting already – from our friends in the free world (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/world-africa-13345413).

5 . John Boehner Leaves Debt Ceiling Talks With Obama (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/22).

6 . Hailing a "peaceful revolution" in Russian politics for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kremlin officials and Putin supporters relished a relatively harmonious relationship between the legislature and the executive (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world).

7 . Clinton is visiting Athens on the second leg of a 12-day around-the-world diplomatic tour (http://biz.thestar.com).

8 . …it lost two of six contested seats, leaving it with just a bare 17-16 majority (http://www.nypost.com).

9 . John Boehner Leaves Debt Ceiling Talks With Obama (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/22).

10 . With Help From NATO, Libyan Rebels Gain Ground (www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10).

Task 4: Analyze the underlined linguistic means (проанализируйте выделенные языковые средства).

1 . Lady Gaga is like a car accident; you don’t want to look but just can't help yourself (www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/01/).

2. Will Scotland Go Its Own Way? (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/ 27opinion).

3. Mr Drake's fiancée, Sophie Lindop, commented: "I am relieved that our battle for justice is now over, but it doesn't take away the anger I feel that Malcolm should still be alive today (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stokestaffordshire-14747805).

4. Youngsters yet to get any experience of work are at the bottom of the pile and youth – unemployment has hit 34 per cent (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2011/05/29/).

5. Does writing for other artists afford you the luxury of spreading your wings when you make solo records? (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/).

6. He was a quiet and friendly man but was beaten and left for dead in his own home in what I would describe as a cruel and heartless attack. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/8624818.stm).

7. Divine failure stamped upon your life (www.cnbc.com/).

8. In politics, life can change in an instant (http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2010/dec/19/).

9. Tom Daley devasted after his father Rob loses his battle with cancer aged just 40 (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news).

10. France has to take the bitter pill of economic reform (http://www.huffington post.com/healthy-living/).

11. Bad Trips: Wonderful Essays About Awful Travel Experiences (http://www.huffingtonpost.com).

12. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who invited the Justice Department last year to conduct a thorough review of the police department, said the verdicts "provide significant closure to a dark chapter in our city's history" (http://www.usatoday.com/news).

13. Rescuers struggled to reach survivors on Saturday morning as Japan reeled after an earthquake and a tsunami struck in deadly tandem (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12).

14. Egypt's military junta is facing its biggest crisis of legitimacy (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world).

15. Their final moments alive were hell on earth (http://www.nypost.com).

16. Röthig said IKB’s management took to the idea “as a baby takes to candy” until 2005 when he said the bank was taking too much risk… (http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2011-08-12/).

17. Nothing better personified the arrogance and the anarchy; the mindless, violent consumerism (http://news.scotsman.com/opinion).

18. Did Germany sow the seeds of the eurozone debt crisis? (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world).

19. It says people have become "screen slaves" and are often working while commuting or after they get home (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18490433).

20. This oasis of learning is in blighted Englewood, one of Chicago's toughest and poorest areas (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15224200).

Task 5: Explain the origin of the underlined expressions (объясните происхождение выделенных выражений).

1 . Ultimate Fighting's Cold War Gets Hotter (http://www.time.com/time).

2 . Unreal Estate: News You Won't Believe (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ 2011/06/28).

3 . iPhone overview: Apple of discord (http://www.gsmarena.com/apple).

4. Problem? All you need is love (http://www.timesplus.co.uk/tto/news/).

5 . After the Split, Madonna's Show Must Go On (http://www.people.com/people).

6 . Mourinho described progress to the final as "mission impossible" (http://football.thestar.com).

7 . "Do you, comrade, remember Afghanistan? Glows of fires, Muslim cries?" I am sure British soldiers have their own songs, it's just I don't know them. God bless them anyhow (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree).

8. Scottish fishermen need 'no stone to be left unturned'(http://www.bbc.co.uk/ news/uk-scotland).

9. You have to love Lanni’s cold dish of revenge served up for the chamber folks (http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jun/18/irony-lannis-proposal/).

10. Lanni has taken us back to the future with a proposal, first reported by the Sun (http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jun/18/irony-lannis-proposal/).

Task 6: Mark the famous expressions, used in the following sentences (отметьте известные выражения, используемые в следующих предложениях).

1 . Barack Obama: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (http://www.humanevents.com/article).

2 . The former head of England’s failed bid to host the 2018 World Cup finals spilled the beans today on alleged corruption in world football, naming four top Fifa officials who personally solicited cash or favours from him (http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/).

3 . A Mentor to a Nation of Prodigious Runners Shows That Charity Begins at Home (http://www.people.com/).

4 . To Be or Not to Be: American Freedom, Exceptionalism and Identity (http://www.huffingtonpost.com).

5 . As the saying goes, the early bird catches the worm. Zambia has shown that the only obstacle in going to Germany for the World Cup is the actual competition not taking place! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2).

6. Syria 'a hair's breadth' from civil war (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today).

7. Britney Cries: Life Is Like Jail, Groundhog Day (http://www.people.com/people/0,,,00.html).

8. Price rise 'a storm in a teacup' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid).

9. No news was bad news: the little space-chic craft, carrying a painting by Damian Hirst and an audio test signal by Blur, vanished without trace (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science).

10. Congress is going to be a hard nut to crack, though (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2252234.stm).

Task 7: Find the pun in the underlined words (найдите каламбур в подчеркнутых словах) .

1 . Wish you were heir? (http://www.mirror.co.uk/).

2 . Raise a Glass – and Some Money – for Lydia Tillman, Casa Mono's Beloved Former Sommelier (http://blogs.villagevoice.com/).

3 . Сivil servants splash your cash (http://www.mirror.co.uk/).

4 . Peter Jones: After the party is over the party politics really begin (http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/).

5 . Disunited Kingdom? (http://www.guardian.co.uk/).

6 . Donald Trump trumped as senior Republicans acknowledge the obvious (http://news.scotsman.com).

7. Sir Paul McCartney turns 70 years young today (http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/18/happy).

8. iPhone, You Phone, We All Wanna iPhone (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology).

9. Makeup artists’ lawsuit doesn’t powder over dispute with Cosmetology Board (http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jun/20).

10. Parenting – Children Need Presence More Than Your Presents (http://ezinearticles.com/?Parenting).

Task 8: Match the headlines with the fragments of the articles (сопоставьте заголовки с фрагментами статей).

1. How Old Is Old Age?

2. Obama: Indefinitely Holding Detainees 'Gives Me Huge Pause'.

3. 'New' GM on the road.

4. Will New Ad Restart the Engines?

5. Clinton moves to calm Moscow over remarks by Biden.

6. In Moldovan Vote, It's East vs. West.

7. Georgia's Unmet Promise.

8. Kirill's Visit Exposes Dangers in Moscow-Kiev Ties.

1. Imagine you're a huge American company that has built its reputation on durability, reliability and being the biggest damn dog on the street. Then let's say you get into horrible, disastrous debt and have to go begging to the government, like a sad little stray. And then you still end up in Chapter 11. Your customers are peeved because they have to bail you out. Your frailty makes them wary of buying anything from you. And every wrong thing you've ever done (like, say, making the Pontiac Aztek,) nags at them like a stain you put on their best rug. How do you make a commercial for that?

2. After a six-week trip through bankruptcy, the "new" General Motors was born Friday – owned by the government, free of tens of billions in debt, and shed of unaffordable brands, dealerships and plants. CNNMoney.com reports the sale of the valuable assets of the old company to the new GM was completed Friday morning. full story.

3. The public’s views on age and aging are explored in a new national survey on aging from the Pew Research Center, explained in a story by my colleague Sarah Arnquist.