cours module 105

lesson
105
Monday the 3rd of May

Task: British newspapers

Word of the day :
this newspaper sold like hot cakes ( sell like hot cakes = sevendre comme des petits pains)= sold like fury
The circulation (= the number of issues ( numéros) of papers )of this newspaper went up the roof ( go up the roof = crever le plafond)

THE COMPOSITION OF A FRONT PAGE :matching exercise

STUDYING THE FRONT PAGE OF A NEWSPAPER : more detailed account

APPLICATION : the front page of THE GUARDIAN

THE TABLOIDS VERSUS THE BROADSHEETS
Broadsheets = serious papers / quality press/ larger in size to be read at home by an educated reader who is used to complicated words and longer articles

Tabloids = rubbish press/ rags ( torchons)/for a popular audience / smaller in size to be read while commuting( commute = go back and forth from work)/ on trains / containing plenty of photos and shorter articles

COMPARING TABLOIDS AND BROADSHEETS:
a) more vocabulary
b) some examples

Homework :
exercise: THE BRITISH PRESS RECAP complete the different categories with a number