UNDERTSANDING NEWS
Dat# 8
STORIES
Nam# 8
;EADING :OM;E/ENSION :OM;E/ENSION NEWS UNITED KINGDOM 21 AUGUST 2017
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A;T 1 8
G#n#ral :om(r#"#nsion
Answer the Wh-Questions or tick
The
document is
an online article
the correct answers.
a newspaper
According to you, what does
article
refer to ?
It refers to the name of the news network. ( cult: a Quatari broadcaster / Aljazeera news etwork!
W"#n was it published? It
was posted on Au"ust #$st% #&$'.
W"at is it about ? W"at does it deal with ? It deals with the responses of some politicians and other people to the
silencin" of i" en for ) *ears due to maintenance.
A;T 2 8
D#tail#d :om(r#"#nsion
Ti!k the most appropriate "#adlin# . Justify your answer.
+he article hi"hli"hts the contro,ersial aspect of the i" en issue and the peoples mied feelin"s about the silencin" of the bells. a wide ,ariet* of responses - some more melanchol* than others.0 prompted mocker* online and criticism of what some consider an atmosphere of jin"oism0/ Another common theme in responses was an"er0
W"#r# exactly did the event take place ?
Justify your answer by quoting elements from the text.
+he e,ent took place place near Westminster 1alace in the heart of the capital of the 2nited 3in"dom % at the foot of i" en 4lock +ower b* the 5ouses of 1arliament.
W"#n did it occur ? W"#n was *i& *#n silenced *#n silenced according to the text ? Accordin" to the article% i" en was silenced on 6onda* % Au"ust #$ st at midda* local time
/ow lon&
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is it going to be silent $or ?
It is "oin" to be silent for ) *ears .
W"o are the the people people mentioned mentioned in the text ? +he people mentioned are not onl* the people who "athered to watch i" en fall silent% but also 6embers of 1arliament and other politicians such as
8abour
acti,ist 9cott elson % or 3e,in 6a"uire the ail* 6irror;s associate editor .
W"% are they mentioned? +he* are mentioned for their different responses to the e,ent.
hat do the nm#r and nam# refer to? t"# Eli4a#t Eli4a#t" " Tow#r It refers to i" en 4lock +ower t"# Gr#n$#ll Tow#r It refers to the #)-store* 7renfell +ower block of public
housin" flats
/ a residential tower block that was de,astated b* a horrific fire last
It refers to the a"e of i" en.
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It refers to the hei"ht of the structure.
T"osands M
It refers to the number of people watchin".
It refers to the members of 1arliament
!ake a list of all the London
considered as "S# " S#ats ats o$ o $ ow#r ow# r#
.
i" en clock tower / 5ouses of 1arliament / the =lizabeth +ower / Westminster / Westminster 1alace /
hat makes *i& *i & * *#n #n
one of *rit %0 words& words& *r itai ain n$s iconic symbols %0
i" en is a historic tower and one of ritains iconic s*mbols as it was officiall* named the =lizabeth +ower0. As >uoted in the article % the$?@-*ear-old structure is the most reco"nisable s*mbols of the countr*0 which became associated with ritain throu"h World War II radio news broadcasts.0 +oda* It is belie,ed to be the most photo"raphed buildin" in the 2nited 3in"dom0 .
'ay if the statements are ;i&"t or Wron&. Justify your answers by >uotin" the text.
a) (ig (en clock tower is going to be renovated .
i"ht
stiH!ation (l.$ ! as it under"oes maintenance0
structure under"oes maintenance.
/ (l.) ! as the $?@-*ear-old
(l.$? ! the restoration of the historic
tower0
) (ig (en is )* metres tall . Wron& stiH!ation (l.@ ! the BC-metre-tall clock tower housin" i" en0
!) +t has been a (ritish symbol since the irst orld ar. stiH!ation
Wron&
(l.B/$& ! it became associated with ritain throu"h World War II
radio news broadcasts.0
d) (ig (en, has marked the hour with almost unbroken service for the past -/ years. i"ht stiH!ation
(l.) ! as the $?@-*ear-old structure0
#) +t was decided that it will remain silent for so long for safety reasons. i"ht stiH!ation
(l.$)/$? ! 1arliaments 1arliaments authorities insisted it was necessar* on
health and safet* "rounds for workers undertakin" the restoration of the historic tower0. / (l.$C! +he chimes are bein" stopped to pro,ide a safe en,ironment for the people workin" on the scaffoldin".0
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(en$s famous bongs will sound on sound on special occasions though.
i"ht stiH!ation
(l.$#/$D ! e,en thou"h it will still sound to mark e,ents such as
4hristmas a* and emembrance a*.0
&) 0eople have mixed feelings about the 1reat 2lock being silenced. i"ht (l.' ! elicited a wide ,ariet* of responses - some more melanchol*
stiH!ation
than others.0
") (ig (en controversy grows. i"ht (l.$) ! +he silencin" of the bells is likel* to pro,e contro,ersial0.
stiH!ation
i)
'ome 0oliticians have "bowed their heads " to show their discontent.
stiH!ation
Wron& (l.$@/$B ! a "roup of members of parliament would be "atherin" to
pa* respects at the site with Ebowed headsE
@)
'ome people believe that the (ig (en issue is given too much importance.
i"ht (l.#?/#C ! at the le,el of co,era"e the media were "i,in" to i"
stiH!ation
en compared with other issues both at home and abroad.0
3ead the !l#s below and pick out the word in the article referring to 4 the extreme belief that that your own country country is always best . +t is nationalism nationalism in the form of
aggressive foreign policy .The term originated in the Unit#d Kin&dom, Kin&dom, expressing a 1-70s, and it appeared in the American press by pugnacious attitude toward 3ussia in t"# 1-70s, 1-5. 1-5.
jin"oism
