G reporting verbs; as V the media P word stress BTCC 1 GRAMMAR reporting verbs Read the headline of this news story. What do you think it’s about? Then read the story. What do you think of Mr Ivanov? Man leaves wife at petrol station ‘A Macedonian man drove six hours across Italy at the start of his holiday before he noticed that he had forgotten comething — his wife, Ljubomir Ivanov left hor ata petrol station when he stopped to fill up with petrol, and dicn’t realize his mistake until he got a call from the police on his mobile phone. ‘are you Ljubomir Ivanov? they asked. "Yes, Iam,’ he said. ‘What's the matter?” ‘Where are yout” ‘Ym in Germany.’ "Well your wife is waiting for you at a petrol station near Pesaro in central Italy. ‘Twas very tired and not thinking,’ anov told reporters lator. ‘She usually sits in the back seat so T didn't notice that she wasn’t there.” Mr Ivanov immodiately drove back to Pesaro to pick ‘up his wife so that they could continue their holiday. ‘Tl have to apologize a lot when I see her,” he said. Check what you know. Re-read the conversation between. the policeman and Ivanov. Then complete the sentences in reported speech. 1 The police asked the man if Ljubomir Ivanov and he said that 2 Then they asked him and he told that in Germany. 3 He later told police that he ‘that his wife wasn't there because she usually sat in the back seat. 4 He said that he to apologize a lot when he saw her. Any problems? © Workbook p.50 [New grammar. Read four more news stories. Three of them are true but one has been invented. Which do think is the invented one? No, foe can’t have your ‘A football team havo throatonod to suo a neighbour because he refused to give back their balls. Appledore FC have kicked 18 balls over Paul Vose's garden wall, and they are now all locked inside his shed, Gary Ford, the coach of the team, says: ‘His garden is eight metros from the back of the goel. Some balls are bound to go over the wall’ But Vose says, ‘They should learn to shoot better.” ‘sue take somebody to court, usually to got money from thom ‘shed small building in a gordon where people keep o toale bound to certain to, very likely to shoot Kick a bal towards the goal Locked out of her life Wy When Andy Barker from Huddersfield forgot his wife's birthday for the third year running she decided sho had had enough and locked him out of the house. Sue Barker had reminded her husband several times to book a table for a romantic meal, and she was hoping for a nice present too. Andy promised not to forget, but when the day came, it went right out of his ‘mind. He was working late and whon he got homo tho door was locked and a suitcase with his things in it ‘was on the doorstep. Since then Andy has been living ina tent in the garden, He says, Tm hoping that if stay here for a few days, she will forgive mo.Back to school for red-faced council ‘Local council officals have apologized for misspelling the word ‘grammar’ on a new road sign outside a school in Stockton in north-east England. Council workers had to come back to ‘take down the sign, which should have said “Grammar School Road.’ Children atthe school (ged between four and eleven) immediately noticed thatthe sign said ‘Grammer Schoo!’ and ‘old their teacher. A spokesman for Stockton council blamed the manufacturers for making the mistake. ‘Our order for the sign was correct, but the manufacturers got it wrong, They have offered tormake us a new sign fee of charg.’ Teacher, ‘Mrs Taylor sai: ‘If they want someone to check the spelling, Pm sure the children can help!” Builder mistaken for jumper A German builder is expecting a big bill after emergency services mistook him for a potential suicide jumper. When police saw the man on the roof of a fiveloor building, they closed off a busy main road and called the fire brigade. They then asked negotiators to talk to Dioter Holmblutter. The negotiators tried to convince him not to jump by shouting to him. But the builder was s0 busy talking on the phone to his girlfriend that he didn’t realize ‘hat was happening below, until she asked him ‘hat the sirens were for. A police spokesman said that Dieter would be given a bill for wasting police time. sirens noise made bya polio ca, re ongine, te. Read the stories again and match sentences A-I with the people who said them, Then underline the words in the text where these sentences are reported. 1 The football tam 2 The angry neighbour 3 Sue Barker 4 Andy Barker 5 Stockton council officials 6 Aspokesman for Stockton council 7 The sign manufacturers 8 The police 9 The negotiators A Dont jump! Its not worth it? B ‘Tm not going to give them back? Please talk to this man’ D “Tewas ther fault? E ‘We'll make you a new one for fee? F ‘Don't forget to phone the restaurant? G ‘We're going to take you to court!” H ‘Were terribly sorry. We spelt it wrong 1 ‘Til remember this time. I really wil? oooooo0o00a8 e © p.ig0 Grammar Bank 5C. Read the rules and do the exercises. 2 PRONUNCIATION word stress a Lookat al the two-sylable reporting verbs in the list. All except three are stressed on the second syllable, Circle the three exceptions. accuse admit advise agree convince deny insist invite offer persuade promise refuse regret remind suggest threaten b 515" Listen and check. Ifa two-syllable verb ends in consonant-vowel-consonant, and is stressed on the second sylable, the final consonant is doubled before an ~id ending, eg. reget > regreted, admit > admitted. © Complete the sentences below with the right reporting verb inthe past simple, Practise saying the reported sentences. 1 ‘You sit down, ldo it? He offered __ to do it 2. ‘No, Lwon't doit? He ___todoit. 3 ‘OKTido it? He to do it. 4 ‘Tildoit,believe me? He to do it. 5 ‘Don't forget to doit!” He __ metodo it. 6 ‘Tthink you should do it? He ___ me to doit. 7 ‘Would you like to doit?” He __ me todo it. 8 ‘didn't do it! He doing it. 9) ‘Yes, it was me. I did it? He —___ doing it. 10 ‘I wish I hadn't do He ____doing it. 11 ‘Lets do it? He doing it 12 ‘You did it? He him of doing it. 4.51 Now listen to the sentences in a different order. Respond with the reported sentence3 VOCABULARY the media sews noun [u- 1 new information about anything, information previously unknown 2 reports of recent happenings, especially those broadcast, printed inthe newspaper, et. 3 the news a regular television or radio broadcast of the atest news @ Lookat the dictionary extrac for the word news. Then correct the mistakes in sentences 1-3, 1 The news on TV are always depressing, 2 Thave a really exciting news for you! 3 139.00, Let’s watch news. b_ © ps4 Vocabulary Bank The media, ¢ Talkin small groups. UE OL ‘What kind of news stories do you find ‘most / least interesting? Write 1-6 (1 = most interesting). + celebrity gossip * poles + sport *+ science /technology 1000 business health ‘What stories are in the news a the moment? How do you normally find out...2 + what the weather’ going tobe like * the sports results * whats on tthe cinema + the news headines Do you ever...? Where? + read your horoscope + do crosswords, sudoku, or other games * Took at cartoons + read advertisements, eg, obs, ats Do you have a favourite, + newsreader + fim citc + journalist + sport witer or broadcaster ‘Which newspapers /TV channels / radio stations in your country do you think are..2 + biased + reliable * sensational iB 4 READING & LISTENING a With a partner discuss what you think would be the good side and bad side of being a theatre critic and a sports writer. b Now read the articles by two journalists who write for The Times newspaper and see if your ideas are there. es ‘The positive side of the job is! getting to see a lot of plays and shows which I love. But the really great thing about being a theatre critic is that, as theatre is an ongoing thing, somothing that’s going to be repeated night after night for some time, there's also the feeling that you may have a? impact on the work. Ifthe producer or the actors read what you've written and agree with you, they might actually change something and improve the performance. That’s not something that film or book critics can do. Some critics also like making friends with the stars and all that ~ but personally I don't For me the worst part of the job is all the travelling. Getting there on time, parking, getting back to the office to write for a nightly deadline. That all gots really stressful. Another awful thing is that editors }__bits from your review without you knowing, You lear as a critic that if you've got anything * , say it straight away because it might not get printed. I once wrote a review of a play by Julian Mitchell called Another Country. I didn’t like it ‘much, but there was a new young actor who I thought was great, called Kenneth Branagh. That was in the last paragraph and it got ‘cut, 50 it looked as if 'd never ‘ this great new talent. Guys y ti Ce . To WE- 4 b a pe Read the two articles again, Choose the best option a, b or . 1a apparently b gradually « obviously 2 a positive b harmful negative 3 a change b add © cut 4a tocomplain about b that isnt important ¢ worth saying 5 a noticed b spoken to « criticized 6 a permission b opportunity wish 7 amoreexciting —_b harder easier 8 a holidays b routine € unpredictability 9 a drop b throw € lose 10 a monotonous —_—b exciting ¢ frighteningThe plus sides ~I must have seen some of the most spectacular moments in ticket and football over the past forty years. I've also had the to travel to places I wouldn't have seen otherwise, like India, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, South Africa and Fiji. There are much 7 -ways to make a living and it’s great to get, ‘away from Britain as much as you can during the winter, One of the main downsides is the * You don't work regular hours - you can spend a couple of days not working, but you never relax because you're waiting for the phone ring. And then, when a story breaks - it might be on your ‘ay off, it might be in the middle of the night - you just have to? everything and go. And you never know what time you're going to be home. Another thing is the constant travelling. It’s been fantastic visiting the Taj Mahal or spending Christmas Day on the beach in Australia but it does got lonely and it can also be very ® T've spent a large proportion of the last forty years driving up and down the motorways of Britain, which I can assure you isn’t much fun. You're going to listen to Alice, a freelance restaurant critic and Tim, a war reporter talking about the good and bad sides oftheir jobs. Before you listen, predict some ofthe things they might say € S15 S16. Listen and check. Then listen again and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). Correct the false sentences. The restaurant critic 1 She sometimes reviews restaurants in other countries. 2 She never orders the most expensive things on the menu. 3 She ofien misses having company when she’s eating out. 4 She used to be slimmer than she is now. 5 She goes back to restaurants she has criticized. 6 She never feels like eating out at weekends. ‘The war reporter 1 Most war reporters would prefer regular hours. 2 They choose the job partly because its dangerous. 3 The job can be quite lonely 4 He has problems geting used to normal life when he comes home. 5 Being a war reporter is more dangerous than it used to be. 6 One of his best friends was kidnapped last year. £ From what you've read and heard, which person’s job would you mast like to have? Which one would you least like to have? 5 SPEAKING a Youare going to debate the following topic in small groups. Celebrities have to accept thatthe media publishes stores about ther private ives. That isthe price they pay for being rich and famous. + Divide into groups of four, two As and two Bs. + The As are going to defend the right cof newspapers to publish stories about famous people's privat lives. + The Bs are going to defend the celebrities'right to keep their private lives private, + Prepare at least four arguments, and give examples. b Hold the debate, The As begin, each ‘making two of their points. The Bs take notes. Then the Bs speak and the As take notes. € Now, each side try to argue against the points made by the other side, MINI GRAMMAR as Its great to get away from Britain as much as you can during the winter. Twork as part of a team, ‘We can use asin many different ways: 1 to give a reason: As it was raining, we didn't go out (as= because) 2 to compare people or things: She’ as tall as me 3 to déscribe somebody or something's job or function: She works as a nurse. We had to use a handkerchief as a bandage. 4 to say that something happened while something else was happening: As they were leaving the postman arrived. (as = when) Decide how asis used in each sentence and write 1-4in the box. [A The review in The Times wasn’t as good as the one in The Guardian. B You can use that glass as a vase for the flowers. C 1 got to the airport realy quickly as there was hardly any traffic D As he was driving home it started to rain. E My son's hair got darker as he got olde. F He got ajob with the BBC as a programme researcher, oO ooo 00 © Phrasal verbs in context p.157. GiPim ute 1 Journalists and people in the media ‘Match the words and definitions. commentator critic editor freelance journalist newsteader paparazzi / peepa'ratsi! presenter press photographer reporter photographers who follow famous people around to get good photos of them to sell toa newspaper person who writes about the good / bad qualities of books, concerts, theatre films, etc. person who describes a sports event while it's happening on TV or radio person who collects and reports news for newspapers, radio or TV person in charge of a newspaper or magazine, or part of one, and decides what should be in it person who introduces the different sections of a radio or TV programme person who writes articles fr different papers and is not employed by a single newspaper person who reads the news on TV or radio person who takes photos for a newspaper 2 Sections of a newspaper or news website Match the words and pictures. advertisement cartoon crosword front page horoscope review /t'yjus small ads weather forecast 3 Adjectives to describe the media 4 The language of head! ‘Match the sentences. Then look atthe way the bold Match the highlighted ‘headline phrases’ with its meaning. adjectives are used in context, and guess theit meaning, 1. The sacking bi Sepaper yasveryooational. 4 Famous actress in Le 2 The news on that TV channel is really biased /"barast. restaurant bill row, ia chaes 3 think The Observers the most objective ofthe ee Sunday papers. a) a {nlatest econ 4 The film review was quite accurate /“ekjorat/. United boss Prince towed 5 I think the report was censored cam 18-year-old af shock — Ty soap star “Tarantino AA It said the plot was poor but the acting good, which cup defeat = tipped for was quite true. Gucar tala B It bass its stories just on facts not om feelings or beliefs. gg C The newspaper wasn't allowed to publish all the details. ‘Thousands of jobs axed by UK firms Dt made the story more shocking than it really was. E You cant elev anything you hear on it ts obvious L stock market 9 potice (qui witness what poll party they favour hiitby oilfears im murder trial is ‘A argument E is going to marry Can jember the words on this page? ‘eat ourself ra pares, - B have been cut F ispreicted (tobe sucessful) C question interrogate Ghas been badly affected Op Dis going to leave Hesupports EAD Muitizom winoup.com/et/engishile/upper intermediatereported speech: statements and questions direct statements reported statements “A + Must changes to had to BUT mustn't stays the same. “Tike shopping” She ssid (that) she liked shopping must touch it! Shes mst’ touch ‘Tm ingtomomow’ | Ketld rhe was oi the nex dy. | + Yous havo change the pronouns. ‘TM. always love you! | He said he would always love me. She said she ‘Tpassed the eam!’ _| She told him she had passed the exam. | + Using that after said and toldis optional. “Tveforgotten my keys! | He said he had forgotten his keys. | « Ifyou report what someone ssid ona different ‘Tean’t come’ She ssid she coulde't come day or ita different place, some time and place “Tay be late? He said he might be late wordcan change og amorrow>the nex dey, “Tmast go She aid she had to go. cae to ki aie aay Seer Ea Z SA ety hee meron a we past simple / present perfect>past perfect rae + Some modal verbs change, e.g. can>could, may>might, a es Soa ws a pan Oe propo. must>had to, Other modal verbs stay the same, eg. could might, jessid mers pheulicaes ‘After told you must use a person or pronoun. “Hetold me he was tred. NOT He told he was direct questions [reported questions —] + When you report a question, the tenses change as in “Are you married?” ‘She asked him if he was married, irate statements. “Did she phone?" He aed me whether she hed phoned fill eco ‘What's your name?’ —_|Tasked im what his name was whether). “Where doyoulive?” | They asked me where I ived, a eto gtediatroniea+al and not se do/ did reported speech: commands “Can / Could you help me" J She told him to go away. "The doctor told me not to worry. asked the shop assistant to help me. You can't use said in these sentences NOT She said him-to g0-away, + “Toreportan imperative or request, use fold or asked-+ person + the infinitive with to, + To report a negative imperative, use a negative infinitive (eg, not to do). 6A 4 Complete the sentences using reported speech. “The hotel is full? The receptionist told me the hotel _as fll 1 ‘Tih call the manager? The waiter said “T've passed all my exams’ Jack said “You shold pt tothe sport eat They id that we “Tmay be late’ Jack said — a “I didn't tll anybody!” Mary said “Can you help me?” She asked us “Do you want to dance? He asked me — “Have you been here befor? Iasked her “What music do you like? She asked me , “Where's the nearest bank?" Tasked her. | b Complete the reported imperatives and requests. “Don't stop here’ The traffic warden told us not to stop there. “Be quiet’ The teacher told us — “Please don't smoke!” | asked the taxi driver __ “Open your mouth: The dentist told me — ‘Don't tell anyone!” Melinda told us “Goul you show me your driving licence? The policeman asked me lie switch off your mobiles! ‘The flight attendant id us "Don't eat with your mouth open!” I told my daughter ‘Can you bring me the bil, please? He asked the waiter —__ “Get off at the next stop! The bus driver told me ‘Don’t wait? Our friends told us —me 5C reporting verbs structures afer reporting verbs + After spec reporting vers there are three fen grammatical pater, 1 Jude offered to drive me to the airport. 1+to+ infinitive [2+ person+to+ infinitive |3 + ing form [promised notto tell anybody. | | age aise apologize for 2. The doctor advised met have a rest, oer ak accuse sb of [persuaded my ssternotto go out with George, | | fuse (ot)todo convince somebody admit (ao) dong 3 Lapologid forbeing ot ~ something encourage (no) todo fea something 1 be invite ‘Theplce accused Kal of stealing theca, am someting Ren * Toreort what other people ave sad you can use remind ecommend eee ‘Pl drive you to the ‘dl reget van [srs tbatealinnine . pics nin a orate ful (not being eg, He reminded me mot tobe lat She reget no going ‘othe pany. 5C a Complete with the gerund or infinitive of 'b Complete using a reporting verb from the list and the verb in brackets. the verb in brackets, deny invite offer remind refuse suggest threaten Theyadvied me ial —anewens me) Se Tl ke yn ea 1 Jamie insisted on forthemed (pay) She ofered to take (take) me to the station. 2 Laen agreed with him atthe i ‘Lat’ go fora walk fs a beautiful day? {ep ~ (gn) fora walk taal “hrough the park at ca Won't eat the vegetables said my daughter, pee shewomas My daughter (et the vegetables handbag (sa 3 Sam neighbour tod hin, cl the pole if ou hav ary more pats? 5 The dogo avis iy ofc, Sam neighbour (cl) the pole fhe had any mre parties. (grew) 4 Thecilren sid, We didnot write onthe all! 6 Ourbos persuaded Megan the Thechldren — (write onthe wal compaty. (nt eave) 5 Simon sad to me, Would you lie to have diner wth me on Friday igh?” 7 Freyaaccused meof —____herpen. (take) Simon (have) dinner with him on Friday night. § Lapolgied io Ei for her 6 Mol sid to Jack, ‘Do’ forget ogo tothe dents? birthday not remerbe) Maly (go) tothe dents.a Grammar reporting verbs © Circle the correct form. MS BEAL (DEFENCE LAWYER) Your honour, my client admits to be (Geing)at the scene of the crime, but he denies 2to have/ having anything to do with the crime. JUDGE Yes, but you're going to have to explain what the accused ‘was doing there, with a weapon and $200,000 in cash. MR LUSKIN (PROSECUTION LAWYER) And she will also have to explain why her client refused Sto explain / explaining his presence, the weapon, or the money, to the police. MS BEAL My client is accused ‘to steal/ of stealing this money, but I will ask you Sthat you wait /to wait until you have heard all the evidence. The evidence will convince you ‘to release/ of releasing him as an innocent man. It is true that I advised my client ‘not to say /not say anything until I arrived at the police station, But that is his legal right... juvGE I apologize “for interrupting /interrupting you Ms Beal, would you mind beginning your defence now? Ms BEAL Thank you, your honour, Now Mr Dykes, le’s go back to the morning of the crime. Your girlfriend suggested %to buy buying a new house that she had seen, did she not? MR DYKES (THE ACCUSED) Yes, she’s been trying to persuade me ‘0getting/to get an apartment in a better neighbourhood... © Complete the dialogue by reporting the phrases in brackets. MR LUSKIN Mr Dykes, may I remind you | to tell the truth (‘Please remember you must tell the truth.’) supGe have already warned you (‘You must not try to influence the accused.’) MR LUSKIN Very well. So, Dykes, your girlfriend at the time insisted on 3 [New English File Teacher's Book Upperintesmediate ‘Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2008, and you promised 4 and take out $200,000 — is that right? (‘really want to buy a more expensive apartment.’ /‘T'll go to the bank today.) MR Dykes Not exactly, I didn’t go to the bank. MR LUSKIN Oh, so somebody you met in the street simply offered 5 2 (‘Shall I give you $200,007’) Mapykes No, a friend had agreed 6 a couple of months ago. (Plllend you the money.’) MR.LUSKIN I see. And this friend just happened to have lots of money at home in cash? Clearly, your friends don’t recommend 7 gentlemen, that the defence didn’t invite this friend ® witness to tell us how he lent you the money. It’s interesting, ladies and today asa (‘You should keep money in the bank.’ / ‘Please come to court as a witness.’) MR Dykes Well, my friend apologized ° ‘moment, so he couldn't be here today. (‘Sorry, I can’t come.’) 174 . He’ out of the country at the