Законодательная власть и правоохранительная деятельность в Великобритании и США учебное пособие Уровень В1 Составитель
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7. Analyse the good report in order to say whether these statements about writing a survey report are true or false. 1. Reports are fictional writing. __________ 2. Survey reports can be written only in formal style. __________ 3. Survey reports include only generalizations. __________ 4. Survey reports should have a heading and subheadings. __________ 5. Passive Voice is not normally used in formal style. __________ 6. Impersonal language is used in formal style. __________ 7. When the results of a survey are reported, the figures gathered can be recorded in the form of percentages (16%) or proportions (six out of ten, a quarter). __________ 8. Precise percentages (23%) are more likely to hold the readers' attention than less accurate expressions (the majority, a minority, the largest proportion etc.) __________ 9. Short forms are acceptable in a report. __________ 10. While reporting the answers of respondents such reporting verbs as claim, refuse, mention should not be used. __________ 11. Insignificant details cannot be used in a report. __________ 8. Look at the survey ‘Handgun control in the USA’ conducted by Gallup in 1986. Write a survey report describing some of the information it contains, and giving some possible explanation for the data.
/ from America in Close-up. Eckhard Fielder, Reimer Jansen, Mil Norman-Risch/ Unit 3 ‘Punishment’ Presentation Reported commands 1. Read the newspaper article.
2. Who is speaking? Find the lines in the text that report the following. a 'You must go to prison for a fortnight.' b 'It's terrible. We can hear them shouting from the bus stop.' c 'Please, will you stop making that noise? My baby can't get to sleep.' d 'Stop making that noise!' e 'Please, can you come immediately?' f 'OK. OK. It's true. We were arguing.' g 'You've been wasting our money on drink and gambling again!' h 'We didn't throw the chair.' i 'Remember that you have already had two warnings from the police.' j 'You'll soon cool down in prison.' k 'I think you should see a marriage guidance counsellor.' Compare the direct and reported speech. Grammar questions
I asked them to stop making a noise. She asked me if I knew the time. - Say and tell are both used to report statements. How many other reporting verbs can you find in the article? Practice bank Other reporting verbs 1. Which verb can be used to report the direct speech in the sentences below? Put a letter a - j in the box. tell order remind beg advise ask invite warn refuse offer a ‘Please can you translate this sentence for me?' Maria said to Mark. b 'Don't forget to send Aunt Maud a birthday card,' Mary said to her son. c ‘Sign on the dotted line,' the postman said to me. d 'Please, please, please marry me. I can't live without you,' John said to Moira. e ‘Please come to our wedding,' John said to his boss. f ‘I'll pay for the next round,' Mark said. g 'Don't run round the edge of the swimming pool or you'll fall in,' Mary said to her children. h ‘I won't go to bed!' Bobby said. i 'You should talk to your solicitor,' Ben said to Bill. j ‘Take that chewing gum out of your mouth immediately!' the teacher said to Jo. Change the sentences in Exercise 1 into indirect speech using the appropriate verbs. 2. Put the correct preposition into each gap. a. He was accused ____________ stealing from the till. b. I apologized ____________ the mess. c. She blamed me ____________ losing the contract. d. She's always boasting ____________ her children's achievements. e. I wish you'd stop complaining ____________ everything! f. The manager complimented her staff ____________ their loyalty and devotion. g. He congratulated me ____________ passing my exams. h. I managed to convince him ____________ the need to invest his earnings. i. She never forgave me ____________ losing the ring she had given me. j. He insisted ____________ leaving immediately. 3. Report the following direct speech, using one of the verbs in Exercise 2. Make the sentences quite short. Report the essence of the direct speech, not every word. Example 'Listen, I really am terribly sorry about scraping your car. I'll get it repaired, honestly,' he said. He apologized for scraping her car, and offered to get it repaired. NOT *He said that he really was sorry about scraping her car, and that he would honestly get it repaired. a. 'Peter, don't forget about the phone bill. Otherwise, we might get cut off,' she said. b. 'I wasn't involved in the bank robbery at all,' James Last told the police. c. 'You've had a boy! That's great! Well done!' he said to Sheila. d. 'True,' she said to Henry, 'I haven't always told you the whole truth, but I have never, absolutely never, told you a lie.' e. 'I really do think you should take the job in America, Joanna. I'll pay the air fare for you,' said John. f. 'What absolutely appalling weather!' Lisa said to her husband. 'It's your fault. You wanted to come to Scotland in winter.' g. 'Actually, Lisa,' said Malcolm to his wife, 'we came to Scotland because you went on and on and on about visiting your friends here.' h. 'Why don't you open a second shop?' said the bank manager to Alice. 'Of course, the bank would be prepared to lend you the capital.' i. 'But don't forget that I already have debts of over ten thousand pounds!' replied Alice. 'And anyway, the market isn't big enough for two shops.' 4  . Listening 1You are policemen or policewomen taking statements. 1 Divide into two groups. Group A Listen to Pauline Peters and take notes about what she says happened. Group B L  isten to Iris Fish and take notes about what she says happened.2 Find a partner from the other group and report what you heard. Find the differences. Begin like this. A Pauline admitted that they sometimes argued. She said that ... B Iris complained that they argued every night. She said that ... 3 Write the reports for the police records.
/Adapted from New Headway English Course. Intermediate Student’s Book. Liz and John Soars/ Listening 2 1. Put the crimes below in order of seriousness. Decide on the punishment you think a person guilty of each crime should get.
2. Compare your answers with a partner. 3. Nine people were asked what punishment they would give people guilty of the above crimes. Listen and answer these questions:
4. Listen again and answer these questions:
/from Inside Out. Advanced. Student’s Book. Ceri Jones, Tania Bastow, Sue Kay and Vaughan Jones/ Speaking 1 Supporting your opinion
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