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60.1 Choose quotations from the box to complete the reports of what people said. (You may need to make minor changes at the beginning of the quotations.)
It’s a worrying and potentially damaging development.
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
It’s the most significant electronic consumer device ever invented.
They’re the best rock band of the twentieth century.
I’m an environmental status assessment consultant.
EXAMPLE: They were introduced as: “The best rock band of the twentieth century”.
1 She said that she was employed as:
‘………………………………………………………………’.
2 The managing director described the rise in oil prices as:
‘………………………………………………………………’.
3 Apparently it was Picasso who said:
‘………………………………………………………………’.
4 The book describes the mobile phone as:
‘………………………………………………………………’.
Now read the sentences aloud. Quote the people’s words using level tones and a final falling tone. Then listen and compare what you said with the recording.
60.2 Listen to these extracts from a news broadcast. In which do you think the highlighted part is a quotation, and in which do you think it is a paraphrase of what the original speaker said? Underline ‘Quotation’ or ‘Paraphrase’
EXAMPLE: The Foreign Office has been accused of breaking its promises on support for refugees by a senior United Nations official. Quotation / Parapbrase
1 After a fifth shooting in the city in a week, the people of Dublin have been urged to remain alert but stay calm. Quotation / Parapbrase
2 Ina speech yesterday, Professor Ken Sun of the Climate Research Institute claimed that there is now no doubt that global warming is producing climate change. Quotation / Paraphrase
3 Hurricane Katrina has been described as the worst natural disaster to hit the United States in living memory by a US government spokesperson. Quotation / Paraphrase
4 The Prime Minister has said that universities must train more scientists in order to meet the country’s needs over the next few decades. Quotation / Paraphrase
60.3 Think of a possible ending for each of these sentences from talks by scientists, and write it in the space. Then read the sentences aloud, using pause and intonation as described in C in order to build suspense. (Examples are given on the recording.)
EXAMPLE: On the photos from Mars, much to our surprise we found … lakes of ice.
1 We’ve developed a computer programme that can actually …………
2 The number of overweight people in the country has risen to an incredible …………
3 Using the new treatment, the number of people missing work due to backaches …………
ĐÁP ÁN
60.1
1 She said that she was employed as: ‘an environmental status assessment consultant’.
2 The managing director described the rise in oil prices as: ‘a worrying and potentially damaging development’.
3 Apparently it was Picasso who said: ‘Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.’
4 The book describes the mobile phone as: ‘the most significant electronic consumer device ever invented’,
60.2
1 Paraphrase
2 Paraphrase
3 Quotation
4 Paraphrase
60.3
