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Destination B2 - Unit 8 - The Media

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  • broadsheet
    a serious type of newspaper that is printed on large sheets of paper
  • turn over
    turn a page so that the other side is towards you
  • journalist
    someone whose job is to report the news for a newspaper, magazine, radio programme or television programme
  • accept
    to recognise that something is true, fair or right
  • agree
    to have the same opinion as someone else
  • go into
    deal with sth in detail
  • refuse
    to say that you will not do or accept something, or will not let someone do something
  • game show
    a television programme in which people play games or answer questions in order to win prizes
  • newsflash
    a short broadcast of an important piece of news in the middle of a television or radio programme
  • headline
    the title of a newspaper story, printed in large letters
  • columnist
    a journalist who writes a regular series of articles for a particular newspaper or magazine
  • talk show
    a television or radio programme in which famous people talk about themselves and their work
  • article
    a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine
  • stand out
    be easy to see because of being different
  • come out
    be published
  • make up
    invent an explanation, excuse, etc; create a story, poem, etc
  • quiz show
    a television or radio programme in which people answer questions in order to win prizes
  • bulletin
    a short news broadcast
  • tabloid
    a newspaper that has small pages and not much serious news
  • channel
    a television station and the programmes that it broadcasts
  • fill in
    add information in the spaces on a document
  • programme
    a television or radio broadcast
  • deny
    to say that something is not true
  • heading
    the title at the top of a page or piece of writing
  • look up
    try to find information in a book or list, etc
  • flick through
    turn and look at the pages of a magazine, etc quickly
  • make out
    pretend that something is true; see, hear or understand sb or sth with difficulty
  • broadcast
    a programme that is broadcast
  • program
    a series of instructions that makes a computer do something
  • announcer
    someone whose job is to give information about television or radio programmes between other programmes
  • bring up
    start discussing a subject
  • come on
    start to be broadcast
  • commentator
    someone whose job is to give a description of an event on television or radio as it happens
  • see through
    recognise that sth is not true and not be tricked by it
  • put forward
    suggest
  • press
    newspapers and news magazines, or the journalists who work on them
  • media
    radio, television, newspapers, the internet and magazines, considered as a group
  • feature
    a newspaper or magazine article, or a part of a television or radio programme that concentrates on a particular subject
  • hand out
    give things to people in a group
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