Ex. 1. Translate the word combinations in bold type into Russian.
1. After waiting weeks for a day when it would get maximum media exposure, the Labour Party launched its new policies for industry on February 25 just as the Gulf War got going. 2. The trial of Bruno Hauptmann for the 1932 kidnapping of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s baby attracted media attention unlike anything before. 3. The government has been particularly annoyed at the involvement of the French state in what they are calling a hostile media campaign. 4. Black had set his heart on the “News”, which he saw as a key part of his plan to build a worldwide media empire. 5. The thought of a quiet ceremony and a small dinner party to follow is becoming more attractive to stars as they watch publicised marriages like Elizabeth Taylor’s being transformed into a media circus. 6. The director of the campaign for the homeless said yesterday’s government announcement is no substitute for a proper national housing policy. “We were quite upset about the amount of attention this announcement was given, and the amount of media hype that went on around it. Actually there was no new money and it was a new initiative.” 7. Those people ought to be our priority. I don’t think they would be best pleased to hear this domestic squabble about the leadership of the Conservative Party being hyped up by the media at this sort of time. 8. Reporters were kept away from the group when they arrived from Nairobi amid fears that any media coverage of the event might compromise their safety. Complete the task by combining the word media with the other words in the box below.
1. Find three expressions referring to what the media give or show if they talk about something. 2. Find one expression for a very big media organization, perhaps one containing newspapers and TV stations. 3. Find one expression meaning excitement generated by the media not justified by reality. 4. Find one expression meaning a period of coverage in different media organised to change people’s opinions about something or someone. 5. Find one expression showing disapproval describing an event dominated by the presence of the media.
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