VII Find in the text the sentences with the verb to make. Translate some more sentences with make as a phrasal verb.
1) This work will make for good relations between many countries. 2) Students made up the majority of the audience. 3) Companies make money by creating value for consumers. 4) I cannot make out what this politician is saying. 5) She made out that she knew nothing about the crime. 6) The thief made off with my purse. 7) He missed the text and had to take a make-up. 8) The cashier made out the bill while I waited. 9) This book of fairy-tales has no pictures, but I’ve made up for the deficiency by using my imagination. 10) Do you think you’ll ever manage to make up for your fault? VIII Consider the following excerpt from The Independent editorial covering Princess Diana’s death and answer the questions: Is there a balance between the public’s right to know and the individual’s right to privacy? If so, how do you think this should be achieved? By legislation or by a voluntary code? Compare what happens in Britain and in your country. …her (Princess Diana’s) death ought to start a much needed debate (which has to be international rather than just national) about the structure and appetites of this global industry of images and words which the public both adores and loathes. The media is omnipresent, and treated with the same mixture of enjoyment and dislike as other great powers. It was, of course, the reviled media to which people turned yesterday, unquestioningly, avid for news.
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