NEWS AND VIEWS
Read and remember how to use the words:
view, viewpoint, point of view: political views; strange views; original views; to hold the same views; to share somebody's views; progressive views; reactionary views; from my point of view; the scientific view of the world. I can't agree with your point of view.
interview: newspaper interview; to ask for an interview; to have an interview with somebody; to give an interview to journalists or TV men; to refuse to give an interview; to be interviewed by. Do you like to read newspaper interviews given by famous people?
relations: human relations; international (economic, scientific, cultural) relations; friendly and good-neighbourly relations between countries; to establish relations; to strengthen relations; to develop friendly relations. Canada and Italy established diplomatic relations in 1970.
to advertise, advertisement: A lot of products are advertised on television. The advertisements show the advantages of some new cars and try to convince people that they are of excellent quality.
to contribute: to contribute to something; to contribute to science; to contribute money to some fund; to contribute ideas. Each new discovery contributes to the development of science.
to represent, representative: representation of the press; representation of the government; to represent the party (the organization). Various youth organizations were represented at the Conference. The audience welcomed the representatives of the Congress. All these artists are well represented at the exhibition.
public: public life; public opinion; public figures. Public life, rich in interesting and important events, receives full coverage on the pages of many newspapers.
to convince: to try to convince; to convince somebody of something; to be convinced of something. Everyone tried to convince me that he was right. I tried to convince him but failed. He was still not convinced.
convincing: a convincing speaker; convincing words; convincing arguments and facts. Your arguments are not convincing.
to persuade: to try to persuade; to persuade somebody to do something. We tried to persuade him to go at once. Did you manage to persuade him that he must work hard to improve his English?
PRACTICE
We have convinced him of the necessity of arranging a discussion.
They convinced me that he was right.
When we convince somebody we make a person believe smth. The verb to convince is followed by an object and the preposition of or a that-clause.
to convince somebody that …
They persuaded him to go, though he did not want to at first.
We convinced him that it was his duty and persuaded him to carry it out at once.
When we persuade somebody we make a person do something by argument. The verb to persuade is followed by an object and the infinitive.
Exercise 1. Fill in 'persuade' or 'convince' in the proper tense form.
1. I am glad you . . . . . . . . . . . . . me to change my mind.
2. Powerful advertising can . . . . . . . . . . people to buy almost anything.
3. He is the sort of man that could be . . . . . . . . . . . . into anything.
4. I tried to . . . . . . . . . . . . him that the journey was unnecessary.
5. How can I . . . . . . . . . . . . you that I'm sincere?
6. These experiences served to . . . . . . . . . . . . . me of the drug's harmful effects.
7. We worked hard to . . . . . . . . . . . . them that we were greatly interested in the project.
8. It took me a day or two to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . her that I wasn't going to harm her.
9. I had . . . . . . . . . . . . . . myself that I could continue attending the club.
Exercise 2. Say whether you find it interesting and useful to read newspaper interviews given by famous people. Give reasons for your answer.
Exercise 3. Look through some current issues of the newspapers you read regularly and say what important international and domestic affairs and news items receive full coverage on their pages.
Exercise 4. Look for some advertisements in the press. What do they try to persuade people to do? How do they do it? Are they successful?
Exercise 5. Choose the most and the least important reasons for showing TV advertisements:
· they are amusing, colourful and pleasant to see;
· most of the income comes from advertising;
· famous stars of the cinema, theatre, and sports appear in them;
· they occupy the screen time between different TV programmes.