Тема: Интернет издания, e-publishing. Active and Passive Voice

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Методические рекомендации:

В английском языке существуют две формы залога: активный залог (the Active Voice) и пассивный залог (the Passive Voice).

В активном залоге глагол обозначает действие, которое производится подлежащим:

I read twenty pages yesterday. Вчера я прочитал двадцать страниц.

В пассивном залоге глагол обозначает действие, которое производится над подлежащим:

Twenty pages were read by me yesterday. Вчера мною были прочитаны двадцать страниц.

Схема образования пассивного залога для всех времен выглядит следующим образом:

1) Определить действительный(Active Voice) и страдательный залог(Passive Voice) в предложениях. Перевести предложения на русский язык.

1) «A Hard Day’s Night» was written by the Beatles.

2) A few well-chosen words convey a great deal of meaning.

3) A mass of gases wrap around our planet.

4) This house was built by my father.

5) The movie ET was directed by Spielberg.

6) The city disposes of waste materials in a variety of ways.

Paper books

The march of technology may seem unstoppable, but all things digital may have a way to go before they replace the traditional bedtime book - the paper one. A new study shows that paper books are better than e-books for bedtime reading. The study suggests that the good old printed book, with real pages that you turn with your fingers, makes parents and children interact more than they do when reading with an electronic book. Researchers from the University of Michigan studied how 37 pairs of parents and toddlers interacted with e-books and paper books. The researchers found that with electronic books, parents asked their children fewer questions and made fewer comments about the story.

The study involved observing parents and children (aged two or three) reading from three different book formats. These were printed books, basic e-books on a tablet, and enhanced e-books with features such as animation, graphics and sound effects. The researchers discovered that the parents and toddlers interacted with each other less with both types of e-books than they did with the printed books. A researcher said that when they did speak, they were far likelier to talk about the device and the technology rather than about the story. Children were likelier to say things like, "don't push that button" or "don't change the volume" than ask questions or make observations about the story.

2) Выполните упражнение True/False.

1. The article said technology is like when people march in step together. T / F
2. The article said paper books lead to more parent-child interactions. T / F
3. Researchers observed the reading habits of 37 parents. T / F
4. With e-books, parents asked their children fewer questions. T / F
5. The children in the study were aged between two and five. T / F
6. Parents in the research were given three different types of books. T / F
7. The researchers said children were not interested in the devices. T / F
8. Researchers said children asked parents not to change the volume. T / F

3) Соедените слова с их синонимами.

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