Sunday 18 April 2021

Rendering the newspaper article

 

Introductory sentence

The article under the headline (headlined) 'US imposes sanctions on Russia for cyber attacks' is contributed to BBC by  a principal correspondent John Smith. 

It is published online on Apr 19, 2021.

The subject of the publication under review is ...


SEQUENCE OF INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THE ARTICLE

1.    The author draws a contrast between…

2.    He tries to oppose his arguments to …

3.     The points expressed by the author differ considerably from one another (differ greatly, essentially, markedly, substantially)

4.    The arguments under discussion differ on some points

5.    The position expressed by … is different (entirely, radically different, totally different, somewhat different from)

6.    The author differentiates between …

7.    He speaks on the possible difficulties our society can face as a result of …

8.    The author shows the disadvantages (drawbacks, pitfalls, shortcomings of …)

9.    He doesn’t agree on the following points …

10. He casts doubt on …

11. The first argument presented by … is …

12. The second (the third) point is …

13. Firstly…, secondly …, thirdly …

14. First …, then … and finally …

15. In the first place the question of … is discussed. The other point concerns …

16. He presents (gives, introduces) the arguments …

17. He draws our attention to …

18. He focuses attention on …

19. He tries to emphasize that …

20. He underlines that …

21.  He lays stress upon …


SUMMARIZING THE INFORMATION DISCUSSED


The main problem of the publication is ...

1.                   The problem under discussion (discussed) is of considerable (great, particular, special, sufficient, high) interest.

2.      The problem discussed in the article is of intense interest to the general audience.

3.      This problem acquires a new interest.

4.      The argument arouses considerable interest nowadays.

5.         It awakes interest in ...

6.        It excites interest (has vital interest).

7.      The problem revives interest.

8.         Interest towards this problem lies in...

9.  The problem requires thorough considerations urgent solvation)
10.We believe that...

11. In my (our opinion),..

12. I am of the opinion that...

13. I am of the same opinion.

14. It's my persuasion that...

15. This is my personal point of view.

16. From my point of view... (my particular point of view...)

17. I regard this as important.

18. It seems to me that...

19. I suppose (think) that...

20. In my view...

21. I tend to favour the view that...

22. From my viewpoint...

23. The probable way out is...

24. It's quite probable that... (it seems probable that...)

25. Turning to the problem under discussion we can say that...      

26. It can be concluded that...

27. Due to this fact we can presuppose the following...     

28. Generalizing the problem, we can assume...

29. Summing it all up we can state the following...

30. Summarizing the information discussed (introduced, presented) we can say (state) ...


 

Friday 12 March 2021

What is the UK Supreme Court?


 

The Supreme Court of the UK


  Answer the following questions: 

1. When was the UK Supreme Court established?

2. What is the Highest appellate court in the UK?

3. What cases 

4. How many judges are there? 

5. What is the procedure of the judges' election?

6. When do the judges have to retire?


Rendering the newspaper article

  Introductory sentence The article under the headline (headlined) 'US imposes sanctions on Russia for cyber attacks' is contribut...