Speaking Giving bad news & reacting
7 10.5.8 Use the headlines in Ex. 1b
and the language in the box to make
exchanges, as in the example.
Giving bad news
Reacting
Did you hear? There's been It's awful, isn't it?
Did you see/hear about the
Oh no! That's awful/
... on the news?
terrible!
Have you heard?
Really? How horrible!
Guess what happened!
I don't believe it!
You'll never guess what's That's so sad/
happened!
depressing, etc.
Look at this!

A: Did you hear? There's been a major train crash
and 50 people have been injured.
B: It's awful, isn't it?​

a bicycle, also known as a bike, pushbike or cycle, is a human-powered,pedal-driven,    single-track vehicles, having two wheels  attached to a frame, one behind the other. a person who rides a bicycle is called a  cyclist, or bicyclist.

bicycles were introduced in the 19th century and now number about one billion worldwide, twice as many as  automobiles. they are the principal means of transportation  in many regions. they also provide a popular form of recreation, and have been adapted for such uses as children's toys, adult fitness, military and police applications, courier services and  bicycle racing.

the british press. the british press consists of several kinds of newspapers. the national papers are the ones sold all over the country, with a large circulation, giving general news. there are two main types of national paper - the "popular" papers and the "quality" papers. the popular papers are smaller in size (they are tabloid size), with lots of pictures, big headlines and short articles. they are easy to read and often contain little real information. they give much space to opinions. they usually have "human interest" stories - stories about ordinary people and events. examples of this type of newspapers are "the daily mail". "the sun", etc. "quality" papers appeal to the more serious reader, who wants to read about politics and foreign affairs. these papers such as "the daily telegraph", "the guardian" are bigger in size (they are called "broad-sheets"), with longer articles and a wider coverage of events. they have different pages for home news, foreign affairs, features articles, fashion, business, sport and so on. people in britain buy more papers on sunday than on weekdays. the sunday papers have a higher circulation than the dailies. as with the dailies, there are both popular and quality sunday newspapers. the quality ones have different sections and a colour magazine (usually full of advertisements)

lewis and ben play paper airplanes. mary and laura looked out the window. julia vyteraet board. alice combs her hair. josh reading a magazine. susan drinking juice. peter crossword puzzles. tara and melanie looking photos. dennis was asleep. roger and callum eat chisy