I. The Plan of Rendering Newspaper Article

1. The headline of the article is... (The article is headlined..; The headline of the article I've read is...)

2. The author of the article is...

3. The article is taken from the newspaper...

4. The central idea of the article is about... (The main idea of the article is... the article is devoted to... the article deals with... the article touches upon... the purpose of the article is to give the reader some information on... the aim of the article is to provide a reader with some material on...)

5. Give a summary of the article (no more than 10-20 sentences).

6. State the main problem discussed in the article and mark off the passages of the article that seem important to you.

7. Look for minor peculiarities of the article.

8. Point out the facts that turned out to be new for you.

9. Look through the text for figures, which are important for general understanding.

10. State what places of the article contradict your former views.

11. State the questions, which remained unanswered in the article and if it is possible add your tail to them.

12. Speak on the conclusion the author comes to.

13. Express your own point of view on the problem discussed.

II. Remember some useful expressions that will help you to render the newspaper article

The article I am going to give a review of is taken from …

It is published under a splash, eye-catching, front page, screaming headline…

I would like to make a few remarks concerning…

The author establishes his/ her perspective on the issues…He/ she is implying that…

In his/ her first assertion the author begins his/ her defense of his/ her thesis…

The author is supplying a statistic to support the assertion…

The author is using a set of examples to show that…

The author argues that…

The author is using an appeal to emotions here…

The author uses a fact to establish the credibility of his/ her assertion…

Having set up his argument…. the author then questions the credibility of…

The author is attempting to cast doubt on the opponent’s view of…

He/ she is hoping to induce the reader to accept that…

Now the author makes the connection… by paraphrasing…

This piece of evidence is being used as an additional support for …

The author expresses a belief here and uses it as evidence supporting the notion that…

The author now restates the problem and identifies the causes more clearly…In conclusion the author reasserts his position that… This is implied by reference to…

III. Read the Russian article and a sample of rendering it in English

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