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Do you try to follow the news regularly? Why or why not?
Let's discuss the news
Read the blog article and give it a title. Consult the word definitions below.
What’s the main idea of the story?
Look through the text again and say how many parts there are in it. Give them a title.
Write what ways of keeping up with the news the author mentions.
Say if the sentences are true or false.
The blogger goes on getting a printed daily newspaper.
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She thinks she will soon give up her habit of reading a printed newspaper.
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She is sorry that the printed newspaper is disappearing.
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She puts off reading her morning paper till evening.
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People are not interested in the news anymore.
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The blogger keeps up with the news in many different ways.
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In the morning she listens to the weather forecast on the radio.
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On the way to work she gets information on the Internet.
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At work she checks her Twitter and Facebook posts and reads the news then and there.
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In the evening she gets breaking news and scans the opinion pages of the New York Times on her iPad.
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The leisurely Sunday morning ritual of serving her Sunday paper with
bagels and coffee will go on.
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Write a summary of the text. Use the Active vocabulary (5-8 sentences)