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2.3.7Italian B SL14 flashcards

News report

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il servizio giornalistico / la notizia

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il servizio giornalistico / la notizia

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the news report / news item

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il titolo

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the headline

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l'attacco / il lead

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the opening sentence with the key facts

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il corpo dell'articolo

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the body of the report

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la fonte

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the source

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la citazione (fra virgolette)

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the quote (in quotation marks)

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il portavoce / la portavoce

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the spokesperson

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dichiarare / affermare

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to state / to declare

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secondo (gli organizzatori)

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according to (the organisers)

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raccogliere fondi

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to raise funds

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Which four questions should a news-report lead answer?

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Chi? Che cosa? Quando? Dove? (Who, what, when, where.)

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What register does a news report use?

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Objective — third person, past tense, no personal opinion.

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Name two reporting verbs to attribute a quote.

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dichiarare (to state), spiegare (to explain) — also affermare, annunciare.

Card 14concept

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Name the three Paper 1 criteria.

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A Language (12), B Message (12), C Conceptual understanding (6).

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