Tasks:
1) Read and translate the news texts.
2) Write out the WCs in black font into your MEDIA VOCABULARY BOOKS and give their
appropriate Ukr. equivalents.
3) Compose 10 questions to discuss the news, using Blooms Taxonomy+ SUSTAINING
QUESTIONS strategies. Be ready to ask them in class.
1 Sinai plane crash: No survivors on Russian airliner KGL9268
1 A Russian airliner has crashed in central Sinai killing all 224 people on board, Egyptian
officials have said.
2 The Airbus A-321 had just left the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, bound for the Russian city
of St Petersburg.
3 Wreckage was found in the Hasana area and bodies removed, along with the plane's "black box".
An official described a "tragic scene" with bodies of victims still strapped to seats.
4 Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared Sunday a day of mourning. He has ordered an
official investigation into the crash of flight KGL9268, and for rescue teams to be sent to the crash
site.
5 Sinai has an active militant network, and on Saturday afternoon, jihadis allied to the so-called
Islamic State made a claim on social media that they brought down the plane. But Russian Transport
Minister told Interfax news agency that no evidence had been seen that indicated the plane was targeted.
jihadis [BrE ʤɪˈhædiz, ʤə-, -ˈhɑːd AE ʤɪˈhɑːd, ʤiː-]
2 Bucharest nightclub fire:
Romanian president suggests rules ignored
1 Romania's president has said safety regulations seem to have been ignored in a Bucharest
nightclub where a fire killed 27 people on Friday night.
2 Survivors say the fire started after a heavy metal band set off fireworks, causing the ceiling and
a pillar to catch alight and producing heavy smoke.
3 A stampede for the exit followed. More than 140 people are being treated in hospital, some with
severe burns.
4 Romania has declared three days of national mourning.
5 The fire broke out at about 23:00 at the Colectiv club,...