Чтение и письмо: две заметки и осторожный вывод (may have, likely)
Слова урока · 4
- coverage /ˈkʌvərɪdʒ/освещение (в СМИ)
- outlet /ˈaʊtlet/издание, СМИ
- discrepancy /dɪˈskrepənsi/расхождение
- cautious /ˈkɔːʃəs/осторожный
Фразы урока · 2
- Two outlets reported the same event, but the coverage was very different.Два издания сообщили об одном событии, но освещение было очень разным.
- There's a discrepancy in the numbers, so a cautious conclusion is better than a wrong one.В цифрах есть расхождение, поэтому осторожный вывод лучше неверного.
Текст: «Две заметки об одном событии»
Hundreds of passengers were left stranded on Monday morning when drivers at Northgate bus depot walked out without warning. Commuters described «total chaos» at the station, with queues stretching into the car park. Up to 200 services were reportedly cancelled. A driver, who asked not to be named, said the strike could last «all week». The council declined to comment.
Outlet B — «Bus drivers stage two-hour stoppage over pay»
Drivers at Northgate depot stopped work between 7 and 9 a.m. on Monday in a dispute over pay, the union confirmed. According to the bus company, 38 of its 160 morning services were cancelled and the rest ran late. The company said the stoppage had been announced to staff on Friday but was not made public. A spokesperson for the union said further action was «possible but not planned». A council spokesperson said talks would begin on Wednesday.
What we can say: Both outlets agree that drivers at Northgate stopped work on Monday morning and that services were cancelled. They differ on scale — «up to 200» (unsourced) against 38 of 160 (attributed to the company) — and on duration: A implies an open-ended strike; B, with the union, describes a two-hour stoppage. A's «without warning» is contradicted by B's claim that staff were told on Friday, though passengers, in fact, were not. The word «chaos» comes from passengers, not from any official source.
Задание
Напишите осторожно сформулированное изложение события (140–170 слов) для читателя, который не видел ни одной заметки: что установлено (both outlets agree that …), с указанием источников (according to, reportedly, an unnamed driver); где расхождение и чья цифра надёжнее (based on, a discrepancy, the actual figure); ваш вывод о масштабе и длительности с нужной степенью уверенности (must have, is likely to, it's unlikely that, can't have); что остаётся неизвестным (it remains to be seen, as far as we can tell); одно предупреждение о заголовке (misleading, blown out of proportion).
Образец ответа
On Monday morning, bus drivers at the Northgate depot in a dispute over pay stopped work; both outlets agree on this, and the union has confirmed it. According to the bus company, 38 of its 160 morning services were cancelled and the rest ran late. One outlet reported «up to 200» cancellations, but no source is given for that figure, so the company's number is more reliable — the actual figure is probably closer to forty. There is also a discrepancy over duration: the union describes a two-hour stoppage, from seven to nine, whereas the other report quotes an unnamed driver saying the strike could last all week. As far as we can tell, it did not: services were running by mid-morning. Passengers can't have been warned, since the company admits the stoppage was not made public, although staff were told on Friday. It remains to be seen whether further action follows; the union says it is possible but not planned, and talks begin on Wednesday. The headline «Chaos at Northgate» is misleading: a real but limited two-hour problem was blown out of proportion.
lightbulbОсторожный вывод: факты с источниками → расхождение и чья цифра надёжнее → вывод с модальными глаголами (must have, can't have, is likely to) → что неизвестно (it remains to be seen) → предупреждение о заголовке.
Закрепите урок: упражнения со словами, фразами и грамматикой с проверкой и повторением.