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Anna: You're listening to Talk about English. I’m Anna Jones,

Callum: I’m Callum Robertson

Anna: And today we’re talking about English and journalism.

Callum: And don’t forget to vote on today’s topic – where do you get your daily dose of
news from? – all the details are on the website so please vote before the end of
the programme.

Anna: And while you’re doing that here’s a Songline to listen to. This looks at the
phrase ‘make or break’ and comes from a song by the Sugarbabes.

Callum: Well we asked you to write in with your comments about the kind of
journalism or type of publication you read for pleasure. Nerius from Lithuania
sent us his thoughts – his e-mail is read by a native speaker.

I guess that is a tricky question. The main point here is for pleasure. I could hardly imagine journalism
as a kind of pleasure, what I agree upon is that good journalism should bring you same degree of
pleasure when you are coming across the serious issues on the media and media should come up
with good professional view on it. One shining example is BBC reports from Our Own Correspondent.
Keep going...

Anna: N erius says that there should be a good professional view on the serious issues
in the news and he mentions the radio programme From Our Own
Correspondent as a good example of this Jo, can you explain what this BBC
programme is about?

Anna: Well we happen to have a short extract from a report that featured on From our
own correspondent. It’s by Mark Doyle who is the BBC’s world affairs
correspondent and in it he describes his trip to the Liberian rainforest with the
American charity, Conservation International. It’s a very descriptive piece of
journalism and could also be described as an eyewitness account even though
its not describing a breaking news story. Listen out for the descriptive
language- what does he describe in detail?
I was travelling with Liberians working for the American charity, Conservation
International.
They soon started pointing out the trees to me in the forest canopy and reeling off their
Latin names.
I can’t remember the exact names now, but most of the trees seemed to be called
something Liberiensis, the Latin tag for "originating in Liberia".
I cannot remember all the names now but I will never forget one majestic specimen.
With a giant trunk, it soared into the canopy. Its leaves were like umbrellas with dainty
twisted edges.
Partly dark green, partly light, the umbrellas shaded fruit the size of footballs.
This elegant giant competed with coffee bushes, mango and rubber trees.
These crops were wild, their seeds having somehow made it into the natural jungle that
is thick with a biodiversity scientists can only dream of.

I had never seen this side of Liberia. I had spent too long watching the war in the capital.
I was told of elephants that live here and boa constrictors that can swallow a small deer.
When a boa constrictor is digesting, I was told, he or she lies down for days to sleep it
off.
Don’t tell the people from Conservation International, but that is apparently the best and
safest time to kill a snake. It was a new world to me.
The idea was even mentioned, in the future, of "eco-tourism" in Liberia. For someone
who has mostly seen war here, that sounded surreal. But, thinking about it, if the peace
holds, why not?

Anna: That was part of a report by BBC correspondent Mark Doyle. Now you must
hear a lot of descriptive reports in your job Jo - were there techniques or a
specific use of language used there which you recognise as typical of a report
written for From Our Own Correspondent?

Anna: Well I’ve been looking at the BBC News Style Guide to see what kinds of
language issues come up for journalist. There’s a section on reported speech –
or indirect speech. Can you explain reported speech Jo?

Jo: Well, briefly, reported speech involves taking what was actually said and
reporting it in such a way that we know who said it in the first place. Direct
quotes from people involved in an event can add impact to a story but reported
speech is a way of summarising what happened.

Callum: And the basic rule is very simple. If the main verb is in the past tense – for
example “he said” , then the tense of the verb in reported speech must be
changed. For example if a sportswman says: I will carry on competing until I
win.” Then the reporter would change this into reported speech: “The
sportswoman said that she would go on competing until she won.

Jo: But the change of tense is not needed if you are directly quoting what was said
as in: The sportswoman said: I will carry on competing until I win.

Anna: Now Jo we’ve spoken quite a lot about writing for radio and being an
eyewitness but what about video or TV? How do you go about writing to
pictures?

Anna: And what other courses are you involved in?

Anna: We asked you to write in with your comments about the kind of journalism or
type of publication you read for pleasure. Here’s Yulya from Ukraine and
Muhammed from Pakistan with their comments. Their e-mails are read by a
native speaker.

Yuliya, Ukraine

Hello everyone! Like any woman I like to read magazines for women very much, where I can find
information about fashion news, cosmetics, relationship, gossip about celebrities, some interesting
stories from everyday life. I like also magazines containing recipes, advice in cooking. Here in Ukraine
magazines for women are very popular.

Muhammad Asim Munir, Pakistan

I like to study & analyze current affairs. Internet Publication is my favourite medium being cheap, up-
to-date and having diverse point of views. I read to enhance my knowledge but feel pleasure when
something new is added to my knowledge.

Anna: This is Talk about English, live from BBClearningenglish.com. I'm Anna Jones

Callum: I’m Callum Robertson.

Anna: And continuing our topic of journalism this week we can now listen to a
personal point of view from world affairs correspondent, Mark Doyle whose
report about Liberia we heard earlier in the programme. I asked Mark to
describe one of the qualities needed by reporters to get things done in a
difficult situation – what quality does he describe? You’ll hear the answer to
that question in the interview.

Anna: That was World Affairs correspondent Mark Doyle.

Anna: N ow its time to answer in detail a question about the English language sent to
us by a learner. This one is ahout phrasal verbs from Yana in Moscow. She
wants to know the difference between the phrases ‘to end up’ and ‘to be up to.’
Here’s language teacher Gareth Rees.

It is not a secret at all that foreigners learning English have a lot of difficulties with phrasal
verbs. So do I. I would be glad to know explanations for the phrases: 'to end up' and 'to be
up to'.

Well Yana, thank you for your question which as you say is about phrasal or multi-word verbs.
These are verbs which have more than one part and they can be difficult for learners of
English partly because there are so many and also because they often have more than one
meaning.

The two you've chosen though are not so difficult. First of all 'to end up' means to reach a
final position. For example, about travel: "They are travelling across Europe by train and
they’ll end up in Paris. From there, they fly back to the US." Or, another example, from life:
"I studied medicine at university but I ended up working for an accountancy firm." In that
second example the final job for the person was as an accountant even though they started by
studying medicine. They 'ended up' working as an accountant.

Now, 'to be up to' has two meanings. The first means that someone is capable of doing a task
or facing a challenge. For example: "She’s up to the job. In fact, she’ll probably deliver the
report early." Here the woman is definitely able to do the job. She's 'up to' the job.

The second meaning, and I think it is the more common one, is similar to 'to do something'.
If a father hears his children making a noise he might shout: "What are you up to?" and he
wants to know what they are doing. This meaning of 'to be up to' is often used when you are

suspicious of something. You think someone is behaving in a strange way and you don't know
why they are doing something. For example, a teacher sees three students go into an empty
classroom. The teacher might say: "Did you see those students go in that room? What are they
up to? Let’s go and have a look."

Now, this phrase, 'to be up to' is also used to talk about someone’s free time. For example:
"What are you up to this weekend?" is an informal way to ask what someone is doing over the
weekend, to ask if they have any plans.

So, I think I’ve ended u

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