Monday, 15 October 2012

News Article Summary

16th Oct 2012

Title: Advertisers return to the alan Jones show on 2GB
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Link: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/advertisers-return-to-the-alan-jones-show-on-2gb/story-e6freuy9-1226496713643

Summary:
After speaking about the prime minister's recently died father in public, Alan Jones has currently been rejected by major advertisers.  Radio 2GB has decided to cancel his ads for a short period.  Mercedes Benz took back his supplied car.  People also boycott the radio host on social network, which is described as a "cyber bullying" by Jones.

Vocabulary:
1. spark - ignite
2. backlash - a strong nagative reaction by a large number of people, especially to a social or political development
3. accused - charge (someone) with an offence or crime
4. embattled - (of a place or people) involved in or prepared for war, especially because surrounded by enemy forces.
5. resurgence - an increase or revival after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurence.
6. back off - draw back from action or confrontation

Reflection:
This is a short news article.  It took me a couple minutes to read the first time.  Then I thought of the main point of the article, and wrote the summary.  There are some vocabularies and phrasal words.

1 comment:

  1. Good work Joanna.

    Please see the corrections on the printed copy of the text and make the necessary changes to your post.

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