Focus 4 Unit 6 Vocabulary

We’re bombarded with useless information.

• Too true. Their pictures are often fake.

• Too true. We’re awash with it.

A lot of celebrity photos have been tampered with.

• Too true. Their pictures are often fake.

• Absolutely. Very few people do it on a daily basis.

When you listen to news stories, you should follow your gut feeling.

• Absolutely. It’s important to trust your instincts.

• Absolutely. It’s essential to check if it’s reputable.

The press deliberately distort the truth to earn more money.

• Too true. They knowingly change facts for commercial gain.

• Too true. They don’t think critically about what they read on the Internet.

A small number of people read newspapers every day.

• Absolutely. Very few people do it on a daily basis.

• Absolutely. It’s essential to check if it’s reputable.

We need to evaluate the source of information.

• Absolutely. It’s essential to check if it’s reputable.

• Too true. We’ve always liked sharing made-up stories.

So many people take online articles at face value.

• Too true. They knowingly change facts for commercial gain.

• Too true. They don’t think critically about what they read on the Internet.

Most journalists think that positive stories are not newsworthy.

• Absolutely. They don’t find them eye-catching.

• Too true. Their pictures are often fake.

The amount of false information on social media is alarmingly high.

• Absolutely. They don’t find them eye-catching.

• Too true. It’s remarkably large.

I think everyone’s been misled by adverts on the Internet at least once in their life.

• Too true. They don’t think critically about what they read on the Internet.

• Absolutely. It’s hard to find someone who’s never been misinformed by online ads.