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Reading Newspapers and Specialist Literature
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• a) Read (he text, b) Answer the comprehension questions to the text.
Text A What Do Newspapers Write about?
Despite competition from other media, circulation figures for newspapers go up. People read newspapers because they provide a vast amount of information, far more than can be reproduced in a news broadcast on radio or TV.
There are various newspapers: national, regional, local. Some newspapers come out daily, others are put out several times a week. There are monthly and bimonthly publications. Newspapers differ in style, language, readership, and issues they cover.
National papers carry articles about national, foreign and political issues. Their leading (editorial) articles deal with major events in the country and abroad. Regional and local papers serve the interests of the community. They provide information about local affairs and assess the current situation. They draw the attention of their readers to the local problems. Newspapers also contain such items as spoil, theatre and book reviews, crosswords and cartoons. Readers are also able to express their own views through the readers' letters page.
Readers appreciate it when the newspaper carries objective and undistorted information and gives a wide coverage of home and foreign news.
Many people subscribe to their favourite newspapers and read them regularly.
Some newspapers (magazines) are addressed to specialists, A lot of space in such publications is devoted to specialist subjects such as business, financial markets, banking and insurance.
The press influences the thoughts and outlook of ordinary people.
Vocabulary List
| circulation n - зд. тираж vast amount— огромное количество broadcast n — радиопередача come outv - выходить (о газете} putout v— цы пускать (о листе, публикации) bimonthly publication— издание, выходящее один ратвдва месяца issue n — 1, вопрос, проблема; 2. номер газеты readership n - читатели coverv - освещать carryv — з(1. содержать editorial article- передовая статья deal withv —иметь дело с... |
regional adj - региональный
local adj — местный
serve the interests служить интересам
assess v - оценивать
current adj — текущий
contain v— содержать
express views — выражать мнение
objective atij— объективный
undistnrteda< #— неискаженный, правдивый
give a coverage of — освещать (в прессе, на ТВ)
subscribe v — подписываться
address v— обращаться (к кому-л.)
outlook n —.? rt. кругозор
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Unit 1
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