Материал по теме "Пресса в Великобритании"

1. Прочитайте текст и запишите в тетрадь характеристику двух типов газет в Британии.

The Media

There are 2 types of newspapers in Britain: broadsheets and tabloids. The broadsheets are also called the quality press and include newspapers like The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent and The Observer. These papers are more serious and intellectual than the tabloids. Some of the tabloids include The Sun, The Daily Mirror and The Daily Star. These papers have glossy, colorful covers and include a lot of pictures, beauty and fashion, celebrity gossip, real life stories but not very much serious news.

It is a good exercise to read the same stories in a quality paper and in a tabloid and to compare the language and vocabulary. The language in the tabloids is not necessarily easier than the broadsheets, it's different. They use a lot of slang, colloquialisms, more phrasal verbs and idiomatic, colourful language.

There are also local newspapers. For example, the local newspapers in Oxford are called The Oxford Mail and The Oxford Times. They are useful for the What's On sections (cinema etc.). There are also many free newspapers. These are mostly for advertising.

There are an enormous number of magazines that you can buy - just look in a newsagents. You can buy international newspapers from most newsagents, too.

1. Прослушайте несложный текст, в котором Хелен высказывает собственное мнение о Британской прессе, и выполните тест на проверку понимания. Темп звучания средний, язык - разговорный BrE.

The press in Britain

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1.  What kind of newspapers does Helen like more?
    quality papers
    tabloids
   none of the above

2.  Which of these papers is a tabloid?
    The independent
    The Guardian
    The Daily Mail

3.  Which is NOT correct according to the text?
    Helen reads the Daily Mail when she wants to relax.
    Helen reads the Guardian because it is interesting and trustworthy.
    The Independent has too many articles about celebrities.

4.  What does Helen prefer?
    buying newspaper
    reading about the news on the internet
    listening to the news on TV

5.  What did Helen do when she was 16?
    read a lot of newspapers
    delivered newspapers
    wrote articles for a local paper

6.  What papers are more popular in Britain?
    national
    local
    foreign

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