Lesson 33

44. Learn the vocabulary:

rush hour – година пік

level of education – рівень освіти

ethnic group – етнічна група

election – вибори

45. Read and translate the text:

NEWSPAPERS IN BRITAIN

If you get on a bus or catch a train in Britain, especially during a morning or evening “rush hour”, you’ll see a lot of people reading newspapers. The press tells us about various political views, interests and level of education, sport, home and foreign policy, outstanding persons of society and so on. Papers in Britain are usually divided into “quality” papers which are serious with long, informative articles and “popular” which have smaller size. They are les serious and contain more human interest stories than news.

More daily newspapers, national and regional are sold in Great Britain than in most other developed countries. There are about 135 daily papers (“Daily Express”, “Daily Mirror”, “Financial Times”) and Sunday papers (“Observer”, “Sunday Times”, “News on the World”), 2000 weekly papers and about 100 papers produced by members of ethnic groups.

A lot of people buy a morning paper, an evening paper and a couple of Sunday pares. On an average day two out of three people over the age of 15 read a national morning paper. So it’s not surprising to learn that national newspapers have circulation of 15.8 million copies on weekdays and 19 million on Sundays.

Newspapers are almost always financially independent of any political party. However, during general election campaigns many papers recommend their readers to vote for a particular political party. Ownership of the national London and regional daily newspapers is concentrated in the hands of large press publishing groups.

46. Answer the questions:

1. What do press tells us?

2. What kind of papers do you know?

3. “Popular” papers are usually smaller than “quality” ones, aren’t they?

4. What can be read in “quality” newspapers?

5. Who is the owner of newspapers in Britain?