The British Press

The British press consists of several different kinds of newspapers.

The national papers are the ones sold all over the country, with a large readership or "circulation", giving general news; they are produced in the capital city, London. In recent years, the circulation of the naional newspapers has gone done. Some papers had to close because they weren't making enough money either from the sale of the paper or from the advertising in it. Some newspapers have started up in the last twenty years - for instance. The Sun and the Daily Star.

There are two main types of national paper - the "popular" papers and the "quality" papers. The popular papers are smaller in size with lots of pictures, big headlines and short articles. They are easy to read and often contain little real information; sometimes they give more space to opinions than to news. They usually have "human interest" stories, stories about ordinary people and events, which are included because they are amusing and odd. Examples of this type of newspapers are the Daily Mail, the Sun and the Daily Mirror.

"Quality" papers appeal to the more serious reader, who wants to read about politics and foreign affairs. These papers, such as the Daly Telegraph, the Times and the Guardian are bigger in size, with longer articles and a wider coverage of events. They have different pages for home news, foreign affairs, feature articles, fashion, business, sport and so on.

IX.Определите, верны ли данные утверждения:

1. The national papers are produced all over the country.

2. The popular papers are easy to read because they appeal to the readers who prefer entertainment to information.

3. The quality papers are for those who want to know about important happenings everywhere.

Вариант 5

I. Переведите предложения, подчеркните в них сказуемое.

1. His father was very poor.

2. I prefer to do this work today.

3. They are being followed.

II. Определите, какую видо-временную форму глагола следует употребить при переводе на английский язык следующих предложений:

1 Что вы пишите (1)? Я пишу (2) письмо a) Present Simple

своей сестре. Мы часто пишем (3) письма b) Present Continuous

друг другу. Сейчас она работает (4) над c) Present Perfect Continuous

своей книгой! Она работает (5) над ней

уже несколько месяцев.

2. В последнее время я не получал (1) а) Past Simple

писем от своих родителей.- Когда вы b) Past Perfect

получили (2) последнее письмо? - Я

получил (3) его месяц назад. С тех пор

я уже послал (4) им несколько писем.

3. Что ты делал (1) вчера в 10 часов a) Past Simple

утра? - Я был (2) в больнице. Я b) Past Continuous

осматривал (3) больных. Я осмат- c) Past Perfect

ривал их уже час, когда приехал (5) d) Past Perfect Continuous

профессор Сергеев.

4. Я буду очень занят (1) в начале июня. a) Future Simple

Я буду сдавать (2) экзамены. Думаю, что b) Future Continuous

к середине месяца я их сдам (3). c) Future Perfect

d) Future Perfect Continuous

e) Present Simple

III. Выпишите предложения, в которых сказуемое выражено формой: a) Indefinite Tense b) Continuous Tense, c) Perfect Tense. Переведите их на русский язык.

1. Granny is in the kitchen. She is making a plum-cake.

2. My wife often makes plum-cakes.

3. I have not seen Tom for ages.

4. Two years ago Derry bought a car.

5. The police caught Dan when he was robbing a shop.

IV. Выпишите из текста глаголы, выраженные формой страдательного залога. Переведите текст на русский язык.