Текст для читання "The British press"

                                    The British Press

  The British people are great readers of newspapers. There are few homes to which one newspaper is not delivered every morning. Many households have two or even three newspapers every day. One newspaper may be delivered to the house, a member of the family may buy one at the station bookstall to read in the train, and someone else in the family may buy an evening newspaper later in the day. Daily newspapers are those that are published daily from Monday to Saturday. There are morning and evening papers.

  Newspapers are the oldest of the mass media. They started in the seventeenth century. The daily press in Britain is divided into two groups: the quality papers and the popular papers. Quality newspapers are thick and serious and intended for few well-informed readers. They are well-printed, and speak about politics and current affairs. The most important quality papers are The Times, Britain's oldest newspaper, The Guardian, The Independent and The Telegraph.

  Popular papers have millions of readers. They address the lower classes, have fewer pages and shorter articles with big headlines and lots of illustrations. They speak about sports, fashion, crimes. They are also  called ''tabloids'' (small size papers). The most important popular papers are The Sun, The Daily Mail, The Daily Mirror.

  Some papers come out on Mondays and are known as Sunday papers.

  The most important are The Observer and The Sunday Times. These papers usually give information about national events and international events. They have special sections with reviews of books, plays, films, arts events, business and sports news.

  Many weekly, monthly and quarterly magazines are also published in Great Britain; they cover many different interests, activities and hobbies such as astrology, finance, computer science, sports and so on.

 True  / False

1.    Quality papers are more difficult to read than popular papers.

2.    The Brazilian people are great readers of newspapers.

3.    There are morning and afternoon papers.

4.    Popular papers are thicker than quality papers.

5.    Another name of the quality papers is tabloids.

6.    The Observer comes out only once a week.

7.    If you want to know the latest news about the theatres, read the Sunday paper.

8.    Some papers are known as Monday papers.

9.    British magazines cover many different activities.