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Exercise 3. Are the statements true or false? Correct the false statements.





1. The press in fact is controlled by a comparatively large number of persons.

2. In a democratic country like Great Britain the press, ideally, has three political functions: information, discussion and representation.

3. Quality papers are those newspapers which are intended for a wide audience.

4. Trivial events are treated as the most interesting and important happenings.

5. Its reporting (of «The Times») is noted for reliability and completeness and especially in home affairs.

6. «The Guardian» was favourable to the Liberal Party and tends to be rather closer in sympathy to the Labour party than to the Conservatives.

7. Being well produced «The Daily Telegraph» is full of various information and belongs to the same class of journalism as «The Times» and «The Guardian».

8. «The Daily Mirror» is the popular newspaper which supports the Liberal-Social Democratic party.

9. The «Spectator», the «New Statesman» and the «Economist» contain articles on national and international affairs, current events, the arts, letters to the Editor, extensive theatre reviews.

Exercise 4. Answer the questions.

1. «In every modern country, regardless of form of government, the press, radio and television are political weapons of tremendous power». — Why?

2. Explain the following statement: «Few things are so indicative of the nature of a government as the way in which the power of the press, radio and television is exercised.»

3. What do the readers think when they see different newspapers providing the same news and expressing similar opinions?

4. Examine the three major political functions of the press in a democratic country like Great Britain.

5. Does the Press Council, which was set up in 1953, have anything in common with censorship in Britain?

6. Give an account of the two groups of papers in Britain — quality and popular. What do these papers publish?

7. Why is «The Times» called the paper of the Establishment?



8. What are the chief Sunday and evening newspapers?

9. Describe the main weeklies, or periodicals of special importance and enjoying a large and influencial readership.

10. What periodical publishes typical examples of English humour?

11. What can you say about the oldest news agency in Britain «Reuters»?

Points for discussion

1. The role of the press (the press, radio and television) in the life of a state (people).

2. The right of the people to know.

3. The press and censorship.

Press in the United Kingdom

The daily circulation of papers in Britain is just over 14 millioncopies, which is about 3 papers for every 4 households, All British papers can be classified into two major groups: quality and popular papers.

A quality paper is a serious national paper that aims at the educated reader. Quality papers contain detailed news coverage and comment, authoritative editorials, a wide range of topical features written by experts in their field, arts and literary reviews and much professional advertising. The quality papers are the “Times”, the “Guardian”, the “Independent”, the “Daily Telegraph” and the “Financial Times”.

A popular paper is a newspaper whose format and content is designed for the undemanding reader. Most popular papers are tabloids, i.e. papers with small-size pages (conventionally about 30 cm by 40 cm). They have brief and direct news reports and a large number of photographs. Emphasis is put on personal stories (especially when sensational, or involving a figure in the public eye such as a member of the royal family), and importance is also given to sports and to entertaining features such as cartoons and contests.

Newspapers in Britain are mostly owned by individuals or by big publishing companies called the “empires”, not by the government or political parties. The editors of “the newspapers are usually allowed considerable freedom of expression. This is not to say that newspapers are without political bias. The political tendency of quality papers varies from conservative (the “Daily Telegraph”) or independent/conservative (the “Times” and the “Financial Times”) to centre (the “Independent”) and liberal (the “Guardian”). Popular tabloids like the “Daily Express”, the “Daily Star” and the “Sun”, for example, usually reflect conservative opinion in their comment and reporting, while the “Daily Mirror” has a more left-wing bias.



Тематический словарь

daily circulation ежедневный тираж

to be classified into two groups разделить на две группы

a quality paper серьезная газета

a popular paper популярная газета

• to aim at the educated reader быть рассчитанным на образован-

ного читателя

to contain содержать

detailed news coverage and подробный обзор новостей и

comment комментарий

an authoritative editorial авторитетная передовица

a topical feature тематическая статья

an arts and literary review обзор искусства и литературы

professional advertising профессиональная реклама

format and content формат и содержание

to be designed for предназначаться нетребовательному

the undemanding reader читателю

a tabloid газета небольшого формата

to put emphasis on придавать основное значение

sensational сенсационный

a figure in the public eye популярная личность

to give importance to придавать значение

an entertaining feature развлекательный материал

a cartoon рисунок, карикатура

a contest конкурс

• to be owned by individuals принадлежать частным лицам

• a publishing company издательство

• an editor редактор

• to allow smb. considerable предоставлять значительную свободу

freedom of expression в выражении

• without political bias без политической ориентации

• the political tendency политическая ориентация

• conservative консервативный

• independent независимый

• centre центристский

• liberal либеральный

• to reflect opinion отражать мнение



• a “Sunday” воскресная газета

• reading matter материал для чтения

• a colour supplement цветное приложение

• a weekly еженедельная газета

 

Exercise 5. Answer the questions:

1. What major groups can British newspapers be subdivided into?

2. What kind or reader does each type aim at?

3. What do “quality papers” usually contain?

4. What is a “tabloid”?

5. Who are newspapers in Great Britain owned by?

6. What political opinion do newspapers inGreat Britain reflect?

7. What other types of newspapers except daily newspapers are there?

Exercise 6. Translate into English

1. Ежедневный тираж газет в Англии – более 14 миллионов экземпляров.

2. Газеты в Великобритании можно подразделить на “серьезные”, рассчитанные на образованного читателя, и “популярные”, предназначенные для нетребовательного читателя.

3. Серьезные газеты содержат подробный обзор новостей, передовицы, обзор искусства и литературы.

4. Формат популярной газеты – обычно около 30 х 40 см.

5. В популярных газетах особое внимание уделяется сенсационным событиям, особенно если они касаются какой-либо известной личности.

6. Популярные газеты содержат также развлекательный материал и спортивные обзоры.

7. Газеты в Великобритании принадлежат не правительству и политическим партиям, а крупным издательским фирмам или частным лицам.

8. Газеты обычно имеют определенную политическую ориентацию, которая может быть консервативной, независимой, центристской или либеральной.

9. Газетам предоставляется значительная свобода в отражения тех или иных политических взглядов.

10.Воскресные газеты содержат много материала для чтения. Они часто имеют “цветные” приложения, содержащие иллюстрированные статьи.

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