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Read the text and match its parts with their names. a) Newspaper Structure b) Periodicals c) The Local Papers d) Writing to the Newspaper e) New Developments f) The National Papers The Press Britain is one of the few countries where daily newspapers are brought at the door before breakfast. Paperboys or girls push the papers through letterboxes before going to school. For them it is a way of earning some extra money. 1 There are papers which are sold in all parts of Britain. They fall into two groups: quality papers and popular papers. Quality papers give national and international news. They also publish articles on many general subjects. The famous quality papers are “The Times”, “The Daily Telegraph”, “The Independent”. The popular papers such as “The Daily Mail” or “The Sun” try to make news sensational [sen?se???nl]. They often publish “personal” articles which shock and excite. Much of their information is about the private life of people who are in the news. 2 Another category of newspapers publish national news as well as the news coming from the areas where they are published. Some of them have a high standard of reporting and are very successful (“The Scotsman”, “Glasgow Herald”) . Many cities and towns have their own daily, evening or weekly papers. 3 These are published weekly, monthly or quarterly. There are about 7,000 of them in the UK. Many of those are women’s magazines. There are editions for almost every profession, sport, hobby or interest. 4 There has been a revolution in the printing of newspapers. Many of them now use computer technology to replace old and expensive methods of printing. Now journalists can type their articles into a computer system which then prints articles automatically and cheaply. Nowadays a lot of people prefer to read newspapers in electronic but not in paper form and e-papers are a new feature of modern journalism. 5 British daily papers are published from Monday to Saturday. Quality papers are very thick, much thicker than Russian papers. They usually consist of sections such as Politics, Culture, Finances [?fa?n?ns?z], Business etc. Newspaper readers often use only one or two sections and throw the others away. Popular papers, or tabloids, often publish cartoons (humorous drawings) , a lot of photographs and readers’ letters. Nearly all newspapers write about sports news and publish crossword puzzles. 6 It is a popular pastime for many people. Some people write about their problems, others give advice or develop their own ideas on different subjects. Such letters are usually answered. The most interesting and colourful are published. B. In the text there may be words that you did not know. What were the words? What helped you to understand them?

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