Вопрос № 403526 - Английский язык

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British newspapers can be divided into 12 main groups.
NEWSPAPERS
1. In Britain there are 12 national daily newspapers and most people read one of them every day. Daily newspapers are not published on Sunday. National Sunday newspapers are larger than daily ones. Most of them express a political opinion and people choose the newspaper that they read according to their own political beliefs.
2. "The Times" is considered to be the most authoritative newspaper voice in the country. "The Guardian" appeals to well-educated readers interested in intellectual and social affairs. "The Daily Telegraph" is bought by educated upper-middle and middle-class readers. The "Financial Times", printed on pink paper, is read by businessmen
3. Fleet Street in London used to be the home of most national daily and Sunday newspapers and that is why people often say "Fleet Street" to mean "the press" even now. In the 1980s most of the newspapers moved to new buildings in different parts of London to use new printing technologies.
4. British newspapers can be divided into two groups: quality and popular (tabloid). Quality newspapers are more serious and cover home and foreign news while popular newspapers like shocking, personal stories. These two groups of papers can be distinguished easily because the quality newspapers are twice the size of the popular newspapers.

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Popular newspapers publish personal stories and other scandal information.
NEWSPAPERS
1. In Britain there are 12 national daily newspapers and most people read one of them every day. Daily newspapers are not published on Sunday. National Sunday newspapers are larger than daily ones. Most of them express a political opinion and people choose the newspaper that they read according to their own political beliefs
2. "The Times" is considered to be the most authoritative newspaper voice in the country. "The Guardian" appeals to well-educated readers interested in intellectual and social affairs. "The Daily Telegraph" is bought by educated upper-middle and middle-class readers. The "Financial Times", printed on pink paper, is read by businessmen.
3. Fleet Street in London used to be the home of most national daily and Sunday newspapers and that is why people often say "Fleet Street" to mean "the press" even now. In the 1980s most of the newspapers moved to new buildings in different parts of London to use new printing technologies.
4. British newspapers can be divided into two groups: quality and popular (tabloid). Quality newspapers are more serious and cover home and foreign news while popular newspapers like shocking, personal stories. These two groups of papers can be distinguished easily because the quality newspapers are twice the size of the popular newspapers.

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Satellite or cable television is free to everybody.
TV AND RADIO
1. There are two publicly-founded television channels in GB: BBC1 and BBC2. BBC1 is the main television channel. Its programmes are mostly general interest programmes and broadcast comedy and entertainment programmes, films and children's programmes. BBC2 has more serious programmes and news features. There is a break for advertisements about every 15-20 minutes.
2. National radio in the United Kingdom is controlled by the BBC, and listeners can choose between five stations. Radio 1 is a rock and pop-music station. Radio 2 plays light music and comedy. Radio 3 plays classical music, and Radio 4 has news programmes, drama and general interest programmes. Radio 5 Live offers reports on sport.
3. The Independent Television Commission is responsible for looking after the regional independent TV companies who broadcast their own programmes and those they have bought from other regions. There are 3 independent channels (Channel 3, 4, 5) which are financed by advertising. People can also prefer to pay for satellite and cable stations.
4. TV and radio are also two of the main teaching channels used by the Open University. This "university of the air" allows many thousands of students to study at home for degrees they never would have obtained in the main educational system. They also have to do without sleep as most of their programmes are broadcast early in the morning or late at night.

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To use Sony Walkman in America you need a license.
IT’S INTERESTING TO KNOW
1. Chewing gum was banned in Singapore for 12 years as it’s a real problem: polluted streets, buildings, busses … Now you can buy it there again – but only in chemist’s and with a special licence. And even then, only ‘medical’ and ‘dental’ types like Wrigley’s sugar-free Orbit are allowed.
2. Long time ago people used to walk, cycle, sit on trains, lie on the beach and just stare into the distance. Now they do all these things and still stare into the distance. But if you look closely you will see that they are listening to music with a Sony Walkman attached and don’t disturb anyone else.
3. One third of city children in Britain do not know anything about the countryside life: 70% of eight and nine-year-olds think cotton comes from sheep, while more than half believe that eggs come from sheep and potatoes and orange juice come from cows. So they have to be sent on visits to local farms.
4. Many young people living in the USA don’t know geography. Just a few of them know where Iraq is! Only 13% of young Americans can point it on the map. Moreover, many Americans think that 1 billion people live in the USA. In fact the US population is about 281 million.

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Many unique fish species live in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef.
WORLD WONDERS
1. It has taken millions of years for the Colorado River to carve the Grand Canyon out of solid rock in Arizona in the United States. The youngest rocks at the top are 235 million years old and those at the bottom are about 2 billion years old. The canyon is 1.6 km at its deepest and 15 km wide, stretching over 450 km in length.
2. Work on the Colosseum in Rome started in AD 70 and it was completed 12 years later. It was built as an arena for gladiator contests, chariot races and other Roman sports. When it was ready, Emperor Titus had an opening ceremony that lasted 100 days. During the ceremony alone, 1,000 gladiators and 5,000 animals were killed!
3. In 221 BC Emperor Qin decided to build a wall to keep invaders out of China. The Great Wall took 10 years to build and used a workforce of 300,000 soldiers and 500,000 slaves. The main part of the wall is 3,460 km long, between 7 and 12 m high and between 6 and 15 m wide (enough to allow five men on horseback to ride side by side).
4. The Great Barrier Reef in northern Australia is a coral reef made of millions of tiny living sea creatures. It is 2,000 km long and it is the longest coral reef in the world. The water on the reef is shallow and warm and it is home to an impressive number of animals and fish. Many of them are not found anywhere else in the world.

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George Washington’s summer residence was situated in Brighton.
WORLD CITIES
1. Boston is an old American city. It was settled in 1630. Many of the original parts of the city are preserved as historic monuments. Walking along its streets, you can find Victorian houses with lace curtains and polished door-knockers, and old churchyards. In contrast to this, you can also find modern high risers.
2. Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand. Its history goes back 650 years when the Maoris settled in the area. Now it is an important centre for business and industry. In 1985 the New Zealand government made the country a nuclear free zone and since then Auckland has been a centre for protest against nuclear testing in the Pacific.
3. American cities are similar to other cities around the world: In every country, cities reflect the values of the culture. Cities contain the very best aspects of a society: opportunities of education, employment, and entertainment. They also contain the very worst parts of a society: violent crime, racial conflict, and poverty.
4. In the 18th century fashionable London society followed George IV to Brighton. He found the climate agreeable and built his summer pavilion there. Today Brighton is very popular and in summer it is crowded with people carrying their umbrellas to the beach. There are a lot of places of amusement in Brighton and people spend lot of money there.