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The Daily Telegraph
The Financial Times
The Independent
• Quality Sunday newspapers:
The Sunday Times
The Observer
The Sunday Telegraph
• Popular daily newspapers:
The News of the World
The People
The Mail on Sunday
The Sunday Mirror
The Sunday Express
British newspapers are often associated with Fleet Street, located in Westminster City of London. Fleet
Street was the home of the
nation's newspapers till the recent past. But not long ago practically all the
newspapers moved their headquarters to Docklands, a newly developed business centre in the eastern part of
London. Only two newspapers The Daily Express and The Daily Telegraph are still in Fleet Street.
However, people still say 'Fleet Street' to mean 'the press'.
Watching television is one of the great British pastimes! Broadcasting in the United Kingdom is
controlled by the British Broadcasting Corporation (ВВС) and the Independent Broadcasting Authority
(IBA). The ВВС receives its income from the Government, but the private companies controlled by the IBA
earn money from advertising. The ВВС has two TV channels. The IBA is responsible for looking after the
regional independent TV companies who broadcast their own programmes and those they have bought from
other regions.
National radio is controlled by the ВВС, and listeners can choose between four stations. There are many
local stations, some private and some run by the ВВС. Their programmes consist mainly of music and local
news.
Words and expressions
mass media
средства массовой ин-
формации
paper = newspaper
газета
reader
читатель
daily
quality
[kwol
t
]
ежедневная газета
serious
серьезный
thought
[
t]
мысль
thoughtful
внимательный
thoughtfully
внимательно
shock shocking
удар, потрясение
скандальный
personal
личный
twice
дважды
they are twice the size
они вдвое больше по размеру
guardian
['
dj
n]
наставник
independent
независимый
observer
обозреватель
mirror
зеркало
headquarters
[,hed
kw
t
z
]
штаб-квартира
press
пресса
television
телевидение
to watch
наблюдать
to watch television
смотреть телевизор
pastime
времяпрепровождение
to broadcast (broadcast,
передавать по радио/по