История письма и чтения. Асафова Г.К. - 94 стр.

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Restrict v.
Ограничивать
Retreat n.
Уединение
Showdown n.
Откровенный обмен мнениями
Speculate v.
Размышлять, делать предположения
Stamp tax n.
Налоговая марка
Thinly adv.
Утонченно
Vivid woodcut n.
Яркая гравюра
Ex. 1. Answer the following questions:
1. When did the first newsletters appear in England?
2. Who could receive the newsletters at that time in England?
3. How much did the newsletters cost?
4. Who gathered the information for the newsletters at that time in England?
5. Where was the information gathered? What was it mostly about?
6. How often were the newsletters delivered?
7. What was the attitude of the English government to the publication of news?
8. Where did the people in England learn foreign news from? When did this
happen for the first time?
9. When did English publishers begin to produce their own versions of foreign
news?
10. When did the first regular publication appear in England? What was it
called?
11. When were the newsbooks banned in England and why?
12. How long did this ban last?
13. When did the first newspaper appear and what was it called?
14. How did the government try to restrict access to news?
15. What way out was found from this situation?
16. What law did the House of Commons pass in 1738?
17. When was the ban on publication of parliamentary reports abolished?