Методические указания для студентов специальности "Журналистика" (английский язык). Палагина С.С - 9 стр.

       3.2 Text. Newspapers

      Newspaper is a publication devoted chiefly to presenting and commenting on
the news. Newspapers provide an excellent means of keeping well informed on
current events. They also play a vital role in shaping public opinion.
      Newspapers have certain advantages over the other major news media-
television, radio, and news magazines. For example, newspapers can cover more
news- and in much greater detail-than can television radio news bulletins. News
magazines concentrate on the chief national and international events of the preceding
week. But daily newspapers report local as well as national and international news on
a day-to-day basis.
      A large daily newspaper provides a great variety of information. News stories
cover the latest developments in such fields as government, politics, sports, science,
business, and the arts. Other news stories report crimes, disasters, and special events
of human interest. Editorials and columns of opinion comment on controversial
issues. Informative feature articles examine a wide range of subjects, including
fashion, health, and child care. Comic strips, advice columns, and other entertainment
items also appear regularly in most daily papers.
      Producing a daily newspaper requires great speed and efficiency. Reporters,
editors, and photographers work under the constant pressure of deadlines. A large
daily also employs many other workers, including advertising salespeople, artists,
librarians, printing-press operators, and truckdrivers. The entire staff must operate as
a well-drilled team if the papers are to reach homes and newsstands on schedule.

       3.2.1 Match equivalents:

       -   to provide;                      - to demand;
       -   to concentrate;                  - chief;
       -   to examine                       - well-drilled;
       -   to require                       - to tell;
       -   to include;                      - splendid;
       -   to cover;                         - broad;
       -   to operate;                      - to give;
       -   to employ;                        - important;
       -   chief;                             - to focus;
       -   excellent;                        - to contain;
       -   vital;                            - to use;
       -   major;                            - main;
       -   wide;                            - to work;
       -   well-trained;                    - to check.

       3.2.2 Learn the following expressions by heart. Use them in sentences of your
own:

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