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They contain information on home and foreign affairs, serious editorials,

arts and literary reviews; they provide up-to-date financial information and much professional advertising.

The best-known British newspapers which give serious coverage

of the news and comment are The Times, The Guardian, The Financial Times, and The Independent

Some newspapers have

an accompanying colour supplement, with many photographs and advertisements

It is also noted for its

readers' letters to the editor

For example, the Times Educational Supplement specializes in reports and features on education in schools,

and the Times Literary Supplement is one of Britain's leading literary weakly magazines, noted for its interesting coverage of the literary and publishing world

Many newspapers are offered

for less serious reading

They have brief news reports

and a large number of photographs

The style of English in these newspapers is often conversational,

are sensational, or mention a figure in the public eye such as a member of the royal family), and importance is also given to sport and entertainment

Much attention is given to personal stories (especially when they

with much use of slang, nicknames and catchy headlines

Among these newspapers are

most prestigious newspaper which established itself as a serious alternative to sensational journalism

Many Americans consider The New York Times the nation's

, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune

The most prominent American newspapers are The New York Times

the Daily Express, the Daily Mirror, and many others

Its reputation is solid today that it is used as a major reference tool by

American libraries, and is standard reading for diplomats, scholars and government officials

People have begun to buy less newspapers, and the most important reasons

for this trend is probably the growing popularity of television which 65 percent of Americans use as their primary source of news

The paper gives coverage

of important national and international events

Among popular magazines are Time, Newsweek, Business Week and

won by magazines that are full of advertisements and are good at leisure time, such as Cosmopolitan, the Ladies Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post

But the largest readership has been

World Report which give information on national affairs, business and science

Fleet Street has been the meeting

place for newspaper men since the 18th century, when writers met to talk in its coffeehouses

Offices of most English

Street of news

And up to now Fleet Street is the

daily and evening papers are situated in this street

Fleet Street is now the

centre of journalists and newspaper men

The Daily Telegraph and

the Daily Express have their offices here, and The Times, The Guardian and many others are nearby

Fleet Street is the centre

of Britain's national newspapers

Publishing houses

of many big foreign newspapers are also there

Advertisers tend to think big

and 3 p.m. when the latest news is ready to go out all over the world

Fleet Street is busy

day and night

It is packed with vans, cars, motorcycles, newsboys every day between 9 a.m.

and perhaps this is why they're always coming in for criticism

Their critics seem to resent them because they have a flair for self-promotion

"that this entirely unproductive industry (if we can call it that) should absorb millions of pounds each year

"It's iniquitous", they say,

and because they have so much money to throw around

If only goes to show how much

profit the big companies are making

Why don't they stop advertising

the heavy advertising that consumer goods are so cheap

It is precisely because of

and reduce the price of their goods?

The poor old consumers have

to pay a great deal more if advertising didn't create mass markets for products

A great deal of the knowledge

we have about household goods derives largely from the advertisements we read

But we get the wrong idea if

we think the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods

Another equally important

function is to inform

Supposing you wanted to buy a washing machine, it is more than

of ones we already know about

Advertisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence

that they never read advertisements, but this claim may be seriously doubted

Lots of people pretend

likely you would obtain details regarding performance, price, etc., from an advertisement

Just think what a railway

possible not to read advertisements these days

It is hardly

they often are, too!

And what fun

station or a newspaper would be like without advertisements

A cheerful, witty advertisement

closely-printed columns of news in your daily paper?

Would you like to read only

blank wall or reading railway bye-laws while waiting for a train?

Would you enjoy gazing at a

makes such a difference to a drab wall or a newspaper, full of daily ration of calamities

Newspapers, commercial radio

and television companies could not subsist without this source of revenue

We must not forget, either,

that advertising makes a positive contribution to our pockets

The fact that we pay so little for our daily paper, or can enjoy so

many broadcast programmes is due entirely to the money spent by the advertisers

Just think what a newspaper

useful service they perform for the community!

What a tremendously

forget is "small ads" which are virtually every newspaper and magazine

Another thing we mustn't

would cost if we had to pay its full price!

No other item in a newspaper

or death in what used to be called the "hatch, match and dispatch" columns; but by far the most fascinating section is the personal of "agony" column

For instance, you can find a job, buy or sell a house, announce a birth, marriage

provides such entertaining reading or offers such a deep insight into human nature

Just about anything can

be accomplished through these columns

Firstly, make your

for advertising there is!

Each day, coaches

own way to the hotel on Friday evening

It's the best advertisement

will transfer you to Silverstone in the morning and back to your hotel in the evening

On Sunday there is a warm-up session, a Formula 3000 event and

all the action as the drivers fight for pole position in the qualifying sessions

The Times offers readers

an air display before the highlight of the weekend in the early afternoon, The Foster's British Grand Prix 2005

On Saturday, you can watch

the chance to see two fantastic days' motor racing, including the Foster's British Grand Prix at Silverstone

After the driver and

constructor trophy presentation you will return to your hotel

2004 was a remarkable season for Michael Schumacher and Ferrari,

and McLaren-Mercedes teams catch them in the 2005 season?

Can the BMW-Wiiliams

ending dramatically with the German winning a record-breaking sixth consecutive drivers' championship and with Ferrari winning an astonishing fifth consecutive constructors' championship

Although zorbonauts have hurtled downhill at speeds of 50 kilometres

per hour, the air cushioning inside means you don't risk hurting yourself too seriously

It involves rolling around

because centrifugal force will keep you pinned inside the zorb

It requires no more skill than a hamster running in its wheel,

in a three-metre ball, or zorb, made out of PVC

Nominated for an incredible ten Academy Awards, Master and Commander:

is offering you the chance to win a fantastic JVC widescreen TV and DVD player

To celebrate, The Eye

Andrew Akers broke his collar bone the first time he tried it

Having said this, co-inventor

Far Side of the World is finally available on DVD and VHS

Our lucky winner, and

in a mission that could save a nation and make his reputation - or destroy Jack and his crew

A thrilling adventure story played out on the high seas, Master and Commander stars Russell Crowe

as Captain 'Lucky' Jack Aubrey, whose ship is attacked and badly damaged by a superior enemy

Aubrey is torn between duty and friendship as he pursues the enemy

ten runners up, will also win a copy of the DVD

The four-year cycles

were held in Olympia

In 1453 В. С. the games

776 В. С. the games were organized every fourth year

Beginning with approximately

were called the Olympiads and adopted in reckoning historical events

Like in our times the sportsmen had to have at least ten months' training

time were horse-racing and jumping

These sports consisted of running,

and judges were selected to determine who should receive the prizes

The favourite games of that

wrestling and other exercises

Since then, except in 1916, 1940 and 1944,

used to get wreaths of palm leaves

The year 1896 was chosen

for the revival of this ancient festival

The ancient gold medal winners

the Olympic games have been held every leap-year

Women's

are very fond of sports and games

Officially contests are only for individuals, but the custom

events started in 1912

People all over the world

has arisen of comparing national teams for a "world championship", using unofficial scoring system