Words and expressions. .

Coventry		Ковентри. Крупный ин­дустриальный центр в графстве Йоркшир на северо-западе от Лондона
associate	[@'souSIeIt]	партнер
apology		извещение
to send one's apologies		принести свои извинения
chief		начальник; главный
default	[dI'fþlt]	неуплата, нарушение
to bear (bore, borne)		нести
grudge	[grö³]	недовольство, обида
not to bear grudges against somebody		иметь претензии к кому-либо
to assure		заверить
relating to...		относящийся к
acceding to...		как сообщил., как зая­вил..., согласно
records	['rekþdz]	записи
according to our records		согласно нашим записям
exception		исключение
as an exception		в виде исключения
open account		открытый счет — форма расчета между продавцом и постоянным покупате­лем, при которой товары отправляются без под­тверждения оплаты, а покупатель в оговорен­ные сроки должен опла­тить товар
to pay on an open ac­count		платить на открытый счет
net		часто, частый, нетто, за вычетом всех расходов и налогов
outstanding	[,aut'st{ndIÎ]	неоплаченный
duration		длительность
legal		зд судебный
legal action		судебное дело
to take legal action		передать дело в суд, воз­будить судебное дело
to go so far		заходить так далеко
to lose (lost, lost)		потерять
to mislay (mislaid, mislaid)		затерять (положить не туда)
the original		оригинал
to enclose		прилагать
to enclose something with something		прилагать что-либо к че­му-либо

Unit forty seven

Mass media

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The British are a nation of newspaper readers. Many of them have a daily paper delivered to their home just in time for bieakfast.

British newspapers can be divided into two groups: quality and popular. Quality newspapers are more serious and cover home and foreign news thoughtfully while the popular newspapers like shocking, personal stories as well as some news. These two groups of newspapers can be distinguished easily because the quality papers are twice the size of the popular newspapers.

• Quality daily newspapers:

The Times

The Guardian

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 theВВС. Their programmes consist mainly of music and local news.

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