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I. Pre-reading Task
II. Related Information
III. Detailed Study
IV. Outline& Summary
V. Home Assignment
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I. Pre-reading Task:
1. Is it important for people to be well—informed ? Why?
can people get the latest news ?Which of the following do you
think is the most important way of getting news?
and magazines.
B. puters.
C. Radio and television programmes.
do you know about any world famous newspapers, magazines, or other forms of media?
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II. Related Information: (1) Newspaper
Newspaper: A newspaper, in a broad sense, is an unbound
publication issued at regular intervals that aims to inform,
analyze, influence, and entertain. There are several newspapers
in the United States that have huge circulations (such as the
Wall Street Journal and USA Today with about 2 million each),
and there are very small specialized newspapers (for example,
country weeklies and college newspapers) with circulations of
a few thousand at most. Of the US dailies (with some 60million
circulation) in those with the highest visibility and reputations
were the serious general dailies, the so-called quality or elite
dailies. Exemplifying them are the New York Times,
Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times, the "big three
" of American prestige dailies.
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They enjoy strong national and global reputations and stress foreign and national news, analysis and interpretation, politics, science, economics, and culture. Readership, however, is probably three times the circulation figure because newspapers are shared, some are posted, and others placed in libraries and other public sites. Worldwide, about 800