y"> s because .... sa good question. I think that ... for me, I prefer3. Read, translate and comment on the following.all of us get some kind of pleasure from shopping. But some people feel a strong need to buy and often spend large sum of money in shops. They are addicted to shopping. Do you know such people? What do they buy? Do they buy things on sale? What problems can they have as a result of shopping addiction?. Writing a letter of complaint.you bought a pair of jeans but the first time that you wore them the zip broke. You went to the shop but the shop assistant refused to change them. Write a letter of complaint. Use the following letter as the example:
Market Street,,, M24 6HD16, 2009World,
Tower Road,, SW12sir/Madam, am writing to you about the watch I bought from your shop on 12 May. I enclose copies of the guarantee and the receipt.your advert you claim that the watch is waterproof. However, the first time I went swimming, the watch stopped working. When I took them back to the shop, the assistant said it was my fault and I hadn t read the instructions carefully.would like you to refund my money. Unless I receive a satisfactory reply, I will write to the Consumer Association.look forward to hearing from you.faithfully,. Black.
UNIT 12. THE MEDIA
Necessity is the mother of invention.word is enough for the wise.
Read and translate the textand entertainment are communicated in a number of different ways, using different media. The media include print media such as newspapers, books and magazines, and electronic media such as the radio and television. The print media supplies the information in a written form through the press (people who write for newspapers and magazines) and publishing companies, which produce them. Radio and television channels or stations produce and distribute audio and audio-visual programs or broadcasts which cover the main events and developments. Recently there has been considerable expansion of multimedia businesses which provide integrated media services containing sound, pictures and text, accessed by audiences around the world through networks such as the Internet.and local newspapers in the USAof the size of the USA, there are few national newspapers. Apart from the popular USA Today only the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Wall Street Journal have anything like a nationwide readership, mainly thanks to satellite technology. The Times is generally regarded as America's most prestigious paper. The Journal is the leading and financial and business newspaper and currently has a circulation of about two million, the highest in the country. But there are influential regional papers, among them the Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the Philadelphia Enquirer, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Examiner and the Christian Science Monitor (not a religious paper, despite its title ). USA Today, founded in 1962, is the leading popular daily paper, with short news reports, lively feature stories and items of practical advice. The tabloid weekly newspaper, such as the National Enquirer and the Star with the circulation of around 4.5 and 3.5 respectively, are sold in supermarkets throughout the county.are more than 1,500 daily newspapers in the USA. Each one is usually sold only in one part of the country, eg in a city, but they cover national and international news. In larger cities, there is often more than one newspaper and the different ones express different political opinions.and television in the USAthe USA radio is controlled by private commercial companies, with the exception of National Public Radio, which is supported by grants and donations. By 1928, the USA had three national radio networks, two owned by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and one by the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). At first, sound broadcasting was almost entirely for entertainment, but schedules are now more varied, and some stations broadcast purely educational programs.1985, there were over 9,000 radio stations in the USA, the largest number in the world. Of this number, over 1,000 were noncommercial, that is, no advertising or commercials of any type are permitted. These public and educational radio stations are owned and operated primarily by colleges and universities, by local schools and boards of education, and by various religious groups.the same time, there were close to 1,200 individual television stations, not just transmitters that pass on programs . All radio and television stations in the United States must be licensed to broadcast by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Although the FCC regulates radio and television transmission, it has no control over reception: there are no fe...
