情景英语口语100主题 070newspaper报纸

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070　newspaper

Words
Article report journalist gossip column headline editorial feature business news sports news entertainment guide review reader’s letter obituary¹ local paper National paper daily editor correspondent front page supplement
Circulation newsagent news agency proprietor² section tv guide

Phrases
Submit an article
write a column
write a review
hold the front page
print a report
make the headline

beginner
a: do you buy that newspaper every day?
B: yes, I do. I find it very informative³. It always has plenty of articles from correspondents all over the world and the business section is very useful too.
A: is there a Sunday edition of that newspaper?
B; yes. There is. it has several sections, so it’s quite a read! It usually takes me a few hours to read it on Sunday morning.
A: what section does it have?
B: let me see. There’s the news section, the entertainment section, sports, business, and world affairs.
A; what’s in that section?
B: world affairs? They look at the most important stories in more detail. I find it fascinating. Do you buy a daily paper?
A; I buy a national newspaper sometimes, buy I nearly always buy a local evening newspaper. I find the local news more interesting than national or international news.

Intermediate
A; are there any interesting articles in today’s newspapers?
B; the headlines are all about the presidential election in the united states. Few other stories made the front pages.
A; is there anything of interest to us in the business sections?
B; there’s an interesting feature article in the chronicle about doing business in china and the daily news has printed a report about the special economic zone near pairs. We have a subsidiary company located there.
A; are the reports favorable?
B; generally, the reporters take positive lines. They do point out a few problems that we need to be aware of, but there’s nothing worrying in the reports. In the classifieds, one of our competitors is advertising⁴ for people who speak Japanese.
A: that’s interesting. They must be thinking of moving into that market. Are there any interesting editorials?
B; not really. They all seem to focus on the election. There have been several letters printed in the chronicle regarding that controversial article on drugs that they printed last week.
A; I’m not surprised. That article certainly added fuel to the debate. Ok. Thanks. Can you leave two articles and the advertisements with me? I’d like to read them.
B; sure. There you are.