media
материал для подготовки к егэ (гиа) по английскому языку (9 класс)

You are going to give a talk about the mass media. You will have to start in 1,5 minutes and speak for not more than 2 minutes (10-12 sentences). Remember to say:

       — what proves that the Russians are a reading nation;

— what kind of information most papers and magazines contain;

— what kind of mass media modern teenagers enjoy reading;

— what kind of mass media you prefer.

 I am going to give a talk about the mass media

It is a well-known fact that the Russians are a reading nation, as it is impossible to imagine our life without news, newspapers, magazines and books. Millions of copies of them appear every day, and they are usually sold out  really quickly.

Most newspapers can give us up-to-date information on what is going on in the world. Different periodicals  contain reviews of books and films, cover issues on recent  art and sport events and TV shows.  Moreover  mass media keep us informed  about  international and home affairs. The majority of magazines contain news about celebrities and a huge number of columns on different aspects of daily life. There are papers and magazines that cover a huge amount of topics as well as those that are of a specific interest like travelling, fashion, science and technology, healthy lifestyle etc. The most common thing for mass media nowadays is the big amount of advertisements everywhere.

I believe that it is quite easy to find newspapers and magazines for teenagers, but I don't think that they read paper versions a lot. We have the Internet access nearly everywhere, that is why a lot of magazines and newspapers have on-line, or so-called digital versions. When young people read  mass media sources they learn much about every day life all over the world. Some people read foreign magazines and learn a lot of English phrases and words.

I am the one, who prefers digital magazines and newspapers, that are better than my newsfeed on any social network. I prefer reading English versions of my favourite magazines, they help me enrich my vocabulary, improve my grammar  and broaden my horizons.