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Ex. 9. Answer the questions on the text.
1. When did the first English newspapers begin? 2. What three methods of circulation of news had been known in England from early times? 3. Who brought news to the villages? 4. How did the great and wealthy people get the news? 5. Whom did the rich employ in summer to keep in touch with the news? 6. Why is it common to refer to newspapers and to the journalists who work for them as «the press»?

Answer 1

Ex.9   1 The first English newspapers began when Englishmen began to understand the world around them, beyond the boundaries of their own villages or towns.  2 From early times three methods of circulations of news had been known: the proclamation, issued by the king or government,to inform the people about laws and posted up on the church door;the sermon, preached by the clergy; and various kinds of popular ballads,poems, songs and rhymes sold in the streets or sung in the taverns to celebrate events such as the birth or marriage of a prince or princess, victory in a battle and so on.   3The travelling packmen brought news to the villages.  4The great and wealthy people got the news from the first written news service.   5 To keep in touch with the news the rich employed the private news-writers called Intelligencers,to send them regular bulletins of the gossip of the town.  6 It is common to refer to newspapers and to the journalists who work for them as the <<press>> because of the invention of the printing press.