Unit 1: Listening Activity No.20 — Transcript

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1. 0:00listening activity number 20.
2. 0:04you're going to hear about the
3. 0:06circulation of some British newspapers
4. 0:09and when they were founded
5. 0:11listen to the tape and write down the
6. 0:14numbers in the correct column
7. 0:20the British are a nation of newspaper
8. 0:22readers
9. 0:23many of them even have a daily paper
10. 0:26delivered to their homes in time for
11. 0:28breakfast
12. 0:30British newspapers can be divided into
13. 0:32two groups quality and popular
14. 0:36quality newspapers are more serious and
15. 0:39cover home and foreign use thoughtfully
16. 0:41while popular newspapers like shocking
17. 0:44personal stories as well as some news
18. 0:48these two groups of papers can be
19. 0:50distinguished easily because quality
20. 0:52newspapers are twice the size of popular
21. 0:55newspapers
22. 0:57now you are going to hear about the
23. 1:00circulation of some of these two groups
24. 1:02of newspapers in 2003 and when they were
25. 1:05founded
26. 1:07First Quality daily newspapers
27. 1:11The Daily Telegraph was founded in 1855
28. 1:15and its circulation was 990 000 in 2003.
29. 1:21the circulation of the times was 690
30. 1:25000.
31. 1:26and it was founded in 1785.
32. 1:30the guardian was founded in 1821 and its
33. 1:34circulation was 410 000 in 2003.
34. 1:39the financial times was founded in 1888
35. 1:43and its circulation was four hundred and
36. 1:46fifty thousand
37. 1:48now we come to the Quality Sunday
38. 1:50newspapers
39. 1:52the Sunday Times was established in 1822
40. 1:56and in 2003 its circulation was 145
41. 2:01000.
42. 2:02and the circulation of the Observer was
43. 2:05480 000.
44. 2:07The Observer was founded in 1791.
45. 2:11the Sunday telegraph was established in
46. 2:151961 and its circulation was 830 000 in
47. 2:202003.
48. 2:23now let us look at the circulation for
49. 2:25popular daily newspapers in 2003.
50. 2:30The Daily Express was founded in 1900
51. 2:33and its circulation was 1 million
52. 2:36and the sun was founded in 1964 and its
53. 2:41circulation was 3730
54. 2:44000.
55. 2:45the mirror was established in 1903 and
56. 2:50its circulation was two million one
57. 2:52hundred and thirty thousand
58. 2:54the circulation of the Daily Mail was
59. 2:57two million four hundred and seventy
60. 2:59thousand and it was founded in 1896.
61. 3:04now let's look at the popular Sunday
62. 3:06newspapers
63. 3:08the news of the world was founded in
64. 3:111843 and its circulation was four
65. 3:15million one hundred thousand
66. 3:17the Sunday Mirror was founded in 1963
67. 3:21and the circulation was one million
68. 3:24eight hundred and eighty thousand
69. 3:26the people was founded in 1881 and its
70. 3:30circulation was 1390
71. 3:34000.
72. 3:35the mail on Sunday was founded in 1982
73. 3:38and the circulation was 710
74. 3:42000.
75. 3:43the Sunday Express was founded in 1918
76. 3:46and the circulation was 850 000.