NA1 - B2: Listening: The Media in Britain

Watch the following video and complete the sentences below:

-          British Newspapers

1. Tabloids

Over 3.5 million people buy the ___________________

Over _______________________million buy the Daily Mirror

Tabloid papers have more gossip, ____________________ stories, and ________________

2. Broadsheets

Also called ___________________________papers

One million people buy the ______________________________________

About _____________________________ buy the Times

Other broadsheets: The Independent and the _______________________

Broadsheets have more serious ______________________and fewer _________________

3. Facts about British newspapers

There are ________________________daily and Sunday papers in Britain

There are more than __________________________ magazines in Britain

-          The Radio and Television

The BBC is the ____________________________________

It has 5 national radio stations, ______local stations, and two terrestrial television channels

The BBC is not commercial, which means there’s _________________________________

British people have to buy a _____________________________ every year.

There are other ______________________________channels: ITV, channel 4, and channel 5

There’s also _________________________and ________________________TV too

On average British people watch almost 24 hours of television ___________________________

How often do the speakers watch TV?

-          Speaker 1: _____________________________

-          Speaker 2: _____________________________

-          Speaker 3: _____________________________

-          Speaker 4: _____________________________

-          Speaker 5: _____________________________

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What are the speakers’ favourite programmes?

-          Speaker 1: Neighbours

-          Speaker 2: _________________________

-          Speaker 3: _________________________

-          Speaker 4: ____________________ like Eastenders

-          Speaker 5: Eastenders, _________________________, and ____________________

-          Speaker 6: _____________________and _________________________

What are the speakers going to watch tonight?

-          Speaker 1: __________________and _________________________

-          Speaker 2: Top of the pops

-          Speaker 3: ______________________and ____________________

-          Speaker 4: Top of the Pops and ______________________

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