Words
Article report journalist gossip column headline editorial feature business news sports news entertainment guide review reader’s letter obituary local paper National paper daily editor correspondent front page supplement
Circulation newsagent news agency proprietor 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 informative. 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 advertising 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.
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