1) Read the text.



Magazine

Magazine is one of the major mass media. Ma­gazine is a collection of articles and stories. Magazines usually contain illustrations.

Magazines provide information on a wide range of topics such as business, culture, hobbies, medicine, religion, science and sports. Some magazines entertain their readers with fiction, poetry, photography or articles about TV or movie stars.

Magazines are designed to be kept for a longer time in comparison to newspapers and that is why they are printed on a better paper and have covers and binding. Magazines, unlike newspa­pers, do not focus on daily, rapidly changing events.

There are specialized magazines intended for special business, industrial and professional groups, and consumer magazines intended for general public. There are several kinds of con­sumer magazines.

Children's magazines contain stories, jokes, and articles on subjects especially interesting for children and instructions for making games or useful items.

Hobby magazines are intended for collectors of coins, stamps, and other items; people interest­ed in certain sports or games; photography en­thusiasts.

Intellectual magazines provide analysis of cur­rent cultural and political events. Many of that publish fiction and poetry as well.

Man's magazines focus on such topics as adventure, entertainment, man's fashion and sports.

"Women's magazines deal with child-raising fashion trends, romance. They offer ideas am cooking and home decorating. Many of the monthlies with big circulations are women's magazines.



2) Choose the right answer.

Magazine is a collection of_ .
a) articles and stories;
b) cooking recipes;
c) useful advices.


Magazines usually contain_ .
a) pictures;
b) photos;
c) illustrations.


There are_ consumer magazines.
a) a lot of;
b) several kinds of;
c) hundreds of.


Magazines, unlike newspapers, do not focus
on_events.
a) daily, rapidly changing;
b) monthly;
c) political.


Children's magazines contain_ .
a) adventure stories;
b) jokes, articles on subjects especially in­teresting for children.
c) child-raising articles.


Hobby magazines are intended_ .
a) for old ladies;
b) for little children;
c) for collectors of coins, stamps, and other items.


Intellectual magazines provide_ .
a) information about school life;
b) information about cultural life;
c) analysis of current cultural and political events.


Man's magazines focus on such topics as_ .
a) the instructions for making games or useful items;
b) adventure, entertainment, man's fa­shion and sports;
c) fashion trends, romance.


Women's magazines deal with_.
a) fashion trends, romance;
b) the instructions for making games or useful items; \
c) adventure, entertainment, man's fa­shion and sports.


3) Match the words with their translations.



1.

fashion

a)

містити в собі

2.

adventure

b)

кінозірки

3.

entertainment

c)

щомісячний

4.

child-raising

d)

промисловий

5.

jokes

e)

мода

6.

events

f)

пригодницький

7.

monthlies

g)

жарти

8.

movie stars

h)

виховання дітей

9.

contain

i)

розваги

10.

industrial

g)

події



4) Answer the questions.

What kinds of information do magazines provide?
What is the difference in contents between a magazine and a newspaper?
3. What kinds of magazines are there?
What do they deal with?
What is your favourite magazine?