Упражнение по тексту:
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»?