THE BBC NEWS SERVICE

Many people think that the BBC news programs are better than those on other channels because the BBC is not a commercial company. It pays for its programs from the television license money which everyone must pay if they have a television. The BBC, which is often known as “Auntie”, is the biggest news collecting operation in the world. It has the world’s largest network of foreign correspondents.

Ten percent of the BBC’s annual budget is spent on news collecting, reporting and presenting. More than 1700 people work for the BBC news service. The BBC produces more than 214 hours of news and current affairs programs for radio and television each week. Each television news program costs about 78 000 pounds per hour and each radio news program costs roughly 4, 000 pounds per hour. In the U.K. roughly 19 million people – almost 35% of the total population watch the BBC television news programs every day.

News collection and presentation are being improved by developments in technology every year. Special robotic cameras are used by the BBC now in the TV news studios to film the news presenters. Captions – the words and sentences at the bottom of the screen – are now produced automatically by computer.

Найдите в тексте и выпишите пять предложений со страдательным залогом. Подчеркните формы страдательного залога и переведите предложения.

Найдите данные слова (1-5) в тексте и подберите к ним синонимы из колонки а); b) or c).

1.network	a) number	b) system	c) sea
2.annual	a) routine	b) daily	c) yearly
3.improve	a) degrade	b) enhance	c) decrease
4.affair	a) event	b) word	c) problem
5.roughly	a) gently	b) rudely	c) approximately

Напишите, соответствуют ли предложения содержанию текста. Отметьте данное утверждение как T (True), если предложение верно передает содержание текста, и как F (False), если оно не соответствует его содержанию.

	Statement	True	False
1.	The BBC makes money through its programs.
2.	A lot of correspondents from different countries work for the BBC.
3.	A half of an annual budget is spent on news.
4.	The BBC really uses developments of modern technology.
5.	Captions are special films for children.

Согласно информации, данной в тексте, подберите каждому предложению (1-5) соответствующее продолжение (a-e).

1). Everyone must pay money if …….

2). “Auntie” is the biggest …….

3). The BBC produces news programs ……

4). Each television news program costs …………

5). The computer makes ………

a). ……. for radio and television.

b). ……. he wants to have a television.

c). …….. roughly eighty thousand pounds per hour.

d). …….. captions automatically.

e). …….. news collecting operation in the world.

Найдите в тексте необходимую информацию и дайте ответы на вопросы, приведенные ниже.

1. How does the BBC pay for its programs?

2. How many people work for the company?

3. How much does a radio program cost?

4. Where do almost nineteen million people watch the BBC news programs?

5. What developments of technology does the BBC use in the TV studios?