Fill in the gaps with prepositions.

1. All the mass media are concerned _____ news.

2. The news-teller may not resort ____ conjecture or supposition.

3. News has the quality of recency ____ it.

4. Journalists may not put their gloss ____a story.

5. The British press is subject ____ the general law____ publications.

6. Certain statutes include sections which apply ____ the press.

7. All British broadcasting is accountable ____ people.

8. The BBC places greater emphasis ____ minority interests.

9. The BBC caters ____ people of different interests.

10. Journalists should have free public access ____ printed matter.

11. The law of Ukraine ____ “Information”.

 

1. In 1928 the French scientist Claude Schauffer made one of the greatest discoveries – the discovery of the Syrian ancient town Ugarit. It was here that he kissed the land that gave the world the first alphabet in history. The most valuable finding was in the room of scribes at the court. It was a small glass board with 30 marks, all of them consonant sounds (14-15 c. B.C.). It is the most priceless exhibit of the Damascus National Museum. Greeks added vowels to consonants and thus the alphabet reached Europe.

2. Kyrylo and Mefodiy, two brothers from Greece, laid the foundation of Slav written language. Kyrylo created one of the two most ancient Slav dictionaries, called Glagolitsa or Kyrylytsa, by adding some letters from the Greek alphabet. Kyrylytsa was used by Slavs who preached orthodoxy. Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian, Byelorussian languages take their origin from Kyrylytsa through the Russian civil script.

3. Ivan Fedorov, the founder of typing in Russia and Ukraine, worked in Lviv in 1572-1575, where in 1574 he published the first Ukrainian books – “Apostle” and “ABC-book”.

4. The first papers were issued in China in the 8^th century, in Europe – in the 16^th century, in Ukraine – in 1749: it was “Lviv Messenger” in the Polish language. The first paper in Ukrainian was issued in 1896 and was called “Vpered”, the first Soviet Ukrainian paper “Visnyk” – in 1917. In Soviet Ukraine the most popular papers were “Pravda of Ukraine”, “Robitnycha paper”, “Silski visti” with circulation over 23 mln. copies. Nowadays Ukrainian papers are popular abroad – “Life and World” in Canada, “New Life” in Czech Republic.

5. The first typewriter appeared in 1867 in America.

6. The first radio-set was founded by O. C. Popov in 1895.

7. A Scotsman, John Baird, transmitted the first television picture on 25 October, 1925. The first thing on TV was a cat. In 1927 Baird transmitted pictures from London to Glasgow. In 1928 he sent pictures to Paris and also produced the first colour TV pictures.

8. Lord Reith was the founder of the BBC. He was a British administrator who was the first general manager of the BBC (1922-1927) and its first Director General (1927-1938). He had a great influence on the development of broadcasting in the UK and was known for his high standards and for believing that radio and television should educate, inform and entertain.

9. In Kyiv the first TV programmes were transmitted in 1951.

10. In spite of advanced technologies, Internet users still claim they are not getting the speed they are paying for.

11. The first bilingual dictionary of the language of the Assyrians and Babylonians was published in 1480.

12. The first mouse was used by Apple computers in 1983.