2. Look at the list of most popular British newspapers. Browse the internet and match the newspapers with the proper description.

a) a British tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch's News International empire. Due to being full of lies, damned lies, and topless women, it is Britain's most popular newspaper — THE SUN

b) until September 2011, the paper described itself on the banner at the top of every newspaper as "free from party political bias, free from proprietorial influence". It tends to take a pro-market stance on economic issues — THE INDEPENDENT

c) for much more than a century it has been an integral and important part of the political structure of Great Britain. Its news and its editorial comment have in general been carefully coordinated, and have at most times been handled with an earnest sense of responsibility — THE TIMES

d) a morning newspaper published in London, known for its sensational treatment of news and also for its thorough coverage of international events — DAILY EXPRESS

e) generally takes a liberal to left-wing position, and is known for its non-conformist opinions and support of innovative, non-traditional approaches. Together with The Times and The Daily Telegraph it is considered one of the "big three" British quality newspapers — THE GUARDIAN

f) consistently supports the Conservative Party, takes a conservative position, and as a result has earned the nickname "Torygraph" — THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

g) aka Daily Fail, Daily Heil, Daily Moan, Crazy Mail and so on is a reactionary tabloid rag masquerading as a "traditional values," middle-class newspaper that is, in many ways, the second-worst of the British gutter press — DAILY MAIL

h) was founded by Alfred Harmsworth, later Viscount Northcliffe, in 1903 as a newspaper for women. Its photo-rich tabloid format has consistently stressed 39 sensational, human-interest, and personal types of stories, and its politically independent stance has enabled it to adopt a “common man versus bureaucracy” approach to many stories — DAILY MIRROR

Reading and Comprehension

1.Look at these sentences or parts of sentences. Match the words in bold with the definitions below. Give their possible equivalents in your native language.

1) For the past six months, I’ve been purchasing Barrington’s shares through a blind trust (a trust fund that manages the financial affairs of a person without informing him or her of any investments made, usually so that the beneficiary cannot be accused of using public office for private gain;

слепой траст, вид траста, доверительного управления активами. Бенефициар слепого траста не может определять его инвестиционную политику, получать какую-либо информацию об инвестициях, кроме отчета о прибыли или убытках один раз в год. Управляющий не может быть аффилирован с бенефициаром, в том числе вести с ним совместный бизнес).

2) If you check their bylaws (a rule which controls the way an organization is run; устав, подзаконный акт), you’ll find that allows me to appoint a member of the board.

3) Perhaps I could begin by asking our honorary secretary, Major Fisher, to read the minutes (an official record of the proceedings of a meeting, conference, convention, etc; протокол заседания) of the last meeting.

4) He said he had written a follow-up letter (a letter sent as a follow-up to an initial letter or to a telephone call, meeting, etc; повторное письмо) to all those members who had not yet paid their annual subscription.

5) This bold new venture (a project or activity which is new, exciting, and difficult because it involves the risk of failure; проект, авантюра, затея) proposed by Mr Compton, our managing director, has my full backing….

6) ‘Won’t the brokers (a person whose job is to buy and sell shares, foreign money, or goods for other people; брокер) become suspicious, and tell the board what we’re up to?’

7) ‘I’m told he’s facing a vote of confidence (a vote in which members of a group are asked to indicate that they still support the person or group in power, usually the government; вотум доверия) from the local Labour Party executive committee, after they found out about his relationship with Miss Gwyneth Hughes.

8) …. before the chairman rose to deliver his annual address to the shareholders (a person who owns shares in a company; акционеры, держатели акций) of the Barrington Shipping Company.