"Newspapers and magazines

In newspapers we can read about political and social events and about accidents which happened during the day. Newspapers are usually daily, printed on not too good paper. Magazines usually go out once a week or a fortnight. Our oldest one is weekly Květy established by J. K. Tyl in 1804. They have been a very popular family magazine together with Vlasta magazine. Now you can buy many new magazines full of crosswords puzzles where you can win beautiful prizes. Some magazines are for whole family, some are just for woman, they are about cosmetics and fashion, some are about famous people and their lives and some give you advice how to improve your household. There are also many magazines for teenagers where they can read about their popular singers and actors. They can find posters of them in these magazines, too. All magazines are usually printed on good paper, so some of them are very expensive. We can buy our favourite newspapers and magazines at tobacconist´s or we can book them and receive regularly by post. It´s cheaper but also more comfortable. In Britain there about 130 daily and Sunday newspaper. The oldest newspaper in the Times founded in 1785. Other famous newspapers are Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Daily Mail and Financial Times.

The Internet

The Internet has taken over advertising, commerce, sending messages. Only ten years ago, the Internet was available only to programmers, college professors and military personnel. But now the Internet is available to almost everyone. These routines let users log on, send messages, browse and copy files to and from any other computer on the network. Each user has a name and an address, called domain. On e-mail address the name is to the left of the sign and the domain is to the right. The most common domain ending seems to be COM, which means the computer has the address of a commercial corporation. Other typical endings are ORG, where the address is non-profit and NET, where the address is a computer network. The Internet has created a whole new way of communicating, advertising, finding work, finding out about news. 20 years ago parents and teachers were concerned that children were losing the ability to write. E-mail has brought writing back as young people write to their parents and other friends on e-mail.

Postal services

In Britain the letterboxes are in the shape of red pillars. Postal vans are red too. Postage stamps can not be bought at the tobacconist´s. The main post office in an area is called General Post Office. British stamps do not have the word „Britain“ on them. On English stamps, there is a small portrait of the Queen or the King, usually in the corner of the stamp. The postman does not deliver money to the house. The Post Office Tower in London is the talles building in Britain.
In the USA from the phone box in the street you can make long-distance calls. Besides the phone book there is a special volume called the Yellow Pages in all major cities. Here you can find the addresses and phone numbers of all repairmen and special services. Large blue mailboxes are placed on street corners."