newspaper

beginner

        A: do you buy that newspaper every day?

        B: yes, I do. I find it very informative. It always has plenty of articles from correspondents all over the world and the business section is very useful too.

        A: is there a Sunday edition of that newspaper?

        B; yes. There is. it has several sections, so it’s quite a read! It usually takes me a few hours to read it on Sunday morning.

        A: what section does it have?

        B: let me see. There’s the news section, the entertainment section, sports, business, and world affairs.

        A: what’s in that section?

        B: world affairs? They look at the most important stories in more detail. I find it fascinating. Do you buy a daily paper?

        A: I buy a national newspaper sometimes, buy I nearly always buy a local evening newspaper. I find the local news more interesting than national or international news.

Intermediate

        A: are there any interesting articles in today’s newspapers?

        B: the headlines are all about the presidential election in the united states. Few other stories made the front pages.

        A: is there anything of interest to us in the business sections?

        B: there’s an interesting feature article in the chronicle about doing business in china and the daily news has printed a report about the special economic zone near pairs. We have a subsidiary company located there.

        A: are the reports favorable?

        B: generally, the reporters take positive lines. They do point out a few problems that we need to be aware of, but there’s nothing worrying in the reports. In the classifieds, one of our competitors is advertising for people who speak Japanese.

        A: that’s interesting. They must be thinking of moving into that market. Are there any interesting editorials?

        B:not really. They all seem to focus on the election. There have been several letters printed in the chronicle regarding that controversial article on drugs that they printed last week.

        A: I’m not surprised. That article certainly added fuel to the debate. Ok. Thanks. Can you leave two articles and the advertisements with me? I’d like to read them.

        B: sure. There you are.