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Magazines

collection of articles and stories. Usually magazines also contain

illustrations.
The earliest magazines developed from newspapers and

booksellers catalogs. Such catalogs first appeared during the

1600's in France. In the 1700's pamphlets published at regular

intervals appeared in England and America. They were literary

publications. One of the first British magazines "The

Gentleman's Magazine" was published from 1731 to 1914.

The first American magazine was called the "American

Magazine", or "A Monthly View".

Magazines provide information on a wide range of topics

such as business, culture, hobbies, medicine, religion, science,

and sports. Some magazines entertain their readers with

fie- tion, poetry, photography or articles about TV, or movie

stars.
Magazines are designed to be kept for a longer time in

comparison to newspapers and that is why they are printed

on a better paper and have covers. Magayines, unlike newspapers, do not focus on daily, rapidly changing events.
There are specialized magazines intended for special business,

industrial and professional groups, and consumer magazines

intended for general public. There are several kinds

of consumer magazines.

subjects especially interesting for children and instructions

for making games or useful items.

Hobby magazines are intended for collectors of coins,

stamps, and other items; people interested in certain sports or

games; photography enthusiasts.

and political events. Many of them publish fiction and poetry

as well.
Men's magazines focus on such topics as adventure, entertainment, men's fashion and sports.

Women's magazines deal with child-raising, fashion trends,

romance. They offer ideas on cooking and home decorating.

Many of the monthlies with big circulations are women's

magazines.
Questions:

1. What did magazines develop from?

2. What is the name of the first US magazine?

3. What kinds of information do magazines provide?

4. What is the difference in contents between a magazine

and a newspaper?

5. What kind of magazines are there?

6. What do they deal with?

magazine — журнал

mass media — средства массовой информации

article — статья

story — рассказ

pamphlet — брошюра

publication — издание

topic — тема

to entertain — развлекать

fiction — художественное произведение

poetry — поэзия

cover — обложка

to focus — сосредоточиваться

rapidly — быстро

to be intended — предназначаться

consumer magazines — массовые журналы

collector — коллекционер

coin — монета

stamp — почтовая марка

photography enthusiast — фотолюбитель

current — текущий

event — событие

adventure — приключение

fashion — мода

child-raising — воспитание детей

fashion trends — тенденции в моде

monthly — ежемесячное издание

circulation — тираж