Visitors to Britain are sometimes surprised to find that newspapers there have such a large circulation. The Daily Mirror and the Daily Express both sell about four million copies every day. British families generally buy a newspaper every morning and frequently take two or three on Sundays.
Apart from the national papers, local newspapers have a weekly circulation of 13 million. Almost every town and country area has one. Nearly all of them hold their own financially and many of them are very profitable.
These papers are written almost entirely for readers interested in local events—births, weddings, deaths, council meetings and sports — but the content is naturally influenced by the kind of community they serve. Editors prefer to rely on a small staff of people who all know the district well. A great deal of local news is regularly supplied by clubs and churches in the neighborhood and it does not get out of date as quickly as national news.
Visitors to Britain may find the best place to sample local culture is in a traditional pub. But these friendly hostelries can be (1) of potential discourtesies and offenses for the (2) .
An anthropologist and a team of researchers have unveiled some of the mysterious (3) of British pubs—starting with the difficulty of getting a drink. Most pubs have (4) waiters—you have to go to the bar to buy drinks. A group of Italian youths waiting 45 minutes (5) they realized they would have to (6) their own drinks. This may sound inconvenient, but there is a (7) purpose.
Pub culture is designed to (8) sociability in a society (9) . its reserve. Standing at the bar for service (10) you to chat with others waiting to (11) . The bar counter is possibly the only (12) in the British Isles in which friendly conversation with strangers is considered (13) app
A. flat
B. apart
C. back
D. behind
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