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【英语阅读文摘】  一位英国读者眼中的报纸命运    

                                                                                                                          难度 ★★★

 

                       导读

                                现在我们处在信息时代，通过各种途径获取新闻，特别通过因特网，

      便可无所不晓。那么以新闻为主的报纸还有“钱途”吗？早有人预测e

      时代的发展终将使报纸“disappear”。然而，事实并非如此，报纸杂志的

      发行量不断上升，其原因究竟是什么？不妨读一下这篇由一位英国读者

      写的文章。此文语句用词俱佳，不失是篇好文章。

          

The Future of Newspaper

 

If there is one thing I’m absolutely condifent about, it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers. Not that newspapers are a necessity. Even now some people get most of their news from television or have the radio switched on in the background or in the car. Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday. But for most people a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation.  The basic British character won’t change, and one of the characteristics of the British is that they don’t much like talking to each other when they get up. So what better way is there to keep yourself to yourself first thing in the morning than to wrap yourself in a newspaper?  Over the past couple of centuries, human beings have developed an intimate relationship with newspaer. It has become as natural as breathing or enjoying the sun. And it is not just the British who love newspapers. On suburban trains in Calcutta, for instance, just one person in the whole compartment will buy a newspaper and read aloud the best bits to his fellow passengers, much to everybody’s enjoyment. In China, papers are routinely posted on Public Papers Board.  The nature of what is news may change. What essentially makes news is what affect our lives — the big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the same. I think there will the most coverage of scentific research, though. It’s already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic engineering. In the future, I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do — whether it’s love or depression — as we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our emotions really are. Horoscopes and agony aunts may still be around, though. It’s quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be tansmitted elecrtronically from the national equivalents of Fleet Street and printed out in our own homes. In fact, I’m pretty sure how it will happpen in future. You will probably be abble to select from menu, make up your own bespoke neswpaer by picking out the things you want to read — say, sports and celebrity gossip and skippping the areas you normally avoid. You might even have an “intelligent” screening device” to do that jobe for you.  I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the different media. They actually have a symbiotic relationship, feeding off each other. It was once predicted that televsion would kill off newspapers, but that hasn’t happened. What is read on the printed page is more enduring that pictures on a flickering screen or sound lost in the ether. And as for the Internet, it’s never really satisfying to read something just on a screen. Here the first law of human behavior dictaties that you should be able to rustle the pasges and annoy other people.  

Such is the future of newspaper, believe it or not, it is bound to be a reality.

                                                                                                                                           (520 words)

 

 

注释

 1）Not that newspapers are a necessity.  我并不是说报纸是生活中不可或缺的东西。 Not that         是 it is not that …… 的省略形式。
      2）have the radio switched on in the backgroud.  让收音机开着作为背景声音。
 3）So what better way is there to keep yourself to yourself first thing in the morning than to wrap yourself
       in a newspaper?  大清早若想给自己留份清静，还有什么比埋头看报纸更好的办法呢？

            keep yourself to yourself 独处，文中指给自己留份清静。

            drap oneself in  埋头于。

 4）It has become as natural as breating or enjoying the sun.  看报就像破呼吸或沐浴阳光一样自然。
      5）the best bits  最精彩的几则新闻。
      6）continue much the same   保持与过去一样（一如既往）。
 7）Horoscopes and agony aunts may still be around, though.   不过，占星算命和解疑难之类仍有一
   席之地。

           agnoy aunt   心理咨询阿姨。

 8）It’s quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be tansmitted elecrtronically from the
       national equivalents of Fleet Street and printed out in our own homes.  到下世纪，报纸很可能从相
   当于现在舰队街的全国报业中心传输到订阅者，由订阅者自己在家里打印出来。

            the national equivalents of Fleet Street    相当于现在舰队街的全国报业中心

      9）your own bespoke newspaper  专供自己阅读的报纸。
     10）get it wrong    理解错了。      11）They actually have a symbiotic relationship, feeding off each other.   他们实际上是相互依赖，
       共同生存的

       symbiotic relationship      共生的关系

       feed off each other   指传统报纸与电子报互为信息来源，互相提供新闻。 12）What is read on the printed page is more enduring that pictures on a flickering screen or sound
               lost in the ether.   打印在纸上的东西远比闪烁在屏幕画面上或消失在空中的声音更为持
       久。
13）The first law of human behavior dictaties that you should be able to rustle the pasges and annoy other
        people.  这里人类行为的第一法则是：一个人应该将报纸翻得哗啦哗啦响让人生气才好。                                                                               
                                                                      （佳中注释）