北师大版高中英语模块4--Unit 11 The Media 2

[00:01.62]The oldest and most famous quality newspaper
[00:04.40]is The Times,
[00:05.71]but the best selling ones nowadays,
[00:07.83]are The Telegraph and The Guardian¹.
[00:10.25]Finally, there is The Financial Times,
[00:12.88]a pink business newspaper
[00:14.59]which is now the most important international
[00:16.55]business newspaper.

[00:18.15]The two types of newspapers
[00:19.95]are an interesting part of British culture.
[00:22.38]The "quality" papers
[00:23.27]are large and inconvenient² to read.
[00:25.85]For many years, people have been wondering
[00:27.55]why they refuse to change their size.
[00:29.91]However, many other people like the size
[00:32.57]of the "quality" papers
[00:33.98]because it shows that they are not reading
[00:35.66]a tabloid³,
[00:36.82]and are therefore reading a serious paper.

[00:39.40]Recently things seem to be changing.
[00:41.99]The first quality paper
[00:43.44]that started producing a tabloid format⁴
[00:45.65]was The Independent, and puite soon after that,
[00:48.36]The Times produced a tabloid version too.
[00:51.67]Feedback on such changes is varied⁵.
[00:54.38]For some people, this is not popular
[00:56.60]because they want their serious paper
[00:58.20]to look like a serious paper.
[01:00.19]For others, it is good to have a newspaper
[01:02.32]that is interesting,
[01:03.74]intelligent and also convenient to read.
[01:06.33]

1 guardian   

n.监护人；守卫者，保护者

参考例句：

• The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
• The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。

2 inconvenient   

adj.不方便的，令人感到麻烦的

参考例句：

• You have come at a very inconvenient time.你来得最不适时。
• Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting?他参加那次会议会不方便吗？

3 tabloid   

adj.轰动性的，庸俗的；n.小报，文摘

参考例句：

• He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击。
• He believes that the tabloid press has behaved disgracefully.他认为小报媒体的行为不太光彩。

4 format   

n.设计，版式；[计算机]格式，DOS命令:格式化(磁盘)，用于空盘或使用过的磁盘建立新空盘来存储数据；v.使格式化，设计，安排

参考例句：

• Please format this floppy disc.请将这张软盘格式化。
• The format of the figure is very tasteful.该图表的格式很雅致。

5 varied   

adj.多样的，多变化的

参考例句：

• The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
• The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。