【英语趣味课堂】报纸-Newspapers

OK, the newspapers in England, well, we've got quite a lot of newspapers, some of the more serious ones like The Times. Then you got the middle of the range, things like the Daily Mail and the Daily Express, and then you got the British tabloids², which were quite famous for, and the tabloids are quite interesting. Basically, the tabloids are just gossip, and they will report anything and everything in great detail. Um, a lot of people kind of disapprove³ of the tabloids but personally I find them quite interesting and entertaining. In our house, we have a tabloid¹ newspaper, The Daily Mirror and we have the Daily Mail as well. And in the Mirror you'll get all the gossip, and things like horoscopes, and real celebrity⁴ news like recently you've had the David Beckham thing that he's been having an affair, and that was interesting. It went into real detail all the text messages that they sent and everything, uh, and it is kind of, it is just gossip, but then many people get the tabloids because it reports the sport in a lot of detail, so a lot of men get the, for the football scores and horse racing⁵ and everything. 

 

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middle of the range

 

Middle of the range newspapers like the Daily Mail.

 

'Middle of the range' would be an average newspaper.  Not the most popular or respected, but considered to be decent or acceptable.  Notice the following:

 

He doesn't want to be rich, just a middle of the range life.

If you don't practice more seriously you are always going to be a middle of the range player.

gossip

 

Basically the tabloids are just gossip.

 

'Gossip' is talk or rumors⁶, usually in the tabloids it is gossip about famous people.  Notice the following:

 

She's thirteen so she spends a lot of time gossiping with her friends.

There has been a lot of gossip about her getting married recently.

anything and everything

 

The tabloids will report anything and everything.

 

If a tabloid reports on 'anything and everything' there are no limits or restrictions⁷ on the topics the will discuss.  Notice the following:

 

I don't want you to buy anything and everything.  Just get the things your really need, okay?

He eats like a pig, anything and everything.

disapprove

 

A lot of people kind of disapprove of the tabloids.

 

To 'disapprove of something' is to have a negative opinion about it, to think it is wrong.  Notice the following:

 

His wife disapproves⁸ of his nights out with his friends.

My parents disapprove of smoking.

horoscopes

 

In the Daily Mirror you'll get things like horoscopes.

 

A 'horoscope' is a prediction about future events in your life based on when you were born.  Notice the following:

 

Read me my horoscope.  I'm a Libra.

How often do you read your horoscope?

1 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。

2 tabloids   

n.小报，通俗小报（版面通常比大报小一半，文章短，图片多，经常报道名人佚事）( tabloid的名词复数 )；药片

参考例句：

• The story was on the front pages of all the tabloids. 所有小报都在头版报道了这件事。
• The story made the front page in all the tabloids. 这件事成了所有小报的头版新闻。

3 disapprove   

v.不赞成，不同意，不批准

参考例句：

• I quite disapprove of his behaviour.我很不赞同他的行为。
• She wants to train for the theatre but her parents disapprove.她想训练自己做戏剧演员，但她的父母不赞成。

4 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

5 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

6 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

8 disapproves   

v.不赞成( disapprove的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She disapproves of unmarried couples living together. 她反对未婚男女同居。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Her mother disapproves of her wearing transparent underwear. 她母亲不赞成她穿透明的内衣。 来自辞典例句