实战口语情景对话 第166期: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. 好的，英格兰的报纸，嗯，我们有许多报纸，有一些报纸很严肃，比如《泰晤士报》。而中级市场报纸则有《每日邮报》和《每日快报》，当然还有英国小报，这可是非常出名，而且小报也很有意思。基本上来说，小报只是在八卦，它们会十分详尽地报道所有消息。嗯，许多人会不太赞同小报，但是就个人而言，我认为小报真的很有意思，也很具娱乐性。我们家会购买《每日镜报》这种小报，当然也会买《每日邮报》。看《每日镜报》你会知道所有的八卦消息，比如星座占卜，还有真实的明星新闻，比如近期大卫·贝克汉姆出轨的新闻等等，这真的很有趣。该报会详述他们发送的所有文本信息和其他一切信息，嗯，这只是种八卦报道，但是之后有许多人去买小报是因为它详细报道体育新闻，所以许多男性会为了了解足球比分和赛马结果等所有比赛信息去购买小报。

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。