实战口语情景对话 第373期:Newspapers 报纸

 　　Todd: Oh, Simon, I see you have today's paper.

　　托德：西蒙，我看到你有今天的报纸。

　　Simon: Yes, I read the paper every day.

　　西蒙：对，我每天都看报纸。

　　Todd: So today do we have good news or bad news?

　　托德：那今天是有好消息还是坏消息呢？

　　Simon: Well, world news is always bad, and for me sports is always good, sports news, but I felt an earthquake yesterday and so, I've basically¹ looked at the headlines today first and just to see if the earthquake was in the paper, and it was.

　　西蒙：嗯，世界新闻总是有坏消息，对我来说，体育新闻总是好的，不过昨天我感觉到了地震，所以我今天首先浏览了头条新闻，想看看报纸上是否有地震的消息，果然报纸上的确报道了。

　　Todd: Nobody died did they?

　　托德：没有人死亡吧？

　　Simon: I don't think so, but for me it felt quite strong.

　　西蒙：我想没有，不过就我的感觉来说，地震很强烈。

　　Todd: Actually, speaking of papers, I love the paper, and I read it every day, but there is one thing that I hate about the newspaper, and that's you read all the stories on the front page and then they stop, they're cut in half, and then you have to go to the middle of the paper to finish, and it just drives me nuts because I take the train to work every day and the train is so crowded sometimes I can't actually turn the paper, fold the paper to get to story on the inside, so I have to wait until I get to work, so I read six stories, seven stories half way and I have to wait till later to find out the ending.

　　托德：实际上，说到报纸，我非常喜欢报纸，我每天都会看报，不过我很讨厌报纸的一点，那就是你阅读了首页的所有故事，之后故事就中断了，故事只讲到一半，所以你不得不去报纸的中间继续读那些故事，那快把我逼疯了，因为我每天要坐火车去上班，火车里有时非常拥挤，我无法翻报纸去找里面的那个故事，所以我只能等到下班以后再找，等于我看了六七个故事，都只看了一半，而我之后不得不再去找结局。

　　Simon: Yeah, that's terrible. I do something similar. I, when I, I take also, I also take a busy train in the morning, and I just read the front page, and the back page. The front page has the headlines, the back page has the sports, and then when I get to work, if I have free time I just open up and finish the story that I read. (Yeah) I have a question, what do you prefer, do you prefer the tabloid² style paper, which opens up like a book and you read each page, like a book, or do you prefer the traditional paper where, which is all folded neatly³ and into sections, like A B C D.

　　西蒙：对，那很糟糕。我也是这样的情况。我早上也要坐拥挤的火车，而我只看首页和尾页。首页有头条新闻，而尾页是体育新闻，之后我上班的时候要是有空闲时间，我就会翻开报纸接着看完新闻。（是啊）我有个问题，你更喜欢什么，是那种打开像书一样的小报，你看报的时候也像看书一样每页都读，还是那种传统报纸，折叠的整整齐齐，以A、B、C、D各版面分类清楚的报纸？

　　Todd: Um, that's a good point, I guess, or a good question, uh, I guess I'm used to the old traditional style but I have to admit, the tabloid style is a lot more convenient, um, so I wouldn't mind if my paper changed to that style. (OK) What do you prefer?

　　托德：嗯，这点说的很好，我觉得这是个好问题，嗯，我想我比较习惯传统报纸，不过我必须要承认，小报要更方便得多，嗯，如果我看的报纸换成那种风格我是不介意的。（好的）那你更喜欢哪种？

　　Simon: Yeah, I prefer the tabloid, just because it's easier to read.

　　西蒙：嗯，我喜欢小报，因为更容易阅读。

　　Todd: The only thing I don't like about some tabloids⁴ is that they put a lot of colors on the paper and it's not as easy to read as the more traditional papers I think.

　　托德：我唯一不喜欢小报的一点就是它们在报纸上印了太多的颜色，我认为那并不像传统报纸一样便于阅读。

　　Simon: Well, the other meaning of tabloid is the kind of newspaper that prints just glossy⁵ stories with pictures and usually celebrity⁶ news, that's not really world news, or sports or anything but about Micheal Jackon's trial or what celebrity got which hair cut, so that's a different kind of tabloid, but yeah.

　　西蒙：嗯，还有一种小报，是那种只报道八卦消息的报纸，通常都是明星的消息，而且会配上图片，上面没有世界新闻，也没有体育新闻或是其他新闻，而是会报道迈克尔·杰克逊的官司或是明星换的发型，这是另一种小报。

　　Todd: So do you subscribe⁷ to the newspaper or just buy one every day?

　　托德：那你是订阅报纸还是每天去买报纸？

　　Simon: I buy one every day because I sometimes buy a different papers.

　　西蒙：我每天去买，因为有时我会买不同的报纸。

1 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

2 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。

3 neatly   

adv.整洁地，干净地，灵巧地，熟练地

参考例句：

• Sailors know how to wind up a long rope neatly.水手们知道怎样把一条大绳利落地缠好。
• The child's dress is neatly gathered at the neck.那孩子的衣服在领口处打着整齐的皱褶。

4 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。

5 glossy   

adj.平滑的；有光泽的

参考例句：

• I like these glossy spots.我喜欢这些闪闪发光的花点。
• She had glossy black hair.她长着乌黑发亮的头发。

6 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。

7 subscribe   

vi.(to)订阅，订购；同意；vt.捐助，赞助

参考例句：

• I heartily subscribe to that sentiment.我十分赞同那个观点。
• The magazine is trying to get more readers to subscribe.该杂志正大力发展新订户。