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Practice 2 The British are the most voracious newspaper readers in the world. They read newspapers at breakfast; they walk to the bus reading a newspaper; they read a newspaper on the bus, as they go to work; and on the way back home, after work, they are engrossed in an evening newspaper. There are many “morning papers”, both national and provincial. The most famous is The Times. Contrary to what many foreigners believe, this is not a government newspaper. The various newspapers usually have their own views on politics, but they are not organs of the political parties, with the exception of the Communist Morning Star. Bold headlines and a variety of photographs are features of the British press. Some newspapers, such as the sober Daily Telegraph and The Times (which belong to the “quality press’’) use photographs sparingly. The more “popular” newspapers, using the small or “tabloid” format, such as the Daily Express, the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror and The Sun, use pictures extensively and also run strip-cartoons and humorous drawings, some of which present striking pictorial comment on politics. Besides offering features common to newspapers all over the world, British newspapers specialize in pages devoted to criticism of the arts and a woman’s page. One feature found in many foreign newspapers is missing in British papers: the serial. Nearly all papers pay special attention to the reporting of sport and athletics. The evening newspapers (the first editions of which appear in the morning!) are often bought because the purchaser wants to know the winner of a race, or to get a good tip for a race that is still to be run. There is no censorship of the press in Britain (except in wartime), though of course all newspapers-like private persons-are responsible for what they publish, and be sued for libel for publishing articles that go beyond the bounds of decency, or for “contempt for court” (e. g. calling man a murderer while he is still being tried). Such lawsuits are infrequent. The population of the United Kingdom is now over 55,000,000. About 17,500,000 newspapers are sold every day. The British people, therefore, are great readers of newspapers. There are few homes to which one newspaper is not delivered every morning. Many households have two, or even three, newspapers every day. One newspaper may be delivered at the house, a member of the family may buy one at the station bookstall to read in the train as he goes to town, and someone else in the family may buy an evening newspaper later in the day.
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英国人是世界上最爱读报的人。早餐时,他们一边吃,一边读;在去公交车的路上读报;上班的路上也读报;下班以后回家的途中他们在埋头读晚报。
英国有许多种“晨报”,既有全国性的,也有地方性的。最著名的晨报要数《泰晤士报》。许多外国人以为它是官方报纸,其实正好相反。通常各家报纸都有自己的政治见解,但是它们可不是政党的喉舌,不过,共产党的报纸《晨星报》是个例外。
醒目的粗体标题和各种照片是英国报纸的特色。一些报纸,如格调严肃的《每日电讯报》和《泰晤士报》(两者均属“严肃报纸”),轻易不刊登照片。比较“通俗”的报纸。采用小版面或文摘的格式,如《每日快报》、《每日邮报》、《每日镜报》和《太阳报》,都刊登大量照片,还有连环漫画和幽默画,其中一些画生动地表达出犀利的政治见解。
除了与世界各地的报纸一样的特征外,英国报纸尤其以艺术评论版和女性专版见长。许多外国报纸都有的、而英国报纸却没有的特色是:小说连载。
几乎所有的报纸都特别注重体育和竞技的报道。人们买晚报(各晚报第一次印刷的报纸在早晨发行!)因为想知道某场赛马的赢家是谁,或者想得到有关即将举行的赛马的重要内部消息。
在英国没有新闻审查制度(战争期间例外),不过,所有的报纸同个人一样,当然要对登载的内容负责,而且如果登载了有失体面的文章,或者有“蔑视法庭”之嫌(如某人仍在庭审就称其为凶手),则会被指控为诽谤罪。不过,这种指控不常发生。
英国现有人口5500多万,每天售出的报纸多达1750万份,所以说英国是世界上酷爱读报的民族。每天清早没有报纸投递上门的人家真不多见。许多家庭订阅的报纸每天有两份、甚至三份,有的家庭虽然每天有一份报纸送上门来,但是家里某个人进城时可能在火车站书报亭买一份路上看,另一个人可能在傍晚买一份晚报回家读。
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