英文报刊文章选读1.2.ppt

《泰晤士报》（The Times）是英国的一张综合性全国发行的日报，是一张对全世界政治、经济、文化发挥着巨大影响的报纸。 　隶属于鲁伯特·默多克的新闻集团。长期以来，《泰晤士报》一直被认为是英国的第一主流大报，被誉为“英国社会的忠实记录者”。《泰晤士报》在英国国内政治和国际关系问题上扮演了重要角色。在被鲁伯特·默多克收购之后，有指《泰晤士报》的风格逐渐趋向保守。 　《泰晤士报》的英文名称The Times，中文的译名却变成与读音相近、但毫无关联的“泰晤士河”（River Thames）一样。由于约定俗成的关系，错译保留至今。现今世界各地有许多名为Times的报章，如《纽约时报》（The New York Times）。为了区分出来，《泰晤士报》有时被英语使用者称为《伦敦时报》（The London Times）。《泰晤士报》是世界上第一张以“Times”命名的报纸。 The Times … read by the people who run the country 1785most informed Key to the exercises I. Translate the following terms and expressions into Chinese: Passage 2 1. Where is the passage taken from? 2. What’s the topic of the passage ? Poor children 3. How does the author introduce her topic? Which city does the author talk about? London 4. Who is the mother of two daughters and where do they live according to the first paragraph? 5. What do the politicians usually talk about? Transport, property prices and the environment. 6. How is the situation of families outside London as to the battle fought against poverty? success 7. How many poor children are there in London? What’s the percentage of the poor in 2000? 8. Who is Catey Oppenheim? Chairman of the London Child Poverty 9. What are the government initiatives about? Are they effective? help to reduce poverty by making work pay 10. Why did Carey say London is not worth it for many people to get a job? cost of housing and child care 11. What made Jane Wills say the low-wage Londoners suffered most ? The rapid spread of “contracting out, preventing wages from rising 12. How much do the cleaners win a week? ￡7.20 an hour 13. Why Esasa is not lucky? working for 13 years without raising pay; ￡6 an hour; not new clothes 14. Who is Farage Mahmood? Describe the situation he is in. 15. What is Chris Hensry? Play leader 16. What does the abbreviations “GCSE” stand for? 普通中等教育证书的英文全称是General Certificate of Secondary Education 17. What does “Tories” stand for? 保皇党；Conservative Party 保守党 短语翻译练习 hea