最近默多克集團(tuán)竊聽(tīng)事件鬧得沸沸揚(yáng)揚(yáng)。先是《世界新聞報(bào)》被迫?？?，接著又有裘德·洛狀告《太陽(yáng)報(bào)》竊聽(tīng)，這兩天又傳出《明鏡報(bào)》也牽涉進(jìn)來(lái)。英國(guó)各種報(bào)紙一定讓大家暈頭轉(zhuǎn)向吧，那么，英國(guó)報(bào)刊是如何分類(lèi)的呢？有哪些主要報(bào)紙呢？為什么發(fā)行量那么大的《世界新聞報(bào)》只能稱(chēng)之為tabloid（小報(bào)）？一起來(lái)看看下面的介紹吧。
British newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world. But recently big changes have seen these traditional publications try to fit the modern world. After 216 years, The Timeshas halved its size to become much smaller. In fact, the paper has cut its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid.
英國(guó)報(bào)業(yè)久負(fù)盛名。但幾年來(lái)為了適應(yīng)現(xiàn)代社會(huì)的發(fā)展，這些傳統(tǒng)出版物進(jìn)行了較大改革。比如，擁有216年歷史的《泰晤士報(bào)》把版面縮小一半，實(shí)際上是由傳統(tǒng)的大版面改為了類(lèi)似小報(bào)的小版面。
In Britain the newspaper market is divided between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms refer to the size of the papers' pages but there is also a clear difference in content. Broadsheets such as The Times, the Guardianand Daily Telegraphare serious papers. They cover a broad range of political, economic and international issues. Their stories are also reasonably long and use quite formal language.
在英國(guó)，報(bào)紙主要分為兩大類(lèi)：嚴(yán)肅類(lèi)大版面報(bào)紙和小版面通俗小報(bào)。這兩類(lèi)報(bào)紙不僅版面大小不同，報(bào)紙內(nèi)容也大相徑庭。像《泰晤士報(bào)》《衛(wèi)報(bào)》和《每日電訊》都是嚴(yán)肅類(lèi)報(bào)紙。他們內(nèi)容廣泛，政治、經(jīng)濟(jì)和國(guó)際事務(wù)都有涉及，文章較長(zhǎng)，用語(yǔ)正式規(guī)范。
Tabloids have far more stories about less serious issues such as celebrities' love lives. Their stories are shorter and use more simple language. Tabloids often have bigger pictures. Britain's best-selling newspaper, the Sun, is a tabloid and has a naked girl on page three every day.
通俗小報(bào)文章量多，但內(nèi)容絕不嚴(yán)肅，多介紹類(lèi)似于明星戀情等花邊新聞。文章篇幅短小，語(yǔ)言簡(jiǎn)練。通俗小報(bào)上通常選用大幅照片。例如，英國(guó)最暢銷(xiāo)的的報(bào)紙——《太陽(yáng)報(bào)》就是通俗小報(bào)，它每期報(bào)紙第三頁(yè)都會(huì)刊登一幅裸體女郎的照片。
By changing to the size of a tabloid, The Timesis following in the footsteps of a less famous broadsheet paper the Independent. It changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase greatly. Although both papers have switched to the smaller size, the content of the papers has remained the same. They are both still serious papers.
