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The Media

paper 报纸

British newspapers can be divided into threekinds:quality newspapers(高质量严肃报纸)，popularnewspaper(通俗报纸)，and mid-market newspapers(中间市场报)。

1.Quality newspapers are directed at readers whowant full information on a wide range of publicmatters. There are 5 quality dailies (Financial Times,The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, TheIndependent, and The Times) and 4 quality Sundays (Sunday Telegraph, The Independent onSunday, The Observer, and The Sunday Times).

严肃报纸面向那些想全面了解社会事物各方面信息的读者。共有5家严肃日报(《金融时报》、《每日电讯报》、《卫报》、《独立报》、《泰晤士报》)和4家严肃周日报(《星期日电讯报》、《星期日独立报》、《观察家》、《星期日泰晤士报》)

2.Populary newspapers appeal to people wanting news of a more entertaining character,presented more concisely. There are 3 popular dailies (Daily Mirror, Daily Star and The Sun)and 3 popular Sundays(News of the world, Sunday Mirror, and The people).

通俗报纸吸引那些需要娱乐性较强而又简单明了的新闻的人们。共有3家通俗日报(《每日镜报》、《晨星报》、《太阳报》)和3家通俗周日报(《世界新闻报》、《星期日镜报》、《人民报》)

The BBC(the British Broadcasting Corporation英国广播公司) and its programs

BBC is the largest and dominant broadcasting corporation in Britain. BBC World Servicebroadcasts international news worldwide in 38 other languages.

The BBC is state-run(国营)and it is financed from the sales of television licences(出售电视收视证).BBC是英国最大的和独立的广播公司。BBC国际广播电台用英语和其他38种语言播放全球范围的国际新闻。国营的BBC的资金来源于收视许可证的销售。

BBC Network Radio serves(广播网)an audience of 30 million a week in Britain, broadcastingaround 38,000 hours of programmes each year on its 5 networks.

BBC广播网在英国每周就有3千万听众，每年在5个广播网上播送节目约38000个小时。