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Day28复习作业翻译参考:

1.vitality 2.virture 3.virtually

4.virtuostiy 5.virtual 6.vulnerable

参考答案

1.活力,生机

2.应该拼写成virtue美德,德行;长处,优点

3.事实上,几乎,实质上

4.技艺精湛,艺术爱好者

5.实际上的,事实上的;网络中虚拟的

6.易受伤害的,易碎的

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Day 29 全 文 解 析

【2010英语一年Text1】

(1/5)Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century, perhaps the most far-reaching has been the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage.

-在过去的25年英语报纸所发生的变化中,影响最深远的可能就是它们对艺术方面的报道在范围上毫无疑问的缩小了,而且这些报道的严肃程度也绝对降低了。

(2/5)It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers. Yet a considerable number of the most significant collections of criticism published in the 20th century consisted in large part of newspaper reviews. To read such books today is to marvel at the fact that their learned contents were once deemed suitable for publication in general-circulation dailies.

-对于年龄低于40岁的普通读者来讲,让他们想象一下当年可以在许多大城市报纸上读到精品的文艺评论简直几乎是天方夜谭。然而,在20世纪出版的最重要的文艺评论集中,人们读到的大部分评论文章都是从报纸上收集而来。现在,如果读到这些集子,人们肯定会惊诧,当年这般渊博深奥的内容竟然被认为适合发表在大众日报中。

(3/5) We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War Ⅱ, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared. In those far-off days, it was taken for granted that the critics of major papers would write in detail and at length about the events they covered. Theirs was a serious business. and even those reviews who wore their learning lightly, like George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newman, could be trusted to know what they were about. These men believed in journalism as a calling, and were proud to be published in the daily press. So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism, Newman wrote, "that I am tempted to define "journalism" as "a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are".

-从20世纪早期到二战以前,当时的英国报纸上的评论主题广泛,包罗万象,我们现在离此类报纸评论越来越远。当时的报纸极其便宜,人们把高雅时尚的文艺批评当作是所刊登报纸的一个亮点。在那些遥远的年代,各大报刊的评论家们都会不遗余力地详尽报道他们所报道的事情,这在当时被视为是理所当然的事情。他们的写作是件严肃的事情,人们相信:甚至那些博学低调不喜欢炫耀的评论家,比如George Bernard Shaw和Ernest Newman也知道自己在做什么(即他们的文章会高调出现在报纸上)。这些批评家们相信报刊评论是一项职业,并且对于他们的文章能够在报纸上发表感到很自豪。“鉴于几乎没有作家能拥有足够的智慧或文学天赋以保证他们在新闻报纸写作中站稳脚跟” ,Newman曾写道,“我倾向于把‘新闻写作’定义为不受读者欢迎的作家用来嘲讽受读者欢迎的作家的一个 ‘轻蔑之词’ ”。

(4/5)Unfortunately, these critics are virtually forgotten. Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from 1917 until shortly before his death in 1975, is now known solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket. During his lifetime, though, he was also one of England’s foremost classical-music critics, and a stylist so widely admired that his Autobiography (1947) became a best-seller. He was knighted in 1967, the first music critic to be so honored. Yet only one of his books is now in print, and his vast body of writings on music is unknown save to specialists. (Translation)

-不幸的是,这些批评家们现在实际上已被人们遗忘。从1917年开始一直到1975年去世不久前还在为曼彻斯特《卫报》写文章的Neville Cardus,如今仅仅作为一个撰写关于板球比赛文章的作家被人们所知。但是,在他的一生当中,他也是英国首屈一指的古典音乐评论家之一。他也是一位深受读者青睐的文体家,所以1947年他的《自传》一书就成为热销读物。1967年他被授予爵士称号,也是第一位获此殊荣的音乐评论家。然而,他的书现在只有一本可以在市面上买到。他大量的音乐批评,除了专门研究音乐评论的人以外,已鲜为人知。

(5/5)Is there any chance that Cardus’s criticism will enjoy a revival? The prospect seems remote. Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in which he specialized. Moreover, the amateur tradition in music criticism has been in headlong retreat. -Cardus 的评论有没有机会重新流行?前景似乎渺茫。在他去世之前,新闻业的品味早已改变很长时间了,而且他所擅长的措词华丽的维多利亚爱德华时期的散文风格对后现代的读者没有什么用处。何况,由业余爱好者作音乐批评的传统早已经成为昨日黄花了。

文 章 结 构 简 析

第一,二段,引出现象报纸的艺术报道衰落了;

第三段,分析衰落的原因;

第四段继续说衰落的趋势,并以一个评论家卡达斯为例;

最后一段,总结主题,艺术评论衰落。

本文建议主题:Arts coverage in newspaper

选 择 题 详 解

21.It is indicated in Paragraphs 1 and 2 that ____

A arts criticism has disappeared from big-city newspapers.

B English-language newspapers used to carry more arts reviews.

C high-quality newspapers retain a large body of readers.

D young readers doubt the suitability of criticism on dailies.

21.第1,2两段表明

[A] 文艺评论从大城市报纸上已经消失

[B] 英文报纸过去常常刊登更多的文艺评论

[C] 高质量的报纸未丧失大量的读者

[D] 年轻的读者怀疑报纸上的评论不合适

【答案】B

【考点】具体信息题

【解析】由第一段的 cline in scope 和第二段的a considerable number 都在强调以前的报纸关于艺术评论数量很多,所以选择B;A比较容易排除。与第一段矛盾,原文只是说decline, 即下降,没有说消失(disappear);C比较容易排除。"高质量的报纸未丧失大量的读者"。无中生有;D强干扰项。"年轻的读者怀疑报纸上的评论不合适"。原文:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》marvel v. be very surprised (and often admiring) 大为惊讶(常含赞叹之意),表明其实读者是赞同:这些评论可以再报纸上刊登的。这里的doubt 表示怀疑,所以与marvel意思相反。

22. Newspaper reviews in England before World War 2 were characterized by ____

A free themes.

B casual style.

C elaborate layout.

D radical viewpoints.

22.二战之前,英国的报纸评论的特点是

[A] 自由主题

[B] 非正式的写作风格

[C] 精心的布局

[D] 激进的观点

【答案】A

【考点】推理判断题

【解析】第三段第一句话讲到 We are even ...World War Ⅱ,其中正确理解unfocused一词是解答本题的关键,它的意思是“没有重点的,散的”,这里指的是要你英国的报纸评论主题是自由,没有重点,A项符合文意,是正确答案。B项和文意相反,第三段讲到“...主要报纸的评论家会将他们所刊登的事件详细且充分的记录下来...,他们所从事的工作是非常严肃的”,由此可见,这些文章的写作风格是很正式的。C项错在layout一词上,D项无中生有。

23. Which of the following would Shaw and Newman most probably agree on?

A It is writers’ duty to fulfill journalistic goals.

B It is contemptible for writers to be journalists.

C Writers are likely to be tempted into journalism.

D Not all writers are capable of journalistic writing.

23.下列哪一项是萧伯纳和纽曼最有可能赞同的?

[A] 实现新闻业的目标是作家的职责

[B] 作家成为记者是值得鄙视的

[C] 作家有可能会被新闻诱惑

[D] 作者容易被新闻业吸引

【答案】D

【考点】判断推理题

【解析】原文Few= not all,have brains enough or literary gift enough =capable of

注意:D选项中not all属于部分否定,语气委婉,在选项中出现往往正确。

A journalistic goals(新闻业的目标),无中生有。

B 与原文的proud(自豪的)相反。

原文说的是被define "journalism" as... 所吸引,而不是被Cjournalism所吸引。

24.What can be learned about Cardus according to the last two paragraphs?

A His music criticism may not appeal to readers today.

B His reputation as a music critic has long been in dispute.

C His style caters largely to modern specialists.

D His writings fail to follow the amateur tradition.

24.根据最后两段,我们可以得知关于卡达斯的什么?

[A] 他的音乐评论可能是对今天的读者没有吸引力

[B] 他作为一音乐评论家的声誉一直备受争议

[C]他的风格主要迎合了现代派的专业人士

[D] 他的作品跟不上业余传统

【答案】A

【考点】判断推理题

【解析】说新闻业的品味已经改变,读者不需要(have little use for)他所擅长的风格,所以Cardus’s criticism不可能复苏。而A Cardus’s criticism也许不能吸引当今的读者。 注意have little use for= not appeal to。同时本选项还有may,这个语气委婉的词,符合黄四"正确答案语气委婉"。B原文没有提到他的名声有争议,所以无中生有。C与本段最后一句相矛盾。D移花接木,是利用最后一句话编造的选项。

25.What would be the best title for the text?

A Newspapers of the Good Old Days

B The Lost Horizon in Newspapers

C Mournful Decline of Journalism

D Prominent Critics in Memory

25.文章的最佳标题是什么?

[A] 报纸行业过去的黄金岁月

[B] 报纸行业的消失的视野

[C] 令人惋惜的新闻业的衰落

[D] 记忆中的杰出的评论家

【答案】B

【考点】主旨大意题

【解析】文章前三段都是在讲报纸文艺评论在20世纪时备受重视,评论家也被广为赞誉。接下来的两段讲的是如今的情况,不幸的是,这些评论家被人们完全忘记了,文艺评论的前景很渺茫。纵观全文,大意是在讲文艺评论相对过去和现在的情况,揭露了由兴盛到衰落的事实。B项之意恰好描述的这样一种状况,故本题答案选B。A项侧重点放在了过去的情况,比较片面,不适合坐标题,排除。C项对象搞错,衰退的不是新闻业,而是报纸文艺评论,排除。D项无中生有。

本题考点实际上是考察大家对Horizon的理解,其含义是“地平线;范围”。如果大家能将Horizon与文章首段主旨句中的scope(范围)一词联系起来,就能确定了文章的主旨,从而确定看最佳标题答案。

真 题 D 30 任 务

1、 D29 复习:认真听Text1解析,完全搞清楚全文分析及解题思路,并复习本篇重点词汇句子。

2、复习作业:请参考原文,将下列句子在评论区汉翻英:

在那些遥远的年代,各大报刊的评论家们都会不遗余力地详尽报道他们所报道的事情,这在当时被视为是理所当然的事情。

3 、D30打卡:完成2 010年英一Text2的精读笔记,5 道选择 题,第二段 英翻汉,拍照发到群里。不得请假!