行動裝置的興起,擴大網路的普及化。人們吸收新知的習慣也逐漸改變,不再依賴傳統報紙。難不成現在就是報紙的末日了嗎?本週主題的閱讀文章,便和本主題有關,一起來閱讀吧!
The days of enjoying a morning newspaper may soon be over. Many newspapers, both large and small, are in trouble. *A good number are losing money. Some have already gone out of business.
Yet people have read newspapers for hundreds of years. What's behind the *sudden drop in *readership?
[註解]
*a good number 許多(接複數動詞) *sudden (adj.) 突然 *readership (n.) 讀者群
[字彙學習]
gone out of business倒閉
The small convenience store may go out of business.
那家小型便利商店可能會倒閉。
・convenience store 便利商店
[中譯]
晨起享受閱報樂趣的日子,恐怕很快將會成為往事。許多大小報社紛紛面臨經營困境,眾多虧損連連,有些則已經倒閉。
但是,人們閱報已有幾百年的歷史,為什麼現在讀者群突然直線墜落?
本文摘錄自《白安竹基礎英文閱讀》
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