front page 頭版
section (n.) (社會、體育等) 版
article (n.) 文章
headline (n.) 頭條
skim (v.) 瀏覽
subscribe to . . . 訂閱某報
feature (n.) 專題報導
editorial (n.) 社論
weekly (a.) 每週的
monthly (a.) 每月的
bimonthly (a.) 雙月的
quarterly (a.) 每季的
circulation (n.) 發行量
/ 生活實用句 /
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You've got so many different newspapers in Taiwan. What are they all trying to |
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do ? |
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你們台灣有好多種報紙,它們有什麼作用呢? |
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To provide a service and cater to different tastes. It's a competitive business like |
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any others. |
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服務讀者、迎合不同讀者群啊。報紙這一行也很競爭的,跟別的行業一樣。 |
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Newspapers should feature articles on current affairs. |
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報紙應該以報導時事為主。 |
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Are newspapers today published only for the sake of the news ? |
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現在報紙的發行僅只是為了報導新聞嗎? |
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I skim it for fun ? |
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我瀏覽一下而已。 |
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I didn't read the whole paper. I just glanced at the headlines. |
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我沒有整份報紙全看,只是瀏覽一下大標題。 |
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I'm looking for the classified section. |
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我正在找分類廣告欄。 |
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There isn't much news in the paper today. |
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今天的報紙沒什麼新聞。 |
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If you subscribe to the newspaper, it'll be delivered to your door. |
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如果你訂報紙,會直接送到你家門口。 |
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What's the subscription rate ? |
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訂閱的價格是多少? |
/ 會話練習 /
What do you think of English magazines? 你覺得英文雜誌怎麼樣?
Gary: |
What do you think of English magazines ? Do you read any of them ? |
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你覺得英文雜誌怎麼樣,你有看過嗎? |
Pauline: |
I find it difficult to choose because there are so many of them. I sometimes buy a Time magazine. It's very useful. |
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我發現英文雜誌種類很多,很難選擇。有時候我會買《時代》雜誌,很實用。 |
Gary: |
Have you got good illustrated magazines ? |
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你有買過好的插畫雜誌嗎? |
Pauline: |
Not exactly. They are too expensive. I've got several copies , but I don't recommend them. I wonder how many magazines, periodicals or journals there are in your country. |
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應該沒有,那些太貴了。我有幾本,不過我不是很喜歡。我倒很想知道在你們國家有多少種雜誌、期刊和報章。 |
Gary: |
I haven't the faintest idea. But there are thousands of weekly, monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly journals on topics ranging from gardening to pop music. |
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我不是很清楚。不過現存的週刊、月刊、雙月刊、季刊雜誌就有幾千種,內容從園藝到流行音樂,應有盡有。 |
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