英國報紙的變遷

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 over 200 years， The Times has halved its size to become much smaller. In fact， the paper has cut its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid.

英國報業(yè)歷史悠久，世界聞名。近年來，英國一些傳統(tǒng)報紙進行了較大改革，以適應不斷變化的現(xiàn)代社會。其中，擁有200多年悠久歷史的《泰晤士報》把版面縮小了一半，將大報版面轉(zhuǎn)為小報版面。

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 Guardian and Daily Telegraph are 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，報紙有兩種類型：大版面嚴肅性報紙和小版面小報。這兩種類型的報紙不僅版面大小不同，而且內(nèi)容也大相徑庭。《泰晤士報》《衛(wèi)報》《每日電訊報》等報紙為大版面嚴肅性報紙，它們報道的內(nèi)容廣泛，涵蓋政治、經(jīng)濟、國際事務等方面。文章相對更長，用語正式。

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. Britains best-selling newspaper， the Sun， is a tabloid and has a naked girl on page three every day.

而小報的文章數(shù)量更多，都是關于一些不太嚴肅的話題，如名人的戀情等。文章篇幅更短，語言簡練，經(jīng)常選用大幅圖片。英國最暢銷的《太陽報》就是一份小報。該報每天都會在第三版刊登一張裸體女郎的圖片。

By changing to the size of a tabloid， The Times is following in the footsteps of a less famous broadsheet paper the Independent. It changed to tabloid several years ago 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.

《泰晤士報》是繼《獨立報》之后采用小報版面的。盡管《獨立報》的名氣沒有《泰晤士報》大，但幾年前由大報版面改為小報版面使其銷量大增。現(xiàn)在這兩份報紙都采用小報版面，但內(nèi)容沒有發(fā)生變化，仍是嚴肅性的報紙。

The two papers claim that people find the smaller size easier to handle when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning. The Times says its new size is “compact”， not tabloid.

這兩份報紙解釋說，早上乘巴士或火車去上班時，小版面報紙便于攜帶。《泰晤士報》稱改版后的報紙為“緊湊型”，并沒有淪為街頭小報。