【英语趣味课堂】报纸数量的减少-The Decline of Newspaper

Matt: Hey, Rachel, so do you read the newspaper these days?

 

Rachel: Actually, no. I used to get a newspaper delivered and I didn't read it at all, so I cancelled it cause I was worried about wasting trees, and wasting paper and therefore trees.

 

Matt: Right, right. Yeah, me neither. I don't get any of my news from Newspapers themselves.

 

Rachel: So how do you find out what's going on?

 

Matt: Most times I just look on the Internet, and I've got, you know ... my first page that pops up lists about six or seven headlines, and actually I find myself clicking¹ on them quite a bit. You know, you see one sentence is enough to draw me in, and then I end up reading online my news.

 

Rachel: Yeah, yeah, me too. But I'm a bit worried about it because I always like, when you can choose news, which news article to read you tend to just choose the light entertainment article or maybe not the really serious news as much as you would if was on the front page.

 

Matt: Right, right. And I wonder where those headlines, like, who chooses what appears? So I worry about that too. But I wonder in the future if they'll even be newspapers anymore.

 

Rachel: I heard that they are actually really struggling to make money and even the most famous newspapers are starting to go bankrupt².

 

Matt: Really?

 

Rachel: Yeah.

 

Matt: And what ...? Do you think those companies will make a shift³ to being completely⁴ online then at some point?

 

Rachel: Yeah, I think they would have to. Yeah, yeah. Which is a shame because I mean cause I like the idea of the newspaper.

 

Matt: Right, right.

 

Rachel: Do you think books will disappear though?

 

Matt: That I don't know. I mean I think a lot of people ... like you were maybe saying, but like the feel of a book and like and I think people reading on a screen. I've never been able to read a book online. Me neither. I've always only read through something I can hold and take with me anywhere. But these days with the little handheld units! Have you ever tried to read online? Like read an actual novel?

 

Rachel: No, I just don't like the idea of it. I don't think my eyes could take that sort of electronic⁵ screen for like 300 pages, so no.

1 clicking   

v.使发出咔哒声，使咔哒（或咔嚓）响( click的现在分词 )；突然明白；配合默契；在计算机荧光屏上用鼠标器)咔嗒一按

参考例句：

• The metal container began to emit a clicking sound. 金属容器开始发出咔嗒咔嗒的声音。
• The machine is clicking away. 机声轧轧。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 bankrupt   

n.破产者；adj.破产的；vt.使...破产

参考例句：

• That factory has gone bankrupt.那家工厂倒了。
• The enemy's scheme went bankrupt.敌人的计谋破产了。

3 shift   

n.交换，变化，移动，接班者；vt.更替，移转，变声；vi.改变，定责，更衣

参考例句：

• Lend me a hand to shift this box,will you?来帮一下忙，把这箱子搬开，好吗？
• A sudden shift in the wind warned of the coming storm.风向的突然改变预示暴风雨来临。

4 completely   

adv.完全地，十分地，全然

参考例句：

• She never completely gave up hope.她从不完全放弃希望。
• I feel completely in the dark on this question.这件事使我感到茫然。

5 electronic   

adj.电子的；n.[-s]电子学，电子设备

参考例句：

• It is an electronic device with many uses.这是一部具有多种用途的电子仪器。
• Father needs a new electronic shaver.爸爸需要一个新的电子剃须刀。