历年考研英语阅读理解mp3(96-2)

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[00:03.80]1996 Passage2
[00:07.54]With the start of BBC World Service Television,
[00:11.17]millions of viewers in Asia and America
[00:14.19]can now watch the Corporation's news coverage,
[00:17.51]as well as listen to it.
[00:19.94]And of course in Britain listeners and viewers
[00:23.27]can tune¹ in to two BBC television channels,
[00:27.19]five BBC national radio services
[00:30.33]and dozens of local radio station.
[00:33.87]They are brought sport, comedy, drama, music,
[00:38.41]news and current affairs,
[00:40.49]education, religion, parliamentary coverage,
[00:44.23]children's pragrammes and films
[00:46.62]for an annual licence fee
[00:48.43]of 83 pounds per household.
[00:51.86]It is a remarkable² record,
[00:53.66]stretching back over 70 years
[00:56.48]--yet the BBC's future is now in doubt.
[01:00.41]The Corporation will survive
[01:02.00]as a publicly-funded broadcasting organization,
[01:05.53]at least for the time being, but its role,
[01:08.86]its size and its programmes are now the subject
[01:12.25]of a nation-wide debate in Britain.
[01:15.28]The debate was launched by the Government,
[01:17.81]which invited anyone with an opinion of the BBC
[01:21.55]--including ordinary listeners and viewers
[01:24.88]--to say what was good or bad about the Corporation,
[01:28.92]and even whether they thought it was worth keeping.
[01:32.76]The reason for its inquiry
[01:34.68]is that the BBC’s royal charter
[01:37.20]runs out in 1996 and it must decide
[01:41.04]whether to keep the organization as it is,
[01:44.07]or to make changes.
[01:46.48]Defenders of the Corporation
[01:48.40]--of whom there are many
[01:50.32]--are fond of quoting the American slogan
[01:53.24]"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
[01:56.47]The BBC "ain't broke", they say,
[01:59.60]by which they mean it is not broken
[02:02.64](as distinct³ from the word 'broke',
[02:04.96]meaning having no money),
[02:06.77]so why bother to change it?
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[02:09.69]Yet the BBC will have to change,
[02:12.72]because the broadcasting world around it is changing.
[02:16.56]The commercial TV channels
[02:18.58]--ITV and Channel 4-- were required
[02:22.05]by the Thatcher⁴ Government's Broadcasting Act
[02:24.67]to become more commercial,
[02:26.69]competing with each other for advertisers,
[02:29.21]and cutting costs and jobs.
[02:32.53]But it is the arrival of new satellite channels
[02:35.56]--funded partly by advertising⁵ and partly
[02:38.38]by viewers' subscriptions--which will bring about
[02:41.28]the biggest changes in the long term.

1 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

2 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

3 distinct   

adj.种类不同的，有区别的，清楚的，明显的

参考例句：

• I had the distinct impression that I was being followed.我清楚地感觉到有人跟踪我。
• The party split into two distinct groups.该党分裂成两个截然不同的团体。

4 thatcher   

n.茅屋匠

参考例句：

• Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher. 汤姆 - 索亚和撒切尔法官同乘一条小艇。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
• Mrs. Thatcher was almost crazed; and Aunt Polly, also. 撒切尔夫人几乎神经失常，还有波莉姨妈也是。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

5 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。