Culture Corner British Newspapers
文化广角 英国的报纸
In Britain, the national newspapers are very important.
在英国，全国性的报纸很重要。
There are some very good local newspapers but most people read one of the main national newspapers.
也有一些非常好的地区性报纸，但是多数人读一种主要的全国性报纸。
The most popular newspapers are the "tabloids".
最受欢迎的报纸是那些“小报”。
They usually have lots of big pictures and the articles are not very long.
通常上面有许多大幅的图片和短小的文章。
Tabloid papers do not have many serious articles,
小报没有很多严肃文章，
but they contain lots of stories about sex scandals, famous people and the royal family.
却有很多有关性丑闻、名人和皇室的报道。
They also have big sports sections and a lot of information about TV programmes.
它们也有大的体育版面和很多有关电视节目的信息。
The two best-selling tabloid newspapers are The Sun and The Mirror.
销售量最大的两种小报是《太阳报》和《镜报》。
They sell around four or five million copies a day.
一天的销售量大约是四五百万份。
Another tabloid is The Daily Mail, which is more serious than the other two tabloids.
还有一种小报是《每日邮报》，它比那两种小报要严肃些。
There are four main "quality" papers.
英国有四大“高品质”报纸。
They are much bigger and wider than the tabloids
它们比小报版面要大要宽，
and they also have longer and more serious news articles with fewer pictures.
还配有少量图片的长篇严肃的新闻报道。
Quality newspapers have fewer readers.
这些大报读者较少。
The oldest and most famous quality newspaper is The Times,
历史最悠久，最著名的大报是《泰晤士报》，
but the best selling ones nowadays, are The Telegraph and The Guardian.
但是现在《每日电讯报》和《卫报》销量最大。
Finally, there is The Financial Times, a pink business newspaper
最后是《金融时报》，一份粉色的报纸，
