【每日一練】考研英語英譯漢練習2（4.25）_跨考網(wǎng)

　　1、 Why do so many Americans distrust what they read in their newspapers? The American Society of Newspaper Editors is trying to answer this painful question. The organization is deep into a long self-analysis known as the journalism credibility project.

　　為什么那么多美國人不相信自己在報紙上看到的東西?美國新聞編輯協(xié)會正試圖回答這個痛苦的問題。該組織正深深陷入一個長期的自我剖析過程，即新聞可信度調(diào)查項目。

　　2、Sad to say, this project has turned out to be mostly low-level findings about factual errors and spelling and grammar mistakes, combined with lots of head-scratching puzzlement about what in the world those readers really want.

　　遺憾的是，這次新聞機構(gòu)可信度調(diào)查計劃結(jié)果只獲得了一些膚淺的發(fā)現(xiàn)，諸如新聞報道中的事實錯誤，拼寫或語法錯誤，和這些低層次發(fā)現(xiàn)交織在一起的還有許多令人撓頭的困惑，譬如讀者到底想讀些什么。

　　3、But the sources of distrust go way deeper. Most journalists learn to see the world through a set of standard templates (patterns) into which they plug each day's events. In other words, there is a conventional story line in the newsroom culture that provides a backbone and a ready-made narrative structure for otherwise confusing news.

　　但這種對媒體的不信任有更深刻的根源。多數(shù)新聞記者都學著用一套標準的模式去看待世界，并把每天發(fā)生的事件納入這種模式。換言之，在媒介機構(gòu)的新聞采編室文化中存在著一套約定俗成的寫作模式，為紛繁復(fù)雜的新聞報道提供了一個主干框架和一個現(xiàn)成的故事敘述結(jié)構(gòu)。

　　4、There exists a social and cultural disconnect between journalists and their readers, which helps explain why the "standard templates" of the newsroom seem alien to many readers. In a recent survey, questionnaires were sent to reporters in five middle size cities around the country, plus one large metropolitan area. Then residents in these communities were phoned at random and asked the same questions.

　　新聞記者和讀者之間存在著社會和文化方面的脫節(jié)，這就是為什么新聞編輯室的“標準模式”與眾多讀者的意趣相差甚遠的原因。在最近一次調(diào)查中，問卷被送到了全國五座中等城市及一座大都市的記者手中，然后隨機地給這些城市的居民打電話，問他們同樣的問題。

　　5、Replies show that compared with other Americans, journalists are more likely to live in upscale neighborhoods, have maids, own Mercedeses, and trade stocks, and they're less likely to go to church, do volunteer work, or put down roots in a community.

　　結(jié)果表明，與其他美國人相比，新聞記者更有可能居住在富人區(qū)，有女傭，有奔馳車，炒股，而他們?nèi)ソ烫?，參加支援服?wù)，扎根社區(qū)的可能性卻很小。