老托福听力93篇集锦:Part C(MP3+字幕) 第65篇:杂志的诞生史
日期:2015-02-09 17:47

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Moving away from newspapers, let's now focus on magazines.

Now, the first magazine was a little periodical called The Review, and it was started in London in 1704.

It looked a lot like the newspapers of the time, but in terms of its content, it was much different.

Newspapers were concerned mainly with news events, but The Review focused on important domestic issues of the day, as well as the policies of the government.

Now, in England at the time, people could still be thrown in jail for publishing articles that were critical of the king.

And that's what happened to Daniel Defoe he was the outspoken founder of The Review.

Defoe actually wrote the first issue of The Review from prison!

You see, he had been arrested because of his writings that criticized the policies of the Church of England, which was headed by the king.

After his release, Defoe continued to produce The Review, and the magazine started to appear on a more frequent schedule, about three times a week.

It didn't take long for other magazines to start popping up.

In 1709, a magazine called The Tatler began publication.

This new magazine contained a mixture of news, poetry, political analysis, and philosophical essays.


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重点单词
  • issuen. 发行物,期刊号,争论点 vi. & vt 发行,流
  • frequentadj. 经常的,频繁的 vt. 常到,常去
  • outspokenadj. 直言无讳的,坦率的 动词outspeak的过去
  • jailn. 监牢,监狱,拘留所 vt. 监禁,下狱
  • releasen. 释放,让渡,发行 vt. 释放,让与,准予发表,发
  • periodicaln. 期刊 adj. 周期的,定期的
  • philosophicaladj. 哲学的,冷静的,哲学上的
  • containedadj. 泰然自若的,从容的;被控制的 v. 包含;遏制
  • criticaladj. 批评的,决定性的,危险的,挑剔的 adj. 临
  • domesticadj. 国内的,家庭的,驯养的 n. 家仆,佣人