2016考研英語：考前小補經濟類閱讀

考研英語來源：跨考教育 2015-12-16　

這一年我們已經基本上把閱讀吃透，考研閱讀選材范圍涉及經濟，文化生活，以及貼近社會類的自然科普性文章。在其中，經濟類文章居榜首。所以，和大家詳細說說西方國家經濟類的出題形式。

本文節選自《經濟學人》一篇名為新聞法規之戰暫被擱置(The battle over newspaper regulation rolls into the long grass )的文章。考研中所涉及的外文文章思路清晰，層次清楚，因為我們的主要目的是選拔，所以，考點是一定要突出化。在這里，老師給大家節選了幾段，供大家參考泛讀：

“IT IS not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” That (quoting Winston Churchill) is one MP's verdict on Britain's battle over newspaper standards. His judgment, if grandiloquent, is accurate. The clash between politicians and newspapers, which began with the revelation in 2011 of widespread phone-hacking by a tabloid, appears to have reached a conclusion. On October 30th the government approved a new regulatory system to discipline Fleet Streetmisbehaviour. But the hostilities have merely been postponed.

“那不是末日的開端，而可能是開端的終結。”這是某國會議員引用丘吉爾的名言對英國報紙標準做出的結論。如果極力夸大事態的嚴重性，他的論斷則恰如其分。從2011年沸沸揚揚的竊聽門事件開始，政客與報紙之間的對抗似乎總算有了一個了結。10月30日，為了督管英國報業的不當舉措，政府通過了一個新的監管體系。但這無非只是推后了雙方的戰爭。

The new system is the product of months of debate and compromise. Reacting to the phone-hacking scandal, the government commissioned a judge to investigate press standards. After a tortuous, year-long inquiry, Lord Justice Levesonrecommended a tough new regulator backed by legislation.

這一新的體系是數月以來辯論和妥協的產物。作為對竊聽門事件的回應，政府委任一位法官去調查媒體標準問題。經歷了一些兜圈子、耗時一年的調查后，英國最高法院大法官萊維森提議要建立一個強硬的監管體系，這一提議獲法律支持。

In March the three main political parties responded by proposing a royal charter—an ancient device seen as less offensive to a free press than statute would be. The charter provides for a regulator as well as a “recognition panel”, free from press or political control, to police its independence. The regulator could impose fines of up to ￡1m ($1.6m) on newspapers and insist on prominent corrections. The charter also exposes newspapers that refuse to join the regulatory regime to punitive damages if cases are brought against them.

3月，三個主要的政治團體提出皇家特許狀作為回應—這是很久以來對自由媒體采取的策略中，較成文法而言攻擊性較小的法案。特許狀提出要建立監管體系以及監管機構籌備組來管轄報業獨立，而這一機構既不受制于媒體，也不受制于政治團體。它可向報業征收高達100萬歐元(合160萬美元)的罰款，且有權要求報業對報道內容作出重大更正。特許狀也曝光了那些拒絕加入監管體系的報紙，若案件與其不利，則有權對其征收損害性賠償。

考研閱讀這個階段基本上已經成型，大家沒有必要再進行題海戰術，一定要從整體上把握文章中心，細節偏向中心即可。博學而廣，專學以精，同時希望大家平常心對待!