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1、考研英语核心词汇速成胜经Unit37一、真题文章（1996年Text2）WiththestartofBBCWorldServiceTelevision,millionsofviewersinAsiaandAmericacannowwatchtheCorporation'snewscoverage,aswellaslistentoit.AndofcourseinBritainlistenersandviewerscantuneintotwoBBCtelevisionchannels,fiveBBCnationalradioservicesanddozensoflocalradiostatio
2、n.Theyarebroughtsport,comedy,drama,music,newsandcurrentaffairs,education,religion,parliamentarycoverage,children'sprogramsandfilmsforanannuallicensefeeof£83poundsperhousehold.Itisaremarkablerecord,stretchingbackover70years--yettheBBC'sfutureisnowindoubt.TheCorporationwillsurviveasapublicly-fundedb
3、roadcastingorganization,atleastforthetimebeing,butitsrole,itssizeanditsprogramsarenowthesubjectofanation-widedebateinBritain.ThedebatewaslaunchedbytheGovernment,whichinvitedanyonewithanopinionoftheBBC-includingordinarylistenersandviewers--tosaywhatwasgoodorbadabouttheCorporation,andevenwhetherthey
4、thoughtitwasworthkeeping.ThereasonforitsinquiryisthattheBBC'sroyalcharterrunsoutin1996anditmustdecidewhethertokeeptheorganizationasitis,ortomakechanges.DefendersoftheCorporation-ofwhomtherearemany---arefondofquotingtheAmericanslogan"Ifitain'tbroke,don'tfixit."TheBBC"ain'tbroke",theysay,bywhichthey
5、meanitisnotbroken(asdistinctfromtheword'broke',meaninghavingnomoney),sowhybothertochangeit?YettheBBCwillhavetochange,becausethebroadcastingworldarounditischanging.ThecommercialTVchannels---ITVandChannel4---wererequiredbytheThatcherGovernment'sBroadcastingActtobecomemorecommercial,competingwitheach
6、otherforadvertisers,andcuttingcostsandjobs.Butitisthearrivalofnewsatellitechannels---fundedpartlybyadvertisingandpartlybyviewers'subscriptions---whichwillbringaboutthebiggestchangesinthelongterm.二、译文随着BBC全球电视网的开通，数以百万计的亚洲和美洲人现在可以收看和收听到BBC的新闻节目了。当然，英国的观众和听众可以收到两个BBC电视频道，五个BBC全国广播电台和几十个地方电台，每户每年交83英
7、镑的收视费便可收看体育、喜剧、戏剧、音乐、新闻时事、教育、宗教、议会报道、儿童节目及电影。在过去的70年里，这是一项相当了不起的成绩，但是BBC的未来却前景不明。目前，BBC公司还是由政府资助的，但是现在它的职能、它的规模和它的节目内容在英国上下引起了广泛的争议。这场争论是由政府引起的，政府邀请任何人——包括普通的听众和观众——对BBC发表意见，评论它的长处和短处，甚至人们是否认为BBC值得保留。政府之所以这麽做，是因为
