英美报刊节选翻译练习(十二)

时间：2008-02-21 03:01:49

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From < Net dreams > 摘自《经济学人》 Mar¹ 16th 2006

MARCH Madness starts this week in America, and for the rest of the month millions of basketball fans will watch the country's college teams dunk on each other, until the final of the men's national championship on April 3rd. CBS, a broadcast-television network, has shown the event since 1982—but this year it is conducting an experiment. （1）As well as broadcasting the games on TV, it is streaming them live over the internet free of charge, accompanied by advertisements.

CBS's move is one of many recent efforts by traditional media companies to try to develop “new media” revenue² streams. Music firms have sold their material online for a while. Newspaper and magazine publishers are busy trying to attract readers on the internet. （2）But now the world's largest entertainment companies are rushing to distribute their video content online and, to a lesser³ extent, to the users of mobile phones.

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在电视上播放比赛的同时，CBS也在网络上免费现场直播这些比赛，并附带广告。
但是现在世界上最大的娱乐公司们纷纷忙着把他们的影视内容发布到网络上，其次提供给手机用户。

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1 mar
vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟
参考例句：
It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。 Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

2 revenue
n.总收入，财政收入，税收；税务局
参考例句：
The country diminished the revenue by reducing tax.这个国家通过减税而使税收减少了。 A government's revenue and expenditure should be balanced.政府的财政收入和支出要平衡。

3 lesser
adj.次要的，较小的；adv.较小地，较少地
参考例句：
Kept some of the lesser players out.不让那些次要的球员参加联赛。 She has also been affected,but to a lesser degree.她也受到波及，但程度较轻。