报纸艺术评论的衰落
独段句，全文主旨
①Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century, perhaps the most far-reaching has been the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage.
反向论证，描述以前盛况
①过往回忆
②反向同义，用yet但不是转折，只是转换视角描述
③进一步强调
①It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers.②Yet a considerable number of the most significant collections of criticism published in the 20th century consisted in large part of newspaper reviews.③To read such books today is to marvel at the fact that their learned contents were once deemed suitable for publication in general-circulation dailies.
递进论证，继续回忆
①介绍艺术评论特点及原因
②-⑤当时评论家的崇高
①We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War Ⅱ, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared.②In those far-off days, it was taken for granted that the critics of major papers would write in detail and at length about the events they covered.③Theirs was a serious business, and even those reviewers who wore their learning lightly, like George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newman, could be trusted to know what they were about. ④These men believed in journalism as a calling, and were proud to be published in the daily press.⑤“So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism,” Newman wrote, “that I am tempted to define ‘journalism’ as ‘a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are’ .”
实例论证，例子音乐家前后对比
①承上启下，段落主旨句
2-5具体实例
①Unfortunately, these critics are virtually forgotten. ②Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from 1917 until shortly before his death in 1975, is now known solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket.
③During his lifetime, though, he was also one of England’s foremost classical-music critics, and a stylist so widely admired that his Autobiography (1947) became a best-seller.
④He was knighted in 1967, the first music critic to be so honored. ⑤Yet only one of his books is now in print, and his vast body of writings on music is unknown save to specialists.
实例论证，明确衰落原因
1-2自问自答
3-4解释原因
①Is there any chance that Cardus’s criticism will enjoy a revival? The prospect seems remote.
②Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in which he specialized. ③Moreover, the amateur tradition in music criticism has been in headlong retreat.
推理21. It is indicated in Paragraphs 1 and 2 that __________.
[A] arts criticism has disappeared from big-city newspapers.
[B] English-language newspapers used to carry more arts reviews.
[C] high-quality newspapers retain a large body of readers.
[D] young readers doubt the suitability of criticism on dailies.
细节22. Newspaper reviews in England before World War Ⅱ were characterized by __________.
[A] free themes.
[B] casual style.
[C] elaborate layout.
[D] radical viewpoints.
细节23. Which of the following would Shaw and Newman most probably agree on?
[A] It is writers’ duty to fulfill journalistic goals.
[B] It is contemptible for writers to be journalists.
[C] Writers are likely to be tempted into journalism,
[D] Not all writers are capable of journalistic writing.
推理24. What can be learned about Cardus according to the last two paragraphs?
[A] His music criticism may not appeal to readers today.
[B] His reputation as a music critic has long been in dispute.
[C] His style caters largely to modern specialists.
[D] His writings fail to follow the amateur tradition.
主旨25. What would be the best title for the text?
[A] Newspapers of the Good Old Days
[B] The Lost Horizon in Newspapers
[C] Mournful Decline of Journalism
[D] Prominent Critics in Memory
生词
taken for granted 理所当然；想当然
in detail and at length 十分详细
covered v. 覆盖；包括
tempted to 试图
applied by sb to sb 被某些人应用到另一些人身上
save to 除了
难句
- Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century, perhaps the most far-reaching has been the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage.
（过去25年间英国报纸中发生的所有变化），影响最为深远的是（在艺术报道范围和严肃性中）不可遏制的衰落。
分析：引导词that、v.have taken、v.has been
拆分
（主句）主系表the most far-reaching has been the inexorable decline影响最为深远的是不可遏制的衰落
（修饰）
介词作后置定语修饰decline★of包含的有the scope and seriousness in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage.在艺术报道范围和严肃性中
介词短语作状语修饰主句Of all the changes所有变化
- 定语从句（包含地点状语+时间状语）修饰changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century过去25年间英国报纸中发生的
- To read such books today is to marvel at the fact that their learned contents were once deemed suitable for publication in general-circulation dailies.
现在读到这些书籍会惊叹于这样一个事实：他们的博学多识的内容曾被认为适合面向大众在发行的日报上。
分析：v.is、引导词that、v.were
拆分
（主句）主系表To read such books today is to marvel at the fact现在读到这些书籍会惊叹于这样一个事实
（修饰）同位语从句+介词短语作主语补足语修饰fact their learned contents were once deemed suitable for publication in general-circulation dailies.他们的博学多识的内容曾被认为适合面向大众在发行的日报上。
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