概括:內(nèi)容選自老托福聽力,是練習(xí)托福聽力的絕佳材料。
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Daniel Defoe


昨天晚上我做了個(gè)夢(mèng),夢(mèng)到我掉進(jìn)一個(gè)無(wú)比巨大的大坑里,里面有好多好多吃的東西,我就不停的吃啊吃啊,結(jié)果我越吃越胖越吃越胖,慢慢的就把坑填滿了,可是卻被卡在坑里出不來(lái)了,然后我就喊啊喊啊,可是喊破了喉嚨也沒有人過(guò)來(lái),就在我慢慢絕望的時(shí)候突然遠(yuǎn)處天邊傳來(lái)一聲巨響,一只蒙牛駕著七色的云彩來(lái)到了我的面前,他給了我7個(gè)寶珠,告訴我他可以實(shí)現(xiàn)我的一個(gè)愿望,于是我實(shí)現(xiàn)了世界和平的愿望,可是 我卻忘記我被卡在坑里還沒有出來(lái)~~
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.