文档介绍：读报常识 1 , The three most influential metropolitan newspapers in the States: The New York Times 《纽约时报》( 1851 ) Motto: All the News that ’s Fit to Print ” The Washington Post 《华盛顿邮报》( 1877 ) The Los Angeles Times 《洛杉矶时报》(1881) 2 . the three most influential newsmagazines in the States: TIME 《时代》杂志(1923) . News & World Report 《美国新闻与世界报道》 1948 Newsweek 《新闻周刊》(1933) which will switch toan all-digital format in2013. Its last print edition will appear on Dec. 31, 2012. 3 . The only national daily in the USA--------- USA Today (1983) 4 . The three most important business magazines in the States: BusinessWeek 《商业周刊》 1929 Forbes magazine 《福布斯》, 1917, well-known for its lists, including its lists of the richest Americans the Forbes 400 and its list of billionaires. Its motto: “ The Capitalist Tool ” Fortune 《财富》杂志, 1930 ( the Fortune 500, the Fortune 500 Outside the ., the Largest Banks Outside the ., the Largest panies in the World ) 5 . Two world-famous business newspapers in the world T he Wall Street Journal (American) 《华尔街日报》(美国) (1889) The Financial Times (British) 《金融时报》( 英国) (1888)It ix the only paper in the UK providing full daily reports on the London Stock Exchange and world markets. (CF. 中国也有一份《金融时报》,英文名是 Financial News) 6 . The Times (1785) 《泰晤士报》 and the Sunday Times 《星期日泰晤士报》 The Times was published in broadsheet format for 219 years, but switched pact size in2004 partly to attempt to appeal to younger readers and partly to appeal muters using public transport. 7 . The two major political parties in the . The Democratic Party (Democrats) 民主党; a Democrat 共和党人 The Republican Party (Republicans) 共和党; a Republican 民主党人 8 . The three most important parties in the . (The) Conservative Party 保守党(The) Labor Party 工党(The) Liberal Democrats (T he Liberal Democratic Party 自由民主党 9 . US Government : T he United States of America 美利坚合众国 TheS eparation of legislative, executive and judicial powers 立法、行政与司法三权分立 Congress 国会 consists of the Senate 参议院 and the House