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新东方《考研英语历年真题详解及复习指南》同源精读 『随着移动互联的发展，传媒公司对传统印刷的需求 越来越少，印刷厂面临空前危机，前景暗淡。』 The Future of Printers: Printers Sink 印刷厂的未来：没落 Aug 25th 2012 | from The Economist Enormous rolls of paper sit on the floor of the humming1 plant. Once loaded they show a surprising turn of speed for something so bulky2, the paper racing into the printing press3 at 80 kilometres per hour. On the other side emerge neatly folded, printed 4 5 bundles . The factory is a forest of conveyor belts , 6 7 threading machines , hangers and other equipment that Johannes Gutenberg8 could never have dreamed about. An industry that has raked in9 fat profits for years is struggling. Plunging10 circulation11 has forced many newspapers and magazines to shut. Survivors are seeing readers increasingly opt for12 screen over inky paper, so media companies are printing fewer and slimmer physical copies. Rising online sales and wobbly 13 economies mean that retailers are not ordering catalogues and marketing material as they once did. The rising cost of paper has not helped. 1 hum /hQm/ v. 发出嗡嗡声：The computers hummed. （计算机发出嗡嗡声。） 2 bulky /5bQlki/ adj. 庞大的；体积大的：a bulky parcel （巨大的包裹） 3 printing press 印刷机 4 bundle /5bQndl/ n. 捆；束：a thick bundle of envelopes （厚厚的一捆信封） 5 conveyor belt 传送带 6 threading machine 螺纹机；攻丝机 7 hanger /5hANE(r)/ n. 吊架 8 Johannes Gutenberg 约翰内斯·古登堡 （西方活字印刷术的发明者） 9 rake in 大量地敛集（钱财）；迅速取得：The privatization allowed companies to rake in huge profits. （私有化使各公司轻易地捞到了巨额利润。） 10 plunging /5plQndVIN/ adj. 骤降的：plunging sales figures （骤降的销售额） 11 circulation /7s\:kjU5leIFn/ n. 发行量；销售量：The magazine had a large circulation. （这份杂志销量 很