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Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE阅读练习： 数字技术拯救传统新闻行业 GRE阅读文章：GRE阅读练习： 数字技术拯救传统新闻行业 GRE考试精品课程训练  IN FEBRUARY Vice, a media firm that caters to youngsters who liketheir news with a dollop of sass and hip-hop, toured the opulent residence ofthe ousted president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, and posted the videoonline. “It looks like a weird dictatorship theme park,” the sardonic reportertold the camera. A new report by the Pew Research Centre, a think-tank, findsthat a third of Americans now watch news videos online, about as many as saythey watch news on cable television. Among those aged 18-29, around half do.  传媒公司Vice迎合年轻人的口味播报充满狂言妄语的新闻及嘻哈音乐。今年二月，该传媒公司的记者参观了已被罢黜的乌克兰总统亚努科维奇豪宅并将视频传到了网上。“这个地方就像一个怪异的独裁主题公园”记者颇具讽刺性地对着摄像机说道。智库皮尤研究中心最 近发表了一个新的报告，该报道显示近三分之一的美国人在网上看视频新闻，约近乎三分之一的人称他们在有线电视上看新闻。在那些18-29岁的年轻人中，近一半的人在网上看新闻。  In years past Pews “State of the News Media” reports have beensombre, chronicling the evisceration of jobs and the gutting of news budgets.This year, however, Pew sounded more optimistic, pointing to the slew ofdigital-news services, such as Vices online news channel, that have sprung uprecently. Around 5,000 full-time jobs have been created at 468 digital-newsfirms, according to Pew. Many online-news firms have hired high-profilejournalists away from big publications, such as the New York Times and WashingtonPost, and are launching bureaus around the world (although not nearly as manyas have been shuttered by newspapers).  在过去的几年，皮尤中心有关“新闻媒体的状况”的报告都是阴郁的，长久以来都是老生常谈的就业问题和新预算。但是今年，皮尤似乎更为乐观，指出数字新闻服务局势的回转，比如说Vice在线新闻，最 近如雨后春笋一般冒出来。根据皮尤的数据，468家数字新闻公司已经创造了近5000个全职岗位。许多在线新闻公司从大型出版社挖墙脚，雇了许多高知名度的记者，如纽约时报级华盛顿邮报，并在全球广设分局(尽管并非很多由于纸质新闻业而惨遭关闭)。  Digital news firms used to do little besides rehashing traditionalnewspapers stories. Now they are starting to feature more original articles.Last year Business Insider, a business-news site, ran a profile of MarissaMayer, the boss of Yahoo. At 23,000 words, it was as long as a nov