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The CLBC—the Central London Broadcasting Corporation—steals from the rest of the country by taking its money and spending it on
The CLBC—the Central London Broadcasting Corporation—steals from the rest of the country by taking its money and spending it on
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2017-02-28
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问题
The CLBC—the Central London Broadcasting Corporation—steals from the rest of the country by taking its money and spending it on itself. Provincials have noted this for years, but now there are signs that the shrugged "what did you expect?" patience is wearing thin. Just as it clearly has in Scotland. The Scots, whether formally separate or not, are going to insist on a new settlement.
This is a difficult moment for BBC senior management. Facing a hostile government, it is being squeezed financially just as media globalisation and technical transformation challenge its traditional model. But this revolt of the provincial peasants will grow. The London aristocrats fawning at court could be in trouble.
London is a centripetal force sucking the life out of the rest of Britain. For centuries, it has been dominant, as most capitals are, but until recently there were other capitals, proudly representing the other regions, with their own culture, political stance and achievements. People came to London to make their names or their fortunes, but most stayed, rooted in their own provincial world. Most still do, but the Londoncentric BBC does not recognise it.
In fact, the BBC has known all this for years, but it is drawn into the vortex, even though it knows it cannot afford to ignore the rest of the country. Its response is tokenism. Policy won’t change until attitudes change, from recruitment, to where creative people are based, to who is allowed on the air. We do have the occasional regional voice, in its Sunday Best.
For years, the attitudes offered to us have been ones of metropolitan superiority. People in the provinces have appeared on screen patronised by stylish southerners who occasionally venture north, like visiting anthropologists, to investigate the habits of the weird natives. Their lives are editorialised by the southerners, filtered and interpreted. What current affairs programmes come from anywhere but central London? Oh, but if they came from Birmingham or Leeds, no one would watch them? Well, virtually no one watches Newsnight, but that doesn’t stop it boring us with the usual metropolitan talking heads.
My response is that the BBC has a pre-eminent responsibility to swim against the tide, to reach out to everyone and engage in a truly national conversation. To be a platform for the whole country. A stage for the exploration of our culture, culturein its richest sense. An institution everyone feels they own, one that represents them. It could yet become the catalyst for the whole nation’s rediscovery of its cultural and economic wealth. It would certainly remind Londoners that the peasants don’t live in caves. Even though they talk funny.
The author holds that current affairs programmes on BBC
选项
A、show a marginalized lifestyle.
B、feature distorted images.
C、spotlight the Northern regions.
D、thrill its targeted audiences.
答案
B
解析
(1)本题出处定位至第5段,由于该段谈论的话题便是current affairs programmes。(2)根据文章,“BBC为观众展示出伦敦的优越感”(第5段:superiority),“荧屏上的确出现了地方人物,但赞助者却是上流社会的南方人,只是偶尔去地方,考查一下当地人离奇有趣的风俗习惯”(第5段:occasionally,weird natives)。这些语句的言外之意便是,BBC银屏上展现的未必是地方的真实写照。(3)此外,“编辑、过滤和诠释地方生活的是南方人”(第5段:editorialised,filtered,interpreted),难怪,即便有介绍地方的节目,也几乎没有人感兴趣(第5段:virtually)。综合这些内容,确定选项[B]是原文内容的概括。
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考研英语一
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