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[ti:Getting News From Around the World With Today’s Front Pages] [ar:Christopher Cruise] [al:Technology Report] [00:00.00]This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. [00:04.51]We recently told you about a website [00:07.40]called PastPages.org. [00:09.96]It saves the homepages of seventy news websites [00:14.24]from around the world every hour. [00:16.63]That report led us to look for a website [00:20.46]that saves images of newspapers from around the world. [00:25.19]We found Todays' Front Pages, a site operated [00:30.36]by The Newseum in Washington, DC. [00:33.55]The Newseum is a museum [00:36.84]that explores news reporting and the media. [00:40.53]We visited The Newseum and spoke [00:43.96]with its Senior Vice President, Paul Sparrow. [00:48.52]PAUL SPARROW: "I think one of the most interesting things [00:50.61]about newspapers is that they are a snapshot in time. [00:52.99]They capture a moment when the people in that organization, [00:57.62]in that newspaper, say ‘these are the most important stories [01:00.26]that are affecting our community.' [01:01.91]And what that does is that it gives you a lens [01:04.98]in which you can look at history [01:06.63]from a very specific point of view." [01:08.82]Paul Sparrow says visitors to the website [01:12.05]can choose to see all of its newspapers. [01:14.94]Or they can look only at newspapers [01:18.27]from one area of the world, [01:20.76]such as Asia, Africa or South America. [01:24.51]PAUL SPARROW: "One of the things that we do [01:26.01]is we allow for people to search by region, [01:29.49]so we have a map interface so you can, [01:31.58]you know, roll over different areas of the map [01:33.52]and you'll see the newspapers from that area. [01:35.12]People are very interested in that. [01:36.62]We get comments all the time, that ‘Oh its great [01:39.06]– put your cursor over anyplace in the world [01:40.70]and see the papers from that area.' [01:41.95]You can also, we also list them sort of alphabetically [01:45.83]by state and then by country. [01:47.58]And then we have a gallery layout [01:49.81]where you can just look at all the thumbnails [01:51.31]and pick the ones that you like [01:52.90]based on their visual presentation." [01:54.64]Todays' Front Pages does not archive, [01:57.99]or save, front page images. [02:00.82]But it does archive newspapers from historically-important dates [02:06.10]such as November fifth, two thousand eight. [02:09.53]That was one day after Barack Obama was elected president. [02:14.82]Again, The Newseum's Paul Sparrow. [02:17.70]PAUL SPARROW: "When you look back [02:19.00]at the historical newspapers in our collection, [02:20.89]you see these amazing moments where the culture is revealed. [02:26.21]If you look at like, in World War Two, [02:27.80]the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, [02:30.24]the headline is ‘Japs Attack.' [02:32.33]I mean, that's a headline you would just never see in a paper today. [02:35.02]The website shows only the front pages [02:38.40]of general-interest newspapers that publish daily. [02:42.44]Student newspapers are not displayed. [02:45.92]Some papers are not included [02:48.81]because they do not have the technological ability [02:52.49]to send their front pages electronically to the Newseum. [02:57.26]And others simply choose not to do so. [03:00.99]The site displays the front pages of eight hundred [03:05.53]thirty-six newspapers from ninety-three countries. [03:09.36]It warns that "the front pages are in their original, [03:14.58]unedited form, and some may contain material [03:19.16]that is deemed objectionable to some visitors." [03:22.55]We have placed a link to Todays' Front Pages [03:26.48]on our website, voa.com. [03:30.71]If you are in Washington, you can see many front pages [03:35.44]from around the world on display inside and just outside The Newseum. [03:41.42]Only about ten percent of the front pages the Newseum [03:45.75]receives every day are displayed, [03:48.73]but all eight hundred thirty-six are available online. [03:53.76]And that's the VOA Special English Technology Report. [03:58.35]I'm Christopher Cruise.

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This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.

We recently told you about a website called PastPages.org. It saves the homepages of seventy news websites from around the world every hour. That report led us to look for a website that saves images of newspapers from around the world.

We found Todays' Front Pages, a site operated by The Newseum in Washington, DC. The Newseum is a museum that explores news reporting and the media. We visited The Newseum and spoke with its Senior Vice President, Paul Sparrow.

The website displays the front pages of eight hundred thirty-six newspapers from ninety-three countries

PAUL SPARROW: "I think one of the most interesting things about newspapers is that they are a snapshot in time. They capture a moment when the people in that organization, in that newspaper, say ‘these are the most important stories that are affecting our community.' And what that does is that it gives you a lens in which you can look at history from a very specific point of view."

Paul Sparrow says visitors to the website can choose to see all of its newspapers. Or they can look only at newspapers from one area of the world, such as Asia, Africa or South America.

PAUL SPARROW: "One of the things that we do is we allow for people to search by region, so we have a map interface so you can, you know, roll over different areas of the map and you'll see the newspapers from that area. People are very interested in that. We get comments all the time, that ‘Oh its great – put your cursor over anyplace in the world and see the papers from that area.' You can also, we also list them sort of alphabetically by state and then by country. And then we have a gallery layout where you can just look at all the thumbnails and pick the ones that you like based on their visual presentation."

Todays' Front Pages does not archive, or save, front page images. But it does archive newspapers from historically-important dates such as November fifth, two thousand eight. That was one day after Barack Obama was elected president. Again, The Newseum's Paul Sparrow.

PAUL SPARROW: "When you look back at the historical newspapers in our collection, you see these amazing moments where the culture is revealed. If you look at like, in World War Two, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the headline is ‘Japs Attack.' I mean, that's a headline you would just never see in a paper today.

The website shows only the front pages of general-interest newspapers that publish daily. Student newspapers are not displayed. Some papers are not included because they do not have the technological ability to send their front pages electronically to the Newseum. And others simply choose not to do so.

The site displays the front pages of eight hundred thirty-six newspapers from ninety-three countries. It warns that "the front pages are in their original, unedited form, and some may contain material that is deemed objectionable to some visitors."

We have placed a link to Todays' Front Pages on our website, 51voa.com.

If you are in Washington, you can see many front pages from around the world on display inside and just outside The Newseum. Only about ten percent of the front pages the Newseum receives every day are displayed, but all eight hundred thirty-six are available online.

And that's the VOA Special English Technology Report. I'm Christopher Cruise.

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.

這里是美國(guó)之音慢速英語(yǔ)科技報(bào)道。

We recently told you about a website called PastPages.org. It saves the homepages of seventy news websites from around the world every hour. That report led us to look for a website that saves images of newspapers from around the world.

前不久我們向你講述了一家名為PastPages.org的網(wǎng)站。該網(wǎng)站每小時(shí)會(huì)保存下來(lái)世界各地70家新聞網(wǎng)站的首頁(yè)。那篇報(bào)道讓我們開始尋找一家保存世界各地報(bào)紙的圖片版的網(wǎng)站。

We found Todays' Front Pages, a site operated by The Newseum in Washington, DC. The Newseum is a museum that explores news reporting and the media. We visited The Newseum and spoke with its Senior Vice President, Paul Sparrow.

我們發(fā)現(xiàn)了今日頭版網(wǎng)(Todays' Front Pages)，這家網(wǎng)站由華盛頓特區(qū)的新聞博物館運(yùn)營(yíng)。新聞博物館是一家探索新聞報(bào)道和媒體的博物館。我們參觀了新聞博物館，并與其高級(jí)副總裁保羅·斯派洛(Paul Sparrow)進(jìn)行了交流。

PAUL SPARROW: "I think one of the most interesting things about newspapers is that they are a snapshot in time. They capture a moment when the people in that organization, in that newspaper, say ‘these are the most important stories that are affecting our community.' And what that does is that it gives you a lens in which you can look at history from a very specific point of view."

斯派洛：“我認(rèn)為關(guān)于報(bào)紙最有趣的事情之一就是，他們是某個(gè)時(shí)刻的快照。他們捕捉了這樣一個(gè)瞬間，某機(jī)構(gòu)或報(bào)紙講述‘影響我們社會(huì)的最重要的事件。’而這給你一個(gè)鏡頭，讓你可以從非常獨(dú)特的視角來(lái)審視歷史。”

Paul Sparrow says visitors to the website can choose to see all of its newspapers. Or they can look only at newspapers from one area of the world, such as Asia, Africa or South America.

斯派洛表示，網(wǎng)站訪客可以選擇查看所有報(bào)紙，或者只看來(lái)自世界上某個(gè)地區(qū)的報(bào)紙，如亞洲、亞洲或南美。

PAUL SPARROW: "One of the things that we do is we allow for people to search by region, so we have a map interface so you can, you know, roll over different areas of the map and you'll see the newspapers from that area. People are very interested in that. We get comments all the time, that ‘Oh it's great – put your cursor over anyplace in the world and see the papers from that area.' You can also, we also list them sort of alphabetically by state and then by country. And then we have a gallery layout where you can just look at all the thumbnails and pick the ones that you like based on their visual presentation."

斯派洛：“我們?cè)试S人們通過(guò)地區(qū)搜索，所以我們有一個(gè)地圖界面，你可以在地圖的不同地區(qū)滾動(dòng)鼠標(biāo)，這樣就能看到來(lái)自該地區(qū)的報(bào)紙。人們對(duì)此非常感興趣。我們不斷被評(píng)價(jià)說(shuō)，‘這太好了--將你的鼠標(biāo)箭頭放到世界任何地區(qū)，就能看到該地區(qū)的報(bào)紙。’我們還允許人們按照州和國(guó)家的字母順序排序。然后我們有一個(gè)畫廊式樣的布局，你可以看到所有縮略圖，然后挑選出你喜歡的報(bào)紙的直觀圖像。”

Todays' Front Pages does not archive, or save, front page images. But it does archive newspapers from historically-important dates such as November fifth, two thousand eight. That was one day after Barack Obama was elected president. Again, The Newseum's Paul Sparrow.

今日頭版網(wǎng)不會(huì)存檔頭版的圖片。但它會(huì)存檔歷史重要日期的報(bào)紙，像2008年11月5日，這是奧巴馬當(dāng)選總統(tǒng)之后的一天。新聞博物館的斯派洛再次表示：

PAUL SPARROW: "When you look back at the historical newspapers in our collection, you see these amazing moments where the culture is revealed. If you look at like, in World War Two, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the headline is ‘Japs Attack.' I mean, that's a headline you would just never see in a paper today.

斯派洛：“當(dāng)你回顧我們收集的歷史性報(bào)紙，你可以看到文化顯露的這些驚人瞬間。如回顧二戰(zhàn)中珍珠港事件后的一天，標(biāo)題是‘日本出擊’。我的意思是，今天的報(bào)紙?jiān)僖部床坏竭@樣一個(gè)標(biāo)題。”

The website shows only the front pages of general-interest newspapers that publish daily. Student newspapers are not displayed. Some papers are not included because they do not have the technological ability to send their front pages electronically to the Newseum. And others simply choose not to do so.

該網(wǎng)站只顯示每日出版的公共報(bào)紙的頭版。學(xué)生報(bào)紙都不會(huì)被展示。有些報(bào)紙沒(méi)被包含進(jìn)來(lái)是因?yàn)樗麄儧](méi)有發(fā)送電子頭版的技術(shù)能力，而另一些報(bào)紙選擇不這么做。

The site displays the front pages of eight hundred thirty-six newspapers from ninety-three countries. It warns that "the front pages are in their original, unedited form, and some may contain material that is deemed objectionable to some visitors."

該網(wǎng)站展示了來(lái)自93個(gè)國(guó)家的836份報(bào)紙的頭版，并提醒說(shuō)，“這些頭版是原始的，未經(jīng)過(guò)編輯。有些頭版可能會(huì)含有被一些訪客視為反感的材料。”

We have placed a link to Todays' Front Pages on our website, 51voa.com.

我們?cè)?1VOA網(wǎng)站上放置了一個(gè)今日頭版網(wǎng)的鏈接。

If you are in Washington, you can see many front pages from around the world on display inside and just outside The Newseum. Only about ten percent of the front pages the Newseum receives every day are displayed, but all eight hundred thirty-six are available online.

如果你在華盛頓，你可以看到在新聞博物館內(nèi)外展示的很多來(lái)自世界各地的報(bào)紙頭版。新聞博物館每天收到的頭版只有大約10%被展示出來(lái)，但所有836家報(bào)紙的頭版都會(huì)在網(wǎng)站上展示。

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