一篇practicebook的阅读求教~

wyr0426UID: 3041540

While the influence of British magazines in shaping public opinion predates the nineteenth century, it was during the 1800s that mass distribution became possible and an explosion in periodical readership occurred, vastly increasing magazine’s opinion-shaping powers. The role of magazines as arbiters of nineteenth-century taste is seen in their depictions of the London theater. The magazines accorded some legitimacy to East End working-class theaters that mirrored the format of the fashionable West End theaters serving middle-and upper-class audiences. However, the magazines also depicted music halls—which competed for patronage with all theaters—as places where crass entertainment corrupted spectators’ s taste and morals. Finally, they suggested that popular demand for substandard fare created a market unfriendly to higher expressions of dramatic art.


20 the author of the passage mentions “East End working-class theaters” primarily in order to
A.
illustrate a point about the ability of magazines to sway public opinion
B.
contrast the kinds of entertainment presented in East End and West End theaters
C.
make a point about how spectators’s tastes influenced the offerings at different kind of theaters
D.
explain how magazine chose which kinds of entertainment to cover.
E.
identify factors that helped make certain theaters fashionable


这篇文章我不是很看得懂~求大致意思。特别是The magazines accorded some legitimacy to East End working-class theaters that mirrored the format of the fashionable West End theaters serving middle-and upper-class audiences. However, the magazines also depicted music halls—which competed for patronage with all theaters—as places where crass entertainment corrupted spectators’ s taste and morals. Finally, they suggested that popular demand for substandard fare created a market unfriendly to higher expressions of dramatic art.这部分~~


多谢~~~

苏梳眠UID: 2717864

TS是首句，具体后面就是围绕该句进行展开的。
该句的大意是，M首先赋予EE属于working class的合理性，然后映射了流行的WE形式是服务于middle-and upper-class的。但是，M对于music halls（与所有剧院竞争赞助的）的评价，却是会腐蚀人心智的低品位娱乐。最终，大众对于不合理费用的要求，创造了一个对于戏剧艺术的更好表现，不友好的市场。

oldboy61UID: 3446232

开始也没看懂，楼上翻译很棒。