Britannia rues the waves 英国海军的统治

BritanniaRuestheWavesAndrewFergusonNeilAndrewFergusonNeil

bornonMay211949Scottish

journalistandbroadcaster.Hehasrichexperiencesinbothnewspaperandtelevisionactivities.Hehasgreatachievementsduringhiscareer.AndrewFergusonNeilNeilcurrentlyworksforthe

BBC,presentingthelivepoliticalprogrammessuchas:TheSundayPolitics,

ThisWeekon

BBCOneDailyPolitics

on

BBCTwo

Healsoanchors(主持)BBC's

StraightTalkWithAndrewNeil

andmakesdocumentaries.EarlyLifeNeilwasbornin

Paisley,Renfrewshire.Neilattendedthe

UniversityofGlasgow.Whilethere,heeditedthestudentnewspaper,the

GlasgowUniversityGuardian

anddabbledinstudenttelevision.Aftergraduation,Neilbrieflyworkedasasportscorrespondentforlocalnewspaper,the

PaisleyDailyExpress,beforeworkingforthe

ConservativeParty

asaresearchassistant.In1973,hejoined

TheEconomist

asacorrespondentandwaslaterpromotedaseditorofthepublication'ssectiononBritain.ActivitiesandachievementsNeilwaseditorof

TheSundayTimes

from1983until1994.Neilregardsthenewspaper‘srevelationofdetailsof

Israel’snuclearweaponsprogram

in1986ashisgreatestscoop(独家新闻)asaneditor.HeusephotographsandtestimonyfromformerIsraelinucleartechnician

MordechaiVanunu.ActivitiesandachievementsIn1988healsobecamefoundingchairmanof

SkyTV（英国空中电视台）Promotesinglechannelsatelliteservice(卫星服务)intoafourchannelnetworkinlessthanayearTheSkyTVmerged(吞并)BSB(BritishSatelliteBroadcasting英国卫星广播公司)in1990undertheleadofNeilandthenewcompanywascalled“BSkyB”.

AcquiringBSB‘shealthieradvertisingcontractsandequipmentapparentlysolvedtheirshortageofsatellitedishes(卫星天线).ThismadeBSkyBoneofthemostprofitableandsuccessfultelevisioncompaniesinEuropenow.

ActivitiesandachievementsDuringthisperiod,healsobrought

TheSimpsonstoBritishtelevision.ActivitiesandachievementsNeil(centre)withSkyNewsanchor

AdamBoulton(left)in2013ActivitiesandachievementsAswellasNeil‘snewspaperactivities,hehasalsomaintainedatelevisioncareer.Duringthe1990sNeilfrontedpoliticalprogrammesfortheBBC(

DispatchBox

on

BBCTwoandtheinterviewshow

IsThisYourLife?

)inearly2003Neilhasbeenthepresenterofthe

BBCOne’s

weeklypoliticalroundupshow,

ThisWeek,andco-presenterof

DailyPolitics

whichbroadcastsaboutParliamentsits(开会).ActivitiesandachievementsInNovember2004,itwasannouncedthatNeilwastobecomechiefexecutiveof

TheSpectator.HebecamethechairmanofPressHoldingsinJuly2008.NeilservedasLordRectorofthe

UniversityofSt.Andrews

from1999–2002.

PersonalLifeApassionatefollowerofcricket,Neilisamemberof

MaryleboneCricketClub.Neilhasnevermarriedand,althoughhehas14godchildren,hehasnochildrenofhisown.TheEconomistType:weeklynewsmagazineOwner:theEconomistGroupFounder:JamesWilsonFounded:inSeptember1843Political:LiberalismHeadquarter:WestminsterLondonU.KMainOpinionsTheEconomist

generallysupports

freetrade,globalization,and

freeimmigration.

Thenewsmagazinefavoursa

carbontax

tofight

globalwarming.Thepaperhasalsosupportedliberalcausesonsocialissuessuchasrecognitionofgaymarriages,legalizationofdrugs,criticizesthe

U.S.taxmodelinarecentissue,

EditorialAnonymity(编辑匿名)Articlesoftentakeadefiniteeditorialstanceandalmostnevercarrya

byline（署名）.Noteventhenameoftheeditorisprintedintheissue.Itisalong-standingtraditionthataneditor'sonlysignedarticleduringhistenureiswrittenontheoccasionofhisdeparturefromtheposition.Theeditorssaythisisnecessarybecause"collectivevoiceandpersonalitymattermorethantheidentitiesofindividualjournalists"

andreflects"acollaborativeeffort".EditorialAnonymity(编辑匿名)Inseveralcertaincircumstances:①whennoblepersonareinvitedtocontributeopinionpieces.②whenjournalistsof“theEconomist”compilespecialreport.(专题报道)③fortheYearinReviewspecialedition.BritanniaRuestheWavesMainlytalkaboutthelatelydeclineoftheBritishmerchantnavy,andthevariousreasonsforthisdecline.RuleBritanniaAfamousnavysongGenerallyrecognizedtodayastheofficialmarchoftheRoyalNavy.ItwaswrittenbyJamesThomsonandsettomusicbyDr.ThomasArnein1740.LyricsWhenBritainfirst,atheaven’scommand,

Arosefromouttheazuremain,Thiswasthecharter,thecharteroftheland,

Andguardianangelssangthestrain.

RuleBritannia!

Britanniarulethewaves.

Britonsnever,never,nevershallbeslaves.当不列颠在世界之初由造物主安置于蔚蓝大海之上的时候就已向这片土地的众神契誓，誓将与众神一起永远守护大陆统治吧！不列颠尼亚！统治这片汹涌的海洋！不列颠人永远都不会被奴役！RuleBritanniaMeaningBritannia:nowpoetic,GreatBritainortheBritishIslandsBritanniarulesthewaves:Britainisproudofbeingthelordofthesea.“Rule”or