2001年10月阅读解析第四篇2001年10月阅读解析第四篇.pdfVIP

新托福专业备考社区 2001年10月第四篇 Questions 30-39 The lack of printing regulations and the unenforceabiliy of British copyright law in the American colonies made it possible for colonial printers occasionally to act as publishers. Although they rarely undertook major publishing project because it was difficult to sell books as cheaply as they could be imported from Europe, printers in (5) Philadelphia did publish work that required only small amounts of capital, paper, and type. Broadsides could be published with minimal financial risk. Consisting of only one sheet of paper and requiring small amounts of type, broadsides involved lower investments of capital than longer works. Furthermore, the broadside format lent itselt to subjects of Comment 1: 如果 海报出版商计算错 high, if temporary, interest, enabling them to meet with ready sale. If the broadside printer 误，多印刷了一页， (10) miscalculated, however, and produced a sheet that did not sell, it was not likely to be a 损失也不大，而且 出版商立刻会知 major loss, and the printer would know this immediately. There would be no agonizing 道。不会陷入大笔 资金被困，书架上 wait with large amounts of capital tied up, books gathering dust on the shelves, and creditors 的书积满灰尘，以 及债权人不断催款 impatient for payment 的境地。 In addition to broadsides, boo