Social media more popular news source than TV and news websites: BBC Learning English from the News · BBC Learning English
全球新闻信任度创历史新低，社交媒体首次超越电视和新闻网站成为主流新闻来源。适合练习新闻词汇和表达方式。
From BBC Learning English.
来自 BBC 的“学习英语”（Learning English）项目。
This is Learning English from the News, our podcast about the news headlines.
这是《从新闻中学习英语》（Learning English from the News）——我们的播客节目，专门聚焦新闻标题的内容。
In this programme: Trust in the news is the lowest it's ever been.
在这个节目中：人们对新闻的信任度已经降到了历史最低点。
Hello, I'm Neil.
你好，我叫尼尔。
And I'm Georgie.
我叫乔治（Georgie）。
In this programme, we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.
在这个节目中，我们会探讨一则重要的新闻事件，以及新闻标题中出现的词汇，这些词汇将有助于你理解这则新闻。
You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode, as well as a worksheet on our website,
您可以在我们的网站上找到这一集的所有词汇和标题，以及相应的练习题。
bbclearningenglish.com Let's hear more about this story.
bbclearningenglish.com：让我们进一步了解这个故事吧。
Trust in news around the world is the lowest it has been since annual reports began in 2015.
自 2015 年开始发布年度报告以来，全球民众对新闻的信任度已经降至历史最低水平。
The 2026 Digital News Report, published by the Reuters Institute, studied 48 markets, made up of countries and territories,
路透社研究所发布的《2026年数字新闻报告》对48个市场进行了研究，这些市场涵盖了多个国家和地区。
and looked at the habits and attitudes surrounding online news consumption.
并研究了与在线新闻消费相关的习惯和态度。
The report suggests that public trust in the news is at 27%, three points down from last year.
报告显示，公众对新闻的信任度仅为27%，比去年下降了3个百分点。
In the UK, trust is 20 points lower than it was ten years ago.
在英国，人们的信任度比十年前降低了20个百分点。
For the first time, social media and video networks are, on average, more popular than both TV and news websites and apps as sources of news.
有史以来，社交媒体和视频网站首次在作为新闻来源方面，平均而言比电视、新闻网站及新闻应用程序更受欢迎。
The use of AI chatbots for news is also growing quickly.
在新闻领域，人工智能聊天机器人的应用也在迅速发展。
Let's have our first headline.
让我们来看第一条新闻标题吧。
This one is from BBC News.
这条新闻来自 BBC 新闻频道。
Trust in news hits a new low, research suggests.
研究表明，人们对新闻的信任度已经跌至历史新低。
Again that headline from BBC News: Trust in news hits a new low, research suggests.
又是BBC新闻的那个标题：“研究表明，人们对新闻的信任度已跌至新低。
OK, so we've mentioned that trust in the news is lower than it has been since reports began.
好的，我们已经提到过：人们对新闻的信任度已经降到了自相关报道开始以来的最低水平。
And we're looking at this phrase 'a new low'.
我们正在关注这个短语——“新的低点”（a new low）。
Neil, is it connected?
尼尔，这个设备能正常使用吗（或者说：它和网络连接正常吗）？
Yes.
是的。
A new low means the lowest level so far.
新的最低纪录”指的是迄今为止出现的最低水平。
It's broken the previous record.
它打破了之前的纪录。
Here in the headline, the authors have used the verb 'hit'.
在标题中，作者使用了动词“hit”。
Trust in news hits a new low.
人们对新闻的信任度再次跌至新低。
But it's also common to hear reach a new low or fall to a new low.
不过，我们也经常听到这样的说法：某事物达到了新的低点，或者再次跌至新的低水平。
It can be used in many different contexts.
它可以在许多不同的场景中使用。
For example, the value of a country's
例如，一个国家的……（此处“value of a country’s”后缺少具体所指的内容）
currency has reached a new low, or the football players confidence hit a new low after he missed another penalty shot.
货币汇率再次创下新低；那位足球运动员在又一次罚球未中之后，自信心也跌到了新低。
You're also likely to hear the opposite - a new high.
你也很有可能会听到相反的说法，即市场达到了新的高点。
For example, house prices have hit a new high this month.
例如，本月房价再次创下历史新高。
They're higher than they've ever been.
现在的水平比以往任何时候都要高。
We've had a new low - The lowest level something has ever been.
我们又创下了一个新的低点——这是某事物有史以来达到的最低水平。
For example, temperatures overnight fell to a new low.
例如，夜间气温降到了新的低点。
This is Learning English from the News, our podcast about the news headlines.
这是《从新闻中学习英语》（Learning English from the News）——我们的播客节目，专门聚焦新闻标题的内容。
Today we're talking about falling trust in news.
今天我们要讨论的是人们对新闻的信任度正在下降这一现象。
The use of traditional news sources like TV news and news websites is declining.
人们对传统新闻来源（如电视新闻和新闻网站）的依赖正在逐渐减少。
While social media and video networks are, for the first time, the most widely used way of accessing news.
虽然社交媒体和视频网站首次成为获取新闻最广泛使用的渠道，但这一趋势仍值得关注。