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2001TEXT32011/7/12Why do so many Americans distrust what they read in their newspapers?为什么如此多的美国人不相信他们在报纸中读到的东西为什么很多美国人不相信报纸的报道？dis|trust1VERBV nIf you distrust someone or something, you think they are not honest, reliable, or safe.= mistrustx trust2N-UNCOUNTalso a N, oft N of nDistrust is the feeling of doubt that you have towards someone or something you distrust.= mistrust为什么如此多的美国人怀疑自己在报纸上看到的东西？The AmericanSociety of Newspaper Editors is trying to answer this painful question 报纸编辑的美国社会正在试图回答这个令人头痛的问题美国报刊编辑协会正视图解答这个棘手的问题The organization is deep into a long self-analysis known as the journalism credibility project这个组织深刻的进行了自我分析被叫做记者的信任工程这个组织进行了深刻的自我分析，它被称作记者的信任工程该组织正在深入进行一次长期的自我剖析运动，此运动的名称是“新闻可信度调查”Sad to say, this projecthas turned out to be mostly low-level findings about factual errors and spelling and grammar mistakes, combined with lots of head-scratching puzzlement about what in the world whose readers really want令人失望的是，这个工程被证明是大多数低级的发现关于事实的错误和拼写错误还有语法错误结合着一些令人抓狂的费解的事令人失望的是，这个工程的结果竟然大多数是低水平的关于事实的错误、拼写的和语法的错误，结合了许多使人抓狂的令人费解的事Sad to say, this project has turned out to be mostly low-level findings状语主语 谓语 并列表语介词短语做后置定语about factual errors and spelling and grammar mistakescombined with lots of head-scratching puzzlementCombined with 连接的并列表语2介词短语做后置定语About what in the worldthose readers really want 特殊疑问句 what引导从句作about的介词宾语In the world 为加强语气“究竟到底”遗憾的是，这次调查结果多半只是一些表面的发现，诸如事实错误，拼写或语法错误，以及很多令人挠头的困惑，譬如读者到底想读什么But the sources of distrust go way deeper 但是源头不信任走的更远但是更深入的了解不信任的原因Go way deeper 理解为go much deeper但这种对报刊的不信任有更深刻的根源Most journalists learn to see the world through a set of standard templates ( patterns) into which they plug each day’s events大多数的记者尝试着看世界通过一些标准模板那些他们堆积一天的事件大多数的记者用一些标准模板看世界，他们把一些日常事件套用到这些模板中plug-in1ADJADJ nA plug-in machine is a piece of electrical equipment that is operated by being connected to an electricity supply or to another piece of electrical equipment by means of a plug.2N-COUNToft N nA plug-in is something such as