Britannia rues the waves 英國海軍的統(tǒng)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(獨家新聞)asaneditor.HeusephotographsandtestimonyfromformerIsraelinucleartechnician

MordechaiVanunu.ActivitiesandachievementsIn1988healsobecamefoundingchairmanof

SkyTV（英國空中電視臺）Promotesinglechannelsatelliteservice(衛(wèi)星服務)intoafourchannelnetworkinlessthanayearTheSkyTVmerged(吞并)BSB(BritishSatelliteBroadcasting英國衛(wèi)星廣播公司)in1990undertheleadofNeilandthenewcompanywascalled“BSkyB”.

AcquiringBSB‘shealthieradvertisingcontractsandequipmentapparentlysolvedtheirshortageofsatellitedishes(衛(wèi)星天線).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(開會).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(編輯匿名)Articlesoftentakeadefiniteeditorialstanceandalmostnevercarrya

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

andreflects"acollaborativeeffort".EditorialAnonymity(編輯匿名)Inseveralcertaincircumstances:①whennoblepersonareinvitedtocontributeopinionpieces.②whenjournalistsof“theEconomist”compilespecialreport.(專題報道)③fortheYearinReviewspecialedition.BritanniaRuestheWavesMainlytalkaboutthelatelydeclineoftheBritishmerchantnavy,andthevariousreasonsforthisdecline.RuleBritanniaAfamousnavysongGenerallyrecognizedtodayastheofficialmarchoftheRoyalNavy.ItwaswrittenbyJamesThomsonandsettomusicbyDr.ThomasArnein1740.LyricsWhenBritainfirst,atheaven’scommand,

Arosefromouttheazuremain,Thiswasthecharter,thecharteroftheland,

Andguardianangelssangthestrain.

RuleBritannia!

Britanniarulethewaves.

Britonsnever,never,nevershallbeslaves.當不列顛在世界之初由造物主安置于蔚藍大海之上的時候就已向這片土地的眾神契誓，誓將與眾神一起永遠守護大陸統(tǒng)治吧！不列顛尼亞！統(tǒng)治這片洶涌的海洋！不列顛人永遠都不會被奴役！RuleBritanniaMeaningBritannia:nowpoetic,GreatBritainortheBritishIslandsBritanniarulesthewaves:Britainisproudofbeingthelordofthesea.“Rule”or