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最近普利策新闻奖获奖名单在纽约哥伦比亚大学公布。在总共21个奖项的得主中，社论写作奖(award for editorial writing)的获奖者尤其引人注目，因为《风暴湖时报》(Storm Lake Times)是唯一一个从发行量到知名度都非常小的“乡镇报纸”(tiny small-town newspaper)。《风暴湖时报》的雇员只有9人(nine staff team)，包括主编Art Cullen、发行人他的兄弟John Cullen、摄影师他的妻子Dolores Cullen和食谱专栏写手John的妻子Mary Cullen。这是一家家庭小作坊式的地方报纸，每期头版都会有孩子、小狗、失火和车祸的内容(strive to have a baby, a dog, a fire and a crash on every front page)。虽然和其他钱袋不深的小报一样《风时》也会努力去试图迎合读者(pander to readers)，但它却是一家有勇气、眼光和新闻理想的媒体。2016年得梅因自然水厂(Des Moines Water Works)起诉爱荷华州包括《风时》所在地布尤纳维斯塔郡在内的三个郡，原因是这三个农业郡将大量的氮(releasing too much nitrogen)排入水厂的取水的河流。虽然布尤纳维斯塔郡对抗该诉讼，但《风时》团队好奇究竟是哪股力量在代表他们发声，并对此进行了深入的调查和报道。最终诉讼没有成功令人可惜，但《风时》却顶住本地压力，成功地揭示出三郡背后的金主——农业利益集团不光明的行径。一家出身如此卑微的家庭报纸，却能因为执著与热情，终与纽约时报、华尔街日报、华尔街邮报、纽约客、迈阿密先驱报等传统报业大佬比肩，这对我们所有人都是宝贵的一课。

今天的句子：

The twice-weekly newspaper, serving a town of a little over 10,000 people, may not previously have been widely read outside Buena Vista county, north-west Iowa, but Cullen’s editorials – “fuelled by tenacious reporting, impressive expertise and engaging writing that successfully challenged powerful corporate agricultural interests in Iowa” – certainly caught the attention of the Pulitzer committee.

词汇突破：

1.Editorial 社论

2.Tenacious 锲而不舍的

3.Impressive 令人印象深刻的

4.Expertise 专业才能

5.Engaging 动人的

6.Challenge 挑战

7.Corporate 企业的

确定主干：

并列句一：

The twice-weekly newspaper may not previously have been widely read outside Buena Vista county, north-west Iowa

并列句二：

Cullen’s editorials certainly caught the attention of the Pulitzer committee

切分成分+独立成句：

1. serving a town of a little over 10,000 people 定语

The twice-weekly newspaper serves a town of a little over 10,000 people

2. “fuelled by tenacious reporting, impressive expertise and engaging writing that successfully challenged powerful corporate agricultural interests in Iowa” (定语，而且我知道独立成句啊!)

1 )Cullen’s editorials was fuelled by tenacious reporting, impressive expertise and engaging writing

Cullen的社论 “以锲而不舍的报道、惊人的专业和动人的行文为‘燃料’

2) Cullen’s editorials successfully challenged powerful corporate agricultural interests in Iowa

Cullen的社论成功地挑战了爱荷华州强大的农业利益集团

参考译文：这份一周两期的报纸服务于一个人口略微多于一万的市镇，也许先前在布尤纳维斯塔郡(位于爱荷华州西北部)以外并没有广泛的读者，但Cullen的社论——“以锲而不舍的报道、惊人的专业和动人的行文为‘燃料’，成功地挑战了爱荷华州强大的农业利益集团”——无疑得到了普利策评奖委员会的注意。

明天的句子：

In a suit filed Friday afternoon in Miami-Dade County circuit court, Airbnb claims the city of Miami is both violating the First Amendment rights of the hosts it is pursuing and flouting a state law that prohibits municipalities from enacting regulations post-2011 to further limit short-term rentals in private homes.