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英美报刊选读考试材料

UnitOneChina

LessononeAnAmericaninBeijing（中国经济迅猛发展：

留学生蜂拥而至）

新闻写作何谓News?

新闻写作何谓Journalese?

UnitTwoUnitedStates（Ⅰ）

LessonFiveTheEvolutionWars（宗教挑战科学）

如何读懂标题（Ⅰ）（Ⅱ）

UnitThreeUnitedStates（Ⅱ）

LessonTenTheNewDreamIsn’tAmerican（美国梦不再）

导语（Lead）

报刊语言主要特点（Ⅰ）（Ⅱ）

UnitFourUnitedStates（Ⅲ）

LessonTwelvePathoftheStorm（暴风骤雨，仕途不保）

读报知识Lobby和LobbyFirm

UnitFiveUSForeignPolicy

LessonEighteenARaceWeCanAllWin（中国发展：

中美双赢的竞赛）

常见借喻词和提喻词（Ⅰ）（Ⅱ）常见委婉语

UnitSixWorldAffairs

LessonNineteen

WhytheMonarchyMustStay

（君主制的废留之争）

读报工具书

Explanation

focusonbackgroundinformation,languagedifficulties,culturaldifficulties,textualanalysisandcomment.

After-classreading 

fastreading,searchforkeywords,

generalideasandtopics.

summaryandcomments

presentation

groupdiscussion

Evaluation

finalscore=（performance+assignment+attendance）+exam

Attendclassontime,nominationatrandom.

Newsreport（bighotinrecent）.

Presentationofnewtextforself-study.

Readnewspapersormagazines,makesummaryandcommentsonweeklynews.（<=1）

Finishassignmentontime.

Formgroupsbyyourselves.（5-6）

References:

Doyoulikewatchingorlisteningtonewsreport?

Howdoyoualwayskeepcontactwithnews?

Howmuchdoyouknowaboutnews?

IntroductionofNews

InChina’sacademiccircles:

Newsisthereportingofrecentevents.

1）Newsisafreshreportofevents,factsoropinionsthatpeopledidnotknowbeforetheyreadyourstory.

2）Newsisanythingtimelythatinterestsanumberofpersons,andthebestnewsisthatwhichhasthegreatestinterestofthegreatestnumber.

3）Newsisanyevent,ideaoropinionthatistimely,thatinterestsoraffectsalargenumberofpeopleinacommunityandthatiscapableofbeingunderstoodbythem.

4）Newsisthereportingofanythingtimelywhichhasimportance,use,orinteresttoaconsiderablenumberofpersonsinapublicationaudience.

Questionsforthinking:

Whatthingsarenewsworthy?

Whatarethequalitiesofagoodnewsstory?

humaninterest（人情味）

ordinaryperson（s）+usualoccurrence（s）≠news

Xiaohonggoestoschool.

ordinaryperson（s）+unusualoccurrence（s）＝news

Xiaohongkillsherself.

extraordinaryperson（s）+usualoccurrence（s）=news

ZhangBaizhiandXieTingfengdevoiced

extraordinaryperson（s）+unusualoccurrence（s）=bignews

JackieChanhasmadedonationsforearthquakerelief.

Aneventthathappenedthedayofordaybeforepublicationoraneventthatisduetohappenintheimmediatefutureisconsideredtimely.

Someeventsthathappenedinthepastalsomaybeconsideredtimelyiftheyareprintedonananniversaryoftheevent,suchasone,fiveor10yearsaftertheincident.

Aneventmaybeofinteresttolocalreadersbecauseithappenedinorclosetothecommunity.

theunusual,freshanduniquenatureofanevent

Awell-knownsaying:

“Itisnotnewswhenadogbitesaman,butabsolutelynewswhenyoufindamanbitesadog.”

Peoplewhoarewell-knownfortheiraccomplishments—primarilyentertainers,athletesorpeoplewhohavegainedfameforachievements,goodorbad—attractalotofattention.

Thisstoryranonthefrontpagebecauseofthecelebritystatusoftheentertainers.

Peoplelikestoriesaboutpeoplewhohavespecialproblems,achievementsorexperiences.

Thesestoriescanbeprofiles（人物简介）orunusualstoriesaboutpeoplethatmakereaderscareabouttheirplight（境况）.

Science,businessorreligionortosuchspecialgroupsaswomen,minorities,disabledpeople,veterans,collegestudentsorothergroupswithparticularinterests.

Storiesinvolvingconflictspeoplehavewithgovernmentorotherpeopleareoftennewsworthy,especiallywhentheconflictreflectslocalproblems.

Helpfulness:

Consumers,healthandotherhow-tostories

Entertainment:

Storiesthatamusereaders,makethemfeelgoodorhelpthemenjoytheirleisuretime.

Inspiration:

Storiesaboutpeoplewhoovercomedifficulties

Whatpartsdoesanewsstoryhave?

Likeallstories,thebasicnewsstoryhasaheadlineandthreegeneralparts:

abeginningcalledthe“lead”,amiddlecalledthe“body”andanending.Andbeforelead,therearedatelineandbyline.

Dateline:

totellreaderswhenandwherethestoryiswritten,important

Byline:

togivecredittothewriter,isalsoveryimportant.

WASHINGTON,JULY8（UPl）-CNNhopestofeatureAsiamoreprominentlyinitsnewsprogramsinordertoshareinJapan'sestimated＄50billioninadvertisingrevenuethisyear,accordingtoNEWSWEEK

[合众国际社华盛顿7月8日电]据《新闻周刊》报道，为了在今年日本估计为500亿美元的广告收入中占有份额，美国有线新闻网希望在其新闻节目中更加突出亚洲特色.

Accordingtochannelofbroadcasting:

Accordingtocontents:

Accordingtoregion:

worldnews（有国际新闻）

homenews（国内新闻）

localnews（地方新闻）

hardnews:

storiesofatimelynature（immediacy）abouteventsorconflictsthathavejusthappenedorareabouttohappen.

e.g.

crimes,fires,meetings,protestrallies,

speechesandtestimonyincourtcases.

Softnewscanalsobestoriesthatfocusonpeople,placesorissuesthataffectreaders’lives.Thesetypesofstoriesarecalled“featurestories”（专题报道）.

Itisn’tnewsthathappenedovernight,whichdoesnotmeanthatitislessimportantthanhardnews.

urgent（急电）brief（简讯）

flash（快讯）editorials（社论）

features（特写/特稿）personalprofile（人物特写）

anecdote（趣事/轶事）newsreporting（消息报道）

commentariesandcolumns（新闻评论）

breakingnews（突发新闻）

（1）majorPrintmedia（报刊）

ChinaDaily,21stCentury,ShanghaiStar,Businessweekly

（USA）

NewYorkTimes

WashingtonPost

LosAngelesTimes

USAToday

BusinessWeek

WallstreetJournal

Newsweek

Time

Fortune

Reader’sDigest

USANews&worldReport

ChristianScienceMonitor

（Britain）

TheTimeshttp:

//www.thetimes.co.uk/

TheObserverhttp:

//www.observer.co.uk/

TheDailyTelegraphhttp:

//www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/

TheGuardianhttp:

//www.guardian.co.uk/

TheEconomist

TheFinancialTimes

（2）majorElectricalMedia（电子传媒）:

NewsAgency,Radio,TV

1）ThomsonReuters

2）AssociatedPress（AP）http:

//www.ap.org/

3）AgencyFrancePress（AFP）

4）theVoiceofAmerica（VOA）http:

//www.voa.gov/

5）BritishBroadcastingCorporation（BBC）

6）CableNewsNetwork（CNN）

Makethepresentationinthenextclass.

Searchinformationandprepareforanewsreport.

Fillthefollowingtable

AQualitySelectionofArticlesfromAmerican&EnglishNewspapers&Magazines

TeachingPeriod2

ThinkandTalk

•AreyouinterestedinreadingEnglishnewspapersandmagazines?

Whatnewspapersandmagazinesdoyouusuallyreadinyourleisuretime?

CanyouintroducesomedomesticEnglishnewspapersandmagazines?

Thestandardsofnewspapers

     Onceinaweekatleast.

Printbymachine.

     Anyonecanbuy.

l  Causepublicinterest.

l  Certaineffect.

l  Stability.

---ThePressandAmerica

Dr.EdwinEmery&MichaelEmery

Anewspaperisapublicationcontainingnews,information,andadvertising.

General-interestnewspapersoftenfeaturearticlesonpoliticalevents,crime,business,art,entertainment,societyandsports.

Mosttraditionalpapersalsofeatureaneditorialpagecontainingcolumnsthatexpressthepersonalopinionsofwriters.

Supplementarysectionsmaycontainadvertising,comics,andcoupons.

Journalese新闻文体

Englishofastylefeaturedbyuseofcolloquialisms,superficialityofthoughtorreasoning,cleverorsensationalpresentationofmaterial,andevidenceofhasteincomposition,consideredcharacteristicofnewspaperwriting.

editorialopinions,criticism,persuasionandobituaries;

entertainmentsuchascrosswordsandhoroscopes;

weathernewsandforecasts;

advice,gossip,foodandothercolumns;

criticalreviewsofmovies,playsandrestaurants;

classifiedads;displayads,

editorialcartoonsandcomicstrips.

TheGerman-languageRelationallerFürnemmenundgedenckwürdigenHistorien,printedfrom1605onwardsbyJohannCarolusinStrasbourg,isoftenrecognizedasthefirstnewspaper.

ThefirstnewspaperinChina《中外新报》waspublishedin1858.

ThefirstnewspaperinFrancewaspublishedin1631,LaGazette.

•Corante,orweekelynewesfromItaly,Germany,Hungary,Poland,Bohemia,FranceandtheLowCountreys.waspublishedinEnglandin1621.

•InBostonin1690,BenjaminHarrispublishedPublicOccurrencesBothForeignand

Domestic.

Discussion.

•Reference:

PrivateNature

Thetruepurposeofnewspaperisalways

basedonmoney,power,interest,benefits

andsoon.

Especiallyrightnow,newshasbeentaken

assomething,whichcanbeboughtorsold

ClassificationofEnglishNewspaper

contentandstyle

•QualityPapers（高级报纸）:

knownas“broadsheet”（大报）,reportsandobservesthebigshotsallovertheworld,aswellasinformationformfinance,business,technology,science,educationandculture.Itfeaturescomments,editorials,lettersfromreadersandcolumns.

•PopularPapers（大众化报纸）:

knownas“tabloid”（小报）,suppliesentertainmentforkillingtime,justreportingthebigshotsbrieflyinshortpassages.Itemphasizes

socialnews,features（特写）ofhumanfeelings,

anecdotes,sportsandentertainments.

DesignofQualityNewspaper

NewspaperLayout

SizeofsomeUSAnewspapers（2009-2010）

1）TheNewYorkTimes（Tuesday,march2.2010）

56cm/30.5cm

2）.TheWallStreetjournal58cm\30.5cm

3）ThePhiladelphiaDailyNews（May19,20