英美报刊选读考试材料.docx

1、英美报刊选读考试材料 Unit One China Lesson one An American in Beijing (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? Unit Two United States () Lesson Five The Evolution Wars (宗教挑战科学) 如何读懂标题 () () Unit Three United States () Lesson Ten The New Dream Isnt American (美国梦不再) 导语 (Lead) 报刊语言主要特点 () () Unit Four Uni

2、ted States () Lesson Twelve Path of the Storm(暴风骤雨，仕途不保) 读报知识Lobby和Lobby Firm Unit Five US Foreign Policy Lesson Eighteen A Race We Can All Win (中国发展：中美双赢的竞赛) 常见借喻词和提喻词 () () 常见委婉语 Unit Six World AffairsLesson Nineteen Why the Monarchy Must Stay （君主制的废留之争） 读报工具书Explanation focus on background inform

3、ation, language difficulties, cultural difficulties, textual analysis and comment. After-class reading fast reading, search for key words, general ideas and topics. summary and comments presentation group discussionEvaluationfinal score=(performance+assignment+attendance )+examAttend class on time,

4、nomination at random.News report (big hot in recent). Presentation of new text for self-study.Read newspapers or magazines, make summary and comments on weekly news.(=1) Finish assignment on time.Form groups by yourselves.(5-6)References:Do you like watching or listening to news report?How do you al

5、ways keep contact with news? How much do you know about news?Introduction of NewsIn Chinas academic circles : News is the reporting of recent events.1) News is a fresh report of events, facts or opinions that people did not know before they read your story.2) News is anything timely that interests a

6、 number of persons, and the best news is that which has the greatest interest of the greatest number.3) News is any event, idea or opinion that is timely, that interests or affects a large number of people in a community and that is capable of being understood by them.4) News is the reporting of any

7、thing timely which has importance, use, or interest to a considerable number of persons in a publication audience.Questions for thinking:What things are newsworthy?What are the qualities of a good news story?human interest (人情味)ordinary person(s) + usual occurrence(s) news Xiaohong goes to school.or

8、dinary person(s) + unusual occurrence(s) news Xiaohong kills herself.extraordinary person(s) + usual occurrence(s) = news Zhang Baizhi and Xie Tingfeng devoicedextraordinary person(s)+unusual occurrence(s)=big news Jackie Chan has made donations for earthquake relief.An event that happened the day o

9、f or day before publication or an event that is due to happen in the immediate future is considered timely. Some events that happened in the past also may be considered timely if they are printed on an anniversary of the event, such as one, five or 10 years after the incident. An event may be of int

10、erest to local readers because it happened in or close to the community.the unusual, fresh and unique nature of an eventA well-known saying: “It is not news when a dog bites a man, but absolutely news when you find a man bites a dog.” People who are well-known for their accomplishments primarily ent

11、ertainers, athletes or people who have gained fame for achievements, good or badattract a lot of attention. This story ran on the front page because of the celebrity status of the entertainers. People like stories about people who have special problems, achievements or experiences. These stories can

12、 be profiles(人物简介) or unusual stories about people that make readers care about their plight (境况). Science, business or religion or to such special groups as women, minorities, disabled people, veterans, college students or other groups with particular interests. Stories involving conflicts people h

13、ave with government or other people are often newsworthy, especially when the conflict reflects local problems.Helpfulness: Consumers, health and other how-to storiesEntertainment: Stories that amuse readers, make them feel good or help them enjoy their leisure time. Inspiration: Stories about peopl

14、e who overcome difficultiesWhat parts does a news story have? Like all stories, the basic news story has a headline and three general parts: a beginning called the “lead”, a middle called the “body” and an ending. And before lead, there are dateline and byline.Dateline: to tell readers when and wher

15、e the story is written, importantByline: to give credit to the writer, is also very important. WASHINGTON, JULY 8(UPl)-CNN hopes to feature Asia more prominently in its news programs in order to share in Japans estimated 50 billion in advertising revenue this year, according to NEWSWEEK 合众国际社华盛顿7月8日

16、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.According to channel of broadcasting: According to contents:According to region: world news (有国际新闻) home news (国内新闻) local news (地方新闻)hard news: stories of a timely nature (immediacy) about events or conflicts that have just happened or ar

17、e about to happen.e.g. crimes, fires, meetings, protest rallies, speeches and testimony in court cases. Soft news can also be stories that focus on people, places or issues that affect readers lives. These types of stories are called “feature stories”(专题报道). It isnt news that happened overnight, whi

18、ch does not mean that it is less important than hard news.urgent (急电) brief (简讯)flash (快讯) editorials (社论) features (特写/特稿) personal profile (人物特写)anecdote (趣事/轶事) news reporting (消息报道)commentaries and columns (新闻评论)breaking news (突发新闻)(1) major Print media(报刊) China Daily, 21st Century, Shanghai St

19、ar , Business weekly(USA)New York Times Washington Post Los Angeles Times USA Today Business Week Wall street Journal Newsweek Time Fortune Readers Digest USA News & world Report Christian Science Monitor (Britain)The Times http:/www.thetimes.co.uk/ The Observer http:/www.observer.co.uk/ The Daily T

20、elegraph http:/www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/ The Guardian http:/www.guardian.co.uk/ The Economist The Financial Times (2)major Electrical Media (电子传媒): News Agency, Radio , TV 1) Thomson Reuters 2) Associated Press (AP) http:/www.ap.org/ 3) Agency France Press (AFP) 4) the Voice of America (VOA) http:/w

21、ww.voa.gov/ 5) British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)6) Cable News Network (CNN)Make the presentation in the next class. Search information and prepare for a news report.Fill the following table A Quality Selection of Articles from American & English Newspapers &MagazinesTeaching Period 2Think and T

22、alkAre you interested in reading English newspapers and magazines?What newspapers and magazines do you usually read in your leisure time?Can you introduce some domestic English newspapers and magazines? The standards of newspapers Once in a week at least. Print by machine. Anyone can buy.l Cause pub

23、lic interest.l Certain effect.l Stability. -The Press and America Dr. Edwin Emery& Michael Emery A newspaper is a publication containing news, information, and advertising. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on political events, crime, business, art, entertainment, society and sports

24、. Most traditional papers also feature an editorial page containing columns that express the personal opinions of writers. Supplementary sections may contain advertising, comics, and coupons.Journalese新闻文体 English of a style featured by use of colloquialisms, superficiality of thought or reasoning,

25、clever or sensational presentation of material, and evidence of haste in composition, considered characteristic of newspaper writing.editorial opinions, criticism, persuasion and obituaries;entertainment such as crosswords and horoscopes;weather news and forecasts; advice, gossip, food and other col

26、umns; critical reviews of movies, plays and restaurants; classified ads; display ads,editorial cartoons and comic strips.The German-language Relation aller Frnemmen und gedenckwrdigen Historien, printed from 1605 onwards by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg, is often recognized as the first newspaper. Th

27、e first newspaper in China中外新报was published in 1858. The first newspaper in France was published in 1631, La Gazette .Corante, or weekely newes from Italy, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Bohemia, France and the Low Countreys. was published in England in 1621. In Boston in 1690, Benjamin Harris published

28、Public Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestic.Discussion.Reference:Private NatureThe true purpose of newspaper is alwaysbased on money, power, interest, benefitsand so on.Especially right now, news has been takenas something, which can be bought or soldClassification of English Newspaper content and

29、styleQuality Papers (高级报纸) : known as “broadsheet” (大报), reports and observes the big shots all over the world, as well as information form finance, business, technology, science, education and culture. It features comments, editorials, letters from readers and columns. Popular Papers(大众化报纸): known

30、as “tabloid” (小报), supplies entertainment for killing time, just reporting the big shots briefly in short passages. It emphasizes social news, features (特写)of human feelings, anecdotes, sports and entertainments. Design of Quality Newspaper Newspaper LayoutSize of some USA newspapers (2009-2010)1)The New York Times (Tuesday ,march 2.2010) 56cm/ 30.5cm2).The Wall Street journal 58cm30.5cm3)The Philadelphia Daily News ( May 19,20