报刊阅读课件04.ppt

Chapter Four Techniques in Reading and Understanding English Newspapers and Magazines What students can learn from this chapter: The stylistic features of ■ News Headlines (Lexis; Grammar; Rhetoric) ■ Content structure (News lead; Inverted pyramid ) Some practical skills in reading news stories The usage of punctuations in English news 4.0 Linguistic features of news stories:tabloids vs. broadsheets (p54-56) ■ Headlines ■ Paragraphs ■ Punctuations ■ Rhetorical patterning ■ Modifiers ■ Lexis ■ Headlines of tabloids: an example ■ Bold print and capitalized letters ■ Inverted commas ■Paragraph length: contrastive examples Daily Mirror, November 19, 2005 ROOKIE WPC SHOT DEAD Robbery victim had been cop for only 8 WEEKS By Lucy Thornton AN unarmed policewoman shot dead by hooded raiders yesterday had been in the force for only a few months. A second WPC who was seriously wounded in the shoulder was also believed to be a probationer. The two brave officers, both in their 30s, were blasted by three thugs after they answered an alarm call from a travel agents in Bradford. …… (61words in 3 sentences =20.3 Ws/S) Life After Gaza Sept.5, 2005, US News and World Report The mutual anguish of Jewish families in Gaza and the Israeli military forcing their removal from their long-cherished homes was intensely moving to witness, even as it was an inspiring demonstration of democracy and the rule of law. Nearly 10,000 Israeli citizens from two dozen thriving towns and agricultural villages in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank now have to start their lives all over again. Their prime minister, Ariel Sharon, shares the anguish and deserves the congratulations he has received for his bold but risky attempt to change the political dynamic of the region. But will it? The response of the Palestinians to a heroic act of statesmanship is contemptible. Not only have their leaders been demanding more, but they have endorsed the bald-faced（露骨的） lie of the extremist Hamas group