英美报刊文章选读报刊阅读部分讲义2详解.ppt

Example ②: Candidate in the Wind How a wavering Hillary Rodham Clinton finally decided to declare Well, it’s about the time. Yesterday, Hillary Rodham Clinton turned the longest-running unofficial campaign in political soap-opera history into something real. She is now an actual, for the record, read-my-lips candidate for the U. S. Senate from New York. … → Candle in the Wind by Elton John in memory of Lady Diana Spencer ■ Dealing with culture Reid blasted those who have blamed state officials. “This is a huge federal issue,” he said. The buck stops at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Background: to pass the buck (to sb.) “The buck stops here.” (Former U.S President Truman’s motto) From: USA TODAY , Posted 9/6/2005 Truman had a sign on his desk which said: The buck stops here. The message was clear: If the president of the United States could not act and make the final decision on important national matters, who else could? A president who refused to take the responsibility and passed the buck to someone else would soon find himself in serious trouble. 2）添加注释性词语 即使是明白易懂的新闻标题，我们在汉译时也常需酌情加上逻辑主语，或新闻人物的国籍、消息的事发地点等等。总之，应兼顾中英语新闻标题之异同，适当增补有关介绍性、注释性词语以利读者理解，避免产生误会。 QUAKE DEATH TOLL TOPS 5000 （日本阪神地区）地震死亡人数已逾五千 YOUNG WHEELERS，BIG DEALERS 青年摩托车手成了（保险公司）大主顾 4.6 News leads and summary sentence News leads —— the first a few paragraphs which indicate the five Ws and an H (WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, HOW ) of the news story Ⅱ Different types of Newspaper leads the summary Lead Delayed lead ■ Delayed lead A delayed lead attracts readers by hinting the content of the story. It is usually found in news features and other “soft stories” that put more emphasis on human interest rather than timeliness of an event. A delayed lead usually sets a scene or evokes a mood with an incident, anecdote, or example. * * Subject + main verb + object+ important information added to the main ver