LessonTwo美国报刊与杂志简介答题.pptVIP

the most famous column——The Person of the Year. Times most famous feature throughout its history has been the annual Person of the Year cover story, in which Time recognizes the individual or group of individuals who have had the biggest impact on news headlines over the past months. The distinction is supposed to go to the person who, for good or ill, has most affected the course of the year; it is therefore not necessairly an honor or a reward. Famous persons of the past Years. 1937: Chiang Kai-shek and Soong May-ling This was the first time that Chinese people had been elected as Person of the Year. 1978 and 1985: Deng Xiaoping. 2008: Barack Obama 2010: Mark Zuckerburg (The man who founded Facebook) Famous Chinese people who has ever appeared in Time 2. Newsweek It is one of the three most important American weekly news magazines. The other two are Time and U.S. News World Report. Lesson Two A Race We Can All Win American Newspaper and magazine 美国报纸大体上可分为两种类型: 1)通俗类小报,面向一般市民;为了迎合读者兴趣、追求轰动效应,忽视了社会责任,为了营利,对公益事业冷漠,对性、暴力、明星私生活尽情渲染,配以大量的图片。发行量虽大,但对重大问题却缺乏深远影响。 2)严肃而高质量的大报,讲究质量,力求吸引知识界。销量不及小报,但影响却大。它们批评政府,监督官员,被誉为“民主制度的守护神”。 美国多数大报有一个特点——维护国家利益,相对轻视党派利益,狠抓社论、采编和国际大事,对经济效益绝不忽视。 1. The New York Times The three most influential newspaper in America: The New York Times, The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. 在评选优秀报纸的民意测验中，曾多次夺冠，获美国最高新闻奖——普利策奖（The Pulitzer Prize）最多。 motto: All the news that’s fit to print.（刊登一切适合刊登的新闻。 The newspaper is organized in three sections: News; Opinion; Features. 2. The Wasthington Post The Washington Post is Washington D.C.s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Locate in the capital of the United States. 注重报道国会消息，号称“国会议员和政府官员早餐桌上少不了的报纸。”2010年，该报大出风头，竟超越《纽约时报》，揽下四项普奖。 2. The Wasthington Post 美国评论家认为，《华盛顿邮报》嫉恶如仇、热情似火，比《纽约时报》富于攻击性，自由主义色彩也比《纽约时报》更浓烈。 最初十几年，挣扎求存，缺乏鲜明个性，忽而走大报路线，忽而向小报靠拢。忽冷忽热， 不仅争取不到读者，反而赤字累累，换了不少主人。 1933年，它遇到了救星。纽约银行家迈耶买下了该报纸，一副兴旺的景象。 1946年，迈耶将报纸较为女婿菲利普·格雷厄姆。1961年，格买下《新闻周刊》，如虎添翼，声望从