Whatisnews解说.ppt

Selected Reading from American British Newspapers Magazines Sun Shujuan (Sophia) Foreign Languages Department How to read news English Features of news English What is news News is the reporting of anything timely which has importance, use or interest to a considerable number of persons in a publication audience. 新闻是对任何事物的及时报道。对于读者群体中的多数人来说，这类报道具有重要性、实用性或趣味性。 What is news News is anything timely that interests a number of persons, and the best news is that which has the greatest interest of the greatest number. 凡是及时的、能引起一部分人兴趣的东西，便是新闻。而最好的新闻则是那种能够激起最大多数人最大兴趣的东西。 What is news 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. 新闻是指人们能及时获悉的任何事件、观点或见解，它能吸引或影响社会上的许多人，并能为他们所理解。 What is news If dog bites a man, it is not news; if a man bites a dog, it is (big) news. 狗咬人并非新闻，人咬狗才是（重大）新闻。 What is news News is a fresh report of events, facts or opinions that people did not know before they read your story. 新闻就是对人们阅读之前还不知道的事件、事实或观点的报道。 Factors of news value 1. Timeliness and freshness 2. Importance, consequence, impact, or significance 3. Prominence ordinary person(s) + usual occurrence(s) (X) ordinary person(s) + unusual occurrence(s) (v) extraordinary person(s) + usual occurrence(s) (v) extraordinary person(s) + unusual occurrence(s) (big/good) Factors of news value 4. Nearness, proximity or locality 5. Unusualness, bizarreness, oddity or novelty Bad news is good news. 6. interest Practice Boomerang children 啃老族 Wardrobe malfunction 走光 Human-powered search 人肉搜索 Mobile phone combination 手机套餐 Hospital shill 医托 Half-shirt 露脐装 Tapioca milk tea 珍珠奶茶 Internet audition 网络海选 Pay-per-call 声讯电话 Dallymony 青春损失费 Variety of news media 按传播工具： Newspaper coverage Magazine coverage Electronic newspaper (e-paper) Electronic magazine (e-zine) Radio news TV news Cable news News agency dispatches Practice Boomerang children Wardrobe malfunction Human-powered search Mobi