【物理】英语报刊阅读.pptVIP

The Newspaper Lead Short Story Structure Introduction Facts Climax News Story Structure—the inverted pyramid Lead or Climax Important Facts Unimportant Facts Different Types of Newspaper Leads There are different types of newspaper leads. Generally speaking, they can be grouped into two categories—the Summary Lead, which usually gives the story’s main topic and its most important facts, and the Delayed Lead, which is commonly used in the “soft news” writing and feature stories. A. The Summary Lead--the 5 Ws 1 H ( Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?) Harold R. Long, manager of the Burger Mart, 2490 Cumberland Ave, was robbed of $2866 by a lone gunman who stepped out of the shadows and pointed a gun at him just as Long was about to drop the canvas bank bag containing the money into the night depository slot at the Westside Branch of the First National Bank a few minutes after midnight. The Summary Lead— Who? What? When? Where? An out-of-control charter bus, carrying a group of mentally-retarded and handicapped people home from a theater outing, hurtled into a lake near Montreal late yesterday, killing 41 of the 48 persons abroad. A. The Summary Lead— What? Where? When? An explosion at an apartment block in northwestern Brussels killed 4 people and injured 14 early yesterday, police said. The Summary Lead Featuring One Element– 1. The “Who” Lead Liu Xiang pulled out the Olympic 110m hurdles race because of an exacerbated tendon injury in his right foot on Monday morning, dashing China’s only gold hope in Olympic track and field. An 83-year-old great-grandmother