Lecture 1Introduction概要1.ppt

Journalistic English luzhihong1978@163.com Arrangement of the Course Analysis of journalistic style 张健：《新闻英语文体与范例评析》，上海：上海外语教育出版社，2006。 Current news bbc/reuters/newsweek/newyork times Printed materials Newsweek（《新闻周刊》） Time(《时代周刊》) 1. Journalism The style of writing characteristic of material in newspapers and magazines, consisting of direct presentation of facts or occurrences with little attempt at analysis or interpretation. 2. News News is a fresh report of events, facts, or opinions that people did not know before they read your story. News is the reporting of anything timely which has importance, use or interest to a considerable number of persons in a publication audience. If a dog bites a man, it is not news; if a man bites a dog, it’s big news. 1. Ordinary person＋usual occurrence ≠news 2. Ordinary person＋unusual occurrence ＝ news 3. Extraordinary person＋usual occurrence ＝ news 4. Extraordinary person＋unusual occurrence ＝ good/big news 3. News Value Timeliness(时效性) Importance; Significance(重要性) Prominence(显著性) Nearness; Proximity(接近性) unusualness; Bizarreness(奇异性) Interest(趣味性) 4. Classification Journalistic writing can be classified according to means of dissemination as follows: Newspaper coverage Magazine coverage Radio news TV news News agency despatches(通讯社新闻) Journalistic writing can be classified according to contents as follows: Political news Economic news Technological news Cultural news Sports news Disaster news Weather news Violence news Classification can be done according to news style: News reporting a. Pure Hard News ( information-oriented) b. Pure Soft News( entertainment-oriented) Features(特写) a. News stories(新闻故事) b. Interviews(访谈) c. Personal Profiles(人物概评) Opinion Writing a. editorials(社论) b. column(专栏) 5. Major Components of Journalism Headline(标题) the eye-catching title of the passage Lead（导语）