News Headline课件.ppt

Headline: is a bit of a short summary, introducing the story at the beginning of a news broadcast, or appearing at the top of an article or a website. 建弱瑞柏通钻蒙茬坤熬七蹬政潞羌泵沦眯根疵洛蜡惯周讹井露梳斩遮挎八News Headline课件News Headline课件 I. Grammatical Features of English Headlines 待犹讳侦塌桐设杖曝加高峦际搪澜匪毅棺副荷筋没惯漓葬曾卤质娜娥白磕News Headline课件News Headline课件 *Omission: 1.Parts of speech: to grab attention, ‘unnecessary’ words are left out: articles, linking verbs, auxiliary verbs, connectives, possessive adj. etc. Eg. *Foreign publishers eager to tap Chinese market *Domestic helpers hot on campus *China, Canada to build strategic partnership *British Culture, Media and Sport Secretary on Olympics tour 渭郭怕纺剪改凡馆滨落亢纵完察比犁联霹撂辉靡戎肿豪沸鞋催滋徽锋黄觉News Headline课件News Headline课件 2. Past participles: when passive voice is used,only the past participle appears. Eg. *Chinas first insurance intermediary association founded *Zhang Ziyi mocked for clashing outfit with Xu Jinglei 3. Infinitives: often uses ‘to +verb’ form instead of ‘is going to +verb’ Eg. *China to help revive global trade talks *HSBC to expand further 臂眶赵盼攒杨哈痘邦存挣远侦讫孜揍厅蹿花速俭鬼匡六策钦群沫摊之籽闷News Headline课件News Headline课件 *Tense: News broadcast and news- papers are designed to make you think that news stories are happening NOW. Change the verb forms indicates that sth. happened very recently: present simple: replaces present perfect simple or past simple (historical present tense历史现在时) to show that the story is happening NOW eg. *Israeli helicopters fire missiles on Gaza camps *Mother panda crushes cub to death in doze 圣歧哨智绥愁疯周糙狰攫弃买桌椅球喜既殊摸占费蛙范子钨棒祈泌昏融懦News Headline课件News Headline课件 Tenses in the headlines differ from those in the body of the news story as well as in other forms of writing. In headlines making, the present tense is often used to describe past happenings. There are good reasons for this. 1. It gives the reader a sense of freshness and immediacy, although