News Reporting课件.ppt

English of News Reporting ;I. Definition;Here is a practical “formula” for “What can be news”:;II. News Value;News Reporting;Limited time or space→; Semantic Features;III. Classification;The Times is read by the people who run the country. The Guardian is read by the people who think they ought to run the country. The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country. The Financial Times is read by the people who own the country. The Daily Express is read by the people who think the country ought to be run as it used to be run.;2. According to the nature of news hard news纯新闻消息报道 soft news主要包括一些带讽刺性或文艺性的杂文、小品等，其纪实性最弱而娱乐性最强 3. According to the contents of the coverage political news economic news technological news cultural news sports news violence and crime news disaster news weather news obituary entertainment;Text Structure;Functions of News Headline;Phrase e.g. Neet Generation Giving Credit Its Due Changing the Guard Incomplete Sentence e.g. Quality of Life a Priority for the Deathly Ill (= The Quality of Life Is a Priority for the Deathly Ill People) Whole-sentence headlines e.g. Don’t Play Games with People’s Pay When Will the Next Ice Age Begin? Mayday! Pilot Blacked Out! Drama In Real Life ;Grammatical Features of Headlines;(1) Omission Omission of articles e.g. Gene Project to Trace Migration (The Los Angeles Times, Apr.13,2005) e.g. China Launches (a) Space Satellite (The) Army Secretary Defends His Sale of (the) Enron Stock Omission of verb be e.g. Revival of the Essay Likely in Exam Reforms (The Guardian, Nov.12,2003) e.g. Cloning Technology (Is) Unlikely to Take Over the World Omission of auxiliary e.g. New policies (are) urged for aging population;Omission of connectives e.g. US, Vietnam Resume Talks (= US and Vietnam Resume Talks) Omission of Personal Relative Pronouns e.g. Pakist