新闻英语词汇特点和翻译.pptVIP

On characteristics of English news reporting and its translation ;Brief(the simpler, the better) There was a bomb explosion in Oklahoma City. It has been determined that two lives were lost . Two people died. Popular vivid words Paparazzi gather around the celebrities to take their photos. … swarm around The president axes 6 cabinet ministers in shape-up. The stranger was dogged by the villagers. ;The lexical characteristics of news reporting（英语新闻的词汇特点）;A. Using vogue words/ buzzwords Mad cow disease foot and mouth disease 禽流感？ Agrimation(agriculture automation) Bullcrit(bullshit criticism) 痞子文学？ Dancercise(dance exercise) Movideo(movie video) Terrorilla(terrorism guerrilla) Passive smoking Gomer(get out of my emergency room) Lombard（lots of money but a real dick head） Nilky (no income, lots of kids) ;Each time he speaks, Bush has to be mindful of the need to preach hope to Israelis and Palestinians, cajole moderate Arabs, warn rogue sates, reassure European allies and point a finger at would-be terrorists.it is a huge piece of multitasking for a man who is best at doing one thing at a time. -aholic Pillaholic / shopaholic / sleepaholic /TV-aholic - wise (likewise, clockwise, otherwise);Weatherwise / taxwise / curriculumwise/ manpowerwise/ vocabularywise/ housingwise E.g. During the three centuries the French occupation lasted, so many French words were absorbed by the native language that vocabularywise it is French rather than German. -speak ( Nineteen Eighty-Four by America writer George Orwell: newspeak 束缚人们思想、内容空洞的政治新闻套语) businesspeak / educationspeak/ econspeak经济学家的语言/ techspeak科学家的语言;B. Borrowing Washington says it will only pay its dues to the UN if the world body refrains from attacking the U.S. and meets a laundry list of other demands. 华盛顿政府说… Baghdad is kissing the Arabs by launching an all out “Arab friendship” campaign. 伊拉克正全面发动一场“阿拉伯友谊”的运动来笼络阿拉伯世界国家。 Big Apple / Fun City City of Angels ( Los Angeles) City of Brotherly Love ( Philadelphi