美国报纸英文简介.doc

Course description By providing original English articles published in various kinds of newspapers and magazines, the course is to help the learners be familiar with the cultural background in English-speaking countries This course also acquaints students with different styles and characteristics of the English articles. As a result, students are able to analyze the ideas, structures and language techniques of the articles dealing with finance, economics, and world politics. 美国报刊杂志简介The New York Times（纽约时报） The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded in 1851 and published in New York City. The largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States. The Times is owned by The New York Times Company, which publishes eighteen other newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune and The Boston Globe. The companys chairman is Sulzberger , whose family has controlled the paper since 1896. The papers motto, as printed in the upper left-hand corner of the front page, is All the News Thats Fit to Print. It is organized into sections: News, Opinions, Business, Arts, Science, Sports, Style, and Features. The Times stayed with the eight-column format for several years after most papers switched to six columns, and it was one of the last newspapers to adopt color photography. The Times has won 101 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization. Its web site was the most popular American online newspaper Web site as of December 2008, receiving more than 18?million unique visitors in that month. The Times prices are: $2.00 daily city and nationwide, $5.00 Sunday in and around the city, $6.00 or $7.00 outside of the metropolitan area. The Washington Post（华盛顿邮报） The Washington Post is the newspaper with the largest circulation in Washington, D.C. and is the citys oldest paper, founded in 1877. Being located in the nations capital, it has a particular emphasis on national politics and international affairs The Post is generally regarded among the le