英文中的新闻简介 一目了然.docVIP

Textbook： A quality Selection of Articles from American British Newspaper Periodicals What is news? What is news? What English Newspapers do you know? The definition accepted in China’s academic circles as standard is that news is the reporting of recent events. In China: China Daily; 21st Century; Shanghai Star; English Weekly, etc. American Newspapers and periodicals New York Times; Washington Post; Los Angeles Times; Wall Street Journal; USA today; International Herald Tribune Christen Science Monitor Time; Newsweek; Business Week US News the World Report Fortune; Reader’s Digest; British Newspapers and periodicals The Times The Sun The Financial Times The Guardian The Observer Daily Mirror The Daily Telegraph The Economist Types of news General classification 1. News story 2. News feature 3. Editorial commentary Others flash (快讯) features （特写） urgent （急电） personal profile (人物特写) brief （简讯） Anecdote (趣事；轶事) breaking news（突发新闻） More 消息，通讯，新闻特写，调查报告，报告文学 消息，特写，通讯，专访，述评 What parts does a news story have? All news stories answer some basic questions: who, what, when, where, why and how? Like all stories, the basic news story has a headline and three general parts: a beginning called the “lead”, a middle called the “body” and an ending. What parts does a news story have? A news story is composed of headline, lead, body, and before lead, there are dateline and byline. Headline: The headline is the line on top of the story that tells the reader what the story is about. What parts does a news story have? Lead: the beginning of the story, the hook  (诱惑物) that tells the reader what  the story is about A good lead attracts the reader to continue reading. In a hard-news story, the lead usually is written in one sentence—the first sentence of the story—and gives the most impor