American and British Newspapers and Periodicals 英美报纸期刊.ppt

American and British Newspapers and Periodicals Textbook： A quality Selection of Articles from American British Newspaper Periodicals 《美英报刊文章阅读》 （精选本）（第二版） 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 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 important information about the event. What parts does a news story have? The dateline, which tells readers when and where the story is written, is important. The byline, which g