Lesson 2 新闻标题措辞特点 .ppt

标题的措辞特点 * * 简短动词的运用 缩写词的运用 节缩词的运用 灵活使用“生造词” 酌情采用外来语 英语新闻标题中常以单音节词代替长词或大词，多用短小精悍的词或字母最少的动词，少用意义空泛和概念抽象的词。这样，既可使语言通俗口语化，又可节省版面篇幅。 Musharraf-Bhutto talks stalled but not over —September 3, 2007 China Daily (stall=stagnate 停滞不前） Allowance to be cut in 200,000 families —South China Morning Post, April 10, 1992 (cut=reduce 削减；减少） Quake death toll may top 2,000 — China Daily, March 13, 1987 top=exceed, surpass 超越；超出 Anger, sadness mark Katrina anniversary —China Daily, August 30, 2007 mark=celebrate 庆祝 缩写词 (initials),又称首字母缩略词(acronyms) 它们将几个词的首字母集中在一起合成一词，全部用大写字母拼写而成，从而代替了一组冗长复杂的词或词组。 可节省版面标题词数 使人读来感觉简洁易记。 An environmental reporter finds hope at the NPC, CPPCC sessions —March 12, 2007 China Daily (NPC= National People’s Congress 全国人民代表大会 CPPCC=the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference 中国人民政治协商会议) House committee questions NASA expertise —The Christian Science Monitor, Dec.1, 1986 (NASA= National Aeronautics and Space Administration) EU; the European Union UNESCO； the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization IMF； the International Monetary Fund ASEAN； the Association of South-East Asian Nations OPEC； the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries 欧佩克；石油输出国组织 IOC； the International Olympic Committee 国际奥林匹克委员会 WTO； World Trade Organization AIDS； Acquired immune deficiency syndrome 爱滋病 UFO； Unidentified flying object DJI； Dow-Jones index IT； information technology PC； personal computer VCD； video compact disc (激光视盘） DVD； digit video disc （数码影碟） SARS severe acute respiratory syndrom MP； members of parliament PM； prime minister CEO； chief executive officer VIP； very important people GM； general manager DM; defence minister 标题中出现的缩写词，不外乎为一般读者较熟悉或感觉陌生，它的全称一般均能在消息正文的第一段找到，所以读者只需将标题中的缩写词与第一段中的具体内容加以对照，意思就会明白。例如： Israeli DM may talk with Palestinians Jerusalem—Israel’s defense minister said yesterday he wants to hold security talks with Palestinians in the next few days, but the killing of a Palestinian teen only h