美国报纸英文简介.doc

PAGE PAGE 8 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 American Newspapers: The New York Times（纽约时报） HYPERLINK / \t _blank The New York Times is an American daily HYPERLINK /wiki/Newspaper \o Newspaper newspaper founded in 1851 and published in HYPERLINK /wiki/New_York_City \o New York City New York City. The largest metropolitan newspaper in the HYPERLINK /wiki/United_States \o United States United States. The Times is owned by HYPERLINK /wiki/The_New_York_Times_Company \o The New York Times Company The New York Times Company, which publishes eighteen other newspapers, including the HYPERLINK /wiki/International_Herald_Tribune \o International Herald Tribune International Herald Tribune and HYPERLINK /wiki/The_Boston_Globe \o The Boston Globe The Boston Globe. The companys chairman is HYPERLINK /wiki/Arthur_Ochs_Sulzberger_Jr. \o Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. 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 HYPERLINK /wiki/Color_photography \o Color photography color photography. The Times has won 101 HYPERLINK /wiki/Pulitzer_Prize \o Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization. Its web site was the most popula