文档介绍：2017-1-30 英美报刊阅读 1 英美报刊阅读 Reading Course in American & British News Publications/Journalistic English 龚茜 2017-1-30 英美报刊阅读 2 课程描述?“英美报刊阅读”课程是按照教育部高教司所颁布的《大学英语课程教学要求》为基础较好、学有余力的 Level 2 和 Level 3 学生设置的,是为实现大学英语教学性质和目标所开设的一门课程。?《大学英语课程教学要求》把是否能读懂英美报刊杂志作为衡量较高层次和更高层次学生的阅读理解能力的标准。[较高要求的英语阅读能力要求:能基本阅读英语国家报刊杂志的一般性题材的文章,阅读速度为每分钟 80 词;能读懂有一定 2017-1-30 英美报刊阅读 3 难度的文章,理解其意义,借助词典能阅读英语原版书籍和英语国家报刊杂志上的文章。]因此, 对于拥有一定词汇和基本语法的学生来说,读懂英语报刊不仅是验证语言能力高低的一种手段, 也是提高英语阅读能力和了解外界信息的手段, 同时还是将英语语言知识与应用技能、学习策略和跨文化交际知识结合的主要途径。 2017-1-30 英美报刊阅读 4 ? What is news? What are some categories of news? ? Which to read? ? What are the five elements of news? How are they presented in a news story 课程导入(Introductory Questions) 2017-1-30 英美报刊阅读 5 News is the report of facts about what is happening ? News value determiners/determinants: ? Timeliness & freshness: newly happening ,unknown by the general public---the latest in time and new in content; “ new ”? Importance, consequence, impact or significance: the issue is closely related to current social life and the public interests: 2017-1-30 英美报刊阅读 6 ? A definition of news is rather elusive. The stock answers are easy: news is when man bites dog; news is something people haven ’ t heard before; news is what editors and reporters say it is. ? There are different categories of news based on different standards. News can be international, national, metro according to the locality and regions where news happens; news can be political, economic, sports, social, etc. according to the nature of news. 2017-1-30 英美报刊阅读 7 消息的基本结构? Use concise words to report events/news facts ? Basic elements of news: 5whs+how ? Basic structure: title+lead+body ? But Writing style is flexible: Inverted Pyramid Style( 倒金字塔结构)---Pyramid Style (金字塔结构) --- Mixed Form of Inverted Pyramid and Pyramid Styles (倒叙—顺叙混合结构) 2017-1-30 英美报刊阅读 8 ? 1. Inverted Pyramid Style( 倒金字塔结构)---also called flashback ? THE LEAD OFFERS THE MOST ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS TELLING WHO WHAT WHEN