英语报刊阅读 导论课件.ppt

Selected Readings from English Journals ;Course Description; 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. ; Questions; Many definitions have been given to “news”, among which there is a well-known saying: “It is not news when a dog bites a man, but absolutely news when you find a man bites a dog.” ; Anything that is newsworthy should be news, and the values behind newsworthiness are: Importance of an event Timeliness of an event Prominence of the people or things concerning an event The uniqueness of an event Human interest of an event ;Some Most Popular Newspapers and Magazines (USA);;;;;;;;Some Most Popular English Newspapers and Magazines (USA);;;;;;;Some Most Popular Newspapers and Magazines (Britain);The main English Newspapers published in China;;;;;Famous News Agencies AP (Associated Press美联社) UPI (United Press International合众国际社) Reuters (Reuter’s News Agency路透社) AFP (Agency France Press法新社) DPA (德国德意志新闻社) ANSA（意大利安莎社） Xinhua （新华通讯社） MENA (埃及中东通讯社);More information about English News ;How much do you know about the famous newspapers in the world?;1、最有影响的报纸有：The Los Angeles Times《洛杉矶时报》The New York Times《纽约时报》Washington Post《华盛顿邮报》 The Wall Street Journal《华尔街日报》The New York Daily News 《纽约每日新闻》Chicago Daily Tribune《芝加哥论坛报》USA Today 《今日美国》New York Post《纽约邮报》;纽约时报》、《华盛顿邮报》、《洛杉矶时报》是当今美国最有影响的3大报纸。 垄断美国报业的集团、公司有： 甘尼特集团(Gannett Newspapers) 科普利报系 (Copley Newspapers) 詹姆斯?M?考克斯报系 (James M. Cox Newspapers) 赫斯特报系 (Hearst Newspapers) 奈特—里德报系(Knight- Ridder Newspapers) 道?琼斯公司(Dow-Jones Corp. ) 纽约时报公司(New York Times Corp. ) 汤姆森报系(Thomson Newspapers) 时报—镜报公司(Times-Mirror Corp. ) 斯克里普斯—霍华德报系 (Scripps-Howard Newspapers)等。 其中，甘尼特集团是最大的报业集团， 它拥有90家日报、30多家周报和半周报、7个电视台和16个广播电台。;英国主要期刊《经济学家》(The Economist) 《旁观者》(The Spectator