大学英语时文阅读unit 1.ppt

Current News Reading COURSES FOR SECOND CREDIT STUDENTS Contents 1 Orientation 3 8 5 10 12 14 Chapter 1 Orientation 1 2 3 Why to study What to study How to study 1 Why to study? 1.1 News style and structure News is s fresh report of events，facts，or opinions that people did not know before they read your story． 1 Why to study? 1.1 News style and structure News is anything timely that interests a number of persons，and the best news is that which has the greatest interest of the greatest number． 1 Why to study? 1.1 News style and structure News is any event，idea or opinion that is timely，that interests or affects a large number of people in a community and that is capable of being understood by them． 1 Why to study? 1.1 News style and structure News is the reporting of anything timely which has importance，use，or interest? to a? considerable number of persons in a publication audience． 1 Why to study? 1.1 News style and structure News If a dog bites a man，it is not news；if a man bites a dog，its （big） news． 1 Why to study? 1.2 The values of the news Timeliness/freshness importance，consequence，impact or significance prominence nearness，proximity or locality unusualness，bizarreness，oddity or novelty? interest 1 Why to study? 1.3 Purpose For fun For information For knowledge For thinking For criticism For credit 2 What to study? Vocabulary Background Figures of speech Logic arrangement Thinking pattern Writing style Angle of view 3 How to study? The types of the news newspaper coverage magazine coverage radio news TV news cable news news agency dispatches 3 How to study? The types of the news world news home news local news 3 How to study? The types of the news political news economic news technological news cultural news sports news violence and crime news disaster news weather news Obituary entertainment 3 How to study? The types of the news hard news soft news Hard news is how journalists refer to news of the day. It is a chronicle of current events/incident