大学英语时文阅读课件.ppt

Current News Reading,COURSES FOR SECOND CREDIT STUDENTS,Contents,Orientation,Chapter 1 Orientation,Why to study,What to study,How to study,1 Why to study?,1.1 News style and structureNews 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 structureNews 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 structureNews 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 structureNews 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 structureNews 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 newsTimeliness/freshnessimportance，consequence，impact or significanceprominencenearness，proximity or localityunusualness，bizarreness，oddity or noveltyinterest,1 Why to study?,1.3 PurposeFor funFor informationFor knowledgeFor thinkingFor criticismFor credit,2 What to study?,Vocabulary BackgroundFigures of speechLogic arrangementThinking patternWriting styleAngle of view,3 How to study?,The types of the newsnewspaper coveragemagazine coverageradio newsTV newscable newsnews agency dispatches,3 How to study?,The types of the newsworld newshome newslocal news,3 How to study?,The types of the newspolitical newseconomic newstechnological newscultural newssports newsviolence and crime newsdisaster newsweather newsObituaryentertainment,3 How to study?,The types of the newshard newssoft newsHard news is how journalists refer to news of the day.It is a chronicle of current events/incidents and is the most common type of news printed on the front page of a typical newspaper.,3 How to study?,FeaturesKey words associated with hard news:seriousness,timelinessRefers to up-to-the-minute news/events that are reported immediately Takes a factual approachlittle embellishment or excessive detailMore or less time dependentMost common news style on the front pageUses summary lead5Ws and 1HGives readers information they need,3 How to study?,Soft news is a term for all the news that isnt time-sensitive,including profiles of people,programs or organizations,etc.Sometimes referred to as infotainmentRefers to background information/human-interest storiesNot time dependentEntertains or advises the reader,