報(bào)刊英語閱讀與翻譯

報(bào)刊英語閱讀與翻譯第1頁/共268頁9.深度報(bào)道

10.標(biāo)題的翻譯

11. 專有名詞的翻譯

12. 抽象名詞的翻譯

13.長(zhǎng)句的翻譯

14.否定句式的翻譯

15. 比較句式的翻譯

16.意義的引申

17.使用四字成語

18.段落翻譯練習(xí)第2頁/共268頁ChapterOneABriefIntroductiontoMajorAmerican&BritishNewspapers&Magazines主要英美報(bào)刊簡(jiǎn)介I.ThePurposesofThisCourseare:1)tofamiliarizestudentswithfeaturesofNewspaperEnglish.2)toimprovethestudents’Englishnewspaperreadingability.3)tohelpstudentsgraspsomebasicEnglish–Chinesetranslationskills.II.MajorNewspapers&MagazinesinAmerica&Britain

第3頁/共268頁A.AmericanNewspapers:1.TheNewYorkTimes:

Aseriousdailynewspaper,(ownedbyArthur.Ochs.Sulzberger)wasfirstpublishedin1851.Itisreadonanationalscale,reportingarts,food,fashionaswellascoveringnational&internationalnews.Ithasadailycirculationof1,677,000.Eachcopyhasabout80–100pagesand70%ofthemareadvertisements.2.TheWashingtonPost:

Firstpublishedin1877,(ownedbyKatherineGraham)isalsoaseriousdailynewspaperofnationalinterest,inparticular,becauseitcontainsfullcoverageofPresidentandCongress.Itsdailycirculationisabout1,030,000.3.LosAngelesTimes:

Firstpublishedin1881,LosAngelesTimesisthelargestnewspaperintheWest.ItisregardedasoneofthethreemostinfluentialnewspapersintheU.S,theothertwobeingTheNewYorkTimesandTheWashingtonPost.Ithasacirculationof1,390,000.第4頁/共268頁BesidestheabovethreedailynewspapersinAmerica,othersecondarilyimportantnewspapersintheU.S.areUSATodaywhoselanguageisfairlyeasyandwhichcoversmainlysomepopularsubjects,TheWallStreetJournalwhichmainlycoversbusinessandotherimportantnational&internationalnews,TheChristianScienceMonitor(基督教科學(xué)箴言報(bào))whichisalsoaninternationaldailynewspaperpublishedbytheChristianSciencePublishingSocietyinBoston,Massachusetts.Ithassoughttoprovideaconstructive,solution-orientedjournalismforthenationanditspeople.ThefourthsecondarilyimportantnewspaperisTheInternationalHeraldTribune(國際先驅(qū)論壇報(bào)),adailynewspaperproducedinParisandsoldinmostcountries.ItcoversAmericanandinternationalnews.ItisaimedatinternationalreadersandreadbyAmericanslivingabroad.第5頁/共268頁B.AmericanMagazines:1.Time:Itisaweeklymagazinefirstpublishedin1923byBritonHaddenandHenryRobinsonLuce.TimecontainsarticlesonU.S.&worldnews,aswellasgeneralarticlesonculture,medicine,economics,science,literatureart,religionandsports.Ithasacirculationof4,400,000,thebiggestnewsmagazineinU.S.A.2.Newsweek:

Alsoaweeklymagazine,firstpublishedin1933byThomasJohnMartyn,itimitatesTimeinmanyways.In1961themagazinewasboughtoverbyTheWashingtonPostCompany.SothemanagerisalsoKatherineGraham.ItcoversAmerican&internationalnews,andawiderangeoftopics.Ithasacirculationof3,100,000.第6頁/共268頁3.U.S.NewsandWorldReport:Aweeklymagazine,firstproducedin1948bycombiningU.S.News(1933),WorldReport(1946)andU.S.Weekly(1926)intoone.ThemagazinepublishedinWashingtonD.C.coversmainlypolitics,economy,militaryandothersummaryreportsonU.S.A.Itisfeaturedbyreportsonnationalproblemsandinterviewsofhighofficials.ItslanguageiseasierthanTimeandNewsweek.Ithasacirculationofabout2,022,000.

OtherimportantmagazinesinAmericaare:Reader’sDigestwithacirculationof12millionabroadand10millioninU.S.A.;Fortunepublishedin1930byWarnerIntel.Corp.changedtobiweeklyin1978.ItisfamousforcarryingTheFortune500ineachMay,andTheFortune500OutsidetheU.S.;FarEasternEconomicReview,aweeklymagazine(nowbecomeamonthly),firstpublishedinHongKongin1946.第7頁/共268頁C.BritishNewspapers:1.TheTimes:

ThemostauthoritativenewspaperinBritain,firstpublishedin1785,Timesisoneoftheearliestpapersandenjoyshighreputationintheworld.ThefirstpublisherofthepaperisJohnWalter.Butin1981thepaperwasboughtoverbytheAustralian-Americanmassmediatycoon,Rupert.MurdochfromCanadianfinancierKenneth·Thomson.Ittakesamiddle-of-roadview,claimingtorepresenttheviewsoftheEstablishment.Itcontainsreportsonnationalandinternationalnews,finance,science,education,sports,artsandlaws.Ithasacirculationof648,000.Eachcopyhas20-30pages,20%ofthemareaboutadvertisements.第8頁/共268頁2.TheDailyTelegraph:

Firstpublishedin1855,thepaperhasaright-of-centreviewandcoversscience,medicine,finance,laws,property,agriculture,fashions,sportsetc.Ithasacirculationof912,000.3.FinancialTimes:Establishedin1888,byHoratioBottonlywhowasaMPaswellasafinancier,thepapercontainsacomprehensivecoverageoffinance,industry,commerce,andpublicaffairs.Itismainlyreadbyprofessionalsandbusinesspeople,withacirculationofabout406,000.4.TheGuardian:

Firstpublishedin1821,formerlynamedManchesterGuardianbefore1959.Itistheonly“quality”newspaperwithliberal

left-of-centrepolitics.Itismainlyreadbygovernmentofficialsandintellectuals.Itscirculationisabout360,000.第9頁/共268頁5.TheObserver:

Thefirstissue,publishedon4December1791byW.S.Bourne,wastheworld'sfirstSundaynewspaper.InaboutthesameplaceonthepoliticalspectrumasitsdailysisterpaperTheGuardian,whichacquireditin1993,ittakesaleft-liberalorsocialdemocraticlineonmostissues.

itcomprisesseveralsectionsandisreadmainlybytheprofessionalmiddleclass,withacirculationof431,000.6.TheSundayTimes:

OneofthelargestSundaynewspapersinBritain,itsreportsarefulloflivelinessanditcontainsacomprehensivecoverageofnews,commentsandtrade.Ithasacirculationof1,300,000.D.BritishMagazines:World-famousandinfluentialmagazinesinBritainarenotasmanyasthoseinAmerica.Themostimportantonesareasfollows:第10頁/共268頁1.TheEconomist:

Firstproducedin1843,thelargestcomprehensiveweeklymagazineinBritain,itisregardedasthevoiceofthefinancialcirclesandenjoyshighreputationintheworld.Ithasacirculationof500,000,andismainlyreadbygovernmentofficials,entrepreneursandintellectuals.2.TheSpectator:AweeklyBritishmagazine,firstpublishedon6July1828.ItiscurrentlyownedbytheBarclaybrothers,whoalsoownTheDailyTelegraph.Itsprincipalsubjectareaispolitics,aboutwhichitgenerallytakesarobustlyconservativeeditorialline.IthasthelongesthistoryinBritain.3.NewStatesman:

ABritishleft-wingpoliticalmagazinepublishedweeklyinLondon.Itiscommittedto"development,humanrightsandtheenvironment,globalissuesthemainstreampressoftenignores".Ithasacirculationof100,000copies.第11頁/共268頁

Thereisalyriclikethis：

TheTimesisreadbythepeoplewhorunthecountry.

TheGuardianisreadbythepeoplewholiketorunthecountry.

TheFinancialTimesisreadbythepeoplewhoownthecountry.

TheDailyTelegraphisreadbythepeoplewhorememberthecountryasitusedtobe.

Fromthislyricwecanseethedifferentpoliticalviewsrepresentedbydifferentnewspapers.第12頁/共268頁ChapterTwoFeaturesofEnglishNewspaperHeadlines英語報(bào)刊標(biāo)題的特點(diǎn)I.IntroductionTHEnewspaperheadlineistheheadingprintedinlargelettersaboveastoryinanewspaper.Itisthemostimportantpartofanewsstoryforseveralreasons.

First,itusuallysummarizesthewholestory.Sothehurriedreadercangetthemainideaofastoryataglance.

Second,theheadlinedrawsthereader’sattentiontothestory.Agoodstoryshouldbeattractive,andbeabletocatchthereader’sattentiontheminutehiseyesfalluponit.Therefore,theappealofastorylargelydependsontheheadline.第13頁/共268頁Third,theheadlinehelpsthereaderevaluatethenews.Sincetheheadlinesummarizesthestory,itexpressesthetheme,topicorthesubjectofthestory.Byreadingtheheadline,thereadercandecidewhetherthestoryisinteresting,orworthreading.Ofcoursethelanguageoftheheadlinesisnoteasytounderstandbecauseithasitsownfeaturesonthelexical,grammatical,rhetoricalandpunctuativelevel.Itischaracterizedbysuccinctnessinwords,uniquenessingrammar,richnessinrhetoric,andclevernessinpunctuation.TheselanguagefeaturesposeagreatchallengetoforeignlearnersofEnglishwhentheybegintoreadEnglishlanguagenewspapers.InthischapterwewilllearnsomefeaturesofEnglishNewspaperheadlines第14頁/共268頁ChapterThree

TheNewslead新聞導(dǎo)語I．Introduction

Theleadisastatementofthemostsignificantaspectofanevent.Thatinformationtheclimaxoftheevent,thethemestatementofaspeech,theresultofaninvestigationispresentedassimplyandclearlyaspossibleinthefirstparagraph.Itsetsthetone.Itadvertiseswhatiscomingintherestofthestory.Itconveysthemostimportantinformationonthestory.Theleadssitsatopanews-writingformulacalledtheinvertedpyramid,inwhichinformationisarrangedindescendingorderofimportance.Thosefollowingparagraphsexplainandprovideevidencetosupportthelead.Usually,eachparagraphcontainsoneidea.第15頁/共268頁II.DifferentTypesofNewspaperLeadsTherearedifferenttypesofnewspaperleads.Generallyspeaking,theycanbedividedintotwocategories:TheSummaryLead(綜述性導(dǎo)語),whichusuallygivesthestory’smaintopicanditsmostimportantfactsandwhichisusuallyusedin“HardNews”writingandTheDelayedLead(延緩性導(dǎo)語)whichiscommonlyusedinthe“SoftNews”writingandfeaturestories.TheSummaryLead:The

SummaryLeadisthemostpopularleadwhichgenerallyanswersthesixquestions:who,what,where,when,why,andhow.InaSummaryLead,thefiveWsandoneHgivethesubstanceofthefirstparagraphandalsoserveastheframeworkforthebodyofthestory.ButnotallSummaryLeadsanswerallthesixquestions.Somewillansweronlythreeorfourorfiveofthesixquestions.第16頁/共268頁Forinstance:

Lhasa,(Xinhua)Morethan100motorvehiclesand300passengersincludingsomeforeigntouristsweretrappedwhenhighwaysinSouthwestTibetbecamefloodedfollowingthreedaysofsnowfall.

Theleadanswersallthesixquestions:Who:Morethan100vehiclesand300passengersWhat:CarsandpeopleweretrappedWhen:FollowingthreedaysofsnowfallWhere:HighwaysinSouthwestTibetWhy:HighwaysbecamefloodedHow:trappedbysnowOfcourse,seldomleadsanswerallthesixquestionsasabove.Mostleadsansweronlyone,two,three,orfourofthequestions.第17頁/共268頁2.TheDelayedLead:TheDelayedLeadisdifferentfromthesummarylead.Thesummaryleadsummarizesthewholestorywhilethedelayedleadtendstorelyheavilyonsuspendedinterest,althoughitmayansweroneormoreoftheWs.Itmayhavemoreattractionforthereaderbecauseofitsnovelty,liveliness,andliterarytinge.Thefollowingleadsofthiskindarecommonlyusedinmodernnewspapers.1)TheDescriptiveLead:TheDescriptiveLead

tries

topaintaquickwordpictureofaninterestingperson,place,orthing.Italsohelpscreatethemoodforthestorysothatitmatchthesubject.e.g.

BeverlyHills,Calif.31FlankedbytheheadsofnearlyeveryHollywoodstudioandmajortelevisionproductioncompany,NancyReaganaskedthemtocreatecharacters“whofirmlyrejectdrugsinanyform”,andnottocollaborate“intheillusionthatdrugsarefun.”第18頁/共268頁2)TheContrastLead:TheContrastLeadreachesforthereader’sattentionbycomparingextremesthebigwiththelittle;comedywithtragedy;thepastwiththepresent.

e.g.Behindthesamewalnutdeskwhichheusedtodust25yearsagoasanofficeboy,Mr.JohnSmithyesterdayreceivedcongratulationsuponbecomingthemanagerofthecompany.3)TheQuotationLead:Inordertogiveaprominentpositiontotheobjectivity,reporters

sometimesquotethewordsofthepersoninvolvedinthenewsstory.Thequotationleadcanbedividedintotwocategories:a)FullQuotationLeadandb)PartialQuotationLeade.g.

HongKongThe28thGovernorofHongKong,ChrisPatten,wassworninattheCityHallthisafternoon,saying“Wemustturn‘onecountry,twosystems’fromaspirationtoreality.”第19頁/共268頁4)TheQuestionLead:TheQuestionLeadisusedwhenthestoryconcernsaproblemofpublicinterestoramatterlikelytoprovokedebateamongreaders.e.g.HasPresidentGeorgeBushconcludedthatBorisYeltsinisatransitionalfigurewhocannotbenefitfromsignificantAmericanfinancialhelp?Itisbeginningtolookthatway.5)PersonalLead/DirectaddressLead:ThePersonalLeadissometimeswritteninthefirstpersonorinthesecondpersonandthereadermightfeelthatheisbeingdirectlyaddressed,whichnarrowsthegapbetweenthereaderandthereporter.e.g.Ifyouliveanother50years,youwillprobablybeamillionaire.However,aloafofbreadwillcost$37,acar$280,000andahome$3.4million.第20頁/共268頁6)TheSuspended–interestLead:TheSuspended-interestLeadkeepsthereaderinsuspenseandencourageshimtocontinuereading.

e.g.:

Theywereonly20kilometresintoGermanywhentheywerespottedbyborderpoliceincivilianclothesandanunmarkedcar.AtriptoprosperousGermanyendedthereforsixRomanians,fourmenandtwowomen,whohadcrossedtheborderfromPoland.7)TheFigurativeLead:TheFigurativeleadisaleadwhichcontainsafigureofspeechoriswrittenfiguratively.Itisfullofvigourandvitality.e.g.

JackFrostmadeitsbelatedappearancethiswinterasShanghaitastedthefirstbitternessoffreezingcoldyesterdayafteralongwarmspell.第21頁/共268頁8)AllusionLead:TheHistoricalorLiteraryAllusionLeaddrawsonsomecharactersoreventsinhistoryorliteraryinrelationtoacurrenteventorpersoninthenews.Theeventorliteraryreferenceselectedshouldbefamiliartotheaveragereaderoritmayloseitsimpact.e.g.ItmayseemcarryingcoaltoNewCastle,buttheChicagoZoologicalParkatBrookfieldissendingasupplyofalligatorstoDiorida.9)TheSatireLead:Sometimesevensatirecanbeusedinanewspaperlead.e.g.Ifloveisamany-splendoredthing,ZsaZsaGobor’slifemustbelikelivinginarainbow.MissGobormarriedhersixthhusbandyesterday.10)MainFactLead:Thiskindofleadattachesgreatimportancetothemainfactinthestory.e.g.TheEuropeanCommunitylastnightrecognizedtheindependenceofLithuania,Latvia,andEstonia,endingtheBalticStates’51yearsofdiplomaticisolationunderSovietrule.第22頁/共268頁11)AnecdotalLead:Inthisleadthereportertellsastoryorananecdoteaboutthepersonorthinginthenewsstorytoattractthereaders’interest.e.g.At14,KentCoradfiguredhewouldbereadyfortheSenatein1986or1988.24yearslater,Coradlaughsatthememory.At38,abouttobecomeNorthDakota’snewSenator,hesays“IguessIwasaseriouskid.”12)Combinedlead:Inthisleadmorethanoneimportantfactsarereportedinthelead.Thisleadisoftenusedinreportingmoreimportantormorecomplicatedevents.“when”,”as”,“amid”,”following”or“inthewakeof”etcareoftenusedtocombinetwoormoreeventsinonecomplexsentence.e.g.Riotpolicewereinvolvedinfurtherclasheswithacrowofabout300earlytodayas“breadriots”inElydistrictofCardiffbrokeoutagainforthethirdnightrunning.Ofcoursethereadersmayfindotherformsofleadintheirreading.Theaboveareonlythemostcommonly-used第23頁/共268頁KeystotheExercise12.S:aseacaptainV:wasexoneratedT:A3.S:twomenV:forcedandtookT:C4.S:anti-smokinglawsV:cameintoforceT:anti-smokinglaws第24頁/共268頁5.S:protestersV:marchedT:A

6.S:conferenceV:openedT:A第25頁/共268頁Exercise21.Highdosesofradiationcausedworseninginpeople’shealth.2.TheAsianandPacificnationsshouldcementeconomiccooperation.3.ThreeKoreanwomensuedJapanesegovernmentfor“crimesagainsthumanity”第26頁/共268頁4.UnitedNations-ledpeacemissionescapedtwoexplosions.5.AlargedeficitthreatenstodelayorcripplePresidentBush’sspaceexplorationinitiative.第27頁/共268頁ChapterFourNewsBrief新聞?wù)狪.IntroductiontoNewBrief:ANewBrief,alsocalledaNewsSummary,istheshortestformofnewsreportingcoveringthelatesteventathomeorabroad.ANewsBriefisusually100-to-200-wordlongandsomethingliketheleadofanewsreportexceptthatitisalittlelongerandmoredetailed.Themainpurposeofanewsbriefistotellthereadertheconsequenceofanevent.ANewsBriefsometimeshasatitlebutinmostcasesitdoesn’t.Themostimportantthinginreadinganewsbriefistofindout“whodoeswhattowhom,why”.Let’sstudythefeaturesofnewsbriefbylookingatthefollowingtwobriefs.第28頁/共268頁II.Keystothequestions:Passage1:a.AbombblastataParismarkethurtfourpeople.b.FourpeoplewereinjuredinacrowdedstreetmarketinParis.c.TerroristsplantedabombinParisthatwoundedfourpeople.(A)Passage2:a.TheSlovacpresident’ssonwaskidnapped.b.TheSlovacpresident’ssonwasarrestedinAustriaonaninternationalwarrant.c.AMunichprosecutorsaidKovacwasarrestedonsuspicionoffraud.(B)第29頁/共268頁Exercise2:Passage1:1.What’sthedirectresultofthisbombing?

Fourpeoplewereslightlyhurtbythebombing.2.Whydidn’tthebombcausegreaterdamage?

Becausethereisamalfunctioninthedevice.3.Whereweretheterroristsplantingthisbombfrom?

TheterroristsplantingthisbombwerefromAlgeria.

4.Howmanybombingshadhappenedbeforethisone?Threebombingshadhappenedbeforethisone.第30頁/共268頁P(yáng)assage2:1.WhathadhappenedtothesonoftheSlovakiapresidentbeforehewasarrested?

HehadbeenkidnappedinSlovakiaanddumpedinhisMercedesoutsideanAustrianpolicestation.2.WhywasMr.Kovacarrested?Becausehewassuspectedoffraud.

3.Whatdoes“hittheheadlines”meaninparagraphthree?Itmeans“becomingthefrontnewsonmanynewspapers.第31頁/共268頁ChapterFiveTheNewsStory新聞報(bào)道I.Introduction:THEnewsstoryaimsattransmittingthelatestinformationwithrapidityandaccuracy.Itsstructureisquitedifferentfromthatofliteraryworks.Newspaperreportersorganizenewsstoriesexactlyoppositetothewayfictionwritersorganizeshortstories.Ashortstorywriterwilltypicallytellhisstoryinamannersimilartohowitactuallyhappens.Hewillprobablyorganizethestoryinthesamewaythatitoccurredintimesequence,frombeginningtoendorclimax.Hewilllikelybeginwiththeminorfactsandbuildhisstorytotheclimax.Hereisadiagramoftheorganizationofthetypicalshortstory.第32頁/共268頁第33頁/共268頁Firstwillcometheintroductionandtheminorfacts.Thenasthestorybeginstodevelop,thewriterwilladdmoreimportantfactsuntilhereachestheclimax.Hewillholdthemostimportantinformationuntiltheendofthestory.Butthenewsreporterdoesnotorganizehisstoryinthesameway.Hebeginswiththeclimax(themostimportantpartofthestory).Thenashedisclosesthemostimportantinformation,heworksawayfromtheclimaxtothelessimportantfacts.Hedoessobecausethenewspaperreader,nothavingenoughtimetoreadthewholestory,justwantsthemostimportantinformationfirst.Suchaformatofnewswritingiscalledthe“InvertedPyramid”,becausethe“bottom”ortheendorclimaxofthestoryisinvertedtothetop.Hereisadiagramofthestructureforatypicalnewsstory.第34頁/共268頁第35頁/共268頁Thisstyleofnewsstoryorganizationallowsthereadertograspthemostimportantfactsfirst.Ashereads,helearnsminordetailsandlessimportantfacts.Ifhehastimetoreadonlythefirstthreeorfourparagraphs,hestilllearnsthevitalpartofthestory.Also,ifthenewspaperrunsoutofenoughspacetoprintthewholestory,thelastoneortwoparagraphscanbeleftoutwithoutdamagingthemostimportantpartofthestory.NewspapersdevelopthisInvertedPyramidstoryformulafortwoimportantreasons:1.Becausethereadermaystopreadingatanytime,youmustprovidethemostimportantnewsfirst.Apersonwhoreadsaslittleasoneparagraphstillgetstheessentialelementsinthestory.2.Manynewspaperstoriesarecuttofitacertainamountofspace,andcuttingiseasierifinformationispresentedinorderofdescendingimportance.TheInvertedPyramidformatallowseditorstocutstoriesfromthebottomquicklywithoutdestroyingthestory.第36頁/共268頁ThisnewsstoryinExample1consistsoffourparagraphs.Thefirstparagraphisasummarylead.Thenextthreeparagraphssupporttheleadwithfactscarefullyarrangedinadiminishingorderofimportance:

a.injurytothefiremaninthesecondparagraph,b.damagetothewarehouseinthethirdparagraph,c.investigationoftheaccidentinthefinalparagraph.第37頁/共268頁Buttherearesomeothernewsstorieswhosesummaryleadsarefollowedbyparagraphscontainingfactsofrelativelyequalimportance.Thisformatiscalledthelead–plus-equal-factsformat.Unliketheinvertedpyramidstories,theLead-plus-equal-factsstoriescan’tbecuttomeetthedemandsofspace.第38頁/共268頁SincethesummaryleadofthestoryinExample2referstotheapprovaloffivesubcontracts,thebodyofthestorymustidentifyallfivesubcontractors.Otherwisethestorywillbeconsidereduncompleted.

Ifyouknowhowanewsstoryiswrittenyouwillknowhowtoreadit.Youshouldespeciallypayattentiontotheleadsentence,foritgivesyouthemainpointsofthestory.Butoftenyoualsoneedtoreadthebodyofthestory,becausethebodyofthestoryexplainsandclarifiesthemainpointsgivenintheleadsentence.第39頁/共268頁KeystotheExercises:

Exercise1:B.C.C.C.A.

第40頁/共268頁Exercise2:

1.WhendidKosovodeclareindependence?2.WhatistheresponseoftheethnicAlbanians?

KosovodeclaredindependenceonFeb.17th,2008.EthnicAlbaniansburstintowildcheersandsobsofjoywhentheyheardKosovohadbecomeanindependentcountry.第41頁/共268頁3.AccordingtoHashimThaci,whatcausedtheindependenceofKosovo?4.What’sRussia’sreactiontotheindependenceofKosovo?

InHashimThaci’sopinion,Serbia’sbrutalrepressionofKosovo’sAlbaniansleddirectlytotheindependenceofKosovo.RussiastronglyopposetheindependenceofKosovo.第42頁/共268頁.5.WhydidthousandsofprotestersbesiegetheUSEmbassyinBelgrade?6.WhydidNATOredeploythousandsofpeacekeeperstoMitrovicaanditssurroundings?

BecausetheyprotestedthatitwastheU.S.whohelpedtocausetheseparationoftheircountry.TheNATOdidsoinordertopreventanyconflictsbetweenethnicAlbaniansandKosovo’sSerbminority.第43頁/共268頁7.What’sthepopulationofSerbsinKosovobeforetheNato’s1999bombing?8.WhatdothesixstarsontheKosovo’snewflagrepresent?Therewereabout200,000SerbsinKosovobeforetheNato’s1999bombing.ThesixstarsontheKosovo’snewflagrepresentitssixethnicgroups.第44頁/共268頁9.Wherewasthecelebrationcarnivalheld?

10.OnelocalnewspaperadorneditsfrontpagewiththreeSerbianleaders?Whatdoesthissuggest?

ThecelebrationcarnivalwasheldinMotherTeresaStreet.ThissuggestedthatalthoughKosovobecameanindependentstate,theancienthatredbetweenSerbsandethnicAlbanianshasstillremained.第45頁/共268頁ChapterSixTheFeatureStory特寫I.Introduction:Inthepreviouschapterswehavediscussedthebodyofnewsstories.Wehaveseenthatmostofthenewsstoriesfollowafamiliarpattern.Themainpointscomeatthebeginningofthestoryandlessimportantinformationcomeslater.Thereis,however,anothercommonpatterninnewspaperwritingthefeaturepattern.Thewordfeaturehasmanymeaningsintheworldofjournalism.Inaabroadsense,newspaperfeaturesincludeawidevarietyofthings.Itmaybeanewsfeature,whichdependsuponatimelynewseventforitspeg;itmaybeaninterpretativepieceoraninformationalone;itmaybeacolourstory,anditmayevenincludecomicstrips,cartoons,andcolumns.第46頁/共268頁Butherethewordfeatureisusedmainlytoapplytoastorythatisbasedwhollyonhumaninterest.thestorythatfallssomewherebetweenstraightnewsandpurefiction.Inotherwords,theincidentsandpersonsinvolvedinfeaturestoriesarereal,notcreated,arefacts,notfiction.Thoughmanytechniquesusedinfictionwritingcanbefoundinfeatures.No

standardformorstyleisusedforfeaturestories.Theyfollownosetrulesforleads,thebodyortheendofastory,asnewsstoriesgenerallydo.Someconformtothestraightnewsstylewithasummarylead,butuseofthenoveltyleadismorecommon.Theymaybenarrative,descriptiveorexpository.Sincethefeaturearticlecannotrelyonnewsvaluesforreade