英美报刊选读期末作业.doc

英美报刊文章选读期末作业1.Three of the following six leads contain no style errors. Circle the correct sentences. Fix the following leads containing style errors.Correct sentences: b d ea. PHILADELPHIA(AP) - Contac and two other popular over-the-counter medicines were withdraw from the market on Friday after rat poison was found in eight capsules that had been tampered with, the drug manufacturer said.c. WASHINGTON(AP) - President Reagan told leaders of Nicaraguas rebel movement today “ were in this together” , and vowed that “we will never give up” until he can reverse a House vote denying 100 million dollars in military and other aid to the insurgents. f. A bearded gunman believed to be in his 30s robbed the Telco Federal Credit Union(1215 E Ashland Ave), of more than $15,000 on Tuesday and escaped in rush-hour traffic.2. Write a summary lead based on the following information, which is from a story in the Chicago Tribune:Chicago Tribune-A house in Mt. Prospect caught a fire at 4:40 a.m. on Saturday, which caused the death of Lilian Kozy, an 88 years old woman who lived in 804 S. School St and she was pronounced dead at 5:34 a.m. in Holy Family Hospital because of smoke inhalation.3. The lead in the following story is buried. Find the most important points of the story, and then rewrite the lead. After the bank officials reported more than $450,000 turned up missing, the FBI has been investigating on the citys largest bank, the First National Bank, for the last 2 weeks, and as a result, late Wednesday, the bank president confirmed an officer of the bank who was cooperating with authorities had been fired in the embezzlement scheme.4. Punctuation and Capitalizationa. “A new football coach will be hired by Friday,” said Athletic director Cliff Gibson.b. “This is a Great Day for GENEVA .” said Mayor Johnson.c. According to Smith, there are several “First-Rate Prospects”: Charles Mays, ichard Kile, John Haring, and Stanley Kelly.d. The teacher asked, “What is the capital of Delaware?”e. John wondered why every teacher always expects us to know all the state capitals.f.“My professor quoted Benvolio from Romeo and Juliet who said, Why，Romeo，art thou mad? ”said Susan.g. “The president will hold a press conference Thursday evening at 6 oclock,”said Johnson.h. “The problem,” Smith said, “is that nobody seems to know what is happening.”i. Smith said：“Journalists often work long hours. However, the extra hours are worth it if a solid story can be gained. The best journalists are more than willing to take the extra time.”5. Read through the two versions of the action story and comment on the distinctive linguistic and stylistic features of each report.The first version: The title uses a simple statement sentence, and it tells the readers the result of the accident. So readers can know the story as soon as possible. The beginning of the news is used a summary lead, a long and complicated sentence, which gives an account of “what”, “when”, “who”, “where” and “why”. Whats more, the words are objective, the news tends to use long sentences and its structure is loose.The second version: The title uses a compound sentence, and they are capitalized. So it is good to attract the attention of readers and inspire the readers interest to move on reading. Besides, the beginning of the news pays much attention to the astonished result of the accident. Last but not least, compared to the first version, the words used in the second news are more formal and it describes the same story more vividly and emotionally.6. Read through the running story reports from two different newspaper and comment on the distinctive features of each.The first passage: The headline uses a simple statement sentence. At the beginning of the news, the first two words are used in capital forms which can catch the attention of the readers. Furthermore, a lot of indirect quotations and passive voice has been used quite frequently in this passage. For example, “ I dont think this is going to help, really, a spokesman said.”, “His body was found on Saturday”. However, the news is too long for readers to spend too much time reading it to the end. The second passage: The headline is capitalized, so it can attract the readers eyes and inspire readers curiosity to go on reading. At the beginning of the news, the first word is also used in capital forms which can catch the attention of the readers. And