大学英语时文阅读unit3

1、Current News ReadingCOURSES FOR SECOND CREDIT STUDENTSContents3Social Culture185101214Chapter 3123Major British newspapers and periodicalsNewspaper headlinesPractice1 Major British newspapers and periodicals pNational Serious Paper：pTimespThe Daily TelegraphpThe GuardianpFinancial Timesp泰晤士报p每日电讯报p卫

2、报p金融时报1 Major British newspapers and periodicals pNational Sunday PaperpThe ObserverpSunday TimespThe Sunday Telegraphp观察家报p星期日泰晤士报p星期日电讯报1 Major British newspapers and periodicals pNational Pop Paperp每日快报（Daily Express）p每日邮报（Daily Mail）p每日镜报（Daily Mirror）pNational Sunday Pop Paperp星期日邮报（Sunday Mail

3、）p世界新闻报（News of the World）p星期日快报（Sunday Express）p星期日镜报（Sunday Mirror）p星期日人民报（Sunday People）地方报纸（local papers）中的格拉斯哥先驱报（Glasgow Herald）等也在全国发行。著名的晚报主要有伦敦出版的旗帜晚报（Evening Standard）等1 Major British newspapers and periodicals pOther major paperp伯明翰邮报（Birmingham Post）p伯明翰晚邮报（Birmingham Evening Mail）p每日纪事报

4、（Daily Record）p新闻晚报（Evening News）p爱尔兰新闻报（Irish News）p利物浦回声报（Liverpool Echo）p利物浦每日邮报（Liverpool Daily Post）p晨星报（Morning Star）p北方回声报（Northern Echo）p苏格兰每日快报（Scottish Daily Express）p星期日太阳报（Sunday Sun）p西部邮报（Western Mail）p约克郡邮报（Yorkshire Post）1 Major British newspapers and periodicals pFamous Magazinep经济学家

5、（Economist）p旁观者（Spectator）p新政治家（New Statesman）p新科学家（New Scientist）p听众（Listener）p今日世界（World Today）1 Major British newspapers and periodicals pFamous Magazinep今日英国（Britain Today）p英国周刊（British Weekly）p当代评论（Contemporary Review）p伦敦杂志（London Magazine）p新社会（New Society）p观察家评论（Observer Review）p笨拙周刊（Punch）p广播

6、时报（Radio Times）p论坛（Tribune）p电视时代（TV Times）p妇女周刊（Woman）p世界观察（World View）2 Newspaper headlinespA newspaper headline is the most important part of a news story for several reasons: , it usually summarizes the lead, and the lead summarizes the whole story. , the headline draws the readers attention to t

7、he story. , the appeal of a story largely depends upon the headline. Thirdly, the headline helps the reader evaluate the news.pPremiers Asia, Europe visit fruitfulLaw to help congresses oversee govtpUS$60b fund to reduce workplace accidentspSinopecs profit better than expectedpTerrorism big threat t

8、o OlympicsUS junk sales to China risingpSharif reportedly arrested on arrival in Pakistan 2.2 Types of Newspaper Headlinesp1. Straight Headlines：pBeijing firm on one-China policypMulti-polarity better than uni-polaritypEuropean leaders to press Bush on Kyoto pactpUnilateralism isolates US furtherpCh

9、ina launches anti-dumping probe into US auto, chicken productsp(Xinhua)BEIJING: China launched anti-dumping and anti-subsidies investigations into some automobile and chicken products originally produced in the United States, the Ministry of Commerce announced on Sunday.p2 Headlines That Ask a Quest

10、ionpThe question headline suggesting a future possibility:pIran-U.S. War Buildup?pSteel price to rise？p（It is possible that the steel price is to rise.）pNew cabinet today？pOil price to rise this year?pNewspaper by satellite?pThe question headline suggesting some doubt about the truth or accuracy of

11、the story：pWoman had six at one birth？p（It seems somewhat impossible that a woman had six babies at one birth.）2.2 Headlines That Ask a Question2.2 Types of Newspaper Headlinesp3. Headlines That Contain a QuotationpSometimes a quotation is used as a headline when it simply tells the main topic of th

12、e story, e.g.：pHu: Patience key to resolving nuclear issuespHANOI: China said on Sunday that “wisdom and patience” are needed to find solutions to the nuclear issues on Korean Peninsula. pQuotation marks can be used to indicate a direct quotation and can also be used to tell the reader that a word o

13、r words are being used outside their normal meaning, e.g.：pSesser says “China threat” groundlesspAnother kind of quotation headline：pPhilippine volcano may see eruption again，experts say 2.2 Types of Newspaper Headlinesp4 Feature Headlines pThe feature headlines are marked by language that can touch a readers curiosity，amazement or humor. They reflect the tones of the stories rather than summarize the facts in them, e.g.:pLife is mountains, yaks, winepOnce-destitute village weaves straw in