大学英语时文阅读 unit 6

CurrentNewsReadingCOURSESFORSECONDCREDITSTUDENTSContents1Environment385101214Chapter6Environment123HistoryofAmericannewspaperGrammarfeaturesofnewsheadlinePractice1HistoryofAmericannewspaper1704年波士顿邮政局长创刊的《波士顿新闻通讯》，被认为是美国的第1张连续出版的报纸，内容只是摘抄英国报纸上的消息。1721年《新英格兰新闻报》创刊，它未经当局的出版许可，富于革新精神，影响很大。1719年，当时的美国第2大城市费拉德尔菲亚出版了该城第1张报纸《美洲信使周报》。1728年《宾夕法尼亚公报》问世，次年由B．富兰克林接办。他把该报办得很有生气，引人入胜，并刊登广告以赢利。独立战争爆发时，北美殖民地有报纸37家,几乎全是周报或每周出版两三次,为独立战争作了大量舆论准备，并在战争中鼓舞士气。1783年在费拉德尔菲亚创刊的《宾夕法尼亚晚邮报》是美国第1张日报。到1830年，美国人口在8000以上的城镇只有26个，但有日报65家，周报350家。1HistoryofAmericannewspaper商业报纸和廉价大众化报纸出现。第1张成功的廉价报纸是1833年在纽约创刊的《太阳报》，它主要刊登审判、自杀、失火等社会新闻，发行量很大，1873年达3万份。其他政治和商业报纸也逐渐转向报道立法、选举、审判等全国性或地方性新闻。1HistoryofAmericannewspaper19世纪上半叶创刊的重要报纸还有1835年的《纽约先驱报》，1841年的《纽约每日论坛报》，1851年的《纽约每日时报》(1857年改名《纽约时报》)。到19世纪中叶，美国约有日报400家，周报3000多家。它们的共同特点是政治上标榜自已是超党派的、独立的，编辑业务上扩大报道面、重视地方新闻和人情味新闻，经营上将广告作为主要财源。从19世纪50年代起，报纸在美国已成为工商业巨头手中的大企业。1883年，J.普利策接办纽约《世界报》，他注重政治经济新闻，大量刊登社会新闻和各种专栏、特写，1892年该报日发行量达到37.4万份。19世纪下半期创刊的美国重要报纸还有《亚特兰大宪法报》(1868)、《华盛顿邮报》(1877)、《圣路易邮报》(1878)、《洛杉矶时报》(1881)等。2GrammarfeaturesofNewsHeadlinesThetensesusedintheheadlines1)ThesimplepresenttenseIran'sleadersaysUSnukeaccusationswrong(Agencies)

TEHRAN,Iran:Iran'ssupremeleadersaidSundaythatUSofficialsknowtheyarewronglyaccusingIranofseekingtodevelopnuclearweapons.ChinapublisheswhitepaperonXinjiang(Xinhua)

BEIJING:TheChinesegovernmentMondaypublishedawhitepaperonthedevelopmentandprogressinnorthwestChina'sXinjiangUyghurAutonomousRegion,stressingnationalunification,ethnicunity,socialstabilityarethe"lifeblood"fortheregion'sdevelopmentandprogress.2GrammarfeaturesofNewsHeadlinesThesimplepresenttense(2)Womendrivebetterthanmenclaimsreport（Thereportclaimsthatwomendrivebetterthanmen.）Sino-U.S.relationsdevelopintwistsandturns（TheSino-U.S.relationsdevelopintwistsandturns.）BushreiteratesstanceonTaiwan（U.S.PresidentGeorgeW.BushreiteratedhisstanceonTaiwan）Airdisasterkills145（Theairdisasterkilled145people.）2GrammarfeaturesofNewsHeadlines2）ThefuturetenseGreenspan:ChinatodetermineworldeconomicfateFormerUSFederalReserveChairmanAlanGreenspanpredictedinhismemoirthattheworld'seconomicfatedependsonChinaanditsmarketeconomicdevelopmentbytheyearof

2030.Chinatostepupdevelopmentofknowledge–intensiveindustry（Chinsistostepupthedevelopmentofknowledge-intensiveindustry.）WorldExpotomakeShanghaimoreopen（TheWorldExpoistomakeShanghaimoreopen.）2GrammarfeaturesofNewsHeadlines3）PresentparticipleforPresentcontinuoustenseUS:IrannearingatomicbombcapacityVIENNA-TheUnitedStatessaidonWednesdayIranwasnearingtheabilitytomakeatombombsbystockpilingenricheduraniumand,withEUallies,proddedTehrantoengageintalksnowonitsnuclearambitions.DangerousAreasExpandingAcrossSouthernAfghanistanTheTalibanhavedrivengovernmentforcesoutofroughlyhalfofakeyareathattheU.S.andNATOhaddeclaredasuccess.USjunksalestoChinarisingInformationindustrydevelopingrapidly（Theinformationindustryisdevelopingrapidly.）2GrammarfeaturesofNewsHeadlinesThevoice

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Themainland'sTaiwanAffairsOfficeyesterdayurgedthecityofKaohsiungnottoshowascheduledfilmaboutRebiyaKadeer.2GrammarfeaturesofNewsHeadlinesFrequentOmissionofCertainWords1.ArticlesUSofficialcallsfornewsanctionsagainstIran(Agencies)

ANKARA,Turkey-AseniorUSofficialcalledWednesdayforUNSecurityCouncilmembersandUSalliestohelppushforathirdroundofsanctionsagainstIranoveritsdisputedatomicwork.TruckbombinnorthernIraqkills19MOSUL:AsuicidebomberdroveatruckpackedwithexplosivesintoaKurdishvillageinnorthIraqbeforedawnonThursday,killingatleast19villagersandwounding25,Iraqipolicesaid.2GrammarfeaturesofNewsHeadlines2.LinkverbChinawillingtoshareanimaldiseaseinfoBANGKOK--Chinaisreadytoshareinformationandexperiencewiththeinternationalcommunityonanimaldiseasesurveillanceandcontrolregardingeitherbirdfluortheblueearpigdisease,anofficialoftheUNFoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)said.USmilitarydeathsinIraqat3,793(Agencies)

AsofFriday,Sept.21,2007,atleast3,793membersoftheUSmilitaryhaddiedsincethebeginningoftheIraqwarinMarch2003,accordingtoanAssociatedPresscount.2GrammarfeaturesofNewsHeadlines3.AuxiliaryverbOnemoremissingRussiantouristfound(Xinhua/Agencies)

HOTAN,Xinjiang--RescuersfoundonemoremissingRussiantouristonFridayeveninginnorthwestChina'sXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegion.2GrammarfeaturesofNewsHeadlines4.“and"isomittedandreplacedbycommaRussia,USnocloseronmissileshield(Agencies)MOSCOW-RussiaandtheUnitedStateshavenotmovedanyclosertoagreementonUSplanstodeployitsmissileshieldinEurope,localnewsagenciesquotedRussianDeputyForeignMinisterSergeiKislyakassayingonWednesday2GrammarfeaturesofNewsHeadlines5.UseofheavilymodifiednominalGroupsThenominalgroupsinheadlinesaresometimesquitecomplexwithheavypre-modifiers,e.g.：Januarycrudeoiloutputbeatstarget（TheoutputofcrudeoilinJanuaryhasbeatenthetarget）Sino-Germantradereviewtalksstart（ThetalkstoreviewthetradebetweenChinaandGermanyhavestarted）South–to-NorthWaterDiversionProjecttobenefitposterity（TheSouth-to-NorthWaterDiversionProjectistobenefittheposterity.）2GrammarfeaturesofNewsHeadlines6.Thepunctuationmarksintheheadlines1）.Commaisusedt