英语报刊选读复习要点.doc

课程：英语报刊选读复习要点（最新版）
熟悉下列英语报刊高频率词汇的含义
In Media
back issue, bulletin, canned copy, censorship, checkbook journalism, cold news, development stories, dope story, exclusive, breaking news, catchpenny, brief, broad sheet paper, caption, cover story, editor’s notes (Eds) ,flash, follow-up story, newscast, publicity, puff pieces, personal profile, round-up/wrap-up, running stories, social event features, spot news, wire service/news agency, update, deep throat
In Politics
riot police, the Bush administration, Saddam regime, rogue state, Axis of evil, Donkey, Elephant, Al-Qaeda, cold war mentality, empty-nest syndrome, Femlib, low profile, news blackout, sexism, upper, dove, hawk, police state, pocket veto
In Metro Life
dust storm/ sand storm, public hazard, fat farm, visual pollution, midriff, bug, edp crimes, domestic violence, occupational disease, makeover nation, Internet hookups, gay marriage, B-school
In Military Affairs
beam weapons, blanket bombing, MIA (missing in action), POW, war games, non-proliferation drive, bloodless coup, scud missile, military coup, military presence, stealth bomber, honey trap, weapon of mass destruction, coalition forces, checkbook participation, talkman, stealth fighters, decapitation
In Medicine
euthanasia或mercy killing/painless death, industrial disease, liposuction, vanity surgery, hypertension
In Business and Economy
Euroland, debt chain, buy-out, equity joint venture, job-hopper, hardball, consumer price index (CPI), kickback, knockout product, scalper, cash cow, ATM (Automatic Teller Machine), Gate’s Law
In Science & Technology
canned software, cutting edge, g-force, info highway, computernik,
In Film and TV
box office income/record/value, premiere /debut, trailer, show biz, animation, block-buster, paparazzo , rating , sitcom , soundtrack , extra
Proper Nouns
White House, Capitol Hill, Buckingham, Downing Street No.10, Fleet Street, Pentagon, Wall Street, Broadway, Elysee, Kremlin, Hollywood, Silicon Valley
Green Berets, Blue Berets, Iron Lady, Iron Curtain, First Lady
Loanwords
persona non grata, glasnost, per capita, rapport, bloc, tsunami, tycoon, status quo, De facto
a wait-and–see attitude, the life-and–death issue, the hit-and-run tactics, ready-to-eat food
The four social functions of the media:
surveillance, interpretation, transmit values, entertainment
The Definition of Journalism
Definition of News and ingredients/elements of news
News value/the newsworthiness
Public interest, Criteria for Newsworthiness:
News value determiners
²        Timeliness.
²        Impact or Consequence or Importance
²        Prominence or Eminence
²        Proximity or closeness/ nearness
²        Conflict
²        The Unusual or the Bizarreness / Weirdness
²        Currency
²        Necessity
News Classification
Hard News
Soft News
Features
commentaries and columns
positive coverage
negative coverage
neutral coverage
muckraking
The headline
The grammar of headlines:
tenses, voices, Omission/Ellipsis, Punctuations, abbreviations
各种机构、重要的国际组织名称的缩写常用缩写Important International Organizations, 要积累和熟记, E.g.
CIA ( Central Intelligence Agency)
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation),
PLO,
OPEC,
Apec
IMF (International Monetary Fund),
WHO
ATM- Automatic Teller Machine
CEO-Chief Executive Officer
CFO-Chief financial Officer
CNN-Cable News Networks
Copter-helicopter
CTO-Chief Technology Officer
CTV-Cable TV
D-day
DJ-disc jockey
DJ-Dow Jones & Co.
GE-General Electrics
GM-General Motors
GMS-Global Positioning System
HKSAR-Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
ICP-Internet Content Provider
IOU
Mart-market
MP- Member of Parliament
PM- Prime Minister
NMD-the National Missile Defense system
NYSE-New York Stock Exchange
Opec-Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
PNTR-Permanent Normal Trade Relations
POW-prisoner of war
SIM-Subscribers’ Identification Module
V-day- Victory Day
VP-Vice President
Lead and body of a news story
A direct lead
A delayed lead
Inverted pyramid
阅读材料中的内容(Selected Readings from Mainstream Newspapers & Magazines) 包括重点词汇：
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
denuclearization
the terrorism blacklist
IOC( the International Olympic Committee)
human rights abuses
AI (Amnesty International)
BOCAG (Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games )
International Paralympics Committee (IPC)
The Federal Reserve
high net worth individuals
the Guinness World Record
the National Intelligence Council
the National Counterintelligence Executive
IPCC (the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
EU (the European Union)
Met Office (the Meteorological Office)
the Royal Geographical Society
Greenpeace
the World Health Organisation
NGO (non-governmental organizations)
civil society
Gongos
hardline policy
NASCAR (National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing)
Unifem (United Nations Development Fund for Women)
GOP
WFP (the UN World Food Program)
Article 43 (page 85)
Paragraphs 1 & 2
cyber-censorship
Attribution：消息来源
official sources
a US State Department source
well-informed source
police sources
the highest quarters
the quarters concerned
diplomatic quarters
military experts
diplomatic observer
an unidentified source
a source who wants to remain anonymous
a source speaking on condition of anonymity
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