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EnglishNewspaper&MagazineReadingLesson1IntroductionLesson1Introduction•1.thedefinitionandmainfeaturesofnews•2.majorEnglishnewspapers&magazines•3.keypartsofthefrontpage•4.howtoreadthefrontpage•Newspapersarepublicationsusuallyissuedonadailyorweeklybasis,themainfunctionofwhichistoreportthenews.•Newspapersalsoprovidedcommentaryonthenews,advocatevariouspublicpolicies,furnishspecialinformationandadvicetoreaders,andsometimesincludefeaturessuchasadvertisements,cartoons,andserializedbooks.I.ThedefinitionandmainfeaturesofnewsI.Thedefinitionofnews1.Whatis“news”?Canyougiveyourdefinition?1)NEWS=North+East+West+South2)Badnewsisgoodnews.3)Itisnotnewswhenadogbitesaman,butabsolutelynewswhenyoufindamanbitesadog.I.Thedefinitionofnews4)•ordinaryperson(s)+usualoccurence(s)≠news•ordinaryperson(s)+unusualoccurence(s)＝news•extraordinaryperson(s)+usualoccurence(s)=news•extraordinaryperson(s)+unusualoccurence(s)=good/bignews5)Newsisanyevent，ideaoropinionthatistimely，thatinterestsoraffectsalargenumberofpeopleinacommunityandthatiscapableofbeingunderstoodbythem.I.Themainfeaturesofnews•1)时效性（timeliness）和时新性（freshness）•2)重要性（importance,orsignificance）•3)显著性（prominence）•4)接近性（nearness，proximityorlocality）•5)奇异性（unusualness,oddityornovelty）•6)趣味性（interest）II.MajorEnglishnewspapers&magazines2.HaveyoueverreadChinaDailyand21stCentury?Whatisthedifferencebetweenthem?ChinaDailybelongsto“qualitypaper”,while21stCenturybelongsto“popularpaper”.Qualitypapers(优良报纸,严肃的报纸，大报)•Qualitypapersareseriousincontentandlargeinsize.Theymainlycovernewsstoriesdomesticallyandinternationally.•TheyarewritteninformalEnglishwithlongerarticlesandawiderrangeofvocabulary.•Theirreadersmainlybelongtotheeducatedmiddleclass.Popularpapers(大众报纸,小报)•Popularpapersaresmallerinsizeandmainlycovergossip,entertainmentandsportsnews.•TheyarewrittenineasierEnglishandusequiteanumberofslangterms,which,whileeasiertoreadforlocals,canbedifficultforforeigners.•Articlesareoftenshortandillustratedwitheye-catchingheadlinesandmanyphotos.•Theymainlyservethelesseducatedbutcanstillhaveabroadreadership.II.TheTimes--《泰晤士报》•TheTimesisadailynationalnewspaperpublishedintheUnitedKingdomsince1785whenitwasknownasTheDailyUniversalRegister.•TheTimesanditssisterpaperTheSundayTimesarepublishedbyTimesNewspapersLimited,asubsidiaryofNewsInternational.•TheTimesistheoriginalTimesnewspaper,lendingitsnametomanyotherpapersaroundtheworld,suchasTheNewYorkTimes,TheTimesofIndia,andTheIrishTimes.II.TheDailyTelegraph--《每日电讯报》•TheDailyTelegraphisaBritishbroadsheetnewspaper,foundedin1855.ExceptingtheFinancialTimesandTheHerald(Glasgow),itistheonlyremainingnationaldailynewspaperprintedontraditionalnewsprintinthebroadsheetformatintheUnitedKingdom.•Itssisterpaper,TheSundayTelegraph,wasfoundedin1961.InOctober2007,theTelegraphwasthehighestsellingBritishqualitypaper,withacertifiedaveragedailycirculationof882,413.II.TheGuardian--《卫报》•TheGuardianisaBritishnationaldailynewspaperownedbytheGuardianMediaGroupandfoundedin1821.•TheGuardianhadacertifiedaveragedailycirculationof279,308copiesinJanuary2011,behindTheDailyTelegraphandTheTimes.Thewebsite,guardian.co.uk,isoneofthehighest-trafficEnglish-languagenewswebsites.Accordingtoitseditor,TheGuardianhasthesecondlargestonlinereadershipofanyEnglish-languagenewspaperintheworld,aftertheNewYorkTimesII.TheSun--《太阳报》•TheSun-isatabloiddailynewspaperpublishedintheUnitedKingdomandIrelandwiththesecondhighestcirculationofanydailyEnglish-languagenewspaperintheworldandthebiggestcirculationwithintheUK,standingatanaverageof3,121,000copiesadaybetweenJanuaryandJune2008andwithadailyreadershipofapproximately7,900,000,ofwhich56percentaremaleand44percentfemale.II.DailyMail--《每日邮报》•TheDailyMailisaBritishnewspaper,currentlypublishedinatabloidformat.Firstpublishedin1896byLordNorthcliffe,itistheUnitedKingdom'ssecondbiggest-sellingdailynewspaperafterTheSun.•Itssisterpaper,TheMailonSundaywaslaunchedin1982.AnIrisheditionofthepaperwaslaunchedin2006.TheDailyMailwasBritain'sfirstdailynewspaperaimedatwhatisnowconsideredthemiddle-marketandthefirsttosell1millioncopiesaday.II.TheNewYorkTimes--《纽约时报》•TheNewYorkTimesisanAmericandailynewspaperpublishedinNewYorkCityanddistributedinternationally.ThelargestmetropolitannewspaperintheUnitedStates,TheGrayLady—namedforitsstaidappearanceandstyle—isregardedasanationalnewspaperofrecord.•Foundedin1851,thenewspaperhaswon98PulitzerPrizes,morethananyothernewspaper.Itsmotto,asprintedintheupperleft-handcornerofthefrontpage,isAlltheNewsThat'sFittoPrint.II.TheWashingtonPost--《华盛顿邮报》•TheWashingtonPostisthelargestandmostcirculatednewspaperinWashington,D.C.andisthecity'soldestnewspaper,foundedin1877.ItiswidelyconsideredtobeoneofthemostimportantnewspapersintheUnitedStatesduetoitsparticularemphasisonnationalpolitics,andinternationalaffairs,andbeinganewspaperofrecord.•Evenso,theWashingtonPosthasalwaysbeendefinedasalocalpaperanddoesnotprintanyeditionsfortheoutsideregionbeyondthatoftheD.C.,Maryland,orVirginiaeditionsfordailycirculation.II.InternationalHeraldTribune—《国际先驱论坛报》•TheInternationalHeraldTribuneisawid