英语报刊阅读标题的作用

ThecharacteristicsofEnglishNewsHeadlinesNumber:Name:ThecharacteristicsofEnglishNewsHeadlinesAbstract:thenewsheadlineisanimportantpartofEnglishnews,becausethetitleisthereaderstogetasmuchinformationaspossibleintheshortestpossibletimelanguagemedia,playsauniqueroleinthenews.Forthereader,readtheheadlineisthefirststepofreadingEnglishnewspapers.Englishnewsheadlinesarenumerousandvaried,buthasitsinternalrulesandcharacteristics,hasitsownuniquetitlewords,grammarandrhetoric.ThispaperexaminessomeofthecharacteristicsofEnglishnewsheadlinesfromthevocabulary,grammarandrhetoricinthreeaspects:simple,general,ellipsis,fresh,interesting.Languagelearningisaprocessofpractice,forEnglishlearners,readingEnglishnewspaperisashortcuttomodernEnglishpulse.ThenewsheadlineisthefirststepofreadingnewspaperreaderslearnEnglish,andmanyreadersinitiallyreadingEnglishnewspaper,theproblemthefirstencounteristhetitle.JuststartedreadingEnglishnewspaperreadersgenerallyencounteredsuchaproblem:thetitlewordsrealize,youdon'tunderstandornotfullyunderstand.Becausethenewspaperheadlinesaresimple,elliptical,humorous,notonlytothemaincontentofhighlysummarizednews,playaroleinthefinishingtouch,butalsoforthefascinatingtotrytoputthetitlewinningnewinnovationandfullofcolor,makethereaderfallinloveatfirstsight.1.vocabularyBriefsummaryisoneofthemajorfeaturesofnewsheadlines,inordertoachievethisobjective,theEnglishnewsheadlinesarewidelyusedterms,abbreviationsandtheso-calledsmall(MidgetWords).1.1NOUNMakingnounhastheverystrongexpressivefunction,butalsohasextensivegrammartolerance(Grammaticality).Itcanactasavarietyofpartofspeech,syntacticconceptcanbeexpressedbysimplestructureformcomplete.Noun(gerund,includingcompoundnouns)canbewidelyusedforwordtypecaptionorreplacetheadjectives(nounreduplication),phrasesandclauses.(1)withthenounwordtypecaptionEntrepreneurs（创业者发迹史）Wineswomanship（妇女酗酒问题）(2)thenounreduplicationMiracleRescue(神奇般获救）Taiwan’sUNEntryProposalOpposed(台湾进入联合国提议遭到反对)(3)nouninsteadofphrasesorclausesCorruptionReportsAgainstPoliceRise（指控警方受贿呼声四起）（corruptionreports=reportsoncorruptioncomplaints）Superkids?(超级儿童之谜)(Superkids?=CanSupermenCreateSuperkids?)1.2AcronymTosavespace,extensiveuseofacronymsinEnglishnewsheadlines(AbbreviationsandAcronymsabbreviationsandacronyms).(1)abbreviationsMakingmakingabbreviations,acronyms,i.e..Abbreviationsfrequentlyappearinthetitle,butwhetherfamiliarorstrange,whosefullnameisgenerallyfoundinthebodyofthemessagethefirsttime,confusioncanbesmoothlydoneoreasilysolved.Ofcourse,inordertoquicklyreadtheheadlines,readersneedtobefamiliarwithsomeofthecommonlyusedabbreviations.TheacronymoftenEnglishtitlecanbedividedintothreecategories:theorganizationname,nameandtitleorposition.ThefollowingareafewexamplesA.MechanismEU’sFuture:TheVisionandtheSlog（EU=EuropeanUnion）NATO:Who,What,Why?（NATO=NorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization）B.ThenamesofthingsCompanyLookstotheGoldenArchLinkinChineseJV（JV=jointVenture）C.PositionortitleTogoPMStrivestoSolveCrisis(PM=PrimeMinister)(2)AbbreviationCompositionandabbreviationsabbreviationsaredifferent,whichismainlythroughthetailorthemiddlepartoutofwords,orthefirstofawordwiththetailofanotherwordwhich.AbbreviationsareveryactiveinEnglishnewspapers,andthenumbercontinuestoincrease,notonlyinthetitle,andoftenappearinthearticle.Suchas:IndianGov’tWinsTrustVoteinParliament（Gov’t=Government）Nohopefor118CrewofRussianSub（Sub=submarine）1.3SmallSmallsinglesyllablewordsisshort,withthenewsbodycharacteristicsofthetitlewords.Extensiveuseofwordsasaresultofthenewspaper.Thelengthislimitedbythesmall,canavoidthetransitional,twoisduetosemanticcategorywordsverywide,andgenerallymorevivid,flexible.Suchas:WagesAccordReached（accord代替agreement）TVAirs“Facts”onArmsDelivery（air代替makeknown或broadcast）WagesAccordReached（accord代替agreement）TVAirs“Facts”onArmsDelivery（air代替makeknown或broadcast）AcronymsandwordsmeettheeyeeverywhereinEnglishnewsheadlines,piecestoonumeroustocite,hereareafew.BeginnersinlearningtoreadEnglishnewspapers,summingupandrememberthesewordsandmeaningwillbeofgreatadvantage,toreadtheheadlineandarticle.2.GrammarEnglishnewsheadlinesisauniquesetofgrammaticalsystem,intheuseoftenses,theomissionofwordshasitscharacteristics.2.1TemporalMostofthenewstheeventisjusthappened,ishappeningorwillhappen,accordingtothecorrespondingtemporalrulesofEnglishgrammarusedverbs.Butinordertohighlighttheeventsenseofrealityandfreshness,Englishnewsheadlinesalmostallusethesimplepresenttense,whichisoneoftheimportantcharacteristicsofEnglishnewsheadlines.Ofcourse,inmeaningand(1)Thegeneralsaidthatthepresent:A.Havehappened,suchas:NASAEyesChinaTiesasNewShenzhouFlies（“神舟3号”飞船上天，美关注与中国关系）B.Whatishappening,suchas:SKoreaResumesUSBeefImports（韩国恢复进口美国牛肉）SovietsAssailUSonA-tests（苏联人严厉谴责美国原子爆炸实验）(2)Theinfinitivesaiditwouldhappen,suchas:2ECOfficialstoVisitU.S.toPaveWayforTradeTalks（两名欧共体官员将访问美国为贸易谈判铺平道路）TelecomtoBePrivatized（英国电视通讯公司行将实行私人企业化）(3)Thepresentparticiplefor,suchas:Radio,TVCoverageWidening（广播、电视覆盖面在拓宽）Deposits,LoansRisinginHK（香港储蓄与贷款额上升）(4)Thepastparticiplepassivevoiceseveraltense:A.Nowthestate,suchas:U.S