美英报刊文章选读教2011案

.教材：《美英报刊文章选读》（上下册）（第四版）主编：周学艺，袁宪军出版社：北京大学出版社上课时数：34节，17周，每周2学时，2学分。根据高等学校外语专业教学指导委员会2000年制定的《英语教学大纲》规定：基础阶段：四级：“能读懂英语国家出版的中等难度的各种材料和文章以及难度相当于TheMoonIsDown的文学原著和Reader’sDigest等报刊、杂志以及少年百科全书中各种文章，阅读速度为每分钟８０个词，了解中心大意，抓住主要论点或情节。能根据所读材料进行推理和分析，领会作者的真实意图。”六级：“能读懂难度相当于英国theTimes(Britain)或theNewYorkTimes(USA)的社论和政论文章”八级：“能读懂一般英文报刊杂志上的社论和书评”。本学期精读篇目与自学篇目如下：UnitOne:China(I)1.LessonOne:China’sGrowthPosesOpportunityandRisk(TheNewYorkTimes)Forself-study:HomeatLast（Newsweek）UnitThree:theUnitedStates(I)2.LessonEight:BestGraduateSchools(USNews&WorldReport)ForSelf-study:EliteUSschoolsturnthefightforsupremacyintoonlinegame3.LessonNine:IsHarvardWorthIt?(Fortune)ForSelf-study:TheNewDreamIsn’tAmerican(Newsweek)UnitFive:theUnitedStates(III)4.LessonFifteen:TheEconomySucks.ButIsIt’92Redux?(Newsweek)ForSelf-study:HolyWar101(Newsweek)5.LessonSixteen:ObamaMakesHistory(TheWashingtonPost)ForSelf-study:PathoftheStorm(Newsweek)UnitSix:UnitedStatesandBritain6.LessonNineteen:WhytheMonarchyMustStay(Newsweek)ForSelf-study:Iraq:Whowonthewar?(TheIndependent)UnitSeven:ProminentfiguresoftheU.S,andBritain7.LessonTwenty:He’sjustlikeyouandme,exceptforthe￡31bnfortune(TheSundayTimes)ForSelf-study:BillGatesisretiring,sortof(InternationalHeraldTribune)UnitNine:Society8.LessonTwenty-eight:Ahead-of-theCurveCareers(USNews&WorldReport)ForSelf-study:BattleforBrains(FinancialTimes)UnitTen:Business9.LessonThirty-oneMeetingtheAsianChallenge(BusinessWeek)ForSelf-study:ABountifulUnderseaFind,SuretoInviteDebate(TheNewYorkTimes)10.LessonThirty-two:Free-talkingandFastResults(FinancialTimes)ForSelf-study:StarveYourWaytoHealth(Newsweek)UnitTwelve:Sportsandlanguage11.LessonThirty-nine:EnglishOuttoConquertheWorld(USNews&WorldReport)ForSelf-study:Kaka:Brazil’sMr.PerfectFIFA,com)考试方法：书面，闭卷必须掌握的内容：1．弄懂所选课文中每句话的意思，文章的中心思想，能根据文章回答课文后所附的问答题。2．牢记相关的背景知识，如美国三大日报的名称，英美主要新闻报刊、商务杂志的译名、GDP、CEO等缩写词的全称（注意课本中有关背景知识多用中文，但考试时要用英文）。3．记住课文中的常用的单词与词组，特别是与商务相关的英语词汇及具新意的熟词，如第一课中的unsustainableeconomicbubble,tradesurplus,competitiveedge,militarymuscle,diplomaticmuscle。课前准备：本课程的学习非常强调预习与学生的配合。要求大家课前掌握生词表中的词汇，文章至少通读一遍，并在不理解的字句旁做上记号。小测验：每次上课几乎都有小测验，以了解大家复习或预习的情况。测验成绩是评定平时成绩的主要依据。Whatcanweexpectfromanewspaper?Asaprintmassmedia,newspaperisapublicationcontainingnews,information,andadvertising.General-interestnewspapersoftenfeaturearticlesonpoliticalevents,crime,business,art/entertainment,societyandsports.Mosttraditionalpapersalsofeatureaneditorialpagecontainingcolumnsthatexpressthepersonalopinionsofwriters.Supplementarysectionsmaycontainadvertising,comics,andcoupons.Awidevarietyofmaterialhasbeenpublishedinnewspapers,includingeditorialopinions,criticismandop-eds(时事评论版),obituaries,entertainmentfeaturessuchascrosswords,sudoku（数独）andhoroscopes（占星术）;weathernewsandforecasts,advice,gossip(whisper流言),foodandothercolumns,criticalreviewsofmovies,playsandrestaurants;classifiedads;displayads,editorialcartoons(alsoknownaspoliticalcartoon)andcomicstrips.Therearetwokindsofnews:hardnewsandsoftnews.Thehardnewsarticlerequiresthatawritermovefasttocapturetheimmediacyoftheevent.Suchaccountmusttellthereaderwhathashappened,ishappening,orwillhappen,aswellasgiveacarefulreportofthewhyandhowbehindtheoccurrence.Thejournalistic“5Ws+H”_____who,what,when,where,whyandhow____applieshere.Thehardnewsarticlepresentsafactualaccountofanevent,withoutsignificantattentiontothereactionsofobserversorparticipants,althoughquotesalongtheselinesmightappear.Softnewsorfeaturearticlesdonothavethesametimeorsubjectrestrictions,profilesofnoteworthypeople,human-intereststories,anddiscussionsofissuesareexamplesoffeaturestories.AsidefromthehardnewssectionofweeklynewsmagazinessuchasTIME,Newsweek,andU.SNews&WorldReport,mostmagazinearticlesarefeatures,becausetheirpublicationschedulesrequirefromseveraldaystoseveralweeksofleadtime(thetimeelapsedbetweenacceptanceofworkandpublication,whichisalsotruefortheirhardnewsarticles..“NewspaperEnglish”“Learningalanguageisnotmerelyanacademicexercise.StudentsofEnglishwanttobeabletousethelanguagetheyhaveacquiredinthesamewayasEnglishpeopleuseit.TheynotonlywanttounderstandspokenEnglishandtomakethemselvesunderstood;theyalsowanttobeabletoappreciateEnglishtelevisionandradioprograms,tolaughatEnglishjokes,tosingEnglishsongsandtoreadEnglishnewspapers.Thislastwishoftengivesrisetosomedisappointment,whenforexample,thestudentwhohaspassedhisexamswithtopmarksandhasearnedthecommendationofhisteacherfindsthatheisquiteunabletounderstandthenewspaperswhichheknowsEnglishpeoplereadeveryday.Herealizesthathelackssomething.“Thedeficiencyisnotentirelyhisfault.ThedeficiencyliesinthefactthatBritishnewspapershaveastylealloftheirown;orrathereachpaperhasitsownindividualstyleformingpartofageneraljournalisticpatternwhichwemaylooselyclassifyas“NewspaperEnglish”.Themorepopulardailiesuseachatty,slangy,up-to-the-momentwayofwriting,which,asoftenasnot,leavestheforeignreaderverybewildered,ifnotunderatotallyfalseimpression.FromWhat’sintheNewsbyGeoffreyLandAbriefintroductionaboutAmericannewspapersandmagazines1.AmericanNewspapersIntheStatestherearemorethan11,000ne