TEM新闻听力技巧和训练方法

1.1 新闻的结构特点 时间顺序结构（chronological order）
• 根据新闻发生的时间顺序进行报道，采用这一顺序的新闻报道 一般包含：导语、事件、结尾三个部分；其中“事件”部分按 时间顺序报道。
It goes against religious taboos in Iraq to involve women in fighting, but three recent suicide bombings carried out by women could indicate insurgents are growing increasingly desperate. On Nov. 4th, a woman detonated an explosive vest next to a US patrol in Diyala’s regional capital, Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, wounding seven US troops and five Iraqis. On Dec. 7th, a woman attacked the offices of a Diyala-based
内容提要 1. 英语新闻的特点 2. 平时训练方法（以VOA为例） 3. 考试题材和题型 4. 应试策略 5. 推荐学习资源
1. 英语新闻的特点（以VOA为例） 结构
• 倒金字塔、六何法、顺序结构
词汇
• 专名、数词、引申
句型/语法
• 简单复合句、宾语从句、同位语、现在时态
新闻听力的难点
1.3 句型/语法 句型：
• 会较多地使用扩展的简单句，常见方法有使用同位Leabharlann Baidu，介词短
语，分词短语等语言成份扩展简单句 • Malaysian authorities are discussing possible salvage efforts with Sun Cruisers, the Singapore owner of a larger liner that sunk off Malaysia last week , a news report said yesterday. • The US has designated thirty international groups as terrorist organizations, barring them from receiving money, weapons, or other support from US citizens.
1.1 新闻的结构特点 “六何法”（5W1H）
• 即what, when, where, who, why, how • 是掌握一篇新闻主线的六个要素 • 同时也是新闻听力试题中的出题点 • 平时训练（精听）中要注意加强这方面的训练
关于结构特点的实例
Spain’s King Juan Carlos (who), with 32 years on the throne, turns 70 Saturday (when). (导语是最关键的部分)But after years of undeniable adulation among Spaniards for putting down an attempted coup in 1981(when), he’s recently faced more difficult times. Small groups of leftists (who) have burned his photo (what), and fiery criticism has also come from the right with one leading conservative radio host calling for him to step down (what). Juan Carlos fired back with a rare public defense of his reign in a recent speech (how). “It’s been the longest period of stability and prosperity in Spain ever in a parliamentary monarchy,” the King said. (TEM-4, 2009)
Sunni group fighting al-Qaidai in Iraq, killing 15 people and wounding 35.
1.2 词汇特点 较多的专有名词，如国名、地名、机构名、人 名等
• 建议在平时新闻听力练习中，准备一张英文世界地 图，和一张国家地名表格，对照识记
• 专名、语音语调、句型结构、背景知识
英语新闻报道的一般特点
attributes:
truth
Popularity 大众性 Factuality 客观性
reader
press
Impartiality 公正性
Interest 趣味性
Economy 经济性
reporting
1.1 新闻的结构特点
“倒金字塔结构”是绝大多数客 观报道的写作规则。内容上表现 在一篇新闻中，先是把最重要、 最新鲜、最吸引人的事实放在导 语（Lead）中，导语中一般把最 精彩的内容放在最前端；而在新 闻主体（Body）部分，各段内容 也是依照重要性递减的顺序来安 排。犹如倒置的金字塔，上面大 而重，下面小而轻。
数词表达的不同形式
• 主要区分中文和英文数字分节的不同点，注意英文 中小数、百分数、股指、各种时间的表达形式；做 到“耳朵能识别”
1.2 词汇特点 大量引申用法
• White House, Downing Street, Beijing, D.C.
大量新词
• • • • 合成新词：visual pollution 派生：geo-; hyper-; auto新造词：one country, two systems 旧词新意：dove, hawk