英语泛读教程3Unit 4

7. The Figurative Lead It contains a figure of speech or is written figuratively. Eg. Jack Frost(霜；严寒) made its belated appearance this winter as Shanghai tasted the first bitterness of freezing cold yesterday after a long warm spell.
“The lead is by far the most difficult portion of the story to write. More than half of the news writer’s allotted time is often spent seeking for the right lead. ”(Nancy Barr Mavity) When reading a newspaper lead sentence, try to find the subject and main verb and note how the rest of sentence adds information to the subject and main verb.
*Adds background to help you better understand the story or * Sates where the source of the story comes from If you can find the subject, the main verb and how the other part of the sentence add information to them, you have a good start toward understanding the lead sentence and whole story.
Unit 4 Reading Skill：The Newspaper Lead
Definition
The first paragraph (or the first few sentences ) of a news story is called the lead. It always gives you the story’s main topic and most important facts. The facts introduced in the lead not only inform but also entertain and capture the attention of the reader.
3. The Quotation Lead It is used to summarize the story, and is directly attributably to certain sources. Eg. “To get ahead in journalism, you have to do a little more than people expຫໍສະໝຸດ Baiduct of you.” This is the advice Lantern Spring Quarter editor-in-chief Ron Shafes gave freshman journalism students today.
8. The Historical and Literary-Allusion Lead It draw on some character or event in history or literature in relation to the current event or person in the news. Eg. It may seem carrying coal to Newcastle, but the Chicago Zoological Park at Brookfield is sending a supply of alligator (美洲鳄) to Diorida.
Different Types of Newspaper Lead Type one: The Summary Lead This is the most popular lead. It generally answers 6 questions in a story. The 5 W and 1 H give the substance of the first paragraph and serves as the framework for the body of the story. But not all the summary leads answer all the 6 questions. Eg 1. The What Lead New safety regulations concerning air bag in automobiles were announced during a pressing conference in Washington DC this morning.
5. The Suspended-Interest Lead It keeps the readers in suspense and encourages them continue reading Eg. In China it called ganbei, literally, ‘dry your glass’, an Oriental bottoms-up. In their first big effort in Olympic Games, the Chinese people had many chances to ganbei. They won 15 golden medals, 8 silver and 9 bronze…
Anwar Sadat Assassinated at Cairo Military Review CAIRO, October 7 --- Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, a modern-day pharaoh who attempted to lead the Arab world toward a permanent peace with Israel, was assassinated yesterday by a band of soldiers who attacked a military parade reviewing stand with automatic rifles and hand grenade.
Reading Skill---Finding the Main Idea (Unit 1-5)
Linguistic Features A great deal of information is included in a single sentence. The writer has organized the sentence around the subject and main verb very carefully. The lead sentence usually does the following: * Answers questions such as ‘Who?’, ‘What?’, ‘Where?’, ‘When’, and ‘Result?’. This information resides in the main clause.
6. The Personal Lead The first or second person is sometimes used to narrow the gap between the reader and the reporter. Eg. Do your palms sweat when you have to give a speech or otherwise to perform in the public? Does your heart pound? Do you get butterflies in your stomach? That is the stage fright.
4. The Question Lead It is used when the story concerns a problem of public interest or a matter that is likely to provoke debate among readers. Who are the Women? Why do some people say that AIDS is a disease that only affects ‘fags’ and ‘junkies’? Why should women flight to this end crisis, care for people with AIDS or build an AIDS activist movement if it has nothing to do with us?
Eg: Mrs. Myra Webb, who was told by the doctors that she would never hear again, lived for 6 years in a world of silence. But yesterday, she heard a blackbird sing in the garden of her home at Brighton, Sussex. “My Hearing is coming back and it’s wonderful.” she said. Mrs. Webb, 26, claims to be the woman in Britain to have her hearing restored by acupuncture, the needle therapy widely practised in China.
1. The Descriptive Lead It gives a vivid picture of a person, a place or thing. It usually creates an atmosphere to attract a reader. Eg: Xishuangbanna, a place of jungle, elephants, peacocks and colorful consumes as well as music and dance, is known as the ‘green gem’ of Southwest China’s Yunnan Province 2. The Contrast Lead It reaches for the reader’s attention by comparing the extremes.
2. The When Lead Midnight tonight is the deadline for filing your federal income tax return(所得税申报表). Type 2 The Delayed Lead It tends to rely heavily on suspended interest although it may answer one or more of Ws. It may have more attraction for the reader because of its novelty, liveliness and literary tinge. There are different kinds of delayed lead commonly used in modern newspaper.