英语报刊选读复习要点

课程：英语报刊选读复习要点（最新版）

熟悉下列英语报刊高频率词汇的含义

In Media

back issue, bulletin, canned copy, censorship, checkbook journalism, cold news, development stories, dope story, exclusive, breaking news, catchpenny, brief, broad sheet paper, caption, cover story, editor’s not es (Eds) ,flash, follow-up story, newscast, publicity, puff pieces, personal profile, round-up/wrap-up, running stories, social event features, spot news, wire service/news agency, update, deep throat

In Politics

riot police, the Bush administration, Saddam regime, rogue state, Axis of evil, Donkey, Elephant, Al-Qaeda, cold war mentality, empty-nest syndrome, Femlib, low profile, news blackout, sexism, upper, dove, hawk, police state, pocket veto

In Metro Life dust storm/ sand storm, public hazard, fat farm, visual pollution, midriff, bug, edp crimes, domestic violence, occupational disease, makeover nation, Internet hookups, gay marriage, B-school

In Military Affairs

beam weapons, blanket bombing, MIA (missing in action), POW, war games, non-proliferation drive, bloodless coup, scud missile, military coup, military presence, stealth bomber, honey trap, weapon of mass destruction, coalition forces, checkbook participation, talkman, stealth fighters, decapitation

In Medicine

euthanasia或mercy killing/painless death, industrial disease, liposuction, vanity surgery, hypertension

In Business and Economy

Euroland, debt chain, buy-out, equity joint venture, job-hopper, hardball, consumer price index (CPI), kickback, knockout product, scalper, cash cow, ATM (Automatic Teller Machine), Gate’s Law

In Science & Technology

canned software, cutting edge, g-force, info highway, computernik,

In Film and TV

box office income/record/value, premiere /debut, trailer, show biz, animation, block-buster, paparazzo , rating , sitcom , soundtrack , extra Proper Nouns

White House, Capitol Hill, Buckingham, Downing Street No.10, Fleet Street, Pentagon, Wall Street, Broadway, Elysee, Kremlin, Hollywood, Silicon Valley

Green Berets, Blue Berets, Iron Lady, Iron Curtain, First Lady Loanwords

persona non grata, glasnost, per capita, rapport, bloc, tsunami, tycoon, status quo, De facto

a wait-and–see attitude, the life-and–death issue, the hit-and-run tactics, ready-to-eat food

The four social functions of the media: surveillance, interpretation, transmit values, entertainment The Definition of Journalism

Definition of News and ingredients/elements of news News value/the newsworthiness

Public interest, Criteria for Newsworthiness:

News value determiners

²Timeliness.

²Impact or Consequence or Importance

²Prominence or Eminence

²Proximity or closeness/ nearness

²Conflict

²The Unusual or the Bizarreness / Weirdness

²Currency

²Necessity

News Classification

Hard News