报刊英语中的词汇特征解析

Example Two America‘s trading partners in the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade(GATT) formally charged Washington today with violating the rules of the trading agreement with its l5 percent surtax on imports． 美国在关贸总协定的贸易伙伴今天正式指控，华盛顿破坏了 贸易协定的原则，对进口商品征收 15％的附加税。
India 印度急需计划生育
urged 3. With jobs ( reductions), New York is losing
war of brooms 纽约裁减清洁工，环境卫生恶化
cuts
4. Australia makes ( attempt ) to lure more Asian tourists
Example One Urged by the Kohl administration，school boards round the country are planning to abandon traditional salary schedules and single out outstanding teachers for massive pay rises． 在科尔政府的督促下，全国各地的教育委员会正在计划抛 开传统的工资单，选拔杰出的教师作为大规模增加工资的 对象。
• 多用单音节词(monosyllabic)代替长词或 大词。即多用所谓的 “小词”（the midget words）.
1. World ( watches, observes) mid-East peace talks 世界关注中东和平谈判
eyes 2. Family planning ( promised / advocated ) in
Example Three In line with such thinking，President Clinton argued last week for continued American assistance for the Kremlin’s economic reform． 根据这样的想法，克林顿总统上周为继续援助克里姆林宫 的经济改革进行辩护。
swaths of Japan’s northeast coast.
2. The assiasitdance program promoted by
Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, promised Pakistan $7.5 billion over five years, much of it delivered through the civilian government.
ace aid blast fake kid link probe foe
Exercise on page 36
1. More than 24,000 people are dead or missing as a result of the March 11 quake
and tsunami, which t删ota掉lly destroyed
• key
8. Participants (express) their views candidly
• air
9. Brown (promises, pledges) to give power to the people
• vows
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Lexical Features of English News
英语新闻词汇特点
Words in the passage on page 79 Find the following words in the passagΒιβλιοθήκη Baidu.
• best-performing (para. 2) • Dec. 23 (para. 2) • employment woe (para. 7) the troubles or problems • greenback (para. 19) • rise like a phoenix (para. 24)
Exercise on page 36 No. 3-6 3. demonstrate show 4. approximately about 5. 去掉 the issue of 6. 去掉 final
2.借用人、物名称（page 37）
• 在新闻报道中借用各国首都、大城市等 地名、著名建筑物名称以及政府首脑姓 名，以替代该国或其政府及有关机构。 有时还借用某个物名来表示某个意思， 这实属新闻英语的一个独创。
英语新闻词汇特点 (lexical features)
• 用词简洁 • 借用人、物名称 • 新词层出不穷 • 生造词新颖别致 • 时髦词过目难忘
1.用词简洁 （turn to page 36）
• 报纸主要针对一般文化程度读者，用词 应简明扼要、准确清楚，尽可能少用形 容词或副词。
• “浓缩”、挤掉“水分”是英语新闻的 特点。
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bid
5. ROK seeking to upgrade （relations/relationship) with neighbor
• ties 6. Supermarket (decide on, ready) plastic bag
prices
• set
7. Grass-roots activities, (important, crucial) to development
• 英语报刊中经常用具体的地名指代某一整体。如：