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《英美报刊选读》
一、教学目的
通过本课程的学习，使学员对英美报刊有一个清晰的了解，认
识英美报刊语言、文体、
词汇、
语法等基本特点，
掌握英美报刊阅读的基本知识及技巧，
为独立阅读英美报刊打下良
好的基础。
二、教材特点
与该课程旧教材（第
1
版）相比，本教材具有以下特点：
1
．为使学生改变以往依赖教师和英汉词典的学习习惯，培养他们独自排解疑难词语的
< br>能力，编者不但向他们推荐工具书，并教授他们使用方法；为使他们能加深对词汇的记忆，
还介绍词法和重要词根及词缀。
2
< br>．为使学生掌握必要的新闻词语和扩大词汇量，本书在“新闻词语解说”中尽量结合
课文，讲透疑难词语。此外还列出一些与这些词语或课文内容有关的课外词汇。
3
．为使学生掌握必要的读报知识，本书在“背景知识”中尽量结合
课文，介绍重要的
并时常见诸报端的人物、党派和组织机构等，并举例说明其重要性。<
/p>
4
．为使学生对新闻写作有一个大致的
认识，加深对课文的理解，编者较系统地说明标
题的若干特点，对新闻体裁的分类、导语
和写作特点及常语等做了简介。
三、教学内容
《英美报刊选读》为省开课程。
<
/p>
1
．授课内容：重点为第
1
、
3
、
4
< br>、
5
、
6
、
8
、
13
、
15
、
17
、
19
、
20
、
21
、
24
、
28
、
30
课（共
15
课）
，其它内容主要供自学
。
2
．课时安排：
a)
学员自学：
2
< br>学时
/
周，共
30
学时学完
15
课。
b)
面授辅导：
4
学时
/
次，共
4
次。每学时辅导一课，最后一学时复习。
3
．作业：共四次，在湖北电大网站英语本科网页上下载，课后
完成，交辅导教师批改，
评分，作为平时成绩的主要依据。学员完成作业后，可浏览网页
上的“答案及详解”
，以加
深理解，检查自己掌握的情况
四、教学建议
教师授课时应以学生为中心，
鼓励学生自己去探索和获取知识。
在上课时，
可要求学生
先回答每课后的
练习题——
Questions,
使
他们基本了解课文的主要内容。然后，再逐段或跳
跃式选段对学生需要掌握的内容、
新闻词语和背景知识进行阅读和问答式方式讲解。
如果备
课充分，学生的英语水平又高，
教员可采用美英教员教授母语的方法，
抛开课本或讲义，只
讲有关课文的重点词语、
背景知识和写作手法等。
这样，
学生除预习外，课后还要结合
教员
在课堂上所讲的内容好好复习课文。这两种授课方式的好处是，使学生通过自学（指
预习）
和教师的指导，
自己主动去掌握知识。
< br>与以教员为中心的灌输式教学方式相比，
学生更能巩
固所
学，
并使他们今后更能发挥学习潜能。
此外，
< br>这也使有的教员摆脱了那种课文注释那么
详细而觉得在课堂上没有多少可讲的被动
地位和局面。
当然，
这只是本人的实践和看法。
我
相信在调动学生主动学习的积极性方面还有更多、更好的教学法。
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考试说明
“英美报刊选读”期末考试题型介绍
1
．
报刊名
称及常见报刊词汇英译汉：
十小题，
每题
2
分，
共
20
分内容以辅导书的附录为主
.
2
．
阅读理解：
2
篇文章，选自作业题，选择题或判断题，共
40
分。
3
．阅读与翻译：一篇文章，选自教材重点课目练习，共
40
分。
1)
．问答题：<
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20
分。
2)
.
段落英译汉：
20
分。
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课程辅导
《英美报刊选读》辅导一
Newspapers and Headlines
Do you have the habit of reading
newspapers
in English?What
newspapers
do you
like to read?The following is
a list of the major
newspapers in Britain and the United
States.
●
The major newspapers in
Britain
Dailies
Sundays
The Times
News of the
World
The Guardian
The Observer
Financial Times
The Sunday
People
The Daily Telegraph
Sunday Mirror
Daily Express
The Sunday
Telegraph
Daily Mail
The Sunday
Times
Daily Mirror
●
The major daily
newspapers in the United States
New York Times
USA
Today
Washington Post
Chicago Daily Tribune
Los
Angeles Times
Detrolt News
Wall Street
Journal
New York Daily News
Christian Science Monitor
Newspapers
,along with reporting the news ,instruct
,entertain,
and
give
opinions.
A
newspaper
has
separate
sections:
world
news,
national
and
local
news,
sports,
business
,entertainment,
opinions,
comics, classified
ads,etc.
You
can
be
a
better
reader
if
you
know
what
to
expect
in
a
example,
when
you
read
a
newspaper
you
usually
look quickly at
headlines first. Newspaper headlines have a
language
of
their
own
and
it
is
necessary
to
learn
about
read
the
following headlines:
Moscow official
wounded by gunmen
Earthquake
rocks Turkey
Husband to sue wife
Boy on cliff rescued
Young
Sudanese
refugees
endured
famine,
separations
from
family
From
above
we
can
see
two
prominent
features
of
English
newspaper headlines:
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Headlines are
almost always in the present tense and even future
events are put in the present
tense
。
☆
Headlines
generally
omit
unnecessary
words,
especially
articles
and the verb to is often replaced by a
comma.
Newspaper
headlines can be classified into several types:
☆
Straight headlines
give
you the
main
topic
of the
are
the
most
common
type of headline and are the easiest to
understand.
Snow has
chilling effects on South
Clinton offers Bush advice.
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Headlines that
ask a question,report a future possibility or
offer some doubt
about the truth or
accuracy of the story.
Can
technology fix ballot woes?
Do market analysts have bad aim or bad
intentions?
☆
Headlines that contain a quotation
which is important or which shows that a
statement is not proven.
Mother:Let my baby go
“
We won’t quit”
☆
Double
headlines
are
two-part
headlines
for
the
same
story
and
are
often
used for major events.
How Express broke
diplomatic silence
HUSH-
UP ON “SPY” ENVOYS
☆
Feature
headlines
are
used
for
stories
that
are
either
highly
unusual
or
nes
for such stories try to be as clever as possible
to catch
the reader's
interest.
Teletubbles maker seeks funds for
expansion
Dead student fell
under the crush during clashes
《英美报刊选读》辅导二
Understanding
Headline Vocabulary
English newspaper headlines use a
special vocabulary.A headline
contracts
a lot of information into a short space and hence
in
headlines we often see
●
Short words
used instead of long ones
e.g. aid=assist
bare=expose or reveal;
blast=explode
probe=investigation
woo=seek to win
●
Abbreviations
such as short names which can be used when they
are
likely
to
be
identified
by
the
initials
are
used
whenever
possible.
e.g. Close-up
on WILL(WILL=Willam Shakespeare)
Yard smash airport gang(Yard=Scotland
Yard)
MP slams
hospital delay(MP=member of Parliament)
●
shortened words and slang
e.g.
Weekly
mag
for
stamp
lovers
to
be
launched(mag=magazine)
Br
fly into stormover plgeon ban(Br=Britain)
Olivier denies “blackmail” jibe(jibe=an
insulting attack)
The
following
is
a
list
of
words
with
their
common
headline
to be famillar
with these words.
Word
Common headline
meaning
Exampl
Accord
agreement
Accord possible
today
Air
to
make
known
TV
airs
“facts”
on
arms
delivery
Assail
to criticize strongly
Russ assails US on A-tests
Axe
to dismiss from a job
Governor to axe aide?
Back
to
support
Algeria
backs
decision
to
ignore
dollar
Balk
to
refuse to accept
Union balks at
court order
Bar
not
to
allow
Club
faces
shutdown
for
barring
women
Bid
attempt
Bid to open border
offer
Union rejects latest bid
Bilk
to cheat
Clerk bilks company of $$1m
Blast(noun)
explosion;strong criticism
Tanker blast near Manila
(verb)
criticize strongly
MP blasts
democrats
strike with explosives
blaze
fire
Blaze kills three
cite
unrest for
claim
claim(claim
the
life of)
clash(noun)
(verb)
council
cool
curb
planned
deadlock
trial
drive
goal
mention
Management
cites
labor
shutdown
to declare to
be true
Man claims ghost sighting
to kill
Bombs claim40
battle; dispute
Marine dies in clash
disagree
strongly;fight
Mayor
clashes
with
city
uninterested; unfriendly
Moscow cool to aid offer
limit;
control
Sunday
driving
curbs
a
disagreement
that
Jury
deadlock
in
kidnap
cannot
be settled
a
strong
well-planned
effort
Cancer
drive
exceeds
by a group for
a particular
purpose
due
expected
Greek FM due
today
eye
to
watch
with
interest
Women's
groups
eye
court
vote
ease
to
reduce or loosen
Rome eases martial law
eve
the
day
before
Violence
on
eve
of
independence
fault
to find in the wrong
Study faults
police
feud
dispute;
Border feud danger to regional
peace
strong
disagreement
flay
accuse;criticize strongly
US
flays Russia
foe
opponent;
enemy
Clinton
talks
with
congressional foes
foil
to
prevent from succeeding
FBI
folls bid to hijack plane to
Iran
grip
to
take hold of
Cholera fear
grips Japan
gut
to
destroy
completely
by
fire
Year's
biggest
fire
guts
178
homes
head
off
to
prevent
President
heads
off
rail
strike
heist
theft
Jewel heist foiled
hold
keep in police control;
7 held for smuggling
arrest
ink
to
sign
key
very important
kick
off
to
begin
lash
out
criticize
strongly;
accuse
laud
to praise
line
position;demand
launch
to
begin
link
connected
to
loom
expected in the
near
future
loot(noun)
stolen money or goods
Thailand,Malaysia
ink
sea
treaty
Gov' key vote
Fiery
speech
kicks
off
campaign
College
heads
lash
out
at
NUS
PM lauds
community spirit
Israel
softens line
Police
launch
anti-drug
drive
Fungus
linked
to
mystery
diseas
Treaty dispute looming
Police recover loot
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