Part One Fundamentals

Unit One 英语新闻概说

1.1 构成新闻价值的要素

1.2 新闻的主要类型

1.3 英语新闻的体裁

1.4 美国新闻传媒业

1.5 新闻业的法律与道德问题

Unit Two 美英报刊简介

2.1 美国报纸发展概况

2.2 美国杂志发展概况

2.3 当代美国主要报纸

2.4 当代英国主要报刊

2.5 当代美国主要杂志

2.6 当代英国主要杂志

Unit Three 英语报刊新闻的标题（News Headlines）

3.1 新闻标题的结构

3.2 新闻标题的用词特点

3.3 新闻标题的语法特点

3.4 新闻标题的修辞特点

Unit Four 英语报刊新闻的导语（News Leads）

4.1 直接式导语（direct lead）

4.2 延缓式导语（delayed lead）

4.2.1 轶事型导语（anecdotal lead）

4.2.2 戏剧型导语（dramatic lead）

4.2.3 人称型导语（personal lead）

4.2.4 引语型导语（quotational lead）

4.2.5 对照型导语（contrastive lead）

4.3 新闻导语写作

Unit Five 英语新闻的主体（News Body）

5.1 消息的来源

5.1.1 具体确切的消息来源

5.1.2 较为含糊的消息来源

5.2 倒金字塔结构（the inverted pyramid structure）

5.3 英语新闻中的行话（jargon）

5.4 英语新闻中的委婉语（euphemism）

5.5 英语新闻行文上的特点

5.5.1 语法上的特点

5.5.2 字句上的特点

Unit Six 英语新闻特写（News Features）

6.1 人物特写（profile）

6.2 事件特写（WHAT-feature）

Unit Seven 英语报刊中的时评（Comments）

7.1 时评的结构与内容

7.2 时评与新闻报道的区别

7.2.1 引语的取舍

7.2.2 句式的简繁

7.2.3 叙事与论理

Part Two Practical Reading of News

Politics ＆ Law

Article 1 China rejects US clean energy probe

Article 2 Soul-searching in France after official's arrest jolts nation

Article 3 Obama beginsre-election facing news political challenges

Article 4 Russia moves to annex Crimea

Economics ＆ Finance

Article 5 Bank raises reserve ratios to stifle inflation

Article 6 Market eventually will'decide rate'of yuan exchange

Article 7 Back to the days of blackface

Article 8 As China courts overseas business,state-owned companies often take the hit

Science ＆ Technology

Article 9 Lunar exploration close to daily life

Article 10 Facebook apologizes for'secret'research

Article 11 Scientists:Antarctic Ocean has strongest winds in 1000 years

Article 12 Exciting times ahead for innovation

Disasters ＆ Accidents

Article 13 Relatives unmoved by new search zone for jet

Article 14 Death toll estimate in Japan soars as relief efforts intensify

Article 15a South Korea charges crew members of sunken ferry with murder

Article 15b One more body recovered from sunken South Korean ferry,293 confirmed dead

Article 16 Roads kill:the toll of traffic accidents is rising in poor countries

Society ＆ Life

Article 17 Farmer-turned Internet singers rock Shanghai

Article 18 Autism meets art

Article 19 Living free-homosexual forum

Article 20 Once bitten,twice shy

Media ＆ Business

Article 21 WikiLeaks taps power of the press

Article 22 China plays key role in Chile rescue

Article 23 China has world's largest new media market

Article 24 Police ask netizens to not spread rumors

Culture ＆ Education

Article 25 Espionage novel cracks the code for an English release

Article 26 Chicks in the line of fire

Article 27 'Tiger Moms'popular in China

Article 28 Teachers,students divided over Gaokao reform plan

Sports ＆ Entertainment

Article 29 NBA's power shift

Article 30 Cool Bubba looks good in green

Article 31 Keeping innocence alive in Peanuts

Article 32 Cinema paradiso:what happens when nostalgia meets reality

Features

Article 33 I am from Xinjiang

Article 34 Best professor in our hearts

Article 35 Winnie Mandela:South Africa's divisive diva

Article 36 Osama bin Laden killed in US raid on Pakistan hideout

Comment

Article 37 Tale of all cities

Article 38 A little food poisoning doesn't scare us

Article 39 Is China overtaking America?

Article 40 Move colleges out of capital

Part Three Teaching-Learning Interactions

Suggested Class Activities

Warming up

1.Reading aloud

2.Video clip

3.News report

4.Newsjigsaw

Projects for class

Project 1 Model TV news broadcast

Project 2 Hot words in news and model news story writing

Project 3 Newspaper design

Project 4 Press conference

Project 5 Tentative news writing and editing

Project 6 Model UN

References

Model quiz

Model test

Key toquiz

Key to model test