《英美报刊选读》答案教学提纲
《英美报刊选读》答
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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．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。
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。
1．授课内容：重点为第1、3、4、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。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，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。
五.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：20分。 2).段落英译汉：20分。
六.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 newspaper.For 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 it.Please 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:
☆ 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 be.And is often replaced by a comma.
Newspaper headlines can be classified into several types:
☆ Straight headlines give you the main topic of the story.They are the most common type of headline and are the easiest to understand.
Snow has chilling effects on South
Clinton offers Bush advice.
☆ 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 amusing.Headlines 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 reader.Also 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 meanings.Try to be famillar with these words.
Word Common headline meaning Exampl
Accord agreement Accord possible today
Air to make known TV a irs “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 mention Management cites labor unrest for
shutdown
claim to declare to be true Man claims ghost sighting claim(claim to kill Bombs claim40
the life of)
clash(noun) battle; dispute Marine dies in clash
(verb) disagree strongly;fight Mayor clashes with city council cool uninterested; unfriendly Moscow cool to aid offer
curb limit; control Sunday driving curbs planned deadlock a disagreement that Jury deadlock in kidnap trial cannot be settled
drive a strong well-planned effort Cancer drive exceeds goal
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 Thailand,Malaysia ink sea treaty key very important Gov't.wins key vote
kick off to begin Fiery speech kicks off campaign lash out criticize strongly; College heads lash out at NUS accuse
laud to praise PM lauds community spirit
line position;demand Israel softens line
launch to begin Police launch anti-drug drive
link connected to Fungus linked to mystery diseas loom expected in the near Treaty dispute looming
future
loot(noun) stolen money or goods Police recover loot
(verb) unlawful taking away of Rioters loot stores goods valuable
nab to capture Gang leader nabbed
net to take possession of; Customs check nets over $2m capture