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 wont 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 readers 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.