大学英语复习资料：Introduction of Major Newspapers in the UK and the US

1、2020/8/28,1,Introduction of Major Newspapers in the UK and the US,2020/8/28,2,Newspapers in the UK,In Britain there are 11 national daily newspapers and most people read one of them every day. There are two kinds of newspaper Up-market/quality titles Mass-market/popular titles broadsheets and tabloi

2、ds,2020/8/28,3,Quality Newspapers in the UK,large in size and have many detailed articles about national and international events. (broadsheets) Eg. 泰晤士报The Times 每日电讯报The Daily Telegraph 卫报The Guardian 金融时报The Financial Times 星期日电讯报Sunday Dispatch 观察家报The Observer 星期日泰晤士报The Sunday Times,2020/8/28,

3、4,Popular Newspapers in the UK,smaller in size, have more pictures, often in color, and shorter articles, often about less important events or about the private lives of well-known people. (tabloid) writing style is not serious/ sensational coverage of violence, sex, disasters and pink news paparazz

4、i (sing. paparazzo) Eg. 太阳报 The Sun 每日快报 The Daily Express 每日邮报 The Daily Mail 每日镜报 Daily Mirror 星期日快报 The Sunday Express 世界新闻报 The News of the World,2020/8/28,5,Broadsheets VS. Tabloids,Broadsheets aim at wealthier socio-economic section derive a higher proportion of income from advertising Tabloid

5、s aim at the mass derive a higher proportion of income from circulation figure The Sun, for example, which is a tabloid, is the biggest-selling newspaper in Britain.,About Rupert Murdock,Australian-born global media mogul (tycoon, entrepreneur) major shareholder, chairman and managing director of Ne

6、ws Corporation (News Corp) The Sun, The Times, The Sunday Times, The New York Post, Sky Television, Fox, Star, MySpace, etc. According to the 2009 Forbes 400, Murdoch is the 132nd-richest person in the world, with a net worth of $4 billion.,2020/8/28,6,2020/8/28,7,Newspapers in the US,There are more

7、 than 1500 daily newspapers in the US. Each one is usually sold only in one part of the country, e.g. in a city, but they cover national and international news. In larger cities there is often more than one newspaper and the different ones express different political opinions.,2020/8/28,8,Newspapers

8、 in the US,Why most newspapers in the US are local?,Geographic factor vast in land; transportation inconvenience System factor federal government; each state has its own executive, legislative and judicial system,2020/8/28,9,Newspapers in the US,the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post known an

9、d respected all over the US but cannot be bought everywhere USA today and the national edition of the New York Times sold in nearly all parts of the US,2020/8/28,10,The three most influential newspapers in the US,The New York Times () USA Today () The Washington Post (),2020/8/28,11,English newspape

10、r terms,FLAGThe newspapers name as it appears at the top of the first page; also known as the logotype or nameplate. HEADLINE Words in large type at the top of a story telling what the story is about; also called a head. BYLINEThe reporters name, which appears at the head of a news or picture story.

11、,2020/8/28,12,English newspaper terms,DATELINE Words at the beginning of a story that give the storys place of origin. NEWS STORYA story about a news event. CUTLINE Explanatory information under a picture or illustration; also called a caption. LEAD The first paragraph or two of a news story, telling who, what, when, where, why/how.,Eg. Moscow, Oct 10 (AP),2020/8/28,13,English newspaper terms,ALLEY The white space between the columns o