PART ONE STRATEGIES FOR UNDERSTANDING NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES 1
Chapter One General Introduction to Newspapers 1
Ⅰ．Background Information:Newspapers in Britain and the US 1
Ⅱ．Organization of English Newspapers 3
Ⅲ．Byline and Dateline 3
Ⅳ．Important Press of the US and Britain 5
Ⅴ．新闻文体简介 6
Chapter Two The Headline 7
Ⅰ．Functions of Headlines 7
Ⅱ．Features of Headlines 7
Ⅲ．Types of Headlines 10
Ⅳ．新闻写作知识（一） 12
Chapter Three The Lead 18
Ⅰ．Finding the Subject and the Main Verb 19
Ⅱ．The Rest of Sentence 21
Ⅲ．Another Common Sentence Pattern 23
Ⅳ．A Final Note About Leads 27
Ⅴ．新闻写作知识（二） 28
Chapter Four The Content 30
Ⅰ．How to Anticipate What a Story Contains 30
Ⅱ．Recognizing Information Introduced Earlier in the Story 33
Ⅲ．How to Read the Typical News Story 34
Ⅳ．Background and Interpretation 37
Ⅴ．新闻写作知识（三） 41
Chapter Five The Context 44
Ⅰ．When Not to Use the Dictionary 44
Ⅱ．Guessing a Word's Meaning 46
Ⅲ．Looking for Explanations 48
Ⅳ．Using the Second Chance 49
Ⅴ．新闻写作知识（四） 52
Chapter Six Critical Reading 57
Ⅰ．Judging the Reliability of the Source 57
Ⅱ．新闻写作知识（五） 62
Chapter Seven Features and Opinion Writing 65
Ⅰ．The Feature Story 65
Ⅱ．Editorials 68
Ⅲ．Reviews 71
Ⅳ．Columns 76
Ⅴ．新闻写作知识（六） 80
PART TWO SELECTED READINGS 84
Reading One Leaders at UN Summit Pledge to Ease Food Crisis 84
知识链接 86
新闻写作知识（七） 88
Reading Two Families Will Make Case for Vaccine Link to Autism 91
知识链接 93
新闻写作知识（八） 95
Reading Three South Korean President Apologizes over Beef Uproar 97
知识链接 99
Reading Four Editorial 101
知识链接 102
Reading Five Reuse of Textbooks in Schools Good Scheme 105
知识链接 107
Reading Six How Global Warming Will Hurt Crops 109
知识链接 112
Reading Seven Greater Wealth Does Not Generate More Happiness 114
知识链接 116
Reading Eight You Gotta Have Friends 120
知识链接 124
Reading Nine The Clean Energy Scam(1) 126
知识链接 129
Reading Ten The Clean Energy Scam(2) 132
知识链接 136
Reading Eleven How to Survive a Disaster 141
知识链接 150
Reading Twelve Mandela:His 8 Lessons of Leadership 157
知识链接 165
Reading Thirteen Harry Potter's Portrait Artist 170
知识链接 174
Reading Fourteen Holy War 101 176
知识链接 182
References 189
Credits 190
Appendix 1 191
Appendix 2 196
Keys to Exercises 197