Part One Fundamentals 1
Unit One 英语新闻概说 2
1.1 构成新闻价值的要素 4
1.2 新闻的主要类型 5
1.3 英语新闻的体裁 6
1.4 美国新闻传媒业 6
1.5 新闻业的法律与道德问题 7
Unit Two 美英报刊简介 11
2.1 美国报纸发展概况 11
2.2 美国杂志发展概况 19
2.3 当代美国主要报纸 20
2.4 当代英国主要报刊 23
2.5 当代美国主要杂志 26
2.6 当代英国主要杂志 28
Unit Three 英语报刊新闻的标题（News Headlines） 29
3.1 新闻标题的结构 29
3.2 新闻标题的用词特点 30
3.3 新闻标题的语法特点 34
3.4 新闻标题的修辞特点 35
Unit Four 英语报刊新闻的导语（News Leads） 39
4.1 直接式导语（direct lead） 39
4.2 延缓式导语（delayed lead） 40
4.2.1 轶事型导语（anecdotal lead） 41
4.2.2 戏剧型导语（dramatic lead） 42
4.2.3 人称型导语（personal lead） 42
4.2.4 引语型导语（quotational lead） 43
4.2.5 对照型导语（contrastive lead） 43
4.3 新闻导语写作 44
Unit Five 英语新闻的主体（News Body） 46
5.1 消息的来源 46
5.1.1 具体确切的消息来源 47
5.1.2 较为含糊的消息来源 48
5.2 倒金字塔结构（the inverted pyramid structure） 50
5.3 英语新闻中的行话（jargon） 52
5.4 英语新闻中的委婉语（euphemism） 54
5.5 英语新闻行文上的特点 56
5.5.1 语法上的特点 56
5.5.2 字句上的特点 57
Unit Six 英语新闻特写（News Features） 59
6.1 人物特写（profile） 61
6.2 事件特写（WHAT-feature） 63
Unit Seven 英语报刊中的时评（Comments） 65
7.1 时评的结构与内容 65
7.2 时评与新闻报道的区别 67
7.2.1 引语的取舍 67
7.2.2 句式的简繁 68
7.2.3 叙事与论理 69
Part Two Practical Reading of News 71
Politics ＆ Law 72
Article 1 China rejects US clean energy probe 72
Article 2 Soul-searching in France after official's arrest jolts nation 74
Article 3 Obama beginsre-election facing news political challenges 77
Article 4 Russia moves to annex Crimea 80
Economics ＆ Finance 83
Article 5 Bank raises reserve ratios to stifle inflation 83
Article 6 Market eventually will'decide rate'of yuan exchange 85
Article 7 Back to the days of blackface 87
Article 8 As China courts overseas business,state-owned companies often take the hit 88
Science ＆ Technology 92
Article 9 Lunar exploration close to daily life 92
Article 10 Facebook apologizes for'secret'research 93
Article 11 Scientists:Antarctic Ocean has strongest winds in 1000 years 94
Article 12 Exciting times ahead for innovation 96
Disasters ＆ Accidents 100
Article 13 Relatives unmoved by new search zone for jet 100
Article 14 Death toll estimate in Japan soars as relief efforts intensify 101
Article 15a South Korea charges crew members of sunken ferry with murder 105
Article 15b One more body recovered from sunken South Korean ferry,293 confirmed dead 105
Article 16 Roads kill:the toll of traffic accidents is rising in poor countries 106
Society ＆ Life 112
Article 17 Farmer-turned Internet singers rock Shanghai 112
Article 18 Autism meets art 115
Article 19 Living free-homosexual forum 118
Article 20 Once bitten,twice shy 121
Media ＆ Business 124
Article 21 WikiLeaks taps power of the press 124
Article 22 China plays key role in Chile rescue 128
Article 23 China has world's largest new media market 131
Article 24 Police ask netizens to not spread rumors 132
Culture ＆ Education 135
Article 25 Espionage novel cracks the code for an English release 135
Article 26 Chicks in the line of fire 137
Article 27 'Tiger Moms'popular in China 139
Article 28 Teachers,students divided over Gaokao reform plan 141
Sports ＆ Entertainment 144
Article 29 NBA's power shift 144
Article 30 Cool Bubba looks good in green 146
Article 31 Keeping innocence alive in Peanuts 149
Article 32 Cinema paradiso:what happens when nostalgia meets reality 151
Features 157
Article 33 I am from Xinjiang 157
Article 34 Best professor in our hearts 161
Article 35 Winnie Mandela:South Africa's divisive diva 163
Article 36 Osama bin Laden killed in US raid on Pakistan hideout 167
Comment 171
Article 37 Tale of all cities 171
Article 38 A little food poisoning doesn't scare us 172
Article 39 Is China overtaking America? 174
Article 40 Move colleges out of capital 177
Part Three Teaching-Learning Interactions 179
Suggested Class Activities 180
Warming up 180
1.Reading aloud 180
2.Video clip 181
3.News report 181
4.Newsjigsaw 182
Projects for class 182
Project 1 Model TV news broadcast 182
Project 2 Hot words in news and model news story writing 184
Project 3 Newspaper design 187
Project 4 Press conference 188
Project 5 Tentative news writing and editing 193
Project 6 Model UN 198
References 199
Model quiz 200
Model test 201
Key toquiz 210
Key to model test 211