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1、2012高考英语:阅读理解课堂练学案(25)PassageTwenty-seven(AnalysisandInterpretationoftheNews) Thenewspapermustprovideforthereaderthefacts,unalloyed,unslanted,objectivelyselectedfacts.Butinthesedaysofcomplexnewsitmustprovidemore;itmustsupplyinterpretation,themeaningofthefacts.Thisisthemostimportantassignm
2、entconfrontingAmericanjournalism—tomakecleartothereadertheproblemsoftheday,tomakeinternationalnewsasunderstandableascommunitynews,torecognizethatthereisnolongeranysuchthing(withthepossibleexceptionofsuchscribblingassocietyandclubnews)as“local”news,becauseanyeventintheinternationalareahasal
3、ocalreactioninmanpowerdraft,ineconomicstrain,interms,indeed,ofourverywayoflife. Thereisinjournalismawidespreadviewthatwhenyouembarkoninterpretation,youareenteringchoppyanddangerouswaters,theswirlingtidesofopinion.Thisisnonsense. Theopponentsofinterpretationinsistthatthewriterandtheeditor
4、shallconfinehimselftothe“facts”.Thisinsistenceraisestwoquestions:Whatarethefacts?And:Arethebarefactsenough? Astothefirstquery.Considerhowaso-called“factual”storyconesabout.Thereportercollects,say,fiftyfacts;outofthesefifty,hisspaceallotmentbeingnecessarilyrestricted,heselectstheten,whichh
5、econsidersmostimportant.ThisisJudgmentNumberOne.Thenheorhiseditordecideswhichofthesetenfactsshallconstitutetheleadofthepiece(Thisisimportantdecisionbecausemanyreadersdonotproceedbeyondthefirstparagraph.)ThisisJudgmentNumberTwo.Thenthenighteditordetermineswhetherthearticleshallbepresentedon
6、pageone,whereithasalargeimpact,oronpagetwenty-four,whereithaslittle.JudgmentNumberThree. Thus,inthepresentationofaso-called“factual”or“objective”story,atleastthreejudgmentsareinvolved.Andtheyarejudgmentsnotatallunlikethoseinvolvedininterpretation,inwhichreporterandeditor,callingupontheirg
7、eneralbackground,andtheir“newsneutralism,”arriveataconclusionastothesignificanceofthenews. Thetwoareasofjudgment,presentationofthenewsanditsinterpretation,arebothobjectiveratherthensubjectiveprocesses—asobjective,thatis,asanyhumanbeingcanbe.(Noteinpassing:eve