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1、Newspaper–Reading1TextOneWhatdowelearnfromthefrontpage?Thefirstpageofanynewspaper,calledthefrontpage,istheonereadersareguaranteedtosee.Itisonlylogicalthenfornewspaperstousethispagetopresentthemostimportantnewsoftheday.Evenmorelogicalistousethisspacetochronicleotherinformationcontainedinthep
2、aperandaboutthepaperitself.1.Thepaper’sbanner,orflag.Thisisthenameofthenewspaper,usuallywritteninlarge,ornate,ordistinctivelettering.Thebannermayalsocontainatrademarkpictureorsymbol.Somepapersalsoprinttheweatherforecastforthedaytoonesideofthebanner.Theothersidemaylistabriefindextowhatcanbef
3、oundontheinsidepages.Whenitemssuchastheweatherandindexareplacedateithersideofthebanner—theheadofthenewspaper—theyarecommonlyreferredtoas“ears.”2.Dateofpublicationtellsyouthedayoftheweek,themonth,andtheyearthatthenewspaperwasprinted.3.Newsstandprice.Thisistheamountyouwillpayforthenewspaperif
4、youarebuyingitfromamachineoratthestorecounter.4.Thisisthebannerheadline,oftenjustcalledabanner.Thisshouldnotbeconfusedwiththebannerthatisthenameofthenewspaper.Thebannerheadlineisthetopheadline,frequentlyrunningacrossthewholepage.Itslargetypesizedominatesthepage.5.Aheadlineforanewsstory.Bych
5、oosingthecorrecttypesizeandstyle,theeditortriestofocusyourattentiononthestoryundertheheadline.Mostheadlines(usuallycalledheads,forshort,innewsrooms)trytogiveyouanideaofwhatthestoriesareabout.Headlinesarenearlyalwayswrittenwiththeverbinthepresenttense.Thestory,ontheotherhand,iswritteninthepa
6、sttense.Itsoundsasthoughthetwowouldn’tmix,buttheydo—andthereasonforthedifferenceislogical.Newspaperstrytobeasup-to-date2aspossible.Withtheheadlineinthepresenttense,thereaderisgiventhesensethattheeventsarehappeningrightnow.Forthestory,however,thepasttenseisusedtomaketheaccountmoreaccurateand
7、readable.Forexample,theheadlinemightread:______________________________________________________________PRESENDENTMEETSWITHNEWARABCHIEF______________________________________________________________Andsincethenewspaperisdescribingameetingthathasalreadytake
