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1、英语报刊阅读技巧与实践课时计划：2课时/16周,2012年9月—12月授课教师：王国昌联系方式：13632458588第一章报刊阅读入门知识AGuidetoNewsReadingWhatisnews?Inamacrosense,theword“news”mayrefertoanyfreshinformation.Itincludessocialorpersonalaffairs.“Haveyouanynewswhereyourbrotherisstaying?”means:“Doyouknowwhereyourbro
2、therisrecentlystaying?”“It’snonewstome”means:“Ihaveheardaboutthat(information).”But“Haveyoureadthenewsintoday’snewspaper?”means:”Haveyoulearnedabouttheimportantsocialeventreportedbytoday’snewspaper?”“News”,inamorespecificterm,referstoreportsofthelatestsocialeve
3、ntsbymasscommunicationmediasuchasnewspapers,magazines,radiosandtelevisions.Newsisfreshsocialinformationcoveringeveryfieldofhumanculture.Itincludespolitics,economy,military,scienceandtechnology,ideology(education,religion,tradition,artsandliterature),sportsanden
4、tertainment.Wheretogetnews?Wegetnewsthroughdifferentchannelsordifferentmedia---eitherthroughreading(newspapersandmagazines),listening(totheradio)orwatching(TV).Newsmediaareinstitutes(organizations)whichproduceandprovidenewstothepublic.Theybelongtoabroadersocial
5、informationsystemtermedasMassCommunication,whichalsoincludesothermediasuchasfilms,books,audioandvideorecordings.MassCommunicationMediaorMassMediamaybecategorizedintothePrintedMediaandElectronicMedia.Theformerincludesnewspapers,magazinesandbooks.Thelatterinclude
6、sradios,televisions,films,andaudioandvideorecordings.Newspapers,radiosandtelevisionsrepresentthemainstreamofnewsmediaintheworldtoday.However,aninformationrevolutionbroughtaboutbythedevelopmentincomputerandtelecommunicationtechnologyhasbeendramaticallychangingth
7、issituation.Therevolutioniscreatinganewglobalcommunicationsystem—theworldinformationsuperhighway,whichischaracterizedwiththeglobalcomputernetwork(theInternetasitsinfrastructure)andmultimediatechnology.Newformsofmediasuchas“electronicnewspaper”,“on-linenewsservi
8、ce“,andvirtualnews-roomareprovidingnewsinaninteractivewaythroughmultimediasystem.Thenewmediaformswillgreatlychangenewspresentation.However,thebasicwaysofunderstandingnewsinf
