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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.Th
2、isisthemostimportantassignmentconfrontingAmericanjournalism—tomakecleartothereadertheproblemsoftheday,tomakeinternationalnewsasunderstandableascommunitynews,torecognizethatthereisnolongeranysuchthing(withthepossibleexceptionofsuchscribblingassocietyandclubnews)as
3、“local”news,becauseanyeventintheinternationalareahasalocalreactioninmanpowerdraft,ineconomicstrain,interms,indeed,ofourverywayoflife. Thereisinjournalismawidespreadviewthatwhenyouembarkoninterpretation,youareenteringchoppyanddangerouswaters,theswirlingtidesofopi
4、nion.Thisisnonsense. Theopponentsofinterpretationinsistthatthewriterandtheeditorshallconfinehimselftothe“facts”.Thisinsistenceraisestwoquestions:Whatarethefacts?And:Arethebarefactsenough? Astothefirstquery.Considerhowaso-called“factual”storyconesabout.Thereport
5、ercollects,say,fiftyfacts;outofthesefifty,hisspaceallotmentbeingnecessarilyrestricted,heselectstheten,whichheconsidersmostimportant.ThisisJudgmentNumberOne.Thenheorhiseditordecideswhichofthesetenfactsshallconstitutetheleadofthepiece(Thisisimportantdecisionbecause
6、manyreadersdonotproceedbeyondthefirstparagraph.)ThisisJudgmentNumberTwo.Thenthenighteditordetermineswhetherthearticleshallbepresentedonpageone,whereithasalargeimpact,oronpagetwenty-four,whereithaslittle.JudgmentNumberThree. Thus,inthepresentationofaso-called“fac
7、tual”or“objective”story,atleastthreejudgmentsareinvolved.Andtheyarejudgmentsnotatallunlikethoseinvolvedininterpretation,inwhichreporterandeditor,callingupontheirgeneralbackground,andtheir“newsneutralism,”arriveataconclusionastothesignificanceofthenews. Thetwoare
8、asofjudgment,presentationofthenewsanditsinterpretation,arebothobjectiveratherthensubjectiveprocesses—asobjective,thatis,asanyhumanbeingcanbe.(Noteinpassing:eve