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1、Unit9WhereIstheNewsLeadingUs?NormanCousinsCulturalBackgroundTextAnalysisWritingSkillQuestionsontheTextLanguagePointsExercisesDiscussionCultureBackgroundAbouttheauthorNormanCousins(1912-),U.S.editorandauthor,isoneofthemostinfluentialmagazineeditorsofthe20thcentury.Hewas

2、editoroftheSaturdayReviewfrom1940to1971.Hewasapowerfuladvocateofworldgovernment.Hispublicationsinclude:ModernManIsObsolete(1945),TalkswithNehru(1951),andhisautobiographyPresentTense:AnAmericanEditor’sOdyssey(1968)BackYMCA:abbreviationofYoungMen’sChristianAssociation,an

3、internationalorganizationthatpromotesthespiritual,social,andwelfareofyoungChristians.WalterLippmann(1889-1974).U.S.journalistandpoliticalphilosopher,wasknownforhiswritingsoncurrentsocialandpoliticaleventsandphenomena.Hiswidelysyndicatedcolumn“TodayandTomorrow”fortheNew

4、YorkHeraldTribune(纽约先驱论坛报)wasreadbymillionsfromSeptember1931untilhisretirementin1967.BackTextAnalysisTheessayisbasicallyanargument.Usually,inanargument,theauthor’spositionispresentedatthebeginningofhiswritingandthenhegoesontosupportitinvariousways.Ortheauthormaypresent

5、hisargumentattheendofhiswritingastheresultoflogicalinference.ButCousinsusedneitherway.Hepresentedhisthesisstatementinthemiddleoftheessay.(para.9).Sotheessaycanactuallybedividedintotwoparts.Part1(para.1-8)Cousinsleadshisreaderstotheconclusion.(thesis:theresponsibilityof

6、thenewsmediaistosearchoutandreportonimportantevent)Hebeginswithaquestion:WhyarethenewspapersandTVnewsprogramssodisaster-prone(para.3)?Theanswerisdrawnfromthedefinitionofnews(paras.4-6).Thenhepointsoutthatpositiveeventsarealsonewsandshouldbecoveredbythemedia.(paras7.8),

7、thushisargumentpresentedinpara.9.BackPart2.(paras.10-13)Cousinsfurtherelaboratesandstrengthenshisview.Hestrengthenshisviewbycitingexamplesofwhatheconsiderspositivedevelopmentsoftheworld(para.10),andcallingattentiontothisresponsibilityjournalistshaveforaffectingthewaype

8、oplethinkandtherolethemediaplayinshapingthemindofthepeople(paras.11-13)BackWritingSkillArgumentisareasonorasetofreaso