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1、TheBasicFeaturesofNewsHeadlines新闻标题的基本特点1.省略(omission)2.时态(tenses)3.语态(voices)4.标点符号的运用(punctuations)省略是英文报纸新闻标题的主要特点之一。省略是突出重要内容的语言手段。省略指省去非关键性的词语,从而更突出关键性的词语。标题原来都是一句完整句子,但为了起到言简意赅、节省版面的效果,常常被删略去某些语法成分或词语,尤以虚词为主,如冠词、连词and,系动词tobe等等。省略的种类冠词的省略连词“and”的省略人称关系代词的省略联系动词的省略助动词的省略Mansavesd
2、rowningdogwithCPR(=ThemansavesdrowningdogwithCPR)ChinaDaily,March12,2007Agingpopulationamajorchallenge(=Theagingpopulationamajorchallenge)ChinaDaily,March12,2007Deafteenagerwins175,000—TheDailyTelegraph,Oct.14,1986(=ADeafteenagerwins175,000)37killedinItalianplanecrash(=37killedinanIta
3、lianplanecrash)TopIndianhotelangryatBBC(=ATopIndianhotelangryattheBBC)GunmanFleestoNingbo,WalksintoPoliceWeb—ShanghaiStudents’Post,Dec.8,1987(=ThegunmanfleestoNingboandwalksintothepoliceweb)NBC’sPresidentSeeksBigAcquisitions,VenturesforNetwork(=NBC’sPresidentSeeksBigAcquisitionsandVen
4、turesforNetwork)“强势兼并”+“巨额投资”—NBC总裁为公司扩展孜孜以求连词“and”被省去后,通常由逗号“,”代替。Irishgroupkillsex-chief—TheChinaDaily,March17,1987(=TheIrishgroupkillsitsex-chief)MansavesdrowningdogwithCPR—ChinaDaily,March12,2007(=MansaveshisdrowningdogwithCPR)Airlinepassengersupsetwithservice—Dec13,2006,21stCentu
5、ryAirlinepassengers(are)upsetwithserviceShanghaistockmarkethungryforshares—TaKungPao,Nov.27,1986Shanghaistockmarket(goes)hungryforsharesJefferson,theChosenPresident?—NewsweekMar.12,2007(Is)JeffersontheChosenPresident?StillBusy—ButStayingOutoftheSpotlight—NewsweekJan.29,2007(is)StillBu
6、sy—ButStayingOutoftheSpotlight助动词‘tobe’的省略形式在英文报纸新闻标题的撰写过程中,编辑们通常省去助动词“tobe”的各种时态形式,以单独一个过去分词或现在分词构成被动语态或进行时态。由于在英语中许多动词的过去式与过去分词形式是完全相同的,所以要弄清标题中的词究竟是某一动词的过去式还是用作被动式的过去分词形式。Serviceindustryseenaskeytodevelopment(=Serviceindustryisseenaskeytodevelopment)—ChinaDaily,March12,2007Ambitiou
7、sspaceprogramunveiled(=Ambitiousspaceprogramisunveiled)—ChinaDaily,March12,2007History,PivotingOntheUnpredictable.History(is)PivotingOntheUnpredictable.GlobalNuclearBantoBeDebatedinPrinceton—TheNewYorkTimes,Sept.28,1986(=GlobalNuclearBanIstoBeDebatedinPrinceton)Legislationtofocusonsoc
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