新闻主题分析

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英语新闻报道题型主题分析和应试技巧综述

英语新闻报道题型主题分析和应试技巧综述:对于专四考生来说提高新闻听力并不是一朝一夕的事情。学习者需要有针对性地积累和记忆不同主题新闻的常用词汇和用语,同时养成坚持听英语广播新闻的习惯,熟悉新闻广播的语速,培养自己对新闻的敏感性。

根据高校专业英语教学大纲的规定, 英语专业学生在毕业时要能够听懂VOABBC新闻的主要内容。而新闻以丰富性、趣味性、时效性等特点成为提高学生听力水平的重要素材。这一点在专业英语的四、八级考试中得到了很好的体现。然而,对于英语专业四级考生来说,新闻听力却是一大难点:它录音语速快、专业词汇多、新闻用语有别于一般的口语;同时新闻听力背景知识复杂,涉及许多国家的人文、历史、地理、宗教等各方面的内容,这都加深了新闻听力的难度,使其不容易理解。要想在听力考试中攻克这一难关,考生应根据新闻的不同主题进行分类训练,增强应试能力。笔者就TEM-4听力试题中新闻部分考题进行分析, 在本文中归纳出其选材规律和出题形式,并介绍相关的应试对策,以帮助考生更好地应对这部分考题。


新闻的主题多种多样,但是专四听力考查的主题却有限。根据英语专业四级历年考题中新闻主题考查频率由高至低可归纳为以下几大主题。


1.国际关系
这类新闻经常涉及到两国矛盾、经济援助、经济制裁、两国建交、联盟协议等话题。并且结构上第一句话点明主旨,紧接着陈述细节。内容多着重于讲述国际关系的变化的前因后果、进程、达成的共识等。如:A joint committee will soon seek further cooperation between Egypt and Spain in industrytradeinvestment and science and technology. Egyptian economic sources said the two sides will discuss the possibility of setting up a joint business council when the Egyptian - Spanish higher committee meets in the first half of September in MadridSpain. The business council is aimed at balancing bilateral trade by expanding trade volume.2008专四真题)
此类新闻考查范围较多的为细节题、主旨题、数字题。如针对以上这则新闻所给出考题为:(1The joint committee will promote co -operation between Egypt and Spain in all the following areas EXCEPT%% %.2What is this news item mainly about?% %%针对此类新闻考生应该尽可能抓住新闻导语, 特别关注于新闻细节部分给出的并列成分。常用句型有:“...signed an agreement to...”“the agreement has to be approved by...”“tensions were raised...because...”等。


2.灾难新闻
这类新闻涉及到的题材有暴力事件、恐怖袭击、沉船事件、空难等,还包括地震、水灾、泥石流等自然灾害。此类新闻通常要突现灾难是否具有可预测性、可防性或安全意外性,以及天灾性与人为性等基本特征,灾难程度和常发频率是报道的核心,抗灾或救护及国际社会的反应等是后续观察点。其考点多为细节题、数字题、主旨题,尤以数字和细节题考查最多。如:Storms sank two river ferries in southern Bangladesh on Sundayand some 90 passengers were reported missing while at leastanother 68 died.One of the packed ferries carrying around 150people capsized early on Sunday on the Meghna river and 50 wererescued.A second ferry sank on the same river just one kilometeraway leaving 40 passengers missing after 6 were rescued.2006专四真题)


考题为:(1Altogether how many people were reported missing?% %2Which of the following details is INCORRECT?%%% %针对此类新闻考生应特别关注事件发生的地点和时间,以及事件所造成的伤亡人数,经济损失。此外考生应集中记忆相关词汇,如:volcano eruption(火山爆发),flood(洪灾),tsunami(海啸),mudslide(泥石流),sandstorm(沙尘暴),earthquake 地震),drought 干旱),tornado 龙卷风),plague 瘟疫),aircrash(空难),terrorist attack(恐怖袭击),suicide bombing(自杀性爆炸),death toll(死亡人数),injured/wounded(受伤的),casualty(伤亡者)等。掌握常用句型“...were reported missing”“...were killed and more than...injured.”等。
3.犯罪新闻


这类主题新闻的题材一般包括:个人刑事犯罪、引渡犯人、偷渡事件、宗教犯罪、性丑闻等。此类新闻通常注重国际犯罪的新动向,以及该案例的影响程度。一般还会有背景简介和最新观察点,同时会交代国际合作办案的新措施和新趋势。针对这类主题新闻,常见考点有细节题、主旨题。如:Around 40 former military officers in Argentina have been arrestedfor possible extradition to Spain on human rights charges.The arrest came as the Argentine government struck down the decreeprohibiting such extraditionsaying all Argentines should beequal before the law.Those detained include a former navy captainand several other ex-officers suspected of torture or murder duringthe last period of military rule in Argentinawhich ended in 1983.2005 专四真题)
1What would happen to the Argentine officers?2What accusation would the Argentine officers face?针对此类考题,考生应特别关注新闻的导语,清楚案件的性质、原因和结果。特别注意常用句型中包含的信息点。常用句型有:“a court inis due to deliver its verdict in” “is accusedof...and faces up to...in prison”“...is arrested for...”。同时考生也需要积累一定的常用词汇帮助理解此类新闻题材的内容。如:verdict(判决),guilty(有罪的),trail(审判),execute(处死),appeal(上诉),accusecharge(控告),sanction(制裁),rape(强奸),robbery(抢劫),assassination(暗杀),bribe(贿赂),kidnap(绑架),arson(纵火),hijack(劫持),corruption(腐败),extradite(引渡)等。
4.民生调查


这类新闻涉及的题材有:患病统计、城市设备使用、人类与环境、寿命统计等。此类新闻通常注重民族发展与经济改革的相互关系,突出全球扶贫活动的新动向,分析发达国家与发展中国家对待环境问题的共同利益和本质矛盾,着眼有限资源的无序争夺和不合理分配造成的世界南北差距等基本问题。常见考法:数字题、推论题、细节题,其中数字题考查最多。如:Airlines are being hit with huge increases to insure theirplanes after the terrorist attacks in the United States.Goshawk InsuranceHoldings which insures aircraft around the worldsaidrates have soared as much as tenfold since the September 11th terrorattacks airlines around the world have cut services and dismissedstaff as their business has plunged in the week of the crisis.They are also struggling with increased security costs. 2003专四真题)
考题:After the terrorist attacks in the United Statesinsurancerates soared as much as%% %.此类主题的新闻使用词汇丰富, 考生应该平时多关注社会动态,积累最新社会现象相对应的新词,如:avian influenza/bird flu(禽流感),hand-and-foot-mouth diseaseHFMD)(手足口病),H1N1(甲流感)等,同时注意常用但并不熟悉的表数概念词汇,如“-fold”“decade”“dozen”“score”。如遇到表示数字推算的题,要特别注意表达增减概念的词:go up toincreased togrow to(增加到),increasegrowa rise of(增加),as many as...times ofreach等。
5.政治新闻


这一题材的新闻一般包括:游行示威、罢工、政党争权、总统竞选等。此类新闻常见考查方式为细节和数字题,其中细节题考查最多。如:Despite reports of intimidationZimbabweans swarmed topolling stations on the final day of voting in the most competitiveparliamentary election in Zimbabwe’s history.On the first day ofvotinglines of hundreds of voters sneaked around some of thecountry’s 4000 polling stations.A total of 120 seats were beingcontestedand Mugabe appoints another 30 law makers giving himand his party a built-in advantage.2008专四真题)考题:Which of the following statements is CORRECT accordingto the news?

此类主题新闻常用词汇有:embassy(使馆),ambassador(大使),ally(联盟),cabinet(内阁),demonstration(游行示威),protest 抗议),election 选举),vote 投票),poll 票数),rebel(反叛),summitry(峰会),anarchism 无政府主义),campaign(运动),strike(罢工),sit-in(静坐示威)等。

6.经济新闻

此类新闻通常关注全球指导性的经济新闻和经济潮流。报道经济保护和经济合作的矛盾性和统一性。针对这类新闻题材考查较多的是:细节题、主旨题、数字题。

7.其他类新闻

这部分所涉及到的新闻主题主要有科技类、旅游类、教育类及体育类。其内容常包括:航天科技、基因工程、网络技术、景点游客数量变化、教育改革或新政策、各类体育比赛、球星动向等。这类主题考查最多的方式是采用细节题和数字题。因此考生在通过抓住新闻导语掌握新闻主要内容的同时,更要注意数字及动向变化的细节题。把握相关信息关键词的正确意思,往往考题中出现同义替换的选项。

8.结语

对于专四考生来说提高新闻听力并不是一朝一夕的事情。学习者需要有针对性地积累和记忆不同主题新闻的常用词汇和用语,同时养成坚持听英语广播新闻的习惯,熟悉新闻广播的语速,培养自己对新闻的敏感性。此外平时还应该多读英文报刊,注意扩大自己的知识面,开阔自己的视野,不断地丰富大脑中的图式, 以便在听力理解的过程中能够很快地使自己大脑中的知识图式与输入信息相匹配,从而激活图式,指导其作出正确的预测、推论和判断。这样才能从根本上提高考生对新闻广播的听力理解能力。

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