《英美报刊文章阅读》第三版课件---第七课.ppt

Lesson Seven-------------------------------Is Harvard Worth It?(Fortune, May 1, 2000) Part I. News Writing Features of Headlines I. Omission 1. Omission Syntactically, every headline is a complete sentence in which the notion words are kept and form words left out. Commonly omitted words are: Articles, to be, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Auxiliaries, and Pronouns. Sometimes, notion words, even the Subject are omitted on the condition that the comprehension is not affected. E.g. Italian Ex-Mayor Murdered =(An) Italian Ex-Mayor (is) Murdered b. No Survivors in Gulf Air Crash =(There Are) No Survivors in (the) Gulf Air Crash c. Have Dollars, Will Sell =(If You) Have Dollars, (They) Will Sell d. Ballots, Not Bullets =(The Algerians Want) Ballots, (Do) Not (want) Bullets Part I. News Writing Features of Headlines 2. “And” is often substituted by Comma e.g.: Bush Takes Office Facing Limits, Expectations = Bush Takes Office Facing Limits (and) Expectations b. Ship with 20 million Gallons of Oil Breaks, Sinks off Spain = (A)Ship with 20 million Gallons of Oil Breaks (and) Sinks off Spain c. Thailand, Malaysia Ink Sea Treaty = Thailand (and) Malaysia Ink (a) Sea Treaty 3. “to be” is often substituted by colon e.g.: China: Taking Tough on Piracy = China (Is) Taking Tough on Piracy b. Chinese Cooks: Masters at Turning a Turnip into a Flower = Chinese Cooks (Are) Masters at Turning a Turnip into a Flower Part I. News Writing 4. Verb “say or said” is often substituted by colon or quotation mark e.g. Gore: Bush Making Serious Mistakes = Gore (Says) Bush (Is) Making Serious Mistakes b. Mao: We Should Support Third World Countries = Mao (Says) (That) We Should Support (the)Third World Countries 5. Nouns used Nominal Modifiers with omission of verbs and conjunctions. e.g. Channel Tunnel Halt =(The)(English) Channel Tunnel (Has) (Been) Halted ([英吉利海