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Thetopic:ChinalanchingChang’e-3Newspapers:21stcentry;TheNewYorkTimesConclusions:1.Bothofthetwonewsreportsusestheword---China.WhatIwanttoemphasisisthat21stcenturydoesn’tuesexpressionssuchas“ourcountry”andthatwellreflectsthesubjectivity.2.Therearealsoalotofdifferences:1)Theemotionandfeelingsofthetworeportsareactualydifferentandthatcanbeseenfromseveralaspectsofthereports.Ofcourse,thereportfrom21stcentryistotallypositive,whichdoesnotmeanthattheotherisnegtitive,butitisjustnotso“positive”.Firstly,thetitlesofthereports.In21stcentry,thetitleis“Chang’e-3onroutetomakespacehistoty”,theotheris“Chinalauncheslunarprobeinmajormilestoneforitsspaceprogram”.ThefeelingIhaveafterreadingthetwoisthattheformerlikethetoneofone’sownmother,whilethelatterlikethetoneofone’sstepmother---itevendoesnotmessionthe“name”ofthelunarprobe;Intheaspectofcommentingtheevent,althoughbothofthemmentionthat“IfChang’e-3successfullysoft-landsonthemoon,ChinawillbecomethethirdcountryaftertheUSandtheformerSovietUniontodoso,theNewYorkTimesinstantlyfollowsthat“Butitisstillfarawayfromcatchingupwiththeestiblishedspacesuperpowers,whosemoonlandingsdatebackmorethanfourdecades.”Thetoneisverydefiniteandproud.Instead,21stcentrywrites“Despitethelunarmission’sfastprogress,ChinastilllagsbehindtheUSandRussiainitsspacetechnology.”Thesewordsareputintheendpartandarecomparativelymoreeuphemistic.3)Thedetaileddifferences:Thesignof21stcentryissetattheendofthereportwithouttheauther’sname,whilethesignoftheNewYorkTimesandthedateareputatthebeginningofthereportwiththeauthor’snameintheend;ThereareChinesemeaningsandphoneticsymbolsofsomewordforstudyingpurposesofpeoplewithdifferentlevels,buttheNewYorkTimesdoesnothavesuchcontent;Besides,theformerputsmoreemphisisontheeventitself,howeverthelatterjustgivesabriefintroductiontotheeventandaddsplentyofotherinformation.