TheDailyCourantwasfirstpublishedin1720.FTheDailyTelegraphstartedasLondon’sfirstpennypaper.TMetroisafreenewspaperforcommuters.TThePennsylvaniaEveningPostwasthefirstdailynewspaperinAmerica.TTheinventionofthetelegraphin1844changedtheshapeofjournalism.TIn1917,thefirstPulitzerPrizewasawardedforexcellenceinOlympicGames.FTimeliness(时效性)isagreatfactorindecidingnews.TPeopleareinterestedineventsthatseemclosetothem.TJournalism’sfirstobligationistothetruth.TThehomelessmancheatedandraised400,000dollarsbymakingupaheart-warmingstorybyhimself.FFuzzywordsareverycommoninnewsreportsbecauseitisdifficultforthejournaliststomakeaccuratejudgmentsinashorttime.TInordertoincreasethecredibilityandobjectivityofthenewsreports,quotationsareusuallyinserteddirectly,indirectlyorpartially.TInthesentenceThelakespreadslikeavastmirrorexcudingcalmuponitswaters,likeavastmirrorisasimile.TInthesentence“Ididn’trealizehowquicklywehaemorrhagelight.”,“haemorrhage”isasimile.FThephrasehonorandbetrayalisanantithesis.TObituariesandCrosswordsarethesectionsinChinaDaily.FTheSelfishGiantintheheadlineisDonaldTrump.TBothhyphenandcolonmeansay.TThenewsisreportedbyGlobalnewsagency.FThethirdexampleisfromtheChristianScienceMonitor.TCaptionsorcutlinesarethosewordsexplainingthepicturesorphotosinnews.TThespiderwhichisspinningthewebwearsahatofblueandwhite.FSkimmingistosatisfyreaders'curiosity.TTrumpswantstochangetheConstitutionofbirthrightcitizenshipbutitisnotaseasyashethinks.TDoesleveemeanalowwallbuiltatthesideofarivertopreventitfromflooding?TDoesiris-recognitioinmean虹膜识别?TThesimplestructureinthelongsentenceinthefifthlinearePaynedidsomethingunusual.TThelinechartDroppingoutisfromtheWorldBank.TWeshouldpayattentiontothenewseventlocationbecauseanagreement,adeclaration,ifsettled,maybenamedwithit.TPayattentiontotheexpressionsthatmakeyoufeelsadorsatisfiedbecauseitmaybethepurposeofthereporter.TTrumpreceiveddraftdefermentsduringtheVietnamWarTWordsindicatingplaces,time,numbersandnamesarestressedinnewsreports.TThenewscastersinVOAspeakAmericanEnglish,andtheirpronunciationiscalledR.P.,theReceivedPronunciation.FDiplomaticvisitsareusuallymadebetweentwocountries,sothepartiesinvolvedarestateleadersorgovernmentalheads.TDisasternewsonlyreferstothenewsaboutnaturaldisasters.FTheWHOintheleadcanonlybeapersonorpersons.FThemajorityofbackgroundsareprovidedinthebodyofthenews.TWecanusethesummarystatementprecedesorfollowsadirectquotetojudgethespeaker’sattitude.TThetypesofnumbersarerelatedtothetopicsofthenewsreport.TRoundnumbersareverycommoninnewsreports.TWecancreategraphsorpicturestoexpressspecialmeaningsbyourselves.TWhenwetakeexams,thegivenanswersonthepapercanbeusefulcluestohelpusmakepredictiononthequestions.TMakinginferencemeansgettingtheanswersdirectlyfromthecontext.FWeoftenuseadjectives,adverbsorpassivevoiceinthecampusnewswriting.F