英语新闻特点与写作技巧

一、先说英语新闻标题，(First of all, let's talk about the art of news title.)

8种常用标题法：(There are 8 main methods)

1.be 动词省略(omit the be)

Poll：GOP* Vulnerable in Nov

Peace Talk * in Peril, India Warns Pakistan

此处*表示被省略掉的be(The * represent be)

2.一般现在时通常代表过去的动作或事件：(Simple present tense usually represent past action or event)

Professor Leaves $4M to His College.

Former Bush Official Kills Son and Self.

3.不定式代表未来的动作或事件(Infinitive usually represent future action or event)

Court to Review Eavesdropping Program.

US States to Sue Chip Companies.

4.现在进行时表示现在发生的或即将发生的动作或事件(present progressiverepresent that something is happening or will happen at once)

Sharks Moving in on Catfish Streams.

Mike Tyson Trying to Become the Youngest Champ.

5.过去分词大多为被动语态(past participle usually represent passive voice)

Iraq's Olympic Rep Kidnapped.

6.定冠词(the)与不定冠词(a, an)通常省略()

* Man Sentenced to 150 years.

*代表被省略的a(The * represent a)

7.标点符号的特殊功用(The special function of interpunction)

逗号（comma）：代表and

US, Russia Fail to Agree on WTO Membership

分号（semicolon）：代表并列的两件事情

Industrial Dream Fades; Third World Revives Farms

冒号（colon）：表示消息来源，或说明补充

WHO:H5N1 Virus Mutated Slightly in Family

Iraq: Zarqawi's Successor

问号（question mark）：表示新闻令人诧异

Containment: New Iraq Policy?

引号（quotation marks）：代表特殊含义

Barbaro "Looks Good" After Week of Scares

8.标题中常见的特殊用字(The special word in title)

accord (give) ban (prohibition)bid (attempt) boost (rise, increase) clash (disagreement) deal (business agreement) freeze (stabilization) loom(appear) blaze(fire) comb(search) row [rau] (violent argument) rap(to speak severely to, to blame, to punish) move (plan, decision, suggestion)round(a series of action) shock (astonishment, blow) shun(to keep away from…) heist (robbery) viable (workable) voice(express) operation(activities) pact (agreement) woo (to seek to win…，to persuade…) fake (counterfeit)

二、新闻导语（second，let's check out news leads ）

概括式（summary）

硬新闻常用的方法。（It's very usual for hard news）。

HALAT, Lebanon — Israel again unleashed airstrikes across Lebanon on Friday, severing the country's last major road link to the outside world and killing more than 30 people，including 28 farm workers。

白描式（description）

软新闻常用的方法。（It's very usual for soft news）。

PEARSON, Georgia For generations, people here have savored the predictable cadences of small-town living. They knew their neighbors and their neighbors’ neighbors, the sweet sound of Sunday church mornings and the rumble of tractors tilling the rich soil.

And they knew that most outsiders would drive right through this blue-collar community of tidy bungalows and mobile homes, without stopping or settling, on their way to bigger, busier places.

三、新闻内容(and last but not least ,let's overview news content)

主要有七个特点：（There are 7 main features）

1.多采用扩展的简单句（expanded simple sentences）

其扩展的方法是使用定语、状语、同位语等补充成分，修订限定成分。

LAGOS, Dec. 15(Reuter) - The Nigerian foreign ministry's offices were completely destroyed by a fire in the center of Lagos Monday night.

Eyewitnesses gave conflicting reports about the number of people injured in the blaze, which firemen suspect was caused by an electrical fault.

One fireman said four people had been rescued from the ministry, suffering from minor injuries. About 100 firemen were unable to prevent the blaze spreading to buildings beside the seven-storey ministry.

The foreign ministry, which lost many valuable records in the blaze, was due to be moved to a new site shortly.

The building, completely gutted by the blaze, also housed offices of the information ministry and the ministry of science and technology.

2.多用直接引语和间接引语，增加真实性。

3.多用主动语态，辅以被动语态。

4.多用现在时。

5.多用省略句。

6.主语后置。

Attending the meeting were Minister of Finance, Minister of Economic Affairs and several officials of the Council for Economic Planning & Development.

7.副词前移至被修饰语旁

The newspaper, quoting PLO sources, said the Syrian government strongly objected to the establishment of an independent Palestinian homeland.