6.Features of English News Titles

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6.Features of English News Titles

• 6.1 Lingusitic Features of English News Titles
• 6.1.1 ???????
• 6.1.2 ??????
• 6.1.3 ???????

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6.1.1 ???????

• ??
• 1 Six Die in Moscow Bomb Blast
  (6????????????,blastexplosion)
• 2 Annan Reaches Bagdad in Last-Minute Peace
  Bid (?????????????????,bidattempt)
• 3 Pioneer Colleges Face Axe (??????????, axe
  dispensation)
• 4 Moscows Food Price Soaring
  (?????????,soarincrease dramatically)
• 5 Sino-US Venture Expands Biz in China
  (?????????????,bizbusiness)

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6.1.2 ??????

• ?snake head(??),telephone harassment(????),junk
  mail(????),elevated highways(????),talk
  show(?????????),down payment(???),maglev
  train(?????),cyberlove(??),eco-friendly
  car(???),selling points(??),suicide
  bomber(????),big city ills(???),reality
  show(???)???,????????????????????????????(Watergat
  e)???,-gate(?)????scandal(??)???,?????????,???????
  ??????(Zippergate),????????????(??)??(Camill
  agate)?

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• ?
• 6 Astro-tourism Blasts off in Space Race II
  (astro-tourism????)
• 7 Stagflation in Moscow (stagflation??)
• 8 Court Backs Transsexuals Rights
  (transsexuals???)

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6.1.3 ???????

• ??
• 9 Long-Term Plan to TCM (TCM Traditional
  Chinese Medicine,??)
• 10 Quake Kills 11 in Western China
  (Quakeearthquake,??)
• 11 IBM Sets Wireless Web Pacts for E-business
  (IBMInternational Business Machines
  Corporation,????????)
• 12 Members Close Ties Emphasized Ahead of
  SCO Summit (SCOShanghai Co-operation
  Organization,??????)
• 13 US seeks MIAs (MIA Missing in
  Action,??????)

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6.2 Grammatical Features of English News Titles

• 6.2.1 ???????
• 6.2.2 ?????????
• 6.2.3 ?????

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6.2.1 ???????

• ?????????????????????????,???????????????????????,
  ??????????????,?????????Journalistic
  Tense(?????),???????????????????
• 14 U.S. Forces Step up Pressure on Rebels in
  Najaf ?????????????
• 15 Tremor Rocks Ecuador, Pero ???????????
• 16 Wall Street Takes a Dive ???????????

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6.2.2 ?????????

• ????????????,???????????????,?????????,???????????
  ??????????,?????????????????????????????,?be??
  ??????????
• 17 Florida Freeze to Increase Area Produce
  Prices????????????????
• 18 Trials to Begin for Four Inmates at
  Guantanamo ?????????4???????
• 19 Chinese Leader to Visit U.S. ????????
• 20 Peace Talks to Resume ???????

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• 21 India Mending Fences with Neighbors
  (India Is Mending Fences with Neighbors)
• ??????????
• 22 Mainland Factory Output Booming (Mainland
  Factory Output Is Booming)
• ???????????
• 23 People Flow Hurting the Wall (People Flow
  Is Hurting the Wall)
• ??????????
• ???????????????????????????????,????????????be
  ????,???be???,?????by????????????
• 24 Workers Checked After Radiation Leak
  (Workers Were Checked After Radiation Leak)
• ????? ???????
• 25 61 Killed in American Plane Crash (61
  Persons Were Killed in an American Plane Crash)
• 61?????????

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6.2.3 ?????

• 27 Italian Ex-mayor Murdered ( An Italian
  Ex-mayor Was Murdered????????)
• ??????????
• 28 Mother, Daughter Share Fulbright Year (
  Mother, and her Daughter Share Fulbright Year
  ?????????)
• ????????????
• 29 Streets Calm as Death Roll Reaches 40 (
  Streets are calm as the Death Roll Reaches
  40?????????)
• ??????40???????
• 30 Police killers jail death ( the death in
  the jail of the man who had killed a
  policeman????)
• ???????????

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6.3 Figures of Speech in English News Titles

• 6.3.1 ?????
• 6.3.2 ??????
• 6.3.3 ??????

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6.3.1 ?????

• ??????????????????????????????,???????????????????
  ????????????????,?????????????????????????????????
  ???????Peis Pyramids Puzzle Paris
  (?????????????),??????????????????????????????
  ????,????????????????????(I. M.
  Pei)?????,????????????????????????????????p?????
  ?,??????????????(Pei)????(pyramid)???(Paris)????,?
  ?????????????puzzle??,???????????,??????????????
  ?

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• 31 Fit or Fat? (??)
• ???????
• 32 Democracy of the Big Stick (??)
• ????
• 33 Slow Lane Is Safest on Currency Issue (??)
• ??????,???????
• 34 Hollywood Survives (??)
• ????????
• 35 Europe Is Alive and Kicking (??)
• ??????
• 36 Soccer Kicks off with Violence (??)
• ???? ????
• 37 Pain in Spain (??)
• ??????

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6.3.2 ??????

• ???????????????????,???????????????????,??????????
  ????,??????,??????????????
• 38 To Buy or Not to Buy Is the Question for
  Homebuyers ?????????????
• 39 A Tale of Two Hearts ???
• 40 Farewell to SARS ??? ??
• ?38???????????Hamlet??To be or not to bethat
  is the question?39???????????A Tale of Two
  Cities???????40???????????Farewell to
  Arms??????????

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6.3.3 ??????

• ?????????,?????????,???????????????,??????????????
  ???????,?????????,??????????
• 41 Florida Court Oks Proposed Office Smoking
  Ban ???????????????
• 42 Iraq Gets OK to Sell 1.6 Billion in Oil
  ???????16?????
• 43 The Economic Slide ????

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6.4 Form Features of English News Titles

• 6.4.1 ?????
• 6.4.2 ?????

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6.4.1 ?????

• ??????????????????????????????????????????????(?
  ???????????????????????????)?????????????????
• 44 Blog Reading ??????
• 45 Fifth Death from Bird Flu WHO
  ????????5??????
• 46 Time to Kick the Habit ??????
• 47 Reining in House Prices ??????
• 48 Growing with China ???????
• 49 Home at Last ???????
• 50 Great Leap Skyward ????????

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6.4.2 ?????

• 6.4.2.1??????
• 51 Similar Name, Different Fates ?????? ????
• 52 Illicit Drug Dealers Executed ???????
• 53 500 Dead in Iranian Earthquake 500???????
• 54 Airbus Roaring to Rival Boeing ????????
  ??????
• 55 Beijing to Fire Test Rocket to South
  Pacific ??????????????

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• 6.4.2.2 ?????
• 56 President Calls Crew Members of Space
  Shuttle Discovery
• ???????????????
• 57 The London Bombings Will Cost the UK up to
  3 Billion Pounds
• ????????????30???
• 58 Germany Reclaims Einstein as Their Hero
• ?????????????
• 59 CPC,KMT Leaders Vow to End Hostility
  Across the Straits
• ?????????????????
• 60 Education Gap Widens in Europe
• ????????
• 61 Islamic Groups Call for End to Riots
• ???????????

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• 6.4.2.3?????
• 62 China to Fight the Big Bullying the Small,
  Vows Hu Jintao
• ?????????????
• 63 Protect People Power, Says Arroyo
• ??????????
• 64 Ninth Person Dies as Air Travel Spreads
  Pneumonia
• ????????????
• 65 Its All Over, Say Gore Advisers
• ??????????
• 66 Go-It-Alone US Fails to Heed September 11
  Lesson, Says Keating
• ???????? ??9.11?? ????????
• 67 New Letters Revealed Cliton Shunned Draft
• ?????????????
• 68 Four Injured as Plane Skids off Runway
• ?????? ????

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6.5 Differences Between English News Titles and
Chinese News Titles

• 6.5.1 ???????
• 6.5.2 ???????

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6.5.1 ???????

• ???????????????????????,??????????????,??????????,
  ??ban??prohibit,back ??support?????????,??????????
  ????????????????????????,?????????????????,???????
  ?????????????????(????????????????)?????????
  (stylebook)???????Never begin a head with a
  verb.(??,200430)???,????????????????,???????,???
  ???????????????,????????????????

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• 69 Campaign Contribution (?????????????)
• 70 ???? ???? (????????????????)
• 71 Drugs A Campaign Issue (?????????????)
• 72 ?????? ?????? (????????????????)
• 73 Rally Calls for More black MPs
  (MPs????,?????members of parliament)
• 74 ???????????? (??????,???????)

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6.5.2 ???????

• ???????????????????????????????????????????????,??
  ?????????????????????????????????,????????????????
  ??,??,???????????????????????(last
  week)???(yesterday)???(last
  night)????????????????????????????

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• 75 Palestinian Leader Arafat Dies at 75
• ??????? ???????
• 76 World Cup Kicks off
• ???? ???????
• ??,?????????be ?????????be????,?????by
  ????????,????????????????????????????????????
  ??????????????
• 77 Thousands Arrested in Drug War
• ??????????
• 78 Mao Portrait Called off after Criticism
• ?????? ??????????

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6.6 Translation of News Titles

• 6.6. 1 ???????
• ???????,?????????,??????????????,???????,?????????
  ?????,?????????????????????
• 6.6.1.1 ???
• ??????????????????????,???????????,??????????
  ??????????(????,200147)??,?????????????????,????
  ????????????????????????,???????????,?????????????
  ??????????????,??,???????????????,???????????,????
  ??????????
• 82 Son of the Soil ????
• 83 Lord, Keep Her from Harm ??,???????
• 84 The Three Ifs of a Clinton Doctrine
  ?????????
• 85 Kasmier Once More to the Brink
  ?????????????
• 86 World Corruption and Anti-Corruption
  ?????????????

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• 6.6.1.2 ???
• ????????????????????????,?????,?????????????,?????
  ?????????For a Muslim Woman from Two Cultures,
  Swimsuits Are Tricky,??????????????????????????
  ,?????????,??????????????????,??????,??????????,
  ???????My Girl, My Wife ???????????

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• 6.6.1.3 ???
• ??????????????,??????????,????????????????????????
  ????????,????????????????,????????????????,???????
  ?(???,2003248)???
• 87 Here Comes the Son ????????
• 88 Survival of the Fittest ????????
• 89 Whos Clean ???????????????????
• 90 Sun Yat-sen ?????????

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6.6.2 ???????

• 6.6.2.1 ???
• ????????????,?????????????????,???????????????????
  ???????????????????,???????????????(???,199884)??
  ???????????????????????????????
• 91 ???? Oriental Time and Space
• 92 ??45?? Around the Globe in 45 Minutes
• 93 ??????????????????!
• Congratulations on the Success of Chinas First
  Manned Space Mission!
• 94 ?????????? ??????????
• Continuously Improving the Conditions of
  Exchanges by Developing Air Transportation on
  Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait

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• 6.6.2.2 ???
• ?????????????????,????????????,????????,??????????
  ??????????
• 95 ????????? WomanThe Debate Goes on
• 96 ???? Sports and Sportsmen
• 97 ???? Kaleidoscope
• 98 ??????? Public Transport Signpost Gives
  Wrong Directions

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• 6.6.2.3 ??????
• ????????????????????,????,????????????????????????
  ????????????????????,??????????????????????????
  ,????????????????(???,2003254)???
• 99 ?????????????? US Told to Stop its
  Interfering
• 100 ????????? Chinese Agriculture Attracting
  Worldwide Attention
• 101 (??)???????????????
• (??)???????????
• Big Rift and Fund Shortage A Rumor

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Homework

• Page 84-85
• Ex. Two(1-5)