美英报刊文章选读LessonTwenty-threeIntroductiontoNewsReading:grammaticalfeaturesofEnglishnews1.ABCprinciple2.CharacteristicsingrammarA.Usenounphrasesinsteadofsubordinateclausestomakethestyleofwritingconciseandsmooth.Thoughnounphrasesalsoappearinotherstylesofwriting,journalistsespeciallyliketousetheminnewsreportingtomakethestorysimpleandunderstandable.NolongeraretheswarmingpeoplesofAsiaandsunken,asforcenturiespast,inapassiveacceptanceoftheirlot.(TheNewYorkTimes)(=“whoacceptedtheirlot”)B.Usecommainsteadofverb“tobe”.E.g.Thefirstquestionis,ofcourse,whataretheneeds.Thesecondiswhatisbeingdone,andthethird,whatshouldandcouldbedone.(TheNewYorkTimes)C.Usecoloninsteadofverb“tobe”.E.g.Fromtheageofninehesmokedtwoorfivepacksofcigarettesaday.Hisbrands:KingBeeandPicayunes.(Time)D.Useinconsistentverbtenses.E.g.ParisannouncedthattheGeneralwillvisitBrazilastheguestofPresidentGonlartduringthelatterpartofthisyear.(AP)3.CharacteristicsinsentencesB.Useapostropheinsteadof“of-phrase”toexpresspossessivecase.E.g.NewYork’sSenatorHillaryClinton(Time)(Democratic)SenatorHillaryClintonofNewYorkC.Usehyphens.1)pick-up--our-marble-and-go-homephilosophy(Newsweek)2)…sincethenamarathonseven-thirty-in-the-morning-to-midnightcall-inhasbeengoingon,whichMcCarthysupportersdubbedthe“TelephoneRevolution.”复合词作前置定语1)名词+现在分词2)形容词+现在分词3)名词+过去分词4)形容词+过去分词5)副词+过去分词6)名词+形容词7)名词+名词8)形容词+名词9)数词+名词10)名词+to+名词11)综合性词组或短语汉语新词英译1）Thecentralgovernmentcalledoneveryregiontodevelopitsownexport-orientedhitproductsaccordingtoitslocaladvantagesandcharacteristic.（中央政府号召各地利用本地优势和特点开发当地的出口型拳头产品。）2）Inordertofullytapthehumanresources，therationalflowoftrainedpersonnelshouldnotonlybeallowedbutalsobeencouraged．（为了充分发掘人才潜力，不仅应该允许人才合理流动，而且还要鼓励人才流动。）3）Tofurtherdeveloptheexport-orientedeconomy,Shanghaiistomakeanumberofpreferentialpoliciessoontoencouragebusinesspeoplebothathomeandabroadtosetupmoreenterprisesinthethreeformsofventures,i.e.enterprisesforSino-foreignjointventure,forSino-foreignco-productionandenterpriseswithsoleforeignca