新闻动词

2024年1月11日发(作者：马自达6新款2021款多少钱)

aid=assist(帮助，援助) alter=change or modify(改变)

ask=inquire(询问) assail=denounce(谴责)

axe=dismissreduce(解雇，减少) balk=impede(阻碍)

ban=prohibit or forbid(禁止) bar=prevent(防止，阻止)

bare=expose or reveal(暴露，揭露) blast=explode(爆炸)

begin=commence(开始) bid=attempt(努力)

bilk=cheat(欺骗) bolt=desert or abandon(放弃)

boost=increase(增加，提高) check=examine(检查)

claim=ause the (夺去??的生命)

clash=disagree strong1y(发生分歧，争议)

curb=control or restrict(控制) dip=decline or

decrease(下降)

ease=lessen(减轻，缓和) end=terminate(结束，中止)

flay=criticize(批评) flout=insult(侮辱)

foil=prevent from(阻止，防止) grill = investigate(调查)

gut=destroy(摧毁) head=direct(率领)

hold=arrest(逮捕) laud=praise(赞扬)

lop=diminish(下降，减少) map=work out(制订)

mark=celebrate(庆祝) name=appointnominate(命名，提名)

moot=discuss(讨论 ) mull=consider(考虑)

nab=arrest(逮捕) nip=defeat(击败)

ease=lessen(减轻，缓和) flay=criticize(批评)

flout=insult(侮辱) grill = investigate(调查)

gut=destroy(摧毁) laud=praise(赞扬)

lop=diminish(下降，减少) moot=discuss(讨论)

mull=consider(考虑) nab=arrest(逮捕)

nip=defeat(击败) trim=reduce（消减

slay=murder(谋杀) soar=skyrocket(急剧上升)

spur=encourage(激励，鞭策) swap=exchange(交流，交换)

sway=influence(影响) trim=reduce(削减)

vie=compete(竞争) vow=determine(决心，发誓

weigh=consider(考虑) ask=inquire（询问）

assail=denounce（谴责） balk=impede（阻碍）

ban=prohibit or forbid 禁止） begin=commence

check=examine（检查 curb=control or restrict（控制）

ease=lessen（减轻，缓和） end=terminate（结束，中止）

flay=criticize（批评） probe = investigate（调查）

head=direct（率领 mark=celebrate（庆祝）

name=appointnominate（命名，提名） swap=exchange（交流，交换 ）

Headline ：is the text at the top of a newspaper article,

indicating the nature of the article below it. A headline\'s purpose

is to quickly and briefly draw attention to the story.

Method One: Preference of short words(synonyms of all work

万能同义词)

Method two: wide use of shortened words

Method Three: Omission(省略) of words

Language Features of a headline

Attractiveness Brevity Clarity

Part One: Lexical features(词汇特征)

Use of short words, abbreviations and acronyms, and sometimes

omission of words

Method One: Preference of short words(synonyms of all work

万能同义词)

Eg：

Allowance to be cut in 200，000 families (政府削减津贴波及二十

万家庭)

Ethiopia埃塞俄比亚

Jails Jews Escaping to Israel

(逃往以色列未果，埃犹太人陷囹)

Reshuffle axes France’s cabinet(法国政府改组，阁员人数锐减Short verbs

1. Aid

2. Air

3. Alter

4. Assail

5. Axe

6. Ban

7. Bar

8. Bare

9. Blast

10. Bid

11. Curb

12. Ease

13. Grip

14. Opt

)

15. Plot

16. Pledge

17. Plunge

18. Probe

19. Slay

20. Trim

Aid=help, assist 帮助，援助

Air=publicize, express 公开，表达

Alter=change 改变

Assail=denounce 谴责

Axe=dismiss, reduce 解雇，减少

Ban=prohibit, forbid 禁止

Bar=prevent 阻止，防止

Bare=expose reveal, disclose暴露，揭露，透露Blast=explode 爆炸

Bid=attempt 努力

Curb=control, restrict 控制，限制

Ease=lessen, alleviate 减轻，缓和

Grip=seize 抓住，控制

Opt=choose 选择

Plot=conspire 预谋，策划

Pledge=determine 发誓

Plunge=plummet（价格等暴跌）

Probe=investigate 调查

Slay=murder 谋杀

Trim=reduce 削减

Short nouns

Accord=agreement

Aide=assistant

Aim=purpose

Key=essential, vital

Rise=increase

Rally=mass assembly

Pact=treaty, contract, agreement

Cambodia Sharp Refgugee Rise Worries Thailand 柬难民激增，泰政府焦虑

Bush’s Japan Visit off, Arms Issue Hot 军备问题争论激烈，布什取消访日之行

1. Clash

2. Crash

3. Deal

4. Foe

5. Pullout

Clash=dispute, controversy 分歧，争议

Crash=collision 碰撞，坠毁

Deal=agreement, transation 协议，交易

Foe=opponent, enemy 对手，敌人

Pullout=withdrawal 撤退，撤离

Method two: wide use of shortened words

initials and acronyms

1． Names of organization

NPC=the National People’s Congress 全国人民代表大会

CPPCC=the Chinese People’s Political Consultative

Conference 中国人民政治协商会议

EU= the European Union

UNESCO=the United Nations Educational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization

IMF=the International Monetary Fund国际货币基金组织

OPEC= the Organization of Petroleum Exporting

Countries石油输出国组织

2． Names of profession, title

MP=member of parliament 议员

PM=Prime Minister 总理

DM=Defense Minister国防部长

GM=general manager 总经理

Clipping (截头去尾)

Grad-graduate

Hosp-hospital

Advertistics-advertising statistics 广告统计学

Autocide-automobile suicide

Cig-cigarette

Int’l-international

Eg: Shenzhen SEZ to hsot int’l trade meeting

深圳经济特区将举办国际贸易会议

1． Biz

2． Celeb

3． Champ

4． Homo

5． Info

6． Lav

7． Mag

8． Memo

9． Van

10． Vet

1． Biz=business

2． Celeb=celebrity 名人，名流

3． Champ=champion 冠军

4． Homo=homosexual

5． Info=information

6． Lav=lavatory 厕所

7． Mag=magazine

8． Memo=memorandum 备忘录

9． Van=vanguard 先锋

10． Vet=veteran 有经验的，资深的

Method Three: Omission(省略) of words

Headlines generally leave out certain words, esp. articles,

personal pronouns, this, that and to be. The word “and” is

often replaced by a comma。

37 killed in Italian Plane Crash

意一飞机坠毁，37人遇难

Laurel， Aquino Cut Ties 老雷尔（菲律宾前副总统）与阿基

诺夫人（前总统）分道扬镳

Mother， Daughter Share Fulbright Year （a mother and her

daughter）

母女同享福布莱特访学年

Political Efforts Vital to Reform---Party Leader 党的领导人说：改革一定要讲政治

Financier killed by Burglars 盗贼也行窃，经融家遇害

Moscow’s Food Prices Soaring 莫斯科食品价格暴涨

Combat on the Web 网络之战

TB on the Rise Again in London 伦敦地区结核病“卷土重来”

Grammatical features

1. Use of heavily modified nominal groups

Eg: a dyke, which is 200 meters long, has been built for the

prevention of flood.

200-metre-long flood prevention dyke built

The West-to-East Gas Transmitting Project is beneficial to

both the west and the east regions of China.

2. Tense

1） Use of simple present tense（journalistic present tense新闻现在时）: to describe sth happening in the present

or in past. The tense is used to save space and increase

freshness 新鲜感reality现实感 and immediacy直接感.

Eg：Heavy Rain Lashed City / Heavy Rain Lashes City

2） Use of the present progressive tense : to describe sth

that is developing and the auxiliary is often omitted.

Eg: Thames approaching danger level.

Deposits, Loans Rising in HK 香港储蓄与贷款额上升

3） Use of the infinitive {to refer to the future}

Eg：Largest Chinese Trade Delegation to Visit US in

Nov.

3. Use of the passive constructions

Voices.

Active voice is generally used in headlines, because

rhetorically it makes headlines more colorful and

appealing. Passive constructions are also sometimes used in

headline to draw readers’ attention, however the auxiliary

is omitted and only the past participle is left.

Eg: Journalist Fired in Spy Debate 涉嫌间谍案纠纷，一记者被炒鱿鱼

Punctuations

The purpose of using punctuations in headlines is to draw

reader’s attention. The frequently used punctuations are:

comma, semi-comma, question marks, quotation marks,

and so on, and full stops are seldom used.

Comma=and.

A dash is used after a quote, which has not quotation

marks, to introduce the addresser.

Eg: Little ant-US feeling----diplomat(= A diplomat says

that there is little anti-US feeling)

A colon is used before a quote, meaning “say” or

replacing ”be ”

Koreans: Grumpy(angry) toward America

Rhetorical features: to achieve vividness and humor and to

entice(persuade)and appeal more readers, various

rhetorical devices are employed in headlines.

1. Alliteration: the effect produced by using a series of

words that begin with the same letter or sound.

Bye, bye balanced budget

Round rocks runs river

Super Sam sparkles

2. Rhyme(the sameness of sound between words or

syllables)

An eye high in the sky

Who’s near to Clinton’s ear

Bye, Bye American pie

3. Metaphor(use of a word or phrase to indicate something

different from the literal meaning

1. Carlo Ponti in hot water again (in trouble)

2. Refugees in dire straits (in serious danger)

3. “Down in the mouth” news for dentist(sad)

4. Union call to strike falls on deaf ears(fail to win

acceptance)

4. pun (a humorous use of a word that has two meanings or

of different words that sounds the same.

Men recommended more clubs for wives

The Sun sets for last time.(a British newspaper)

Man reigns over UN’s Queen(name of a ship)

5. Euphemism

Euphemism is the use of a more pleasant, less direct

name for something considered to be unpleasant.

Atom bomb put quantites of people to rest

Panda to breathe his last

People mourn departed king

6. Antithesis

Antithesis is the use of contrastive words or ideas

arranged in a balanced structure for emphasis.

Give me liberty, or give me death.

Tokyo closes, London opens

A military smash but a moral fizzle

When stains get deepin Ultra Tide gets them clean

out.(ad for a kind of washing powder)

7. Parody

Parody changes the form of some words in some

allusions, proverbs, famous sayings, etc, to produce a

surprising and humorous effect.

1. A tale fo two hearts (from A tale of Two Cities)

2. Liberty is the true mother of invention (from

Necessity is the mother of inverntion)

3. Crying over unsold milk.(Crying over spilt milk)

4. A skill is not acquired in a day. ( from Rome was

not built in a day)

Exercise

Write suitable headines for the following

As the country moves into a new phase of economic

reform, environmental problems have become a top

concern for both the Chinese people and the

government, both fo whom are striving to control the

growing sources of urban and industrial pollution,

said a leading environmental official.

Environmental Problem the Top Concern, Said

Environmental Official

Nobody doubts that there will be a “War” between

Chinese banks and their foreign counterparts. For

Chinese banks, it is mostly defensive. Industry

insiders have said that the banking industry will

suffer its hardest blow after the country’s accession

into the World Trade Organization

“War” between Chinese and Foreign Banks after

China’s Accession into WTO

The ministry of Information Industry estimated that

1 trillion Yuan will be invested in the information

technology(IT)industry over the next five years, with

an aim to turn the IT industry into a strategic pillar

sector in stimulating national economic growth and

structure upgrading. It will also ensure that the

sector will double its growth by 2005 from that it was

in 2000, thus increasing its added value to percent of

China’s GDP.

One Trillion Yuan to Be Invested in IT to Boost

Economic Growth and Structure Upgrading.

accord / agreement

back / support

ban / prohibition

bar / prohibit, exclude

bid / attempt

boost / incentive

chide / ridicule

coup/ change in government

curb / restraint

cut / reduce

deal / agreement

drive / campaign, effort

envoy / diplomat

gems / jewels

head / direct

held / restraint

jet / affected badly, airplane

key / essential, vital

link / connection

oust / push out, replace

pack / treaty

pay / wages, salary

poll / public opinion survey

probe / investigate

quit / leave, resign

talks / discussion

ties / relations

top / exceed

tot / child

vow / promise

wed / marry