CHINA Shenzhou-19 Crewed Spaceship Launched China launched the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship on 30 October,sending three astronauts-including the country’s first female space engineer-to its orbiting space station for...CHINA Shenzhou-19 Crewed Spaceship Launched China launched the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship on 30 October,sending three astronauts-including the country’s first female space engineer-to its orbiting space station for a six-month mission.展开更多
“The Era of Foreign Newspapers”refers to the period from the emergence of the first modern newspaper in Hankow in 1866 to 1900 when Wuhan’s newspaper industry was dominated by foreign newspapers.The well-known fore...“The Era of Foreign Newspapers”refers to the period from the emergence of the first modern newspaper in Hankow in 1866 to 1900 when Wuhan’s newspaper industry was dominated by foreign newspapers.The well-known foreign newspapers in Wuhan during this period mainly included Hankow Times,The New Edition of Tan Dao,and Han Bao.The subjective purpose of foreigners’early endeavors of running newspapers in Wuhan was mainly to use newspapers to convey business information,spread religion,or influence public opinion in order to safeguard their own interests in China.However,foreign newspapers in this period played a constructive role in the development of Wuhan’s local society:It gave birth to the emergence and development of the first private and official newspapers in Wuhan and shaped the local social,cultural,and political changes in Wuhan in the late Qing Dynasty.Sorting out and explaining the constructive influence of Hankow’s foreign newspaper in this period has certain significance for restoring the social and political landscape of Wuhan at that time and better understanding the context of historical development.展开更多
CHINA Production of New Energy Vehicles Reaches New Milestone China’s annual production of new energy vehicles(NEVs)surpassed the 10 million milestone for the first time on 14 November,in an accelerated drive towards...CHINA Production of New Energy Vehicles Reaches New Milestone China’s annual production of new energy vehicles(NEVs)surpassed the 10 million milestone for the first time on 14 November,in an accelerated drive towards a greener future.At a ceremony held in Wuhan,central China’s Hubei Province.展开更多
Nowadays Chinese people are attaching great importance to English news that not only offers worldwide information but gives a hand to English learners with their improvement in English.As is called the eyes of English...Nowadays Chinese people are attaching great importance to English news that not only offers worldwide information but gives a hand to English learners with their improvement in English.As is called the eyes of English news,headlines are partic ularly important.Generally speaking,English news headlines are precise,brief and as attractive as possible.They have their own grammar features and vocabulary features while different devices are employed to make them expressive and striking.展开更多
News is an important medium to transmit social information and reflect social reality. Its effects are irreplaceable and the news language which is a carrier to spread information is in fact influenced by many factors...News is an important medium to transmit social information and reflect social reality. Its effects are irreplaceable and the news language which is a carrier to spread information is in fact influenced by many factors such as society, economy and culture. In order to exert its function to gain different social ends, the presentation of news language owns distinguishing features. This article starts from Verschueren's Adaption Theory to have the final conclusion that the adaption to the social, mental and physical world is the key element for the determination of the originality in news language.展开更多
Fuzziness, as intrinsic property of natural language, appears to be an extremely pervasive phenomenon in language communication with no exception of news reporting. To some extent, the usage of a great number of fuzzy...Fuzziness, as intrinsic property of natural language, appears to be an extremely pervasive phenomenon in language communication with no exception of news reporting. To some extent, the usage of a great number of fuzzy expressions in news reporting reflects the property of reporter as functional entity. On different occasions, reporters, when reporting news, may play such three kinds of roles as the first information source, the second information source or the virtual interpreter. The different roles-playing determines the pragmatic intention of fuzzy language in news reporting.展开更多
This paper aims to demonstrate the pervasiveness of metaphor chunks in News English and introduce effective ways of understanding themcorrectly from the perspective of cognitive linguistics.Considering the difficulty ...This paper aims to demonstrate the pervasiveness of metaphor chunks in News English and introduce effective ways of understanding themcorrectly from the perspective of cognitive linguistics.Considering the difficulty in making out the accurate meaning of metaphor chunks in News Eng-lish,some translation strategies have also been proposed in hopes that it will benefit readers in their understanding and appreciation of News English.展开更多
Consistent with previous research, results showed men get more paragraphs and photography coverage. Interestingly, women's factual information is always associated with relevant men report, including P.E relevant ...Consistent with previous research, results showed men get more paragraphs and photography coverage. Interestingly, women's factual information is always associated with relevant men report, including P.E relevant with personal information.展开更多
This paper makes a study on the significance of theme and its application in discourse analysis.Through the analysis of a news report from The New York Times,the author deeply discusses the importance of theme in the ...This paper makes a study on the significance of theme and its application in discourse analysis.Through the analysis of a news report from The New York Times,the author deeply discusses the importance of theme in the process of discourse analysis.展开更多
Newspaper is, to some extent, a mirror of our society, reflecting the latest change and development of the society.News text is a linguistic representation of the world. This paper is to briefly introduce the structur...Newspaper is, to some extent, a mirror of our society, reflecting the latest change and development of the society.News text is a linguistic representation of the world. This paper is to briefly introduce the structure, writing and linguistic styles of news texts and thus to increase readers' awareness of the distinctive features of news texts.展开更多
Modality is used to express subjective judgment as well as the speaker’s opinions and attitudes.This paper aims to analyze the reporters’orientation reflected by linguistic modal expressions in English news reports ...Modality is used to express subjective judgment as well as the speaker’s opinions and attitudes.This paper aims to analyze the reporters’orientation reflected by linguistic modal expressions in English news reports from the perspective of Systemic-Functional Grammar,especially from the perspective of type,value,orientation and polarity.展开更多
A headline is an inseparable component of news, which serves the role of eyes. So wring a brief, accurate and eye-catching headline is very important. With plenty of practical examples given, the paper discusses lexic...A headline is an inseparable component of news, which serves the role of eyes. So wring a brief, accurate and eye-catching headline is very important. With plenty of practical examples given, the paper discusses lexical features of English news headlines through different aspects, including the use of nouns and midget words, vogue words, derivatives, nonce words, loans and so on. It also introduces some translating strategies according to their distinctive lexical characteristics.展开更多
Nida's famous notion of Dynamic Equivalence in translation process is characterized by three stages - analysis, transfer and restructuring, which are explained in detail. The application of these principles are il...Nida's famous notion of Dynamic Equivalence in translation process is characterized by three stages - analysis, transfer and restructuring, which are explained in detail. The application of these principles are illustrated by providing step-by-step explanation on the translation process of headings of two news reports, which are selected from Far Eastern Economic Review.展开更多
English financial news headlines are distinguished from other types of titles for its distinctive characteristics.Besidesthat,when it comes to the problem of different thinking modes,the core of the translation is to ...English financial news headlines are distinguished from other types of titles for its distinctive characteristics.Besidesthat,when it comes to the problem of different thinking modes,the core of the translation is to keep the pragmatic equivalence forthe sake of achieving effective communications in cross-cultural background.Based on analysis of the features of English financialnews headlines,this paper aims at searching for better translation strategies for these from the perspective of pragmatics.展开更多
As H1N1 influenza rages across the world from the very beginning of mid 2009,lots of news reports focus on it.This essay mainly studies the stylistics features of News English by reading news reports on H1N1.The study...As H1N1 influenza rages across the world from the very beginning of mid 2009,lots of news reports focus on it.This essay mainly studies the stylistics features of News English by reading news reports on H1N1.The study tries to find lexical features,sentence features and grammatical features of News English.Through the study we find that News English has its own stylistics features in words,sentences and grammar.展开更多
This paper is holding the purpose of summing up the theories and methods based on many examples which demonstrate principles,features and technique skills in news headline translation.We know that the translation of n...This paper is holding the purpose of summing up the theories and methods based on many examples which demonstrate principles,features and technique skills in news headline translation.We know that the translation of news headlines which is considered as the eyes and window of news appears very essential as many people do not have enough time to read the whole text from beginning to the end.They tend to browse headlines at first and then pick up the news in which the headline attracts them.From the paper,we can draw a conclusion that English news headline translation is not an easy task,and we need more study and practice to make it better and do our utmost to help Chinese readers when they are reading English newspapers or magazines.展开更多
Objective The purpose of this study was to explore how obesity was covered in television news in China, including the trends over time and the characteristics of obesity-related news. Methods The frame analysis was ad...Objective The purpose of this study was to explore how obesity was covered in television news in China, including the trends over time and the characteristics of obesity-related news. Methods The frame analysis was adopted to assess the content of obesity-related news broadcasted in China Central Television （CCTV） from 1982 to 2009. To investigate the characteristics of the news, the obesity-related news was divided into subgroups according to populations concerned, as well as the period in which the news was broadcasted. The differences between subgroups were examined. Results A total of 1 599 pieces of news reported obesity, in which 1 278 pieces （79.92%） aired in ＂wealthy＂ period （2006-2009）. More news was concerned with adults （1 134, 70.92%）. ＂Individual behavior＂ dominated most of the cause frames （389, 24.33%）, solution frames （522, 32.65%）, and responsibility frames （860, 53.78%）. There was more news mentioning individual factors in news aired in ＂wealthy＂ period and news concerning children. The coverage of social-structure causes was higher in news concerning children, while the coverage of social-structure solutions was higher in news concerning children and news aired in ＂wealthy＂ period. Conclusion Although the coverage of obesity was modest, it showed an incremental trend as the economy grew. Obesity was mostly depicted as an individual problem in terms of responsibility, causes and solutions.展开更多
This thesis talks about the lexical features of News English from seven respects.The words in News English are very plentiful.There are vivid and graphic oral words,midget words,abbreviated words,borrowed words,loanwo...This thesis talks about the lexical features of News English from seven respects.The words in News English are very plentiful.There are vivid and graphic oral words,midget words,abbreviated words,borrowed words,loanwords,euphemisms and many other new words.Studying these words is a good way to master the rhetorical skills of News English.展开更多
As is known to all,headlines serve as a summary and advertisement for the main idea of the news so as to make the reader have a better understanding.Therefore,to some degree,we can say that the headline is the soul of...As is known to all,headlines serve as a summary and advertisement for the main idea of the news so as to make the reader have a better understanding.Therefore,to some degree,we can say that the headline is the soul of a news report.Rhetoric,in all kinds of writing in all kinds of languages,can be applied and make an efficient effect.As for an English news headline,it is usually formed with certain rhetorical device to embody its soul and to appeal to more readers.This paper is to introduce and discuss the rhetorical features of the news headlines with examples and analysis.展开更多
文摘CHINA Shenzhou-19 Crewed Spaceship Launched China launched the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship on 30 October,sending three astronauts-including the country’s first female space engineer-to its orbiting space station for a six-month mission.
基金supported by the Department of Education,Hubei Province(Grant No.22Q009).
文摘“The Era of Foreign Newspapers”refers to the period from the emergence of the first modern newspaper in Hankow in 1866 to 1900 when Wuhan’s newspaper industry was dominated by foreign newspapers.The well-known foreign newspapers in Wuhan during this period mainly included Hankow Times,The New Edition of Tan Dao,and Han Bao.The subjective purpose of foreigners’early endeavors of running newspapers in Wuhan was mainly to use newspapers to convey business information,spread religion,or influence public opinion in order to safeguard their own interests in China.However,foreign newspapers in this period played a constructive role in the development of Wuhan’s local society:It gave birth to the emergence and development of the first private and official newspapers in Wuhan and shaped the local social,cultural,and political changes in Wuhan in the late Qing Dynasty.Sorting out and explaining the constructive influence of Hankow’s foreign newspaper in this period has certain significance for restoring the social and political landscape of Wuhan at that time and better understanding the context of historical development.
文摘CHINA Production of New Energy Vehicles Reaches New Milestone China’s annual production of new energy vehicles(NEVs)surpassed the 10 million milestone for the first time on 14 November,in an accelerated drive towards a greener future.At a ceremony held in Wuhan,central China’s Hubei Province.
文摘Nowadays Chinese people are attaching great importance to English news that not only offers worldwide information but gives a hand to English learners with their improvement in English.As is called the eyes of English news,headlines are partic ularly important.Generally speaking,English news headlines are precise,brief and as attractive as possible.They have their own grammar features and vocabulary features while different devices are employed to make them expressive and striking.
文摘News is an important medium to transmit social information and reflect social reality. Its effects are irreplaceable and the news language which is a carrier to spread information is in fact influenced by many factors such as society, economy and culture. In order to exert its function to gain different social ends, the presentation of news language owns distinguishing features. This article starts from Verschueren's Adaption Theory to have the final conclusion that the adaption to the social, mental and physical world is the key element for the determination of the originality in news language.
文摘Fuzziness, as intrinsic property of natural language, appears to be an extremely pervasive phenomenon in language communication with no exception of news reporting. To some extent, the usage of a great number of fuzzy expressions in news reporting reflects the property of reporter as functional entity. On different occasions, reporters, when reporting news, may play such three kinds of roles as the first information source, the second information source or the virtual interpreter. The different roles-playing determines the pragmatic intention of fuzzy language in news reporting.
文摘This paper aims to demonstrate the pervasiveness of metaphor chunks in News English and introduce effective ways of understanding themcorrectly from the perspective of cognitive linguistics.Considering the difficulty in making out the accurate meaning of metaphor chunks in News Eng-lish,some translation strategies have also been proposed in hopes that it will benefit readers in their understanding and appreciation of News English.
文摘Consistent with previous research, results showed men get more paragraphs and photography coverage. Interestingly, women's factual information is always associated with relevant men report, including P.E relevant with personal information.
文摘This paper makes a study on the significance of theme and its application in discourse analysis.Through the analysis of a news report from The New York Times,the author deeply discusses the importance of theme in the process of discourse analysis.
文摘Newspaper is, to some extent, a mirror of our society, reflecting the latest change and development of the society.News text is a linguistic representation of the world. This paper is to briefly introduce the structure, writing and linguistic styles of news texts and thus to increase readers' awareness of the distinctive features of news texts.
文摘Modality is used to express subjective judgment as well as the speaker’s opinions and attitudes.This paper aims to analyze the reporters’orientation reflected by linguistic modal expressions in English news reports from the perspective of Systemic-Functional Grammar,especially from the perspective of type,value,orientation and polarity.
文摘A headline is an inseparable component of news, which serves the role of eyes. So wring a brief, accurate and eye-catching headline is very important. With plenty of practical examples given, the paper discusses lexical features of English news headlines through different aspects, including the use of nouns and midget words, vogue words, derivatives, nonce words, loans and so on. It also introduces some translating strategies according to their distinctive lexical characteristics.
文摘Nida's famous notion of Dynamic Equivalence in translation process is characterized by three stages - analysis, transfer and restructuring, which are explained in detail. The application of these principles are illustrated by providing step-by-step explanation on the translation process of headings of two news reports, which are selected from Far Eastern Economic Review.
文摘English financial news headlines are distinguished from other types of titles for its distinctive characteristics.Besidesthat,when it comes to the problem of different thinking modes,the core of the translation is to keep the pragmatic equivalence forthe sake of achieving effective communications in cross-cultural background.Based on analysis of the features of English financialnews headlines,this paper aims at searching for better translation strategies for these from the perspective of pragmatics.
文摘As H1N1 influenza rages across the world from the very beginning of mid 2009,lots of news reports focus on it.This essay mainly studies the stylistics features of News English by reading news reports on H1N1.The study tries to find lexical features,sentence features and grammatical features of News English.Through the study we find that News English has its own stylistics features in words,sentences and grammar.
文摘This paper is holding the purpose of summing up the theories and methods based on many examples which demonstrate principles,features and technique skills in news headline translation.We know that the translation of news headlines which is considered as the eyes and window of news appears very essential as many people do not have enough time to read the whole text from beginning to the end.They tend to browse headlines at first and then pick up the news in which the headline attracts them.From the paper,we can draw a conclusion that English news headline translation is not an easy task,and we need more study and practice to make it better and do our utmost to help Chinese readers when they are reading English newspapers or magazines.
文摘Objective The purpose of this study was to explore how obesity was covered in television news in China, including the trends over time and the characteristics of obesity-related news. Methods The frame analysis was adopted to assess the content of obesity-related news broadcasted in China Central Television （CCTV） from 1982 to 2009. To investigate the characteristics of the news, the obesity-related news was divided into subgroups according to populations concerned, as well as the period in which the news was broadcasted. The differences between subgroups were examined. Results A total of 1 599 pieces of news reported obesity, in which 1 278 pieces （79.92%） aired in ＂wealthy＂ period （2006-2009）. More news was concerned with adults （1 134, 70.92%）. ＂Individual behavior＂ dominated most of the cause frames （389, 24.33%）, solution frames （522, 32.65%）, and responsibility frames （860, 53.78%）. There was more news mentioning individual factors in news aired in ＂wealthy＂ period and news concerning children. The coverage of social-structure causes was higher in news concerning children, while the coverage of social-structure solutions was higher in news concerning children and news aired in ＂wealthy＂ period. Conclusion Although the coverage of obesity was modest, it showed an incremental trend as the economy grew. Obesity was mostly depicted as an individual problem in terms of responsibility, causes and solutions.
文摘This thesis talks about the lexical features of News English from seven respects.The words in News English are very plentiful.There are vivid and graphic oral words,midget words,abbreviated words,borrowed words,loanwords,euphemisms and many other new words.Studying these words is a good way to master the rhetorical skills of News English.
文摘As is known to all,headlines serve as a summary and advertisement for the main idea of the news so as to make the reader have a better understanding.Therefore,to some degree,we can say that the headline is the soul of a news report.Rhetoric,in all kinds of writing in all kinds of languages,can be applied and make an efficient effect.As for an English news headline,it is usually formed with certain rhetorical device to embody its soul and to appeal to more readers.This paper is to introduce and discuss the rhetorical features of the news headlines with examples and analysis.
