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These days we've got so much topical news: American Election, Yasser Arafat's death... You know, there's an old saying in English--No news is good news. Does that mean if we do hear the news it's supposed to be bad? Everybody has his orher own opinion. However, I don't want to comment on any news here. I'd like to talk about the term "news" itself. So far how many expressions have you known about the news? You might mention "breaking news", "Daily news" ...  Not enough! :) Come on. David has more! 

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【Vocabulary】

News   (nz, nyz) pl.n. (used with a sing. verb)

Definition:

A.Information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by newspapers, periodicals, radio, or television.

B. A presentation of such information, as in a newspaper or on a newscast. (From www.dictionary.com)

Introduction:

News is the reporting of current events usually by local, regional or mass media in the form of newspapers, television and radio programs, or sites on the World Wide Web. News reporting is a type of journalism, typically written or broadcast in news style. Most news is investigated and presented by journalists (or reporters) and often distributed via news agencies. If the content of news is significant enough, it eventually becomes history.
To be considered news, an event usually must have broad interest due to one or more news values:
•     Impact (how many people were, are or will be affected?)
•     Timeliness (did the event occur very recently?)
•     Revelation (is there significant new information, previously unknown?)
•     Proximity (was the event nearby geographically?)
•     Entertainment (does it make for a fun story?)
•     Oddity (was the event highly unusual?)
•     Celebrity (was anyone famous involved?)

        N

         W       +        E

          S

News coverage often includes the "five W's and the H" -- who, what, where, when, why, and how.
The word "news" comes from a special use of the plural of the word "new", and not as the common backronym claims, from the four cardinal directions (North, East, West, and South). Old spellings of the word varied widey—newesse, newis, nevis, neus, newys, niewes, newis, nues, etc—casting further doubt on the popular etymological theory.
In democracies, news organizations are often expected to aim for objectivity: reporters cover both sides in a controversy and try to eliminate bias. This is not true of all organizations in all cultures. For instance, British television news is required to be objective, but the newspapers are expected to have a point of view although limits are set by the government agency Ofcom, the Office of Communications, and the UK has stricter libel laws than the US for the press.
(From Wikipedia)

Expressions:

breaking news 突发的消息

wonderful news 极好的消息

welcome news 可喜的消息

unsettling news 使人不安的消息

topical news 时事新闻

thrilling news 令人兴奋的消息

television news 电视新闻

tearful news 悲痛的消息

surprising news 惊人的消息

spread news 传播消息

sore news 使人痛心的消息

news agency 通讯社

news analyst 评论员

news blackout 新闻管制

news bulletin 公告

news communication 新闻广播

news conference 记者招待会

news editing 新闻编辑

news film 新闻片

news flash 最后新闻 简短的新闻报道

news hen （美）女新闻记者

news ink 新闻用墨水

news network 新闻网

news period 新闻课

news picture 新闻片

news release (=press release) 新闻稿

news report 新闻报道

news room 新闻编辑室

news stall (newsstand) 报亭

news vendor 卖报人

news window 新闻图片栏 

news sheet 小报

news beat 新闻记者的采访区

newsboy 报童，送报人

newscaster 新闻播报员

news letter时事通讯

newsmaker制造新闻的事件

newsmonger爱传播新闻的人, 饶舌者

newspaper 报纸

newspaper campaign新闻战

newspaper page facsimile apparatus报纸传真机

newspeak (以规避,迂回,含混为特点的)官方宣传语言

newsreader 新闻广播员

newsreel新闻影片

newswire 新闻专线

newsworthy 有新闻价值的

newsy多新闻的, 成话题的, 爱闲话的

- 作者： 涵维 2005年05月15日, 星期日 19:53 加入博采