精选新闻英语翻译-2.pptVIP

News Leads 新闻导语 The opening words or paragraph of a news story, containing all the essential facts of the story. News Leads Summary Leads 摘要性导语 Special Leads 特殊导语 * Summary Leads A concise opening paragraph that is no more than 35 words and provides “5 W’s and H” Elements of the news story. This paragraph must be one single sentence. * Special Leads Special Leads: Leads without “5 W’s and H” Types of Special Leads: Narrative/Contrast/Question/Quote * Robert Gunning: 10 Principles of News Translation Robert Gunning: a former consultant to more than 100 daily newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal and the United Press International, developed what he called the 10 principles of clear writing. * Robert Gunning: 10 Principles of News Translation Keep sentences short, on average Prefer the simple to complex Prefer the familiar word Avoid unnecessary words Put action into your verbs * Robert Gunning: 10 Principles of News Translation Write the way you talk Use terms your reader can picture Tie in with your reader’s experience Make full use of variety Write to express, not to impress * News Item 1 Obama to Lift Stem Cell  Research Restrictions U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to sign an executive order Monday that will lift restrictions on the use of federal funding for medical research using human embryonic stem cells. * News Item 2 Cancer May Soon Be  Worlds Leading Killer Experts say one reason more people are dying from cancer is because more people are smoking cigarettes in developing countries. 40% of the worlds smokers are believed to live in China and India alone. Other things including high fat diets and reduced physical activity are also believed to be pushing the numbers upward. * Health experts predict that soon, more people will die from cancer than from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. They expect that by 2010, cancer will become the worlds le