大学英语实用写作教程Chapter ten Summary and Book Report.pptVIP

Chapter ten Summary and Book Report We are going to cover in this unit: The summary The book report The news I. The Summary 1. Uses of Summary Writing 2. Procedure (1) Reading (2) Writing (3) Revision II. The Book Report 1. Information about the author and his times 2. A summary of the book 3. Comments on it I Like Reading Books! Formal and Informal Styles 1. The meaning of Style Writer’s habitual or peculiar way of using language Prevalent features of the language of a certain period Characteristic aspects of the language of writing. Grace or elegance in writing. 2. Formal and Informal Styles What are the features to distinguish formal and informal styles? Please find out. Ⅲ. The News Task 1: warm-up discussion As a reader, what news will you attract and impress you at the first glance? Task 2: discuss about “How to write a good news report?” You can cover those: News values: News types: Structure of news: Headline and lead (标题和新闻导语) Linguistic features (语言特点) News values --Truth --Impact (importance, consequence or significance) --Unusualness (bizarreness, oddity or novelty) --Prominence --Timeliness and freshness --Conflict --Human interest News types: --newspaper coverage, magazine coverage, radio news, TV news, cable news and dispatches --world news, home news and local news --political news, economic news, technological news, cultural news, sports news, violence and crime news, entertainment news….. --hard news and soft news. Structure of news: --The Inverted Pyramid Structure --Pyramid Structure Headline and lead(新闻标题和导语) --functions of headline --attracting the readers’ attention --summarizing the story --depicting the mood of the story --helping set the tone of the newspaper Task 2: read the sample headlines and discuss about its linguistic features(语言特点) Linguistic features of headline --use of present tense(现在时态) eg: Beijing Dreams of 2008 --Frequent omission of certain words(省略) Eg: Japan t