专八新闻听力词汇.docx

新闻听力在专八中难度不大，尤其和mini-lecture比起来，简单很多，提前可以看到问题和选项。带着这些预读信息去进行target-oriented 的听力，命中率一般都很高，练习到后期不希望考生失掉哪怕一分。有可能成文满分绊脚石的就是一些“纸老虎”般的新闻听力特定词汇，请大家提前预热。其实出题考这些词汇的几率特别小，只是形式上吓人罢了。accredited journalist n. 特派记者advance n. 预发消息；预写消息They have got advance information of the storms approach. 他们事前已得到将有暴风雨的消息。affair n. 桃色新闻；绯闻anecdote n.趣闻轶事He departs from the text to tell an anecdote. 他没讲课文而讲了一段轶事。assignment n. 采写任务Hes going to India on an assignment for his newspaper. 他将去印度为他的报纸完成某项工作。attribution n. 消息出处，消息来源back alley news n. 小道消息backgrounding n. 新闻背景Bad news travels quickly. 坏事传千里。banner n. 通栏标题beat n. 采写范围body n. 新闻正文boil 压缩（篇幅）The reporter boiled the story down to half the original length. 报告人把原稿压缩了一半。box n. 花边新闻brief n. 简讯bulletin n. 新闻简报Here is the latest bulletin about the Presidents health.这是总统健康情况的最新报告。caption n. 图片说明I didnt understand the drawing until I read the caption.直到我看到这幅画的说明才弄懂其意思。caricature n. 漫画carryvt. 刊登cartoon n. 漫画His cartoon mercilessly lampoon the leading politician of the day. 他的讽刺漫画无情地挖苦了当今的政界要人。censorvt. 审查（新闻稿件），新闻审查Several words have been deleted from the article by the censor. 那篇文章中有好几个字被新闻检查官删去了chart n. 每周流行音乐排行版That song has been in the charts for weeks.那首歌已有好几周都上了流行榜。clipping n．剪报I wish to apply for the position advertised in the enclosed clipping from the morning Herald. 本人欲申请＜先驱早报＞上广告招聘剪报随函寄去的职位。column n．专栏；栏目There are two columns on each page of this dictionary.这本词典每一页有两栏。columnist n．专栏作家Shes a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。continued story 连载故事；连载小说contributing editor 特约编辑contribution n.（投给报刊的）稿件；投稿The editor is short of contribution for the May issue. 编辑缺少五月号一期上的稿件。contributor n. 投稿人My friends in the Chinese press tell me that at present, there is no lack of contributors, but because of limitations in space, not all their works can be published. 华文报朋友告诉我，现阶段仍不乏投稿人士，但因篇幅不足未能全部刊登copy desk n. 新闻编辑部copy editor n. 文字编辑correction n．更正（启事）例句与用法:The teacher wrote t