美国报纸英文简介

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Course description

By providing original English articles published in various kinds of newspapers

and magazines, the course is to help the learners be familiar with the cultural

background in English-speaking countries This course also acquaints students with

different styles and characteristics of the English articles. As a result, students are able

to analyze the ideas, structures and language techniques of the articles dealing with

finance, economics, and world politics.

美国报刊杂志简介

American Newspapers:

The New York Times（纽约时报）

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded in 1851 and

published in New York City. The largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States.

The Times is owned by The New York Times Company, which publishes eighteen

other newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune and The Boston Globe.

The company's chairman is Sulzberger , whose family has controlled the paper since

1896.

The paper's motto, as printed in the upper left-hand corner of the front page, is

"All the News That's Fit to Print." It is organized into sections: News, Opinions,

Business, Arts, Science, Sports, Style, and Features. The Times stayed with the

eight-column format for several years after most papers switched to six columns, and

it was one of the last newspapers to adopt color photography. The Times has won 101

Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization. Its web site was the most popular

American online newspaper Web site as of December 2008, receiving more than

18 million unique visitors in that month.

The Times prices are: $2.00 daily city and nationwide, $5.00 Sunday in and

around the city, $6.00 or $7.00 outside of the metropolitan area.

The Washington Post（华盛顿邮报）

The Washington Post is the newspaper with the largest circulation in

Washington, D.C. and is the city's oldest paper, founded in 1877. Being located in the

nation's capital, it has a particular emphasis on national politics and international

affairs

The Post is generally regarded among the leading daily American newspapers,

along with The New York Times, which is known for its general reporting and

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international coverage, and The Wall Street Journal, which is known for its financial

reporting. The Post has distinguished itself through its political reporting on the

workings of the White House, Congress, and other aspects of the U.S. government.

The Post prices are: $0.75 Daily, $1.50 Sunday.

Los Angeles Times（洛杉矶时报）

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles,

California since 1881. It is distributed throughout the Western United States. It is the

second-largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States and the fourth-most

widely distributed newspaper in the United States. Its daily circulation reported in

October 2008 was 739,000, down from a peak of 1.1 million.

The Times prices are: $0.75 Daily, $1.50 Sunday.

USA Today（今日美国报）

USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett

Company. The paper has the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States

(averaging over 2.25 million copies every weekday). USA Today is distributed in

almost fifty-two states in America.

The Wall Street Journal（华尔街日报）

The Wall Street Journal is an English-language international daily newspaper

published by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, in New York

City, with Asian and European editions. It was the largest-circulation newspaper in

the United States until November 2003, when it was surpassed by USA Today. It

would later regain its number one position in the United States in October of 2009.

The Journal newspaper primarily covers U.S. and international business and

financial news and issues—the paper's name comes from Wall Street, the street in

New York City that is the heart of the financial district. It has been printed

continuously since being founded on July 8, 1889.

The Christian Science Monitor（基督教科学箴言报）

The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) is an international newspaper published

daily online, Monday through Friday, and weekly in print. It was started in 1908 by

Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist. As of March 31,

2008, the print circulation was 56,083.

The CSM is a newspaper that covers international and United States current

events. The paper includes a daily religious feature on the "The Home Forum" page,

but is not a platform for evangelizing.

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