Headlines头条新闻.ppt

Newspaper headlines can be difficult to understand for those unfamiliar with their particular style
Headlines use a kind of simplified English
Rather than complete sentences, headlines pick and choose certain words for effect
Many headlines consist of noun phrases with no verbs
Holiday Hotel Death
More Wage Cuts
Exeter Man’s Double Marriage Bid
Headlines can be a string of three, four, or more nouns. The nouns may modify each other.
Consider this example:
Furniture Factory Pay Cut Row
It sometimes helps to read the the headline backwards.
“Furniture Factory Pay Cut Row” refers to..
It sometimes helps to read the the headline backwards.
“Furniture Factory Pay Cut Row” refers to..
A row (disagreement)
It sometimes helps to read the the headline backwards.
“Furniture Factory Pay Cut Row” refers to..
A row (disagreement)
About a cut (reduction)
It sometimes helps to read the the headline backwards.
“Furniture Factory Pay Cut Row” refers to..
A row (disagreement)
About a cut (reduction)
In pay
It sometimes helps to read the the headline backwards.
“Furniture Factory Pay Cut Row” refers to..
A row (disagreement)
About a cut (reduction)
In pay
At a factory
It sometimes helps to read the the headline backwards.
“Furniture Factory Pay Cut Row” refers to..
A row (disagreement)
About a cut (reduction)
In pay
At a factory
Which makes furniture.