[Media/Biz.] Week 10&11 - 20/27.12.08'

1. Assigned Reading [Required]

a. Preliminary of Sight Translation Practise [請好好練習我會抽考]

Global AIDS crisis overblown? Some dare to say so

China Pledges Economic Assistance to Taiwan

b. Primary Entry of Discussion as well as Sight Translation

Japan Unveils Record Budget to Bolster Economy

Illinois Scandal Spotlights SEIU's Use of Political Tactics

Tax Break May Have Helped Cause Housing Bubble (2 pages)

c. Some principles of the structures of a headline: [考DEF.]

1. Simple present tense is used to indicate the action or event which happened in the past.

Ex: Tropical Storm Hanna heads for U.S.; Ike loomsPakistan, Afghanistan deplore U.S. attacks

2. Present progressive tense is used to indicate the action or event which is going on at the present moment or in the near future.

Ex: The Party in Power, Running as if It Weren't

3. Infinitive is used to indicate the future event or action.

Ex: Gadhafi, Libya to greet Rice in historic visitVenezuela to control fuel distribution

4. Past participle tense is used to indicate the action or event in the passive tense.

Ex: House Chairman Failed to Report $75,000 in IncomeChina: Flaws cited in school collapsesIndian flood victims urged to stay in camps

5. Be-verb is usually omitted unless to avoid ambiguity.

China: School collapses in quake due to flaws

6. Short phrases are used for effective purpose.

Markets Across Asia Tumble

7. The articles (a, an, and the) are usually omitted in a headline.

Army says suicides likely setting record

8. Comma is used to replace “and”.

McCain limits jabs, talks action

9. Semi-colon is used to separate two independent clauses with two different events

Ex. India Goes Nuclear; U.S. Concerned

10. Colons are used to indicate the sources of the news.

Ex:

Ma: ROC To Overcome Any Difficulty

Syria: Next U.S. president is 'welcome'Analysis: McCain speech launches a new fight

11. Questions marks are used to indicate the event or the news which is highly doubtful.

Ex: President lied?New light shed on Kennedy shooting?

d.Common Headline Words [You need to familiarise yourself with these.考Accord-Axe]

Accord—agreement
Aid – assist
Aide—assistant
Bare—reveal
Bid—invitation
Body—group
Boost—increase
Chief—president
Cite—honor
Clash—controversy
Oust—expel
Pair—couple
Parley—conference
Peril—danger
Plot—conspire
Quit—resign
Raid—search
Set—arrange
Fake—counterfeit
Fight- campaign
Grab—acquire
Group—committee
Hike—increase
Hold—arrest
Hold—retain
Hurt – injure
Laud—praise
Names—elected, appointed
Shakeup—reorganization
Slate—schedule
Slay—murder
Spur—encourage
Unit—committee
Urge—promote
Vow- pledge
Win—victory
Accord— agreement
Air—to make known
Assail—to criticize strongly
Axe— to dismiss from a job

3. Assigned Reading for Last Week [Catch up if you are somehow lost]

China's Stimulus Slights Human Capital

Back at Junk Value, Recyclables Are Piling Up