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2. If you were a reporter, what news would you report?”

3. How to write news

4. what kinds of news you have read?

5. 1、War/terrorism 2、Bad weather 3、Disaster

6. 4、Money 5、Health and safety 6、Policy

7. 7、Sports 8、Science and technology 9、Entertainment

8. Two Characteristics • 1.The first sentence of the news tell us the basic information of the event. • who • what • when • where • why • (How)

9. what who when how/why where

10. Two Characteristics • 2.Inverted pyramid structure(倒三角形结构） • the decreasing importanceofinformation in subsequent paragraphs. the most important point the least important point

11. Two kinds of newspaper • quality paper(质量类报) • popular paper(通俗类报)

13. How to write a news article?

14. a news article • News Headline(heading, head, title) 标题 • Subhead (deck)（副标题、小标题) • News Lead（ a news article’s first sentence）新闻导语 • Body 正文

15. Headline

16. subhead

17. Going abroad for Lunar New Year The approach of Spring Festival could be easily detected in overseas Chinatowns shortly after the clock rang in 2015. Although the new year of the traditional Chinese calendar starts on Feb 19, Asian restaurants, groceries and supermarkets in large foreign cities around the world were stocking up on seasonal goods of all kinds, from red lanterns to Spring Festival scrolls, for local Chinese residents to do their Chinese New Year shopping. Still, there are nostalgic voices among Chinese who complain that the lively Spring Festival mood that prevailed before the 21st century seems to be fading, even though standards of living were not as high back then. News Lead新闻导语

18. body Traditions such as spending Chinese New Year's Eve with the family and sitting at dinner tables graced by a traditional spread have made way for new practices, they say, as many Chinese families have opted to spend Chinese New Year overseas in recent years. This will be the third year that Wei Wei, a 34-year-old college teacher in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, will travel with his architect wife, Yu Shuli, and spend Spring Festival in a foreign country, after they had a pleasant time doing so in 2013. "It is too cold in Hangzhou in the winter. That was the biggest reason why my wife and I wanted to spend the new year elsewhere, preferably somewhere tropical," Wei said. "We were surprised that when we mentioned our plan to our parents, they agreed without

19. body hesitation. They also feel that the Chinese New Year has become a mere formality." With approval and support from the older generation, the couple decided to arrange a trip to Bangkok and Chiangmai in Thailand during Chinese New Year in 2013. "Thailand is the perfect choice for us, because it not only meets our aim of spending the holiday somewhere warm with tasty exotic dishes, especially fresh seafood, but also because it is less costly in Southeast Asia," Wei said. The couple "got addicted" to the idea and decided to continue the new practice.

20. steps to write our own news • Step 1: make a list of the information you want to include in the article. • Step 2: write one simple but complete sentence to show your topic • Step 3:Give all the important details.

21. Step 4:Follow up main facts with additional information Step 5: Check facts before concluding. Step 6:Keep your writing objective Step 7:Conclude your article.

22. If you were a reporter, what news would you report?”