CurrentNewsReadingCOURSESFORSECONDCREDITSTUDENTSContents3SocialCulture185101214Chapter3123MajorBritishnewspapersandperiodicalsNewspaperheadlinesPractice1MajorBritishnewspapersandperiodicalsNationalSeriousPaper：TimesTheDailyTelegraphTheGuardianFinancialTimes《泰晤士報》《每日電訊報》《衛報》《金融時報》1MajorBritishnewspapersandperiodicalsNationalSundayPaperTheObserverSundayTimesTheSundayTelegraph《觀察家報》《星期日泰晤士報》《星期日電訊報》1MajorBritishnewspapersandperiodicalsNationalPopPaper《每日快報》（DailyExpress）《每日郵報》（DailyMail）《每日鏡報》（DailyMirror）NationalSundayPopPaper《星期日郵報》（SundayMail）《世界新聞報》（NewsoftheWorld）《星期日快報》（SundayExpress）《星期日鏡報》（SundayMirror）《星期日人民報》（SundayPeople）地方報紙（localpapers）中的《格拉斯哥先驅報》（GlasgowHerald）等也在全國發行。著名的晚報主要有倫敦出版的《旗幟晚報》（EveningStandard）等1MajorBritishnewspapersandperiodicalsOthermajorpaper《伯明翰郵報》（BirminghamPost）《伯明翰晚郵報》（BirminghamEveningMail）《每日紀事報》（DailyRecord）《新聞晚報》（EveningNews）《愛爾蘭新聞報》（IrishNews）《利物浦回聲報》（LiverpoolEcho）《利物浦每日郵報》（LiverpoolDailyPost）《晨星報》（MorningStar）《北方回聲報》（NorthernEcho）《蘇格蘭每日快報》（ScottishDailyExpress）《星期日太陽報》（SundaySun）《西部郵報》（WesternMail）《約克郡郵報》（YorkshirePost）1MajorBritishnewspapersandperiodicalsFamousMagazine《經濟學家》（Economist）《旁觀者》（Spectator）《新政治家》（NewStatesman）《新科學家》（NewScientist）《聽眾》（Listener）《今日世界》（WorldToday）1MajorBritishnewspapersandperiodicalsFamousMagazine《今日英國》（BritainToday）《英國周刊》（BritishWeekly）《當代評論》（ContemporaryReview）《倫敦雜志》（LondonMagazine）《新社會》（NewSociety）《觀察家評論》（ObserverReview）《笨拙周刊》（Punch）《廣播時報》（RadioTimes）《論壇》（Tribune）《電視時代》（TVTimes）《婦女周刊》（Woman）《世界觀察》（WorldView）2NewspaperheadlinesAnewspaperheadlineisthemostimportantpartofanewsstoryforseveralreasons:Firstly,itusuallysummarizesthelead,andtheleadsummarizesthewholestory.Secondly,theheadlinedrawsthereader’sattentiontothestory.Therefore,theappealofastorylargelydependsupontheheadline.Thirdly,theheadlinehelpsthereaderevaluatethenews.Premier'sAsia,Europevisitfruitful

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HeadlinesThatContainaQuotationSometimesaquotationisusedasaheadlinewhenitsimplytellsthemaintopicofthestory,e.g.：Hu:Patience'keytoresolving'nuclearissuesHANOI:ChinasaidonSundaythat“wisdomandpatience”areneededtofindsolutionstothenuclearissuesonKoreanPeninsula.Quotationmarkscanbeusedtoindicateadirectquotationandcanalsobeusedtotellthereaderthatawordorwordsarebeingusedoutsidetheirnormalmeaning,e.g.：Sessersays“Chinathreat”groundlessAnotherkindofquotationheadline：Philippinevolcanomayseeeruptionagain，expertssay2.2TypesofNewspaperHeadlines4

FeatureHeadlinesThefeatureheadlinesaremarkedbylanguagethatcantouchareader’scuriosity，amazementorhumor.Theyreflectthetonesofthestoriesratherthansummarizethefactsinthem,e.g.:Lifeismountains,yaks,wineOnce-destitutevillageweaves