迷你对话学地道口语第105期:重要新闻

　　迷你对话：
A:I don’t know why Yeltsin appears in most newspaper in recent years. And news about him always seems to be the front-page news.
不知道为什么叶利钦这几年总是在报纸上出现，并且关于他的消息还总是在头版。
B:Reporters take great pride in their news coverage¹ and front-page news in the only things they seem to aim at.
记者们很为他们的报道自豪，他们的目标就在于发头版消息。
A:That’s their job to make big noise.
他们的工作就是制造重要新闻嘛。
地道表达：
big noise：重要新闻
解词释义：
改习语在美国俚语中原来是“大人物、要人、名人”的意思。关于他们的新闻常常是“重要的新闻”。
支持范例：
Eg. The announcer interrupted the radio music to give big noise.
播音员停止播放音乐,开始播发一条重要新闻。
Eg. Big noise were dished out at the news conference.
在记者招待会上宣布了一些重要新闻。
Radio Beijing will broadcast the big noise at 10 o'clock.
北京电台将在10点钟广播这条重要新闻。
词海拾贝：
1.in recent years：最近几年中
Eg. In recent years there have been many changes.
最近几年有了许多变化。
Eg. Her books have gone off in recent years.
近年来她写的书质量下降了。
Eg. In recent years, Chinese fancy knots have become very popular in China.
近些年，中国结在中国非常流行。
Eg. In recent years, the domestic² advertising³ industry has developed rapidly.
近年来﹐我国的广告业高速发展。
2.news about：有关......的消息
Eg. Have you heard the good news about my award?
你听到我获奖的好消息了吗?
Eg. He's got inside news about the meeting.
他已得到会议的内幕新闻。
Eg. The television shows us local news about our city.
电视台给我们放映了我们城市的地方新闻。
Eg. Ten days passed away and still there was no news about them.
十天过去了,但仍然没有他们的消息。
3.aim at：目的在于
Eg. We aim at quality rather than quantity.
我们的目的是重质不重量。
Eg. Now we have to take aim at the problem and try to get it solved.
现在我们不得不正视这个难题并试图解决它。
Eg. Our products aim at improving your English skills.
我们的产品旨在提高您的英语水平。
Eg. I aim at being friendly.
我想表示友好。
4.take great pride in：以......为荣耀
Eg. I take pride in running with these great men.
我很荣幸与这些大人物交往。
Eg. She takes great pride in the success of her three children.
她对自己三个孩子的成就感到万分自豪。
Eg . I take great pride in my work.
我对自己的工作感到非常满意。
Eg . People take great pride in getting to that peak.
人们为能登上这座山峰而很自豪。
5.front-page news：头版新闻
6.news coverage：新闻报道

1 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

2 domestic   

adj.家里的，国内的，本国的；n.家仆，佣人

参考例句：

• This is domestic news.这是国内新闻。
• She does the domestic affairs every day.她每天都忙家务。

3 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。