1.NewspaperEnglish 　　“Learningalanguageisnotmerelyanacademicexercise.StudentsofEnglishwanttobeabletousethelanguagetheyhaveacquiredinthesamewayasEnglishpeopleuseit.TheynotonlywanttounderstandspokenEnglishandtomakethemselvesunderstand;theyalsowanttobeabletoappreciateEnglishtelevisionandradioprogrammers,tolaughatEnglishjokes,tosingEnglishsongsandtoreadEnglishnewspapers.Thislastwishoftengivesrisetosomedisappointment,whenforexample,thestudentwhohaspassedhisexamswithtopmarksandhasearnedthecommendationofhisteacherfindsthatheisquiteunabletounderstandthenewspaperswhichheknowsEnglishpeoplereadeveryday.Herealizesthathelackssomething. 　　“Thedeficiencyisnotentirelyhisfault.ThedifficultiesinthefactthatBritishnewspapershaveastylealloftheirown;or-rather-eachpaperhasitsownindividualstyleformingpartofageneraljournalisticpatternwhichwemaylooselyclassifyas‘NewspaperEnglish’.Themorepopulardailiesuseachatty,slangy,up-to-themomentwayofwriting,which,asoftenasnot,leavestheforeignreaderverybewildered,ifnotunderatotallyfalseimpression.Hereisatypicalpieceofsuchreporting: 　　CurvaceousPatriciaPotts,thegirlwiththesmashingsilhouettewhowasScunthorpe’sDishoftheMonthinOctober-thedishiestdishinthearea-wasdishedupwithadishoftroubleonherwayhomefrombingolastnight.Twowould-bemuggerstrieditoninDarkstreetnearherhome,butshesentthempackingwithhandbaga-whirling,nailsa-scratchingandplatformclogsa-kicking. 　　“Eventhemostconscientiousstudentmightbeforgivenforgivingupatthispoint.Andyetitmustberealizedthatthisstylecarriesnoproblemsforthemillionsthatreadeveryday. 　　“Headlinesareanotherproblem.TheEnglishreaderscanstheheadlinestofindoutwhatthenewsstoriesareabout;theforeignstudenthastoreadthestoriestofindoutwhattheheadlinesmean. 　　“Thepopularpress,inordertoprintasmuchinformationinassmallaspaceaspossible,haddevelopedacontent-packedsentence,veryoftencrammedwithcompoundwordsofahighlycomplicatednature,thatneedstobetreatedwarilyatfirst.Forexample: 　　WarwickshirepoliceannouncedlatelastnightthatArthurPrentice,a35-year-oldlorrydriverofBabblesthorpe,Cambridgeshire,wantedinconnectionwiththedisappearanceof17-year-oldGlenysDennisfromherhomeinCambridgelastMarch,hadbeenarrestedintheSolihullareaofBirminghamandwashelpingpolicewiththeirenquiries. 　　Thereareatleast15factsinthisonesentence.Suchhastobedigestedslowly.IfthestudentofEnglishattemptstoabsorbalotofthissortofthingatspeed,hewillunderstandverylittleofwhathehasread...” 　　fromWhat'sInTheNews?byGeoffreyLand 　　Notes: 　　1.asoftenasnot:quitefrequently 　　2.curvaceous:havingmanycurves,ofshapelyfemalefigure 　　3.Scunthorpe’sDishoftheMonthinOctober-thedishiestdishinthearea-wasdishedupwithadishoftrouble... 　　DishoftheMonth:theattractivegirlofthecurrentmonth 　　thedishiestdish:themostattractivegirl 　　wasdishedupwithadishoftrouble:wasgivenakindoftroublethatsomepeoplehadpreparedforher. 　　4.shesentthempacking:shesentthetwowould-bemuggersrunningaway.