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1、Unit3WhatIsNews?NeilPostmanandStevePowersStructureoftheTextPartI(Para.1)Inthisbeginningparagraph,theauthorsstatethepurposeoftheessay.PartII(Para.2)Somepeoplemightdefinethenewsaswhattelevisiondirectorsandjournalistssayitis.Theauthors,however,thinkthatthisdefinitionistoosimpl
2、istic.PartIII(Paras.3–5)Intheseparagraphs,theauthorsexplainwhythenewscannotbesimplydefinedas“whathappenedthatday”or“whathappenedthatdaythatwasimportantandinteresting”.PartIV(Paras.6–11)Intheseparagraphs,theauthorstellreadersthatthenewsismoreoftenmaderatherthangathered,andit
3、ismadeonthebasisofwhatthejournalistthinksimportantorwhatthejournalistthinkstheaudiencethinksisimportant.Therefore,everynewsstoryisareflectionofthereporterwhotellsthestory.PartV(Paras.12–15)Intheseparagraphs,theauthorspointoutthattomakesenseofthenews,theviewerhastoknowsometh
4、ingaboutthejournalist’spoliticalbeliefsaswellashisprejudices,interests,andquirkswhichare,inturn,influencedbyhisfinancialstatus,thecompanieshehasworkedfor,theschoolshewentto,thebookshehasread,etc.PartVI(Paras.16–17)Intheseparagraphs,theauthorspointoutthatthejournalistcannota
5、lwaysimposehis/herviewsonthegeneralpublicbecausethetelevisionchannelornewspapercannotsurviveunlessthenewstheyprovidesatisfiestheneedsofthegeneralpublic.Ontheotherhand,theviewer/readermustalsotakeintoaccounthisorherrelationshiptoalargeraudiencebecausetelevisionandnewspapersa
6、remassmediaandtheirnewsisnotintendedforanaudienceofone.PartVII(Paras.18–20)Intheseparagraphs,theauthorsdiscusssomeotherpossibledefinitionsofnews:newsassomethingtogivepeoplepleasure;newsassomethinginstructivethatrevealsthemores,values,andidealsofasociety;newsaslivinghistory;
7、newsasasourceofliterature;newsasareflectionofhumanpain,suffering,tragediesandconfusion;newsassomethingtoinspirepeopleandmakethemoptimistic;newsassomethingtofrightenpeopleandmakethemawareoftheseamysideofthereality;lastbutnotleast,newsasafillerbetweencommercials.PartVIII(Para
8、.21)Inthisparagraph,theauthorsconcludetheessaybyreiteratingtheirpurposeinraisingth
