英美报刊选读》（反思性日记）

姓名：吕毅杰 班级：英语114 学号： 2011012894 Reflective Journal

December 16th,2013 Monday

This is the first time to write the reflective diaries.To be honest, I really like this course. Admittedly,in each class, i can know about variety of interesting news,and Ms Xue is very enthusiasm in class.

Of course, what is the most important is the significances: firstly, good learning Resources for English learners for the rich vocabulary,which includes various idioms, common sayings and diverse phrases.Secondly, it will enable the learners to enhance their reading ability by providing authentic English learning material. Thirdly,broaden the readers’horizon, being the major access to world news..At last, good helper for the learners to improve their writing skill, due to the expert use of various writing techniques like personification, irony etc.in features.

However,we will face a lot of problems when reading the News.There are three major difficulties of Reading English Newspapers.First of all, the special writing style which often goes against the normal grammar will pose great obstacle for learners because it always strives to contain the richest information in as few words as possible.What’s more,News English is rich in puns overtones,and various word games by means of polysemy,synonym and antinomy.Finally,western journalists like to quote the classics in their reports, so lack of necessary cultural background knowledge will lead to confusion.

In fact,Even though there are many difficulties in learning this course,I still like it.Especially those papers,which are cogent.For example,the first paragraph of “How china runs the world economy”:”’If you want one year of prosperity, grow people’.This old Chinese proverb crudely sums up how the entry of China’s massive labour force into the global economy may prove to be the most profound change for