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英语新闻系列讲座-新闻英语的标题的特点·标点符号

  英语新闻标题一贯注重结构精练,并不使用所有的标点符号。即便使用某个标点符号,其主要目的不外乎两种,一是区分表示各句子成分意群之间的关系;二是旨在进一步节省标题字数。现简要介绍一下标题中常见的几种标点符号的用法:

  1)逗号常被用来代替连词"and"。例如:

  belgium supports francs,denies it will quit 'snake'
  (=belgium supports the francs and denies it will quit the 'snake')
  比利时支持法郎并否认将退出“蛇形浮动”

  guangzhou fair closes, trade booms
  (=the guangzhou fair closes and the trade booms)
  广交会闭幕交易兴旺

  2)冒号除了用在引语之前表示“说”外,还经常被用来代替联系动词“be”。例如:

  yeltsin:muslim nati0ns call for end to tensi0n in bosnia hergezervena
  (=yeltsin says that muslim nations call for an end to the tensi0n in bosnia
hergezervena)
  叶利钦说:穆斯林国家呼吁尽早结束波黑紧张局势

  shanghai:resplendent pearl of new china
  (=shangha is a resplendent pearl of new china)
  上海:新中国的璀璨明珠

  3)破折号常被放置在不用引号的引言前后,以引出说话者。例如:

  economy grows slowly as unemployment, inflation rise—economists
  (=economists say that the economy grows slowly as the unemployment and inflation rise)
  经济学家认为:失业率及通货膨胀加剧使得经济增长缓慢。

  malaria still menaces quarter of humanity-french professor
  (=a french professor says that malaria still menaces a quarter of the humanity)
  法国一教授称:疟疾仍威胁着四分之一的人类。