英语新闻导语列举

4.2.1　英语新闻导语列举

1．BAGHDAD，Iraq—Six American Marines were killed in action in western Iraq，the US command said Tuesday．(AP，2005-8-2)

这个导语里包括了Who(Six American Marines)，What(were killed in action)，Where(in western Iraq，)和When(Tuesday)这四个新闻要素，而其中的时间要素又出现在新闻来源中，以表示最近的时间。the US command said乃是这个新闻报道的新闻来源，即交代新闻的出处(关于新闻来源的叙述见下文)。

2．LONDON—Police investigating failed July 21 bomb attacks in London said Monday they had arrested two men during raids in the city，as authorities tried to determine whether there were links between that attack and the transit bombings two weeks earlier．(AP，2005-8-2)

这个导语中的主题句也包含了除了Why之外的四个新闻要素，即Who(Police investigating failed July 21 bomb attacks in London)，What(they had arrested two men during raids in the city)，Where(in the city)和When(Monday)。导语中的后面一个时间状语从句则是根据英语新闻导语重要性依次递减的规则所做的进一步补充。

3．The suspect arrested here in the failed London bombings of July 21 appears to have been part of an“impromptu”group without ties to any broader terrorist network in Italy，Italian antiterror investigators said Monday．(NY Times，2005-8-2)

这个导语只包含了三个新闻要素，即Who(The suspect arrested here in the failed London bombings of July 21)，What(appears to have been part of an“impromptu”group without ties to any broader terrorist network in Italy)以及When(Monday)。

4．WENATCHEE，Wash．—Residents of more than 70 homes near Lake Wenatchee were told Monday they should evacuate to avoid a fast-burning wildfire．(AP，2005-8-2)

这个新闻的导语则包括了四大要素，分别是Who(Residents of more than 70 homes)，What(were told they should evacuate to avoid a fast-burning wildfire)，Where(near Lake Wenatchee)和When(Monday)。

为了简便起见，以下分析以简明扼要的方式进行。

5．BERLIN，Germany(AP)—Police discovered the remains of nine newborn babies buried in a garden in eastern Germany and arrested a woman believed to be the children's mother，prosecutors said．

Who=Police

What=discovered the remains of nine newborn babies buried/arrested a woman believed to be the children's mother

Where=in eastern Germany

6．The bodies were found Sunday in the garden of a house in Brieskow-Finkenheerd，a village near the Polish border，Michael Neff，a spokesman for prosecutors in nearby Frankfurt an der Oder，said Monday．(AP，2005-8-2)

Who=The bodies

What=were found

When=Sunday

Where=in the garden of a house in Brieskow-Finkenheerd，a village near the Polish border

7．TEHRAN，Aug．1—Defying the warning of European leaders，Iran said Monday that it was removing the seals placed by the United Nations nuclear agency at one of its nuclear sites to restart activities there．(NY Times，2005-8-2)

Who=Iran

What=said that it was removing the seals placed by the United Nations nuclear agency at one of its nuclear sites to restart activities there

When=Monday

Where=Iran/at one of its nuclear sites

8．Three men were questioned by police yesterday over the racist murder of the black teenager Anthony Walker．(Guardian，2005-8-5)

Who=Three men

What=were questioned by police over the racist murder of the black teenager Anthony Walker

When=yesterday

9．DENVER—A soldier who returned from Iraq nine days earlier apparently shot and killed his wife and then himself at their home near Fort Collins，Army officials said Thursday．(AP，2005-8-5)

Who=A soldier who returned from Iraq nine days earlier What=apparently shot and killed his wife and then himself Where=at their home near Fort Collins

英语新闻的导语还有一个比较经典的写作方式，尤其是在报道具体的事件时候，这个格式就是以Who，What，When，Where构成导语的主体，然后接一个现在分词短语表示事件造成的后果或结果，也就是说以一个现在分词短语来作结果状语，表示事件造成的后果。这种导语撰写方式可以说是相当普遍。例如:

10．More than 1 million people fled their homes along China's southeast coast as Typhoon Haitang slammed into the mainland yesterday after hammering Taiwan，killing four people．(China Daily，July 20，2005)

11．RENTON，Wash.—Two small planes collided Thursday over this Seattle suburb，with one crashing into an empty school，killing both people aboard，police said．(AP，2005-8-5)

12．RALEIGH，N.C.—An original copy of the Bill of Rights that was given to North Carolina by George Washington back in 1789 was returned to the state Thursday，culminating a bitter legal tug-of-war over the historic document．(AP，2005-8-5)

另外，英语新闻的导语事实上并非完全按照囊括五要素这种经典方式来撰写，因为这种方式撰写的导语现在被越来越多的人认为没有新意，缺少活力，难以一下子就抓住读者或者观众的注意力。因此，现在的英语新闻导语往往喜欢从这一新闻报道中的一个细小的情节入手，从而起到引人入胜的效果，即所谓橱窗式导语。

13．RANDOLPH，N.J.，Aug．1—It was 2 a.m．on Saturday and there was nothing going on in this affluent，woodsy community when Jonathan Zarate，18，asked the girl next door to come over and watch TV．(NY Times，2005-8-2)

14．Even on Massachusetts'Cape Cod，usually a haven during the steamiest weather，residents were baking．“The water just pours off of you，”said Carla Sullivan，the dockmaster at Hyannis Marina．“This is Texas hot．”(Associated Press，2006-8-3)