• Fit or Fat? • 健康还是肥胖？ • Democracy of the Big Stick • 大棒民主 • Slow Lane Is Safest on Currency Issue • 在货币问题上，走慢车道最安全 • Hollywood Survives • 美国电影业复苏了 • Europe Is Alive and Kicking • 欧洲富有活力 • Soccer Kicks off with Violence • 足球开踢 拳打脚踢 • Pain in Spain • 西班牙的痛苦
• 比喻(A House in Two Parts)，
• 对仗(Rich Man, Poor Fan)，
• 双关语(Soccer Kicks off with Violence)，
• 典故(The Old Man and the Economic Sea)。
• 简单应用：将省略的标题补充完整。
• 例如：Pei’s Pyramids Puzzle Paris (贝氏的金 字塔使巴黎困惑不解)
The secularization of society, extended affluence, a change in what Americans expect from marriage all contributed to people’s attitudes toward marriage.
2. The steps include advice on how women can “package” themselves as a desirable product and shop around for a suitable “buyer” (Line2-4, Para. 7) —这些措施 包括建议女人怎样把自己“包装”成为一个令人渴 望的“商品”，寻找合适的“买主”。 (package: box, bag, or wrapping for production;shop around: to compare the quality and prices of goods or services so that you can choose the best )
Take “blind date” for example, often a friend will plan a meeting between two unmarried people who do not know each other. This is called a “blind date.”
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The purpose of dating is to have fun. Sometimes people who date develop a close relationship. Some people decide to live together, yet remain unmarried. Others decide to get married.
Structure Analysis
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1. Fewer Americans than ever are getting married The number of Americans getting married has dropped to a 40-year-
low as divorce and changing attitudes have replaced “I do” with “I won’t”.
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1. Rachel Greenwald has a direct and bold way of talking to the readers, balanced with humor (Line 2-3, Para. 5) —雷切尔·格林沃德与读者交流直接大胆，而 又不失幽默 （ balance with: give equal importance to two or more thing ）
• To Buy or Not to Buy Is the Question for Homebuyers 买还是 不买是购房人的大心事
• A Tale of Two Hearts 双心记 • Farewell to SARS 永别了 非典 • 出自莎士比亚的名剧Hamlet中的To be or not to be—that is
1. Most of the listeners to the program are ____.
A. rich B. poor C. well-educated
D. poorly-educated
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2. Sex and the City most probably tells a story about ____.
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3. She also advocates “auditing” and conducting “exit interviews”: getting a third party to contact unsuccessful dates for feedback. (Line 2-3, Para. 8) — 她也主张“审计”和进行“离职谈话”，即让第三 方接触未成功的约会对象获取反馈（exit interview: an interview that an employee who is resigning has with an employer to discuss the reasons for resignation; “Auditing” and “exit interviews” are business terms used here to refer to investigation into the reason for the failure of dating. ）
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2. American dating
Millions of people in the United States are alone. Some of these people wish they could find someone to date.
There are a number of ways to find someone to date. Some people meet at work or meet by chance in a public place. Still others visit places where other single people go. Or they can use businesses that help organize dates. Many men and women find dates through services they find on the Internet computer system.
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Millions of Americans seek someone to date through services they find on the Internet. People start by communicating with strangers. Sometimes the strangers become friends. They might decide to meet. Then they might decide to date. They may even decide to get married.
4. She looks every inch the serious and successful businesswoman she is (Line 1-2, Para. 13) —她看上去 完全是一位严肃而有成功的商业女性 (completely; entirely )
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the question； • 标题是模仿狄更斯的名著A Tale of Two Cities这本书的书名; • 标题是模仿海明威的名著Farewell to Arms这本书的书名而
制作。
使用俚语俗语
• 新闻标题为吸引读者，还时常使用俚语俗语， 以营造一种活泼风趣的氛围。所以，一些形象 化的俚语和俗语在英语标题中不断出现，不仅 使标题生动活泼，而且还妙趣横生。例如：
A. doing business B. writing books C. hunting for mates D. giving lectures
• 这是《时代》周刊报道巴ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้的著名艺术宫殿— —罗浮宫的扩建和改建的一篇文章的标题，此 项工程选择了著名建筑师、美籍华人贝聿铭（I. M. Pei）的设计方案，其中有一组构思奇特、
匠心独运的金字塔。这篇文章标题里的四个词
都以“p”开头形成头韵，作者标题的灵感很可 能来自贝氏（Pei）、金字塔（pyramid）、巴 黎（Paris）这三个词，而作者的匠心表现在他 所选用的“puzzle”一词，它不仅使标题构成了 头韵，而且表现出贝氏作品的惊人程度。
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Dating and Mating for Over-35s
标题常用修辞手段及标题常用符号
• 标题修辞：押韵，比喻，对仗，双关语，典故
• 压韵(Soldiers Salaries Soar---头韵 alliteration)，
•
Dating and mating over 35s--- 尾韵 rhyme
In the mid-1960s about 80 percent of U.S. men and women ages 25-34 were married, but starting in the 1970s, the marriage rate began to decline as divorces rose, more women joined the workforce, more women attained education and delayed marriage, and cohabitation gained favor. From 2000 to 2009, U.S. adults ages 25-34 who are married dropped from 55 percent to 45 percent.