英语专八听力练习难度不大，尤其和mini-lecture比起来，简单很多，提前可以看到问题和选项。
带着这些预读信息去进行target-oriented 的听力，命中率一般都很高，练习到后期不希望考生失掉哪怕一分。
有可能成文满分绊脚石的就是一些"纸老虎" 般的新闻听力特定词汇，请大家提前预热。
其实出题考这些词汇的几率特别小，只是形式上吓人罢了。
1. accredited journalist n. 特派记者2. advance n. 预发消息;预写消息They have got advance information of the storm's approach.他们事前已得到将有暴风雨的消息。
3. affair n. 桃色新闻;绯闻4. anecdote n.趣闻轶事He departs from the text to tell an anecdote.他没讲课文而讲了一段轶事。
5. assignment n. 采写任务He's going to India on an assignment for his newspaper.他将去印度为他的报纸完成某项工作。
6. attribution n. 消息出处，消息来源7. back alley news n. 小道消息8. backgrounding n. 新闻背景9. Bad news travels quickly. 坏事传千里。
10. banner n. 通栏标题11. beat n. 采写范围12. body n. 新闻正文13. boil 压缩(篇幅)The reporter boiled the story down to half the original length. 报告人把原稿压缩了一半。
14. box n. 花边新闻15. brief n. 简讯16. bulletin n. 新闻简报17. Here is the latest bulletin about the President's health. 这是总统健康情况的最新报告。
18. byline n. 署名文章19. caption n. 图片说明I didn't understand the drawing until I read the caption. 直到我看到这幅画的说明才弄懂其意思。
20. caricature n. 漫画21. carry vt. 刊登22. cartoon n. 漫画His cartoon mercilessly lampoon the leading politician of the day. 他的讽刺漫画无情地挖苦了当今的政界要人。
23. censor vt. 审查(新闻稿件)，新闻审查Several words have been deleted from the article by the censor. 那篇文章中有好几个字被新闻检查官删去了。
1. chart n. 每周流行音乐排行版That song has been in the charts for weeks.那首歌已有好几周都上了流行榜。
2. clipping n.剪报I wish to apply for the position advertised in the enclosed clipping from the morning Herald. 本人欲申请<先驱早报>上广告招聘剪报随函寄去的职位。
3. column n.专栏;栏目There are two columns on each page of this dictionary.这本词典每一页有两栏。
4. columnist n.专栏作家She's a columnist for USA Today. 她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。
5. continued story 连载故事;连载小说6. contributing editor 特约编辑contribution n.(投给报刊的)稿件;投稿7. The editor is short of contribution for the May issue. 编辑缺少五月号一期上的稿件。
contributor n. 投稿人My friends in the Chinese press tell me that at present, there is no lack of contributors, but because of limitations in space, not all their works can be published. 华文报朋友告诉我，现阶段仍不乏投稿人士，但因篇幅不足未能全部刊登8. copy desk n. 新闻编辑部9. copy editor n. 文字编辑10. correction n.更正(启事)The teacher wrote the proposed correction at foot. 老师将修改意见写在页底空白处。
I'm speaking under correction. 我说的不一定正确。
11. correspondence column读者来信专栏It seems from your correspondence column that Harold Wilson is a sacred cow. 从你的读者来信专栏看，哈罗德·威尔逊好像是个批评不得的人。
12. correspondent n.驻外记者;常驻外埠记者I'm handing you over now to our home affairs correspondent. 现在请听本台记者报道的国内新闻。
Y our correspondent had only touched upon the fringe of the matter. 你的报导只谈到了问题的边缘。
13. cover vt.采访;采写14. cover girl n. 封面女郎1. covert coverage 隐性采访;秘密采访2. crop vt.剪辑(图片)3. crusade n.宣传攻势The college students are active to crusade against the nuclear weapons. 大学生们积极投入开展反对核武器的运动。
4.cut n.插图vt.删减(字数)Before this play is broadcast several cuts must be made. 这个剧目播出前必须经过数次剪辑。
5. cut line n.插图说明6.daily n.日报He writes exclusively for China Daily. 他专给《中国日报》写稿。
7. dateline n.新闻电头The stories of newsmen on the scene have been wrapped up under a Paris dateline. 在现场的记者们的报导已经综合成一篇发自巴黎的电讯。
8. deadline n.截稿时间9. dig vt.深入采访;追踪(新闻线索)："挖"(新闻)10. digest n.文摘11. editorial n.社论I am on the editorial staff of the newspaper. 我在这家报纸的编辑部工作。
The editorial is entitled "..." .这篇社论的题目是《。
》。
12. editorial office 编辑部13. editor's notes 编者按14. exclusive n.独家新闻15. expose n.揭丑新闻;新闻曝光16. extra n.号外17. eye-account n.目击记;记者见闻18. faxed photo 传真照片19. feature n.特写;专稿20. feedback n.信息反馈21. file n.发送消息;发稿22. filler n.补白23. First Amendment (美国宪法)第一修正案(内容有关新闻、出版自由等)24. five "W's" of news 新闻五要素25. flag n.报头;报名26. folo (=follow-up) n.连续报道27. Fourth Estate 第四等级(新闻界的别称)28. freedom of the Press 新闻自由29. free-lancer n.自由撰稿人30. full position 醒目位置1. Good news comes on crutches. 好事不出门2. grapevine n. 小道消息They were told to desist from spreading grapevine news. 已告诉他们停止散布小道消息。
3. gutter n. 中缝4. hard news 硬新闻;纯消息5. headline n. 新闻标题;内容提要A sports headline reads, "Curling stone start sliding Monday." 一条体育新闻大字标题这样写道:"冰上掷石赛将于周一开始"。
6. hearsay n. 小道消息7. highlights n. 要闻8. Judgment should be based on facts, not on hearsay. 判断应该以事实为依据，而不应该依靠道听途说。
9. hot news 热点新闻10. human interest 人情味11. in-depth reporting 深度报道12. insert n.& vt. 插补段落;插稿13. interpretative reporting 解释性报道14. invasion of privacy 侵犯隐私(权)15. inverted pyramid 倒金字塔(写作结构)16. investigative reporting 调查性报道17. journalism n. 新闻业;新闻学When he left school he took up journalism. 他离开学校后开始从事新闻工作。
Journalism is literature in a hurry 新闻是急就文学.18. journalist n. 新闻记者He has broken into a career as an international journalist. 他开始了他作为国际新闻记者的生涯。