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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++news /njuːz $ nuːz/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [uncountable] 1 NEWSinformation about something that has happened recently 消息 I hope to have some good news for you soon. 我希望很快就能给你好消息。news that We are delighted at the news that our daughter is expecting a baby. 听到女儿就要生宝宝的消息，我们很高兴。news on What’s the latest news on your university application? 你的大学申请有什么最新消息吗？news of/about Everyone is shocked by the news of the arrests. 每个人都对逮捕的消息感到震惊。2 TCNAMTreports of recent events in the newspapers or on the radio or television 新闻(报道) a late evening news broadcast 晚间新闻节目 We’ve got the news headlines coming up at half past twelve. 12点半我们将播放新闻提要。 a news and current affairs programme 新闻时事节目 Here’s the sports news from Jane Murray. 下面是简·默里发来的体育新闻。 the latest news from the Olympic stadium 从奥林匹克体育场传来的最新消息news about/on/of news on the latest developments in the talks 关于会谈最新进展的新闻news that Several evening papers carried the news that a cabinet minister was about to resign. 好几家晚报报道了一名内阁部长将要辞职的消息。local/regional/national/international news 当地/地区/国内/国际新闻 Twenty years ago environmental issues rarely made the news (=were rarely considered important enough to be in the news). 20年前，环境问题很少成为新闻。be in the news Hong Kong is in the news this morning. 今天上午的新闻中报道了香港。 His resignation was front page news (=was important news). 他的辞职成了头版新闻。news story/report/item Never before has a news story triggered such sensational sales of the newspaper. 从来没有一则新闻报道能给这份报纸带来如此令人振奋的销量。3 the news AMTa regular television or radio programme that gives you reports of recent events 〔电视或电台的〕新闻报道，新闻节目 the ten o’clock news 十点新闻播报 Let’s watch the news. 我们看看新闻节目吧。 Be quiet. I want to listen to the news. 安静点，我要听听新闻。on the news It must be true – I heard it on the news last night. 这肯定是真的，我昨晚在新闻节目中听到的。switch/turn/put on the news (=turn the television or radio on for the news) 打开电视[广播]收看[收听]新闻4 be good/bad news for somebody BETTERWORSEif the facts about something are good or bad news for someone, they are likely to make life better or worse for them 对某人是个好/坏消息5 he’s/she’s bad news informalBAD PERSON used to say that someone is likely to cause trouble 他/她是个祸星〔指某人可能会带来麻烦〕6 be news if someone or something is news, people are interested in them at the moment and want to know about them 热门；焦点7 that’s news to me! spokenSURPRISED used when you are surprised or annoyed because you have not been told something earlier 我一点都不知道！〔表示惊讶或生气〕8 I’ve got news for you spoken used to say that you are going to tell someone the facts about something, which they will probably not like to hear 我有消息要告诉你〔可能是对方不愿意听的消息〕9. no news is good news spokenHOPE used when you have not received any news about someone and you hope this means that nothing bad has happened 没有消息就是好消息5 GRAMMAR 语法• News is an uncountable noun. Use singular forms with it, not plural ones. news是不可数名词，要和单数形式连用，不可与复数形式连用The news was good (NOT不说 were good).是个好消息 。I was surprised by this news (NOT不说 these news).我听到这个消息很吃惊 。n GrammarCountable or uncountable?• News is an uncountable noun and is followed by a singular verb: The news was not very good.• News is used with the singular form of words such as this and that: He was shocked when he heard this news. ✗Don’t say: these newsPrepositions with the news• If someone or something is on the news, they appear or there is a report about them on a television or radio news programme: The minister was on the 10 o’clock news.I saw the pictures of the crash on the news. • If someone or something is in the news, they are being discussed in newspapers and on news programmes: Education has been in the news a lot this week. COLLOCATIONSadjectivesgood news 好消息He’s feeling much better, so that’s good news. 他感觉好很多了，这是个好消息。great/wonderful news 非常好的消息They’re getting married? That’s wonderful news! 他们要结婚了？这是好消息啊！welcome news (=good news that makes you happy) 让人欢喜的好消息nThe lower interest rates will be welcome news to home owners.bad/terrible news 坏消息/不幸的消息‘I’m afraid I have bad news, ’ said Jackson. “恐怕我带来了坏消息。”杰克逊说。Have you heard the terrible news about Simon? 你听说西蒙的不幸消息了吗？the latest news 最新消息Mom sent a letter with all the latest news. 妈妈来信告知所有的近况。old news (=news that you have already heard) 已经听过的新闻She wasn’t surprised; it was old news to her. 她并不吃惊；这对她来说不是新闻。important news 重要新闻I’ve got some important news to tell you. 我有重要消息要告诉你。the big news informal (=an important piece of news) 重大新闻The big news is that Polly and Richard are going to get married. 有个大新闻——波莉和理查德要结婚了。verbshave some news (for somebody) 有消息(要告诉某人)I could tell by his face that he had some news. 我从他脸上看出来，他有什么消息。tell somebody the news 告诉某人消息Jack called him to tell him the good news. 杰克打电话告诉他这个好消息。break the news (to somebody) (=tell someone some bad news) 告诉(某人)坏消息Two policemen came to the door to break the news about her husband. 两名警察上门报告了有关她丈夫的坏消息。spread the news (=tell a lot of people the news) 散布消息After she had the baby, her husband made phone calls to spread the happy news. 她生下孩子后，她丈夫到处打电话报告喜讯。hear the news (=hear about something that has happened) 听到消息She was really upset when she heard the news. 她听到这个消息非常难过。welcome the news formal (=say that you are pleased about some news) 对某消息表示欢迎Environmental groups welcomed the news that the area would be protected. 环保组织对这个地区将受到保护的消息表示欢迎。greet the news with surprise/delight etc formal (=react to the news in a particular way) 听到消息感到吃惊/高兴等Fans greeted the news of the victory with a loud cheer. 球迷们听到获胜的消息大声欢呼起来。news spreads (=a lot of people find out the news from other people) 消息传开News spreads fast in a small town. 小镇里消息传得很快。phrasesa piece of news (also a bit of news British English) 一条消息Leo thought about this piece of news carefully. 利奥仔细地想了想这个消息。the good news is …/the bad news is ... (=used to introduce a piece of good and bad news) 好消息是…，坏消息是…The good news is that most stores have the game in stock; the bad news is that it’s not cheap. 好消息是大多数商店都有这个游戏，坏消息是这个游戏价格不菲。Examples from the Corpus
news• News is coming in about an oil spill in the South Atlantic.• Specialist publications do not exist on articles and news that is exclusive of everything but one subject.• There hasn't been any news of him since he left home.• Invariably, it appears in any news story about a violent crime in a small town or city.• I'm afraid I have some bad news for you.• Baxter gave Ed the bad news.• Well, the bad news is that the train is delayed by an hour.• Advertising made it possible for them to distribute news practically free of charge, with the profit coming from marketing.• Good news! Ian passed his driving test!• That's great news!• We deal mainly with local news.• The paper was full of news about the peace negotiations.• I've got some news for you.• I just don't know how to break the news to Sherri. She'll be so disappointed.• He brought the news that their father was seriously ill.• Have you heard the news about Carole?• Have you heard the news? Sara's going to have a baby.• Spicer told him the news and asked him if he would like a local caddie to be booked.• Since the news broke, hundreds of people have called with messages of support.• They're going to appoint a new chairman - spread the news!• Clanahan gave us the worse news.• Sit down and tell me all your news.news of/about• Although news of her work in Motijhil had spread quickly, they had almost no financial means.• We will have our own style of sports journalism - and news about the arts with items throughout the day.• As news of the shooting spread, Overtown exploded like tinder in a lightning storm.• There has been news of fighting in the area.• So she must have known that news of her pregnancy would cause speculation as to who was the father.• Earlier he had gone with Angela Foley to break the news of Lorrimer's death to his father.• I was in a movie theater when I heard the news about Pearl Harbor.• The news of Joanna was good and, listening to the description of her cheerfulness, Sophie felt her own courage returning.• If there was news of Claire Fraser, Joe Burns wanted to be the first to hear it.news headlines• Four years later, it converted to hourly news headlines that it produced itself.• This is no one-day wonder, as most news headlines are.• Suddenly the Elsie McAndrew affair was in the national news headlines.• But elements of that crisis are already recurrent news headlines.Origin news (1400-1500) newnews noun →5 GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2
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news S1 W1 /njuːz $ nuːz/
noun [uncountable]
I hope to have some good news for you soon.
news that
We are delighted at the news that our daughter is expecting a baby.
news on
What’s the latest news on your university application?
news of/about
Everyone is shocked by the news of the arrests.
GRAMMAR
News is an uncountable noun. Use singular forms with it, not plural ones:
▪The news was good (NOT were good).
▪I was surprised by this news (NOT these news).
2. reports of recent events in the newspapers or on the radio or television:
a late evening news broadcast
We’ve got the news headlines coming up at half past twelve.
a news and current affairs programme
Here’s the sports news from Jane Murray.
the latest news from the Olympic stadium
news about/on/of
news on the latest developments in the talks
news that
Several evening papers carried the news that a cabinet minister was about to resign.
local/regional/national/international news
Twenty years ago environmental issues rarely made the news (=were rarely considered important enough to be in the news).
be in the news
Hong Kong is in the news this morning.
His resignation was front page news (=was important news).
news story/report/item
Never before has a news story triggered such sensational sales of the newspaper.
3. the news a regular television or radio programme that gives you reports of recent events:
the ten o'clock news
Let’s watch the news.
Be quiet. I want to listen to the news.
on the news
It must be true – I heard it on the news last night.
switch/turn/put on the news (=turn the television or radio on for the news)
4. be good/bad news for somebody if the facts about something are good or bad news for someone, they are likely to make life better or worse for them:
There is no legal market for African ivory, which is good news for the elephants.
5. he’s/she’s bad news informal used to say that someone is likely to cause trouble:
Stay away from that guy, he’s bad news.
6. be news if someone or something is news, people are interested in them at the moment and want to know about them:
European fashions are big news right now in the States.
7. that’s news to me__ spoken used when you are surprised or annoyed because you have not been told something earlier:
‘The meeting’s been cancelled.’ ‘That’s news to me__’
8. I’ve got news for you spoken used to say that you are going to tell someone the facts about something, which they will probably not like to hear:
You may think I’m finished, but I’ve got news for you – I’ll be back.
9. no news is good news spoken used when you have not received any news about someone and you hope this means that nothing bad has happened
■ adjectives
▪good news He’s feeling much better, so that’s good news.
▪great/wonderful news They're getting married? That's wonderful news!
▪welcome news (=good news that makes you happy) The lower interest rates will be welcome news to home owners.
▪bad news ‘I’m afraid I have bad news,’ said Jackson. | Have you heard the terrible news about Simon?
▪terrible news (=very bad)
▪the latest news Mom sent a letter with all the latest news.
▪old news (=news that you have already heard) She wasn’t surprised; it was old news to her.
▪important news I've got some important news to tell you.
▪the big news informal (=an important piece of news) The big news is that Polly and Richard are going to get married.
■ verbs
▪have some news (for somebody) I could tell by his face that he had some news.
▪tell somebody the news Jack called him to tell him the good news.
▪break the news (to somebody) (=tell someone some bad news) Two policemen came to the door to break the news about her husband.
▪spread the news (=tell a lot of people the news) After she had the baby, her husband made phone calls to spread the happy news.
▪hear the news (=hear about something that has happened) She was really upset when she heard the news.
▪welcome the news formal (=say that you are pleased about some news) Environmental groups welcomed the news that the area would be protected.
▪greet the news with surprise/delight etc formal (=react to the news in a particular way) Fans greeted the news of the victory with a loud cheer.
▪news spreads (=a lot of people find out the news from other people) News spreads fast in a small town.
■ phrases
▪a piece of news (also a bit of news British English) Leo thought about this piece of news carefully.
▪the good news is …/the bad news is ... (=used to introduce a piece of good and bad news) The good news is that most stores have the game in stock; the bad news is that it's not cheap.
news S1 W1 /njuːz $ nuːz/
noun [uncountable] Word Family: adjective: new, renewable, renewed, newsy; noun: news, renewal; verb: renew; adverb: newly
Date: 1400-1500
Origin: new
1. information about something that has happened recently:Origin: new
news that
news on
news of/about
GRAMMAR
News is an uncountable noun. Use singular forms with it, not plural ones:
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2. reports of recent events in the newspapers or on the radio or television:
news about/on/of
news that
local/regional/national/international news
be in the news
news story/report/item
3. the news a regular television or radio programme that gives you reports of recent events:
on the news
switch/turn/put on the news (=turn the television or radio on for the news)
4. be good/bad news for somebody if the facts about something are good or bad news for someone, they are likely to make life better or worse for them:
5. he’s/she’s bad news informal used to say that someone is likely to cause trouble:
6. be news if someone or something is news, people are interested in them at the moment and want to know about them:
7. that’s news to me__ spoken used when you are surprised or annoyed because you have not been told something earlier:
8. I’ve got news for you spoken used to say that you are going to tell someone the facts about something, which they will probably not like to hear:
9. no news is good news spoken used when you have not received any news about someone and you hope this means that nothing bad has happened
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Watching 观看
watch television/TV/a show/( a programme/BrE ( a program/a documentary/a pilot/a rerun/a repeatNAmE 看电视／电视节目／纪实电视节目／试播节目／重播的电视节目 see ( an ad/especially
BrE ( a commercial/the news/the weatherespecially
NAmE 看广告／新闻／天气节目 catch/miss a show/a programme/a program/an episode/the news看／错过电视节目／电视连续剧的一集／新闻节目 pick up/reach for/grab the remote (control)拿起／伸手去拿／抓起遥控器 change/switch channel换频道 surf (through)/ ( especially
NAmE flip through/ ( especially
BrE flick through the channels快速浏览电视频道 sit in front of/switch on/switch off/turn on/turn off the television/the TV/the TV set坐在电视机前；开／关电视 have/install satellite (TV)/cable (TV)/a satellite dish有／安装卫星电视／有线电视／卫星电视碟形天线
Showing 播放
show a programme/a documentary/an ad/a commercial播放电视节目／纪实电视节目／广告 screen a programme/a documentary播放电视节目／纪实电视节目 run an ad/a commercial播放广告 broadcast/ ( especially
NAmE air/repeat a show/a programme/a documentary/an episode/a series播放／重播电视节目／纪实电视节目／电视连续剧的一集／系列节目 go out/air/be recorded live现场直播／录制 attract/draw (in)/pull (in) viewers吸引观众 be a hit with viewers/audiences/critics受到电视观众／观众／评论家的喜爱 get (low/high) ratings有（低／高）收视率
Appearing 演出
be on/appear on television/TV/a TV show在电视上／电视节目中露面 take part in a phone-in/a game show/a quiz show/a reality TV show参与热线直播节目／游戏节目／智力游戏节目／电视真人秀 host a show/a programme/series/a game show/a quiz show/a talk show/( a chat showBrE 主持电视节目／系列节目／游戏节目／智力游戏节目／访谈节目 be/become/work as a/an( TV presenter/talk-show host/sports commentator/anchorman/BrE ( newsreaderBrE 是／成为／当电视节目主持人／访谈节目主持人／体育运动实况解说员／新闻节目主持人／新闻播音员 read/present the news播报新闻 appear/perform live (on TV)（在电视上）现场表演
Programme-making 节目制作
do/film/make a show/a programme/a documentary/an episode/a pilot/a series/an ad/a commercial拍摄电视节目／纪实电视节目／电视连续剧的一集／试播节目／系列节目／广告 work on a soap (opera)/a pilot (episode)/a sitcom制作肥皂剧／试播节目（的一集）／情景喜剧 write/produce a drama/sitcom/spin-off/comedy series写／拍摄戏剧／情景喜剧／电视系列剧的派生作品／喜剧连续剧
Watching 观看
watch television/TV/a show/( a programme/BrE ( a program/a documentary/a pilot/a rerun/a repeatNAmE 看电视／电视节目／纪实电视节目／试播节目／重播的电视节目 see ( an ad/especially
BrE ( a commercial/the news/the weatherespecially
NAmE 看广告／新闻／天气节目 catch/miss a show/a programme/a program/an episode/the news看／错过电视节目／电视连续剧的一集／新闻节目 pick up/reach for/grab the remote (control)拿起／伸手去拿／抓起遥控器 change/switch channel换频道 surf (through)/ ( especially
NAmE flip through/ ( especially
BrE flick through the channels快速浏览电视频道 sit in front of/switch on/switch off/turn on/turn off the television/the TV/the TV set坐在电视机前；开／关电视 have/install satellite (TV)/cable (TV)/a satellite dish有／安装卫星电视／有线电视／卫星电视碟形天线
Showing 播放
show a programme/a documentary/an ad/a commercial播放电视节目／纪实电视节目／广告 screen a programme/a documentary播放电视节目／纪实电视节目 run an ad/a commercial播放广告 broadcast/ ( especially
NAmE air/repeat a show/a programme/a documentary/an episode/a series播放／重播电视节目／纪实电视节目／电视连续剧的一集／系列节目 go out/air/be recorded live现场直播／录制 attract/draw (in)/pull (in) viewers吸引观众 be a hit with viewers/audiences/critics受到电视观众／观众／评论家的喜爱 get (low/high) ratings有（低／高）收视率
Appearing 演出
be on/appear on television/TV/a TV show在电视上／电视节目中露面 take part in a phone-in/a game show/a quiz show/a reality TV show参与热线直播节目／游戏节目／智力游戏节目／电视真人秀 host a show/a programme/series/a game show/a quiz show/a talk show/( a chat showBrE 主持电视节目／系列节目／游戏节目／智力游戏节目／访谈节目 be/become/work as a/an( TV presenter/talk-show host/sports commentator/anchorman/BrE ( newsreaderBrE 是／成为／当电视节目主持人／访谈节目主持人／体育运动实况解说员／新闻节目主持人／新闻播音员 read/present the news播报新闻 appear/perform live (on TV)（在电视上）现场表演
Programme-making 节目制作
do/film/make a show/a programme/a documentary/an episode/a pilot/a series/an ad/a commercial拍摄电视节目／纪实电视节目／电视连续剧的一集／试播节目／系列节目／广告 work on a soap (opera)/a pilot (episode)/a sitcom制作肥皂剧／试播节目（的一集）／情景喜剧 write/produce a drama/sitcom/spin-off/comedy series写／拍摄戏剧／情景喜剧／电视系列剧的派生作品／喜剧连续剧
