迷你對話：

A:I don’t know why Yeltsin appears in most newspaper in recent years. And news about him always seems to be the front-page news.

不知道為什么葉利欽這幾年總是在報紙上出現，并且關于他的消息還總是在頭版。

B:Reporters take great pride in their news coverage and front-page news in the only things they seem to aim at.

記者們很為他們的報道自豪，他們的目標就在于發頭版消息。

A:That’s their job to make big noise.

他們的工作就是制造重要新聞嘛。

地道表達：

big noise：重要新聞

解詞釋義：

改習語在美國俚語中原來是“大人物、要人、名人”的意思。關于他們的新聞常常是“重要的新聞”。

支持范例：

Eg. The announcer interrupted the radio music to give big noise.

播音員停止播放音樂,開始播發一條重要新聞。

Eg. Big noise were dished out at the news conference.

在記者招待會上宣布了一些重要新聞。

Radio Beijing will broadcast the big noise at 10 o'clock.

北京電臺將在10點鐘廣播這條重要新聞。

詞海拾貝：

1.in recent years：最近幾年中

Eg. In recent years there have been many changes.

最近幾年有了許多變化。

Eg. Her books have gone off in recent years.

近年來她寫的書質量下降了。

Eg. In recent years, Chinese fancy knots have become very popular in China.

近些年，中國結在中國非常流行。

Eg. In recent years, the domestic advertising industry has developed rapidly.

近年來﹐我國的廣告業高速發展。

2.news about：有關......的消息

Eg. Have you heard the good news about my award?

你聽到我獲獎的好消息了嗎?

Eg. He's got inside news about the meeting.

他已得到會議的內幕新聞。

Eg. The television shows us local news about our city.

電視臺給我們放映了我們城市的地方新聞。

Eg. Ten days passed away and still there was no news about them.

十天過去了,但仍然沒有他們的消息。

3.aim at：目的在于

Eg. We aim at quality rather than quantity.

我們的目的是重質不重量。

Eg. Now we have to take aim at the problem and try to get it solved.

現在我們不得不正視這個難題并試圖解決它。

Eg. Our products aim at improving your English skills.

我們的產品旨在提高您的英語水平。

Eg. I aim at being friendly.

我想表示友好。

4.take great pride in：以......為榮耀

Eg. I take pride in running with these great men.

我很榮幸與這些大人物交往。

Eg. She takes great pride in the success of her three children.

她對自己三個孩子的成就感到萬分自豪。

Eg . I take great pride in my work.

我對自己的工作感到非常滿意。

Eg . People take great pride in getting to that peak.

人們為能登上這座山峰而很自豪。

5.front-page news：頭版新聞

6.news coverage：新聞報道