Increase your Competitive Edge
English is the international language of commerce, politics and culture. In this ever shrinking world, English is vital to maintaining your competitive edge in business, academics and the arts. But how can busy students, entrepreneurs or executives improve their mastery of English?
The answer: English language News Media.
This book makes learning News English easy and fun.
In three comprehensive Units, this guide:
Increase your comprehension
Build your vocabulary
Develop your reading and writing skills
Master your grammar
新聞英語是一門專業且艱深的語言,其文法及用字皆異於一般寫作,坊間書籍一般只提供範例和簡易分析,難以滿足讀者需求,我們需要的是一本從理論到範例雙管齊下的專業新聞閱讀指引。
本書專業美籍作者,依據讀者的需求,編寫了這本專業而深入的新聞英語書籍,針對新聞英語的閱讀技巧,提供點、線、面的全方位教學。不只提供範例,更針對範例一一詳述閱讀分析文章的技巧,全書分三大單元,從媒體、理論到範例,循序漸進,學習閱讀新聞英語最紮實。
作者簡介
Tim Ferry
The author hails from New Jersey, and graduated from Purchase College, SUNY, with a double major in Philosophy and Anthropology.
After stints as a New York City cab driver, social worker, Alaskan commercial fisherman, and copy-editor, he finally stopped living out of a backpack and settled in Taipei, Taiwan. He has taught English in area high schools, elementary schools and international corporations. Currently, he is the manager of a Business English training service in Taipei. He is a frequent contributor to area news publications and culture magazines. News analysis, politics and media studies are frequent topics for his articles.
美國紐澤西人,畢業於紐約州立大學普契斯學院(Purchase College, SUNY),取得哲學和人類學雙學位。
經歷過紐約市計程車司機、社工人員、阿拉斯加漁民、文字編輯等生活之後,他終於收起行囊,定居在台灣台北。他曾經在國小、中學和許多國際公司教過英語,目前在台北經營商業英語教學事業。其著作常見於國內新聞刊物和文化雜誌,文章擅長新聞分析、政治和媒體研究。