TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Table of contents

PART A: INTRODUCTION

1. Aims of the study 1

2. Scope of the study 2

3. Methods of the study 3

4. Design of the study 3

PART B: DEVELOPMENT

CHARPTER I: THEORIES OF THE STUDY 5

1.1 News story and its functions 5

1.2 Types of news story 8

1.2.1 Political news story 9

1.2.2 Economic news story 10

1.2.3 Socio- cultural news story 11

CHAPTER II: ANALASIS OF THE STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF ENGLISH NEWS STORY 13

2.1 Structure of paragraph 13

2.1.1 Headline in English news story 14

2.1.2 Topic sentence in English news story 18

2.1.2.1 Form features of the topic sentence 19

2.1.2.2 Content features of the topic sentence 22

2.1.3 Structure of news story’s body 25

2.1.4 Sub-title in English news story 29

CHARPTER III: SOME DIFFICULTIES AND REQUIRED SUGGESTIONS IN TRANSLATING NEWS STOR 33

3.1 Some difficulties in translating news story 33

3.1.1 Cultural difficulty 33

3.1.2 Linguistic difficulty 35

3.2. Some required suggestions for translation 37

3.2.1 Language skills 38

3.2.2. Cultural competence 38

3.2.3 Journalism 38

PART C: CONCLUSION

APPENDIX 41

REFERENCES 57

SOURCE OF MATERIALS