Abstract

There is no need to surprise at the rapid growth of different types of newspapers, magazines, and English broadcasts. As is universally recognized that besides books, modern English can be covered frequently, conveniently, easily through what is called ‘mass media’. We need listening in communication so that English listening which takes the significant role on English learning is the important way of language communication. However, English News which is different from daily communication language is a type of formal language. It has own outstanding features in vocabulary, grammar, context, structure and so on. Not only can students learn the latest English usages and expressions, but also they can acquire timely and affluent information from home and abroad by listening to radio news, which greatly widens vision and enriches knowledge.
This essay associates with the characteristics of English news broadcast，including lexical features, grammatical features, structure features and stylistic features to analysis the factors that influence news listening comprehension. It is divided into five parts in general: sound, vocabulary, background, psychological elements and other barriers. The aim of the analysis of this paper is to help listeners realize the problems of news listening comprehension and barriers that slow down the comprehension. After realizing the factors that influence news listening comprehension, it is better to improve the ability of listening comprehension.

Key Words: News, listening comprehension, factors

摘要

英语的表现途径，除了书籍，最大量、最经常、最流行的，就是包括报纸、杂志、广播、电视在内的所谓“大众传播媒介”。在交流中需要听力，因此英语听力是英语语言交际的重要方式,在英语语言学习中占据着重要的地位。而其中英语新闻作为一种有别于日常交际用语的正式语体,在词汇、语法、句式、结构等方面都有着自身鲜明的特征。学生收听英语新闻广播不但能学到最新的地道的英语用法，句型，同时还能及时地获得大量外界消息，扩大视野，增加知识。
本文结合英语新闻广播的特点, 包括在词汇特点，语法特点，结构特点以及文体特点四个方面的特征，对影响英语新闻广播听力理解的因素进行了分析。大体分为五个方面：语音，词汇，背景知识，心理因素还有其他障碍因素。通过本文的分析，可以帮助听者意识到新闻听力理解中存在的问题，帮助提高听力理解能力。

关键词：新闻，听力理解，因素