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【Abstract】The authentic text is generally used to provide students with a stimulus to learn English， as ideas for organizing lesson activities. This essay will analyze an authentic text which is about 400 words in length. There are three essential parts in this essay， including description of the text， analysis of grammar features and teaching application.
【Key words】Textual Analysis； Authentic Text； Text
【作者簡介】黄旭璇，女，广东广州人，硕士， 广州大学松田学院外语系，研究方向：英语教育。
In the first section， the essay will generally describe the chosen text in terms of its source， genre and text type， register and its schematic structure. First of all， this text comes from BBC News website， and the topic of that is “lack of sleep linked to early death”. Moreover， according to Martin （1984， p.25）， genre can be characterized as “a staged， goal-oriented， purposeful activity in which speakers engage as members of our culture.” It can be seen that the genre of the chosen text is a news article， and this text is a news report. In relation to register， Morley （1985， p.4） describes that “register may be defined as the variety of a language used in a particular situational context.” He also maintains that register refers to three parameters， including the field， the mode and the tenor. The field relates to what the text is about， when the mode specifies the medium of the text， and the tenor reflects the relationship between the participants. As a news report， this text provides the information that lacking of sleep may lead to early death， as well as about the relationship between sleep and human health. Regarding the tenor， the relationship between the writer and readers is distant and hierarchic since the text has quoted other professors’ words. The language in this text is formal and the mode is written and monologic.
Last but not least， the schematic structure of the article can be divided into four parts. The eye-catching headline “lack of sleep linked to early death” with a photo captures readers’ attention and summaries the content of the article. Then there is an opening statement at the beginning of the text （paragraph （1））， pointing to the event that UK and Italian researchers have warned getting less than six hours sleep a night can cause an early grave. From paragraph （2） to paragraph （7）， the text develops the details and provides more background information about the study. At the last part of the text （from paragraph （8） to paragraph （16））， there are other professors’ comments on the reason of lacking of sleep and the relationship between sleep and health.
Tense/aspect
【Key words】Textual Analysis； Authentic Text； Text
【作者簡介】黄旭璇，女，广东广州人，硕士， 广州大学松田学院外语系，研究方向：英语教育。
Part A. Description of text
In the first section， the essay will generally describe the chosen text in terms of its source， genre and text type， register and its schematic structure. First of all， this text comes from BBC News website， and the topic of that is “lack of sleep linked to early death”. Moreover， according to Martin （1984， p.25）， genre can be characterized as “a staged， goal-oriented， purposeful activity in which speakers engage as members of our culture.” It can be seen that the genre of the chosen text is a news article， and this text is a news report. In relation to register， Morley （1985， p.4） describes that “register may be defined as the variety of a language used in a particular situational context.” He also maintains that register refers to three parameters， including the field， the mode and the tenor. The field relates to what the text is about， when the mode specifies the medium of the text， and the tenor reflects the relationship between the participants. As a news report， this text provides the information that lacking of sleep may lead to early death， as well as about the relationship between sleep and human health. Regarding the tenor， the relationship between the writer and readers is distant and hierarchic since the text has quoted other professors’ words. The language in this text is formal and the mode is written and monologic.
Last but not least， the schematic structure of the article can be divided into four parts. The eye-catching headline “lack of sleep linked to early death” with a photo captures readers’ attention and summaries the content of the article. Then there is an opening statement at the beginning of the text （paragraph （1））， pointing to the event that UK and Italian researchers have warned getting less than six hours sleep a night can cause an early grave. From paragraph （2） to paragraph （7）， the text develops the details and provides more background information about the study. At the last part of the text （from paragraph （8） to paragraph （16））， there are other professors’ comments on the reason of lacking of sleep and the relationship between sleep and health.
Part B. Analysis of grammar features
Tense/aspect