Lesson

5The

facts1.

Editors

of

newspapers

and

magazines

often

go

toextremes

to

provide

their

readers

with

unimportantfacts

and

statistics.★editor

n.編輯edit

vt.編輯--edit

magazine,edit

newspaperedition

n.編輯editorial

adj.編輯的,主編的n.社論,評論★extreme

n.極端go

to

extreme(s)to

do…做某事走極端go

from

one

extreme

to

the

other從一個極端走向另一個極端★provide=supply給...提供（通常與介詞搭配連用）provide

sb.with

sth./provide

sth.for

sb.--

He

provided

them

with

a

bed

for

the

night.=

He

provided

a

bed

for

them

for

the

night.2.

Last

year

a

journalist

had

been

instructed

by

awell-known

magazine

to

write

an

article

on

thepresident"s

palace

in

a

new

African

republic.★journalist

n.新聞記者

reporter

n.(電視臺)記者correspondent

n.(電臺)記者,通訊員★instruct

vt.教,教導,命令,指示,通知

instruct

sb.to

do

sth.=tell

sb.formally

to

do

sth.指示/吩咐某人做某事★republic

n.共和國,共和政體a

new

African

republic非洲一個新成立的共和國3.

When

the

article

arrived,

the

editor

read

the

firsentence

and

then

refuse

to

publish

it.★refuse

vt.拒絕（態(tài)度嚴厲）decline

vt.婉言謝絕

repudiate

vt.斷然拒絕★publish

v.出版=print(vt.),go

to

press(vi.)--

The

book

has

already

been

published.

=

Thebook

has

already

been

printed.--

The

book

has

gone

to

press.--

They

have

already

published

the

magazine.6.

The

journalist

immediately

set

out

to

obtain

theimportant

facts,

but

he

took

a

long

time

to

sendthem.★set

out

to

do=set

about

doing決定,打算,著手做...(帶著某種特殊目的)decide

and

try

to

dobegin

to

do

sth.描述某種狀態(tài)的開始，反義詞endstart

to

do

sth.強調(diào)動作，反義詞為stopE.g.

They

set

out

to

write

a

book

on

Chinese

history.I

begin

to

recover

confidence.★sb.take+時間+to

do

sth.=it

takes

sb.+時間+to

do

sth.He

took

a

long

time

to

send

them.=It

took

him

a

long

time

to

send

them.7.

Meanwhile,

the

editor

was

getting

impatient,

forthe

magazine

would

soon

go

to

press.★meanwhile強調(diào)兩個動作同時進行?！顱e

getting

impatient是用現(xiàn)在進行時態(tài)強調(diào)前后的情緒變化?！飅mpatient

adj.不耐煩的impatiencepatient(有耐心的)impatientlypatience

patientlybe

impatinet

to

do

sth.急不可耐地做某事E.g.

I

am

impatient

to

see

you.(=I

cannot

wait

tosee

you./I

am

anxious

to

see

you.)9.

He

sent

yet

another

fax

informing

the

journalistthat

if

he

did

not

reply

soon

he

would

be

fired.★★yet+another/once/again“又，再”，起強調(diào)作用。E.g.

This

led

to

yet

another

angry

argument.★inform

sb

of/about

sth.通知某人做某事

inform

sb.that+從句★fire

v.解雇（口語）dismiss

vt.解雇（正式）--

The

manage

dismissed

him

from

his

company.10.

When

the

journalist

again

failed

to

reply,

theeditorreluctantly

published

the

article

as

it

hadoriginally

been

written.★“fail

to

do”的搭配看似肯定，實則否定。E.g.

I

fail

to

see

why

you

think

so.They

fail

to

pass

the

exam.★be

reluctant

to

do

sth.=be

unwilling

to

do

sth.E.g.

She

was

very

reluctant

to

do

the

job.=She

was

unwilling

to

do

the

job.★as

it

had

originally

been

written=in

its

originalformoriginally

adv.起初，原先，從前

original

adj.最初的,原始的12.

Not

only

had

the

poor

man

been

arrested,

but

hehad

been

sent

to

prison

as

well.★not

only放在句首引起部分倒裝本句=The

poor

man

had

not

only

been

arrested,but

hadbeen

sent

to

prison

as

well.★以下情況的句子要部分倒裝1否定副詞位于句首，要倒裝。常用的否定副詞：never,seldom,rarely,little,hardly,scarcely,nowhere,no

soonerscarcely

adv.幾乎不,簡直沒有nowhere

adv.無處,到處都無E.g.

Never

have

I

read

such

stories.Nowhere

can

he

find

the

book

he

wants.Hardly

did

I

think

it

possible.12.

Not

only

had

the

poor

man

been

arrested,

but

hehad

been

sent

to

prison

as

well.23含有only的狀語位于句首，句子要倒裝E.g.

Only

then

did

he

realize

that

he

had

made

amistake.Only

when

a

great

deal

more

information

has

beenobtained

will

it

be

possible

to

plan

a

trip.含有not的副詞短語位于句首，要倒裝。如：not

for

a

moment(從來沒有，決不),not

inthe

least(一點也不，絕不),not

for

an

instant(根本不),not

untilE.g.

Not

in

the

least

is

he

interested

in

Englshliterature.Not

for

an

instant

did

I

believe

he

had

lied.12.

Not

only

had

the

poor

man

been

arrested,

but

hehad

been

sent

to

prison

as

well.45含有no的短語位于句首，句子要倒裝。如：at

no

time,in

no

way,in

no

sense,by

no

means,

in

no

case,

on

no

account,on

no

condition,under

no

circumstances.決不E.g.

Under

no

circumstances

can

we

accpet

thecheck.On

no

account

must

you

leave

the

baby

inthe

house.so,such位于句首，句子也要倒裝。

Such

is

human

nature

that…Keys

to

SD

Exercises

(P32)Not

only

has

he

made

this

mistake

before

but he

will

make

it

again.Only

then

did

I

realize

what

was

happening.Never

will

I

trust

him

again.Seldom

do

you

find

traffic

wardens

who

are kind

and

helpful.13.

However,

he

had

at

last

been

allowed

to

send

a

fax

inwhich

he

informed

the

editor

that

the

he

had

been

arrestedwhile

counting

the

1,084

steps

leading

to

the

fifteen-foowall

which

surrounded

the

president"s

palace.★in

which引導定語從句，修飾fax。第二個which引導定語從句，修飾wall?！飄e

had

at

last

been

allowed=

he

had

at

last

been

permitted=he

had

asked

for

permission請求被允許做某事be

allowed/permitted

to

do

sth.,ask

for

permission

to

do

sth.permit

v.許可,允許,準許perm