Lesson5Thefacts

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Newwordsandexpressioneditor<n.>編輯

theassociate~副編輯/achief~主編

edit<vt.>編輯edition<n.>版，版本thefirst~第一版/apocket~袖珍本alimited~限量版2.extreme<n.>極端<a.>極端的;末端的---gotoextreme(s)todo…做某事走極端e.g.Hewenttoextremetosaythattheplaywasthebestone.

---gofromoneextremetotheother從一個極端走向另一個極端---varyfromoneextremetotheother天壤之別3.journalist<n.>新聞記者reporter(電視臺)記者interviewer（訪問）記者broadcaster（電臺）廣播員DJ（discjockey

操作員）（廣播電臺）流行音樂節(jié)目主持人VJ（videojockey）電視綜藝節(jié)目主持人4.publish<v.>出版=print(vt.),gotopresse.g.Thebookhasalreadybeenpublished.=Thebookhasalreadybeenprinted.=Thebookhasgonetopress.5.impatientadj.不耐煩的patience（n.耐性）patient（adj.有耐心的）patiently（adv.有耐心地）impatience（n.不耐煩）impatient（adj.不耐煩的）impatiently（adv.不耐煩地）

6.fire<v.>解雇（口語）--Hewasfiredfromhisjob.dismiss<vt.>解雇（正式）--Themanagedismissedhimfromhiscompany.sack(俚語)“解雇，辭退“Ifyoudoitwrongagainyouwillbesacked.givesb.thesackkickoutText

Editorsofnewspapersandmagazinesoftengotoextremesto

providetheirreaderswithunimportantfactsandstatistics.provide=supply給...提供providesbwithsth/providesthforsb--Heprovidedthemwithabedforthenight.=Heprovidedabedforthemforthenight

supplysbwithsthsupplysthto/forsbLastyearajournalisthadbeeninstructedbyawell-knownmagazinetowriteanarticleonthepresident'spalaceinanewAfricanrepublic.instructsb.todosth=tellsb.formallytodosth.正式告訴某人做某事

a.教；教育；指導

Myuncleinstructspeoplehowtodrivecars.b.指示；告訴Mybossinstructedmetotypethelettersquickly.

c.下令指揮命令Wewereinstructednottotellaboutit.

instruction(n)指導說明書instructor(n)導師Whenthearticlearrived,theeditorreadthefirstsentenceandthenrefusetopublishit.*Whenthearticlearrived=Whentheeditorreceivedthearticlerefuse拒絕，非常堅決地、不客氣地拒絕。

decline婉言拒絕，謝絕reject拋棄，不采納，主語可以是人或物，后接名詞deny否認，否定turndown/saynotosb./sth.口語中常用Thearticlebegan:'Hundredsofstepsleadtothehighwallwhichsurroundsthepresident'spalace'.

leadto-導致,通向--Thisroadleadstothathospital.--Hiscarelessnessledtotheaccident.--究竟是什么讓你相信了他的謊言。surroundv.包圍,環(huán)繞,圍繞

--Awallsurroundsthegarden.一座墻圍繞著花園。surrounding-n.圍繞物,環(huán)境環(huán)境environment.環(huán)境(周圍的狀況)--adjusttoanewenvironment適應(yīng)新的環(huán)境

circumstances環(huán)境,詳情,境況--undernocircumstances無論如何不；決不--underthecircumstances或inthecircumstances在這些情況下；情況既然如此Underthecircumstanceswehadtogowithhim.Theeditoratoncesentthejournalistafaxinstructinghimtofindouttheexactnumberofstepsandtheheightofthewall.Thejournalistimmediatelysetoutto

obtaintheseimportantfacts,buthetookalongtimetosendthem.setouttodo=decideandtrytodo

=setaboutdoing決定,打算,著手做...

--Hesetouttomakehisfirst1,000,000in5years.--他決定學習一門外語。setoutfor啟程，出發(fā)，開始

--WesetoutfortheWesternHillsat10:30.目的狀語About“set”setoutsetoff出發(fā)著手做開始做決定做setup搭建setanexample做榜樣setonfire放火Meanwhile,theeditorwasgettingimpatient,forthemagazinewouldsoongotopress.meanwhile-(=meantime)n.其間,其時--adv.其間--Inthemeantimewewaited.我們在這時等待著。--作為副詞meantime不及meanwhile普遍：--Meanwhilewewaited.與此同時，我們等候著。Hesentthejournalisttwomorefaxes,butreceivednoreply.Hesentyetanotherfaxinformingthejournalistthatifhedidnotreplysoonhewouldbefired.yet與once,again,another連用，意思是“再”e.g.Hehasmadeyetanothermistake.inform<v.>(～of/about)通知,告訴,獲悉,告知--Heinformedmeofyourdecision.他把你的決定告訴了我。--老師把這個好消息告訴了校長。--bewellinformedaboutsth.精通某事;對某事消息靈通information<n.>信息Whenthejournalistagainfailedtoreply,theeditorreluctantlypublishedthearticleasithadoriginallybeenwritten.failto-不能,不(做),忘記;疏忽--Hefailedtocome.--他沒有通過英語考試。--Heneverfailstowritetohismothereveryweek.reluctantly-adv.不情愿地,嫌惡地reluctant-adj.不愿意的,勉強的(同意、答復等)--Hewasveryreluctanttogoaway.他很不愿意離去。beunwillingto---我真不愿意和她一起工作。

reluctance<n.>originally<adv.>最初,原先(firstly;initially)--ThebookwasoriginallypublishedasABC.原書名為ABC.original<adj.>最初的,原始的,獨創(chuàng)的,新穎的<n.>原物,原作--anoriginalplay原創(chuàng)劇本--anoriginalmind.有創(chuàng)造性的思想--anoriginaledition原版origin<n.>起初，起源sourceresource

theoriginofhumanbeingAweeklater,theeditoratlastreceivedafaxfromthejournalist.Notonly

hadthepoormanbeenarrested,

buthehadbeensenttoprisonaswell.

notonly…butalso…/notonly…but…/notonly…but…aswell.*Notonly位于句首,必須采用倒裝形式。本句=Thepoormanhadnotonlybeenarrested,buthadbeensenttoprisonaswell.

e.g.Notonlydidthedogbarkathim,but(it)bitehim.他不僅遲到了，還把書丟了。However,hehadatlastbeenallowedtosendafaxinwhichheinformedtheeditorthatthehehadbeenarrestedwhilecountingthe1,084stepsleadingtothefifteen-footwallwhichsurroundedthepresident'spalace.hehadatlastbeenallowed=hehadatlastbeenpermitted=hehadaskedforpermission請求被允許做某事:beallowedtodo/bepermittedtodo/askforpermissiontodo

permit<v.>許可,允許,準許permission<n.>許可,允許Testyourmemory……Howdoeditorsofnewspaperandmagazinesoftengotoextremes?Whathadajournalistbeeninstructedtodo?Howlongagowasthis?Whywastheeditordissatisfiedwiththefirstsentence?Didherefusetopublishit?Whatdidtheeditorinstructthejournalisttofindout?Wasthejournalistabletosupplythisinformationimmediately?Whywastheeditor