1、Unit 4 GETTING THE “SCOOP”,“Quick,” said the editor. “Get that story ready. We need it in this edition to be ahead of the other newspapers. This is a scoop.” Zhou Yang had just come back into the office after an interview with a famous film star. “Did he really do that?” asked someone from the Inter

2、national News Department. “Yes, Im afraid he did,” Zhou Yang answered. He set to work.,1.提前 2.開(kāi)始,ahead of time提前 ahead of ones time跑在時(shí)代的前頭 go ahead前進(jìn)；(工作等)推進(jìn)；(催促對(duì)方)先請(qǐng) look ahead向前看 keep ahead保持領(lǐng)先,His first task was to write his story, but he had to do it carefully. Although he realized the man had b

3、een lying, Zhou Yang knew he must not began to accuse him directly. He would have to be accurate. Concise too! He knew how to do that. Months of training had taught him to write with no wasted words or phrases. He sat down at his computer and began to work.,1.盡管 2.準(zhǔn)確，簡(jiǎn)單 3.數(shù)月的,(2)although引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句，且狀語(yǔ)

4、從句中含有省掉引導(dǎo)詞that的賓語(yǔ)從句，作動(dòng)詞realized的賓語(yǔ)。 (3)句中的had been lying為過(guò)去完成時(shí)的進(jìn)行時(shí)形式，強(qiáng)調(diào)“一直在撒謊”。 結(jié)構(gòu)：had been+v-ing,Although he got up late，he still managed to go to work on time. 盡管他起晚了，但是他還是設(shè)法按時(shí)去工作。 He has been working on his paper the whole afternoon. 一整個(gè)下午他一直在忙于寫(xiě)論文。 He had been watching TV when his mother came ba

5、ck. 當(dāng)他媽媽回來(lái)時(shí)，他一直在看電視。,The first person who saw his article was a senior editor from his department. He checked the evidence, read the article and passed it on to the copy-editor. She began to edit the piece and design the main headline and smaller heading. “This will look very good on the page,” she

6、said. “Where is a good picture of this man?” Then as the article was going to be written in English Zhou Yang also took a copy to the native speaker employed by the newspaper to polish the style. She was also very happy with Zhou Yangs story. “You are really able to write a good front page article,”

7、 she said. Zhou Yang smiled with happiness. Last of all, the chief editor read it and approved it. “Well done,” he said to Zhou Yang. “But please show me your evidence so were sure weve got our facts straight.” “Ill bring it to you immediately,” said Zhou Yang excitedly.,1.資深編輯 6.一手資料 2.技術(shù)編輯 3.副標(biāo)題 4

8、.潤(rùn)色 5.最后,as在此處引導(dǎo)的是原因狀語(yǔ)從句，從句既可放在主句前也可放在主句后。 一般來(lái)說(shuō)，as引導(dǎo)原因狀語(yǔ)從句表示雙方都知道的原因。,They needed four negatives，as several colours were going to be used on the story. 由于這篇報(bào)道要用好幾種顏色，因此需要四張膠片。 As it rains again, well have to stay at home. 因?yàn)橛窒缕鹩陙?lái)了，我們只好待在家里。,The news desk editor took the story and began to work on al

9、l the stories and photos until all the pages were set. All the information was then ready to be processed into film negatives. This was the first stage of the printing process. They needed four negatives, as several colours were going to be used on the story. Each of the main colours had one negative sheet and when they were combined they made a coloured page for the newspaper. After one last check the page was ready to be printed. Zhou Yang waited excitedly for the first copies to be re