新概念英語第三冊Lesson+5筆記

【課文】Editorsofnewspapersandmagazinesoftengotoextremestoprovidetheirreaderswithunimportantfactsandstatistics.Lastyearajournalisthadbeeninstructedbyawell-knownmagazinetowriteanarticleonthepresident'spalaceinanewAfricanrepublic.Whenthearticlearrived,theeditorreadthefirstsentenceandthenrefusedtopublishit.Thearticlebegan:'Hundredsofstepsleadtothehighwallwhichsurroundsthepresident'spalace.'Theeditoratoncesentthejournalistatelegraminstructinghimtofindouttheexactnumberofstepsandtheheightofthewall.Thejournalistimmediatelysetouttoobtaintheseimportantfacts,buthetookalongtimetosendthem.Meanwhile,theeditorwasgettingimpatient,forthemagazinewouldsoongotopress.Hesentthejournalisttwomorefaxes,butreceivednoreply.Hesentyetanotherfaxinformingthejournalistthatifhedidnotreplysoonhewouldbefired.Whenthejournalistagainfailedtoreply,theeditorreluctantlypublishedthearticleasithadoriginallybeenwritten.Aweeklater,theeditoratlastreceivedatelegramfromthejournalist.Notonlyhadthepoormanbeenarrested,buthehadbeensenttoprisonaswell.However,hehadatlastbeenallowedtosendafaxinwhichheinformedtheeditorthathehadbeenarrestedwhilecountingthe1,084stepsleadingtothefifteen-footwallwhichsurroundedthepresident'spalace.【課文翻譯】報刊雜志的編輯常常為了向讀者提供一些無關(guān)緊要的事實(shí)和統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)字而走向極端。去年，一位記者受一家有名的雜志的委托寫一篇關(guān)于非洲某個新成立共和國總統(tǒng)府的文章。稿子寄來后，編輯看了第一句話就拒絕予以發(fā)表。文章的開頭是這樣的：“幾百級臺階通向環(huán)繞總統(tǒng)府的高墻。”編輯立即給那位記者發(fā)去傳真，要求他核實(shí)一下臺階的確切數(shù)字和圍墻的高度。記者立即出發(fā)去核實(shí)這些重要的事實(shí)，但過了好長時間不見他把數(shù)字寄來。在此期間，編輯等得不耐煩了，因?yàn)殡s志馬上要付印。他給記者先后發(fā)去兩份傳真，但對方毫無反應(yīng)。于是他又發(fā)了一份傳真。通知那位記者說，若再不迅速答復(fù)，將被解雇。但記者還是沒有回復(fù)。編輯無奈，勉強(qiáng)按原樣發(fā)稿了。一周之后，編輯終于接到了記者的傳真。那個可憐的記者不僅被捕了。而且還被送進(jìn)了監(jiān)獄。不過，他終于獲準(zhǔn)發(fā)回了一份傳真。在傳真中他告訴編輯，就在他數(shù)通向15英尺高的總統(tǒng)府圍墻的l，084級臺階時，被抓了起來?！鞠嚓P(guān)詞匯及短語】1.editor編輯Later,aseditorofthegroup'smagazine,headvocatedpoliticalviolence.后來，作為這個組織的雜志主編，他也曾鼓吹政治暴力。chiefeditor總編輯editorinchief主編；總編輯associateeditor副主編；副編輯managingeditor總編輯senioreditor高級編輯，資深編輯assistanteditor助理編輯2.extreme極端的WhileRickandDanwait,Janetsuffersfromtheextremepainofherbrokenarm.在里克和丹等待的時候，珍妮特由于骨折的手臂疼得死去活來。Richernationsareassumedtobeabovesuchmeasures,butnotinextremecircumstances.照理說，較為富裕的國家不至于這樣做，但在極端情況下則不然。3.statisticsThereareplentyofalarmingstatisticstobackuptheanecdotes.許多令人擔(dān)憂的數(shù)據(jù)為坊間傳聞提供了支持。nationalbureauofstatistics國家統(tǒng)計(jì)局bureauofstatistics統(tǒng)計(jì)局statisticsanalysis統(tǒng)計(jì)分析accordingtostatistics據(jù)統(tǒng)計(jì)4.journalist記者AnywesternjournalistvisitingChinawouldseekaninterviewwithMadameChiang.任何訪華的西方新聞記者都要設(shè)法采訪蔣夫人。近義詞：newspapermanjounalist5.presidentWhowillgetthenominationforpresident?誰將被提名為總統(tǒng)候選人？vicepresident副總統(tǒng)formerpresident前任總統(tǒng)6.palaceMoviePalacehasthemostcomfortableseats.“電影宮”有最舒適的座位。imperialpalacen.宮城；皇城BuckinghamPalace白金漢宮（英國皇宮）PotalaPalace布達(dá)拉宮presidentialpalace總統(tǒng)府palacemuseum故宮博物院7.publish出版，發(fā)布Whenlawschoolspublishjournals,lawyersreadthem.法學(xué)院出版的期刊，律師都會讀。Thisisnotthefirstattempttopublishthecompletelettersbutitisthebest.試圖出版完整的信件，本書不是第一次，但是最好的。8.faxWiththeadventofhigh-speeddatatransmissioninthe1980s,teletypegavewaytoe-mailandfax.隨著1980年代高速數(shù)據(jù)傳輸?shù)絹恚妭鞔蜃謾C(jī)為電子郵件和傳真所取代。faxmachine傳真機(jī)faxnumber傳真號碼；傳真機(jī)號sendafax發(fā)傳真9.impatient焦躁的，沒耐心的Yourreadersarebusyandimpatient.讀者們，都是又忙又不耐煩的。Whyareyoualwayssoshortandimpatient?你為什么是這么暴和沒有耐心？10.fire解雇Hewasfiredonthespot.他被當(dāng)場解雇。11.originally最初；本來變化：origin→original→originallyOriginally,thebrainisquiteopen.起初大腦是非常開放的。Somelostmorethantheyhadoriginallyinvested.一些人的損失超過了最初投資的金額。12.Notonly...but...aswell不僅…而且…也NotonlyyoubutIamstudentaswell.不僅你而且我也是學(xué)生。Iamnotonlyastudentbutaworkeraswell.我不僅是學(xué)生，而且是工人。課文解析：Editorsofnewspapersandmagazinesoftengotoextremestoprovidetheirreaderswithunimportantfactsandstatistics.*做某事走極端：gotoextremestodosth1.Don'tgotoextremesinthisthing.2.Shetendstogotoextremes.她這個人比較偏激。*providesbwithsth=providesthforsb1.Weareheretoprovidethepublicwithaservice.=Weareheretoprovideaserviceforthepublic.我們來這里是為公眾服務(wù)。Lastyearajournalisthadbeeninstructedbyawell-knownmagazinetowriteanarticleonthepresident'spalaceinanewAfricanrepublic.*instructsbtodosth:指示/吩咐某人做某事*awell-knownmagazine有名的雜志*Itiswell-knownthatbambooshootsareapanda'sstaplediet.眾所周知，竹筍是熊貓的主要食物。Whenthearticlearrived,theeditorreadthefirstsentenceandthenrefusedtopublishit.*稿子寄來后：whenthearticlearrived,*refusetodosth.拒絕做某事1.Herefusedtoreleaseherarm.放開她的胳膊。2.Icouldhardlyrefuse,couldI?我很難拒絕，是不是？3.TheUnitedStateshasrefusedhimavisa.美國當(dāng)局已拒絕給予他簽證。Thearticlebegan:'Hundredsofstepsleadtothehighwallwhichsurroundsthepresident'spalace.'*文章開頭是這樣的：Thearticlebegan:Theeditoratoncesentthejournalistafaxinstructinghimtofindouttheexactnumberofstepsandtheheightofthewall.*atonce:馬上，立刻*確切數(shù)字：exactnumberThejournalistimmediatelysetouttoobtaintheseimportantfacts,buthetookalongtimetosendthem.*setout:toleaveaplaceandbeginajourney.啟程，出發(fā)*setouttodosth:tobeginajob,task,etc.withaparticularaimorgoal（帶著某種特殊目的）打算/著手做某事1.Thegovernmentsetouttodestroytheorganizationrootandbranch.政府著手完全徹底地摧毀這個組織。*sb.take+時間+todosth=Ittakessb.+時間+todosth某人花費(fèi)多長時間做某事Meanwhile,theeditorwasgettingimpatient,forthemagazinewouldsoongotopress.*與此同時，在此期間：meanwhile*編輯等的不耐煩了：Theeditorwasgettingimpatient*beimpatienttodosth:急于/迫不及待的做某事1.Hewasimpatienttoleave.*gotopress:付印，出版Hesentthejournalisttwomorefaxes,butreceivednoreply.Hesentyetanotherfaxinformingthejournalistthatifhedidnotreplysoonhewouldbefired.*yet+another/once/again表示“又，再”，起強(qiáng)調(diào)。Whenthejournalistagainfailedtoreply,theeditorreluctantlypublishedthearticleasithadoriginallybeenwritten.*沒有回復(fù)：failtoreply*failtodosth未做某事（表否定）1.Hefailedtokeeptheappointment.他未履約。2.Sheneverfailstodo