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早起的虫子有鸟吃
新概念Lesson5 Thefacts确切数字
Editors(编辑)ofnewspapersandmagazinesoftengotoextremes(n.极端)toprovidetheirreaderswithunimportantfactsandstatistics(n.统计数字).Lastyearajournalist(n.新闻记者)hadbeeninstructedbyawell-knownmagazinetowriteanarticleonthepresident'spalace(n.王宫;宏伟的住宅)inanewAfricanrepublic.Whenthearticlearrived,theeditorreadthefirstsentenceandthenrefusedtopublishit.Thearticlebegan:
'Hundredsofstepsleadtothehighwallwhichsurroundsthepresident'spalace.'Theeditoratoncesentthejournalistatelegraminstructinghimtofindouttheexactnumberofstepsandtheheightofthewall.
Thejournalistimmediatelysetouttoobtaintheseimportantfacts,buthetookalongtimetosendthem.Meanwhile,theeditorwasgettingimpatient(adj.不耐烦的),forthemagazinewouldsoongotopress.Hesentthejournalisttwomorefaxes,butreceivednoreply.Hesentyetanotherfaxinformingthejournalistthatifhedidnotreplysoonhewouldbefired(v.解雇).Whenthejournalistagainfailedtoreply,theeditorreluctantlypublishedthearticleasithadoriginally(adv.起初,原先,从前)beenwritten.Aweeklater,theeditoratlastreceivedatelegramfromthejournalist.Notonlyhadthepoormanbeenarrested,buthehadbeensenttoprisonaswell.However,hehadatlastbeenallowedtosendafaxinwhichheinformedtheeditorthathehadbeenarrestedwhilecountingthe1,084stepsleadingtothefifteen-footwallwhichsurroundedthepresident'spalace.
editorn.编辑
editvt.编辑
editionn.编辑
edi`torialadj.编辑的,主编的;n.社论,评论
extremen.极端
gotoextreme(s)todo走极端
Eg:
Hewenttoextremetosaythattheplaywasthebestone.
Hewenttoextremestosaythathisgirlfriendwasthemostbeautifulintheworld.
gofromoneextremetotheother
journalistn.新闻记者
辨析:
journalist(杂志)新闻记者
reporter (电视台)记者
correspondent(电台)记者,通讯员
★publishv.出版=printvt.
Eg:
Theyhavealreadypublishedthemagazine.
Eg:
thebookhasalreadybeenpublished.
Thebookhasgonetopress.
faxn.传真sentafax
★impatientadj.不耐烦的
patientadj.有耐心的
patientlyadv.有耐心地
impatientadj.不耐烦的
impatientlyadv.不耐烦地
patiencen.
impatience
firev.解雇
Hewasfiredfromhisjob.
同义词:
dismiss(正式)
Themanagerdismissedhimfromhiscompany.
sack(俚语)vt.解雇,辞退
Eg:
Ifyoudoitwrongagainyouwillbesacked.
★originallyadv.起初,原先,从前
originaladj.
provide=supply给…,提供(通常与介词搭配连用)
固定搭配:
Providesbwithsth./providesthforsb.
Heprovidedthemwithabedforthenight.
Heprovidedabedforthemforthenight.
instructsb.todosth==tellsb.formallytodosth.正式告诉某人做某事
‘…ajournalisthadbeeninstructedbyawell-knownmagazinetowriteanarticleonthepresident'spalaceinanewAfricanrepublic.’
主动语态:
Awell-knownmagazineinstructedajournalisttowriteanarticleonthepresident'spalaceinanewAfricanrepublic.’
Theteacherinstructedhimtotaketheexamination.
refusetopublishit
辨析:
Refuse:
vt.拒绝(态度严厉)
Decline:
vt. 婉言谢绝
Repudiate[ri`pju:
dieit]:
vt. 断然拒绝
setouttodosth.==decideandtrytodo决定,打算,着手做=setaboutdoing
Eg:
Hesetouttomakehisfirst1,000,000in5years
takesb.alongtimetodosth.某事花了某人很久的时间
Ittookmefivedaystowritethearticle.
twomorefaxes=anothertwofaxes
reluctantly=unwillingly勉勉强强地,不情愿地
语法:
倒装简述:
★notonly位于句首,必须采用倒装形式
原文:
Notonlyhadthepoormanbeenarrested,buthehadbeensenttoprisonaswell.
还原为陈述句:
Thepoormanhadnotonlybeenarrested,buthadbeensenttoprisonaswell.
★否定副词位于句首,要倒装。
NeverhaveIreadsuchstories.我从来没有读过这样的小说。
Nowherecanhefindthebookhewants.无论在哪儿他都找不到他想要的那本书。
HardlydidIthinkitpossible.我并不认为这是可能的。
常用的否定副词:
never,seldom,rarely,little,hardly,scarcely,nowhere,nosooner
2.含有only的状语位于句首,句子要倒装
Onlythendidherealizethathehadmadeamistake.只有到那个时候,他才认识到自己犯了个错误。
Onlywhenagreatdealmoreinformationhasbeenobtainedwillitbepossibletoplanatrip.
只有获得比较多的信息之后,才有可能计划去旅行。
3.还有not的副词短语位于句首,要倒装。
★notforamoment,notintheleast,notforaninstant,notuntil
NotintheleastisheinterestedinEnglishliterature.他对英国文学一点都不感兴趣。
NotforaninstantdidIbelievehehadlied.
4.含有no的短语位于句首,句子要倒装。
★atnotime,innoway,innosense,bynomeans,innocase,onnoaccount,onnocondition,undernocircumstances.‘绝不’
Undernocircumstancescanweacceptthecheck.无论如何我们不能接受这笔钱。
Onnoaccountmustyouleavethebabyinthehouse.你无论如何也不能把婴儿留在房间里。
5.so,such位于句首,句子也要倒装。
Hehadatlastbeenallowed
=hehadatlastbeenpermitted
=hehadaskedforpermission
beallowedtodo,
bepermittedtodo,
askedforpermissiontodosth.:
请求允许,被允许
leadingto现在分词,通向
thestepsleadingtothepresident’spalace
theroadleadingtotheforest
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