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Lesson 5 The facts
Section 1:
·Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts
and statistics.
·Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's
palace in a new African republic.
Newspapers and magazines
·reporter/journalist
·editor
·columnist
extreme
·extreme weather/example/sport
·extremely
·That book is very interesting.
·The boy is very clever.
·(名词)extreme
·You don’t have to go to extremes to lose weight
·go from one extreme to another
provide
·provide sth for sb
·The hotel provides a shoe-cleaning service for guests.
·provide sb with sth
·The hotel provides____________________________.
·Statistics show/suggest that women live longer than men.
·According to official statistics, the Japanese work longer hours than workers in most other industrialized
countries
·Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts
and statistics.
·Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's
palace in a new African republic.
lesson5
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instruct
·tell
·告知
·tell sb to do
·instruct sb to do
·I want you to instruct them that they must leave before next Monday.
·construct
on
·on+a detailed subject
·A lesson on European history
·Do you have any book on India
·on v.s. about :He knew a lot about ...
·When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it.
·The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's palace.'
·The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the
height of the wall.
·When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London,
they were not taken seriously.
step
surround
·People surround the place
·be surrounded by
·房子的四周有高墙.
·她周围总有许多爱赶时髦的朋友.
·She is always surrounded by fashionable friends
·The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the
height of the wall.
·Shouting and crying, I went out.
·I went out shouting and crying.
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·To shout and cry, I went out
·I went out to cry and shout
·Having shouted and cried, I went out
·I went out, having shouted and cried
Section 2:
·The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them.
·Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press.
He’ll come _____.
立即，马上
·Immediately
·Instantly
·At once
·Right away/right now/straight away
·In a minute
·As soon as possible
set
·set out
·set off
·If we set off early, we can catch the train in time.
·We’ll set off for SH tomorrow
obtain
·get
press
·He sent the journalist two urgent telegrams, but received no reply.
·He sent yet another telegram informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired.
·When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally
been written.
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urgent
·Something that is urgent must be done as soon as possible
·Is it urgent？
·An urgent call
·An urgent letter
·An urgent action
inform
·Why wasn't I informed of this earlier?
·inform sb of sth
·inform young people of the dangers of drugs
·Please inform us of any change of address as soon as possible.
·When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally
been written.
·He was reluctant to talk about it.
·He agreed reluctantly
originally
·Originally, we planned a tour of Scotland
·but we didn't go at last.
·=at first
·We originally planned to stay for just a few days.
·When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally
been written.
·A week later, the editor at last received a telegram from the journalist.
·Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well.
倒装句介绍
·I finally got the job I dreamed about. Never in all my life ________ so happy! （2000 全国春）
·A. did I feel
B. I felt
C. I had felt
D. had I felt
N 开头，要倒装
1. No (never,not, nor, neither, nothing, nowhere, no longer)
2. Seldom (little, few, rarely, scarcely, hardly)
3. Not only
·He seldom goes out for dinner.
·Seldom he goes out for dinner.
·Seldom___________________________
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·Little_____about his own health though he was badly ill.
A. he cared
B. did he care
C. does he care
D. he cares
·Not only_____to stay at home,but he was also forbidden to meet his family.
A. he was forcing
B. he was forced
C. was he forcing
D. was he forced
·However, he had at last been allowed to send a cable in which he informed the editor that he had been
arrested while counting the 1084 steps leading to the 15-foot wall which surrounded the president's
palace.
