早起的虫子有鸟吃.doc

早起的虫子有鸟吃.doc 新概念Lesson 5 The facts 确切数字 Editors(编辑)of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes(n. 极端) to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics(n. 统计 数字). Last year a journalist(n. 新闻记 者)had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace( n.王宫;宏伟的住宅) in a new African republic. 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 telegram instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall. 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( adj. 不耐 烦的), for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent the journalist two more faxes, but received no reply. He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired(v. 解雇). When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally( adv. 起初，原先，从前)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. However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that he had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace. editor n. 编辑 edit vt. 编辑 edition n.编辑 edi`torial adj. 编辑的，主编的;n. 社论， 评论 extreme n. 极端 go to extreme(s) to do 走极端 Eg: He went to extreme to say that the play was the best one. He went to extremes to say that his girlfriend was the most beautiful in the world. go from one extreme to the other journalist n. 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 ?publish v. 出版= print vt. Eg: They have already published the magazine. Eg: the book has already been published. The book has gone to press. fax n. 传真sent a fax ?impatient adj. 不耐烦的 patient adj. 有耐心的 patiently adv. 有耐心地 impatient adj. 不耐烦的 impatiently adv. 不耐烦地 patience n. impatience fire v. 解雇 He was fired from his job. 同义词: dismiss (正式) The manager dismissed him from his company. sack (俚语) vt. 解雇，辞退 Eg: If you do it wrong again you will be sacked. ?originally adv. 起初，原先，从前 original adj. provide = supply 给…，提供(通常与介 词搭配连用) 固定搭配:Provide sb with sth. / provide sth for sb. He provided them with a bed for the night. He provided a bed for them for the night. instruct sb. to do sth ==tell sb. formally to do sth. 正式告诉某人做某事 ‘…a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a new African republic.’ 主动语态:A well-known magazine instructed a journalist to write an article on the president's palace in a new African republic.’ The teacher instructed him to take the examination. refuse to publish it 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 set out to do sth.==decide and try to do 决定，打算，着手做=set about doing Eg: He set out to make his first 1,000,000 in 5 years take sb. a long time to do sth. 某事花了 某人很久的时间 It took me five days to write the article. two more faxes = another two faxes reluctantly = unwillingly 勉勉强强地，不 情愿地 语法: 倒装简述: ?not only 位于句首，必须采用倒装形式 原文:Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well. 还原为陈述句:The poor man had not only been arrested, but had been sent to prison as well. ?否定副词位于句首，要倒装。 Never have I read such stories. 我从来没 有读过这样的小说。 Nowhere can he find the book he wants. 无论在哪儿他都找不到他想要的那本书。 Hardly did I think it possible. 我并不认 为这是可能的。 常用的否定副词:never, seldom, rarely, little, hardly, scarcely, nowhere, no sooner 2(含有only的状语位于句首，句子要倒 装 Only then did he realize that he had made a mistake.只有到那个时候，他才认识到自 己犯了个错误。 Only when a great deal more information has been obtained will it be possible to plan a trip. 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。 ?not for a moment, not in the least , not for an instant, not until Not in the least is he interested in English literature. 他对英国文学一点都不感兴 趣。 Not for an instant did I believe he had lied. 4(含有no的短语位于句首，句子要倒装。 ?at no time, in no way, in no sense, by no means, in no case, on no account, on no condition, under no circumstances. ‘绝 不’ Under no circumstances can we accept the check.无论如何我们不能接受这笔钱。 On no account must you leave the baby in the house.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。 He had at last been allowed = he had at last been permitted = he had asked for permission be allowed to do, be permitted to do, asked for permission to do sth. :请求允 许，被允许 leading to 现在分词，通向 the steps leading to the president’s palace the road leading to the forest 望诸君认真复习和背诵^_^