新概念第三册第五课笔记

Lesson5Thefacts确切数字Editorsofnewspapersandmagazinesoftengotoextremestoprovidetheirreaderswithunimportantfactsandstatistics.Lastyearajournalisthadbeeninstructedbyawell-knownmagazinetowriteanarticleonthepresident’spalaceinanewAfricanrepublic.Whenthearticlearrived,theeditorreadthefirstsentenceandthenrefusedtopublishit.Thearticlebegan:Hundredsofstepsleadtothehighwallwhichsurroundsthepresident’spalace.’Theeditoratoncesentthejournalistafaxinstructinghimtofindouttheexactnumberofstepsandtheheightofthewall.Thejournalistimmediatelysetouttoobtaintheseimportantfacts,buthetookalongtimetosendthem.Meanwhile,theeditorwasgettingimpatient,forthemagazinewouldsoongotopress.Hesentthejournalisttwomorefaxes,butreceivednoreply.Hesentyetanotherfaxinformingthejournalistthatifhedidnotreplysoonhewouldbefired.Whenthejournalistagainfailedtoreply,theeditorreluctantlypublishedthearticleasithadoriginallybeenwritten.Aweeklater,theeditoratlastreceivedafoxfromthejournalist.Notonlyhadthepoormanbeenarrested,buthehadbeensenttoprisonaswell.However,hehadatlastbeenallowedtosendafoxinwhichheinformedtheeditorthathehadbeenarrestedwhilecountingthe1,084stepsleadingtothefifteen-footwallwhichsurroundedthepresident’spalace.Todaywe’lllearnthestoryaboutajournalistwhowasaskedtoprovidesomestatistics.nowpleaselistentothestory,thenlet’slearnthenewwords:Nowlearnthenewwords(1).editorn.编辑(2).extremen.极端(3).statisticsn.统计数字(4).journalistn.新闻记者(5).presidentn.总统(6).palacen.王宫，宏伟的住宅(7).publishn.出版(8).faxn.传真(9).impatientadj.不耐烦的(10).firev.解雇(11).originallyadv.起初，原先Afterlearningthenewwords.Nowtrytoanswerthequestion,anddotheaskandanswer.1.Howlongagowasthis?(Lastyear)2.Whywastheeditordissatisfiedwiththefirstsentence?(Becauseitwastoogeneral)3.Didherefusetopublishit?(Yes,hedid)4.Whywastheeditorgettingimpatient?(Becausethemagazinewouldsoongotopress)5.Howmanymorefaxesdidhesendthejournalist?(Three)6.Whatdidthelastonesay?(Thatthejournalistwouldbefriedifhedidn’treply)7.Howlongwasitbeforethejournalistcouldfaxtheeditor?(Aweek)8.Howmanystepsledtothewallsurroundingthepresident’spalace?(1.084)9.Howhighwasthewall?(Fifteenfeet)10.Whenhadthejournalistbeenarrested?(WhenhewascountingthestepsText.课文讲解Editorsofnewspapersandmagazinesoftengotoextremestoprovidetheirreaderswithunimportantfactsandstatistics(1).gotoextremes走极端，采取极端手段Eg:Don’tgotoextremesineverything.不要凡是都走极端如果用单数，可用gototheextremesof表示“采取....极端手段。”Themanwenttotheextremesofhittingthechild.这个男人采取打小孩的极端手段。（2）.toprovidetheirreaderswith....此动词不定时为目的状语，providesb.withsth,或providesthfor.sb.向某人提供某物Lastyearajournalisthadbeeninstructedbyawell-knownmagazinetowriteanarticleonthepresident’spalaceinanewAfricanrepublic（1）.hadbeeninstructed受委托（2）Write....on...就....写.....这里用介词on,表达“有关，关于”，相当于介词about的含义。Eg:Hehasjustwrittenabookonanimals.他刚刚写了一篇关于动物的书。Whenthearticlearrived,theeditorreadthefirstsentenceandthenrefusedtopublishit.refusetodosth拒绝做某事。Thearticlebegan:Hundredsofstepsleadtothehighwallwhichsurroundsthepresident’spalace.’(1).leadto通向(2).whichsurroundsthepresident’spalace定语从句，环绕总统府的高墙。Theeditoratoncesentthejournalistafaxinstructinghimtofindouttheexactnumberofstepsandtheheightofthewall.（1）.instructinghimto现在分词短语作状语，对谓语动词sent作一部说明。（2）.height高度，宽度width深度depth长度length(3).instructinghimto....现在分词短语作状语，对谓语动词sent作进一步说明。Thejournalistimmediatelysetouttoobtaintheseimportantfacts,buthetookalongtimetosendthem（1）.主语为人eg：Itookthreehourstogethomelastweek上一周我花三小时到家（2）.主语为行为：Eg:Paintingthewalltookmeallday.刷墙我用了整整一天（3）.主语为先行词itEg:Ittookmeonedaytorepairthecar.Meanwhile,theeditorwasgettingimpatient,forthemagazinewouldsoongotopress(1).wasgettingimpatient,中的动词get作系动词，impatient作补语，对主语作补充说明。(2)gotopress开印，复印Hesentthejournalisttwomorefaxes,butreceivednoreplyHesentyetanotherfaxinformingthejournalistthatifhedidnotreplysoonhewouldbefired(1).yetanother又，更。Another为形容词，除副词yet外，still也可用于another前表示此意。(2).informingthejournalistthat现在分词短语做状语。Whenthejournalistagainfailedtoreply,theeditorreluctantlypublishedthearticleasithadoriginallybeenwritten（1）.failtodosth.没能够做成某事。(2).asithadoriginallybeenwritten按照原先写的样式，as引导的方式状语从句，修饰publishedEg:Heoperatedthemachineastheinstructionsaid.他按照说明操作机器。Aweeklater,theeditoratlastreceivedafoxfromthejournalistNotonlyhadthepoormanbeenarrested,buthehadbeensenttoprisonaswellNotonly用于句首时，其后需用倒装句Eg:Notonlyisthisyoungmanintelligent,buthardworkingaswell.这个年轻人，不仅聪明，而且勤奋However,hehadatlastbeenallowedtosendafoxinwhichheinformedtheeditorthathehadbeenarrestedwhilecountingthe1,084stepsleadingtothefifteen-footwallwhichsurroundedthepresident’spalace.（1）.inwhich引导一定语从句，修饰afax,此处in不能省略，相当于inthefax.（2）.whilecounting为时间状语（3）.leadingto,现在分词短语，作定语后置修饰steps.SummaryThoughthejournalistimmediatelysetouttogetthefactsafterreceivinginstructionsfromhiseditor,hedidnotsendthematonce.Meanwhile,theeditorwasgettingimpatient,sohesentthreefaxes,finallythreateningtofirethejournalist.Whenthelastfaxwasunanswered,thearticlewaspublishedinitsoriginalform.Thejournalistsenttheeditorafaxaweeklaterexplaininghehadbeenimprisonedaftercountingthestepsandmeasuringtheheightofthewall.KeytoVocabularyjournal