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§ Lesson 5 The facts 确切数字 【New words and expressions】 生词和短语 ◆editor n. 编辑 ◆extreme n. 极端 ◆statistics n. 统计数字 ◆journalist n. 新闻记者 ◆president n. 总统 ◆palace n.王宫；宏伟的住宅 ◆publish v. 出版 ◆fax n. 传真 ◆impatient adj. 不耐烦的 ◆fire v. 解雇 ◆originally adv. 起初，原先，从前 ★editor n. 编辑 edit vt. 编辑 edition n.编辑 editorial 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 ★statistics n. 统计数字 ★journalist n. 新闻记者 journalist 杂志 新闻记者 reproter 电视台 记者 correspondent 电台 记者，通讯员 ★president n. 总统 ★palace n.王宫；宏伟的住宅 ★publish v. 出版 Eg: They have already published the magazine. print vt. 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. dismass 正式 The manager disissed 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. 【Text】 § Lesson 5 The facts 确切数字 Q: What was the consequence of the editor’s insistence on facts and statistics? 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 presidents palace 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 presidents 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. Meanwhil