Unit 6 Mass Media(TextA Grammar).pptVIP

1) campaign: n. [C] a series of actions intended to achieve a particular result 战役，运动，活动，竞选运动[(+for/against)][+to-v] e.g.:The city hall is planning to start a campaign against smoking. 市政府计划发起禁烟运动。 2) result in: 导致，造成……结果或结局 e.g.: Their dispute resulted in war. 他们的争端导致了战争 Language points in paragraph 8 Translation for paragraph 8 据报道，戴尔公司利用美国的微博网站——Twitter,创造了在美国的数百万美元的销售额。今年年初，戴尔在新浪微博上开通了他的中国微博。在此之后，戴尔推出了几项在线活动来推广他的产品，来自中国微博客的访问量和回复到成千上万次。 9. According to figures from domestic research firm Analysys International, Chinas micro-bloggers reached 8 million last year, accounting for a tiny proportion of the countrys 420 million Internet users. However, by last month, the number of micro-blogging users had surpassed 75 million. The Beijing-based research firm forecast that the number of Chinas micro-bloggers will reach 145 million by the end of next year. (434words) Paragraph 9 of Text A 1) Analysys International: 易观国际 2) surpass: vt. to be even better or greater than someone or something else超过，优于，超过……的界限[(+in)] e.g.: She surpassed her brother in mathematics. 她在数学方面超过了她的兄弟。 3) account for: 说明;证明; 对...负有责任 e.g.:He could not account for his foolish mistake.  他无法解释他所犯的荒谬的错误。 4) ... , accounting for a tiny proportion of the countrys 420 million Internet users.本句中，现在分词短语accounting for...用作伴随状语。 Language points in paragraph 9 5) proportion: n. a part of a number or amount, considered in relation to the whole比例，比率[(+of/to)] e.g.: The proportion of imports to exports is worrying the government.  进出口的比例令政府担忧。 6) forecast: vt. n. a description of what is likely to happen in the future, based on the information that you have now预测, 预报 e.g.: The teacher forecast that twenty of his pupils would pass the examination. 老师预测他有二十名学生能通过考试。 Language points in paragraph 9 Translation for paragraph 9 根据国内研究机构易观国际提供的数据来看，中国的微博客去年达到了