lesson5thefacts概要.ppt

New words 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 　　statistics n.统计数字 　　journalist n.新闻记者 　　reporter n.(电视台)记者 　　correspondent n.(电台)记者, 通讯员 　　president n.总统 　　 What was the consequence of the editors insistence on facts and statistics? Extreme?Wuhan is extremely hot in summers.?This is a rare occurrence as our climate seldom go to extremes.  ? His enthusiasm is carried to an extreme.? He found the task wearisome (exhausting/ tiring/ weary) in the extreme. Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their reader with unimportant facts and statistics. provide provide = supply 给...提供.常与介词搭配用 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. Provide against sth.防备发生某事 The government has to provide against a possible oil shortage in the coming months 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 refuse to publish it. ? Reporter/ correspondent (correspondence)/ journalist journals / magazines / periodicals / tabloid ? I was asked/ instructed/ ordered to remove this table. . 关于拒绝 ?refuse严厉拒绝 decline婉言拒绝 Repudiate (formal) 断然拒绝 Reject 多指由于某物某事某行为不能让人满意而被当面直截了当地拒绝，与之相近的是spurn，鄙弃之意 His paper was rejected by the journal. 关于发表 His article appeared / was published in a well-known journal. The article began: Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the presidents 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. Lead to ?导致 ?通向--- Where does the street lead to? = Where is the street directed to? =Where is the street leader ? No thoroughfare! 此路不通 ? Have a 7-point lead over sb 比—领先7分 instruct ?教导，教育，培养=teach H