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新概念英语第三册第45课:Thepowerofthepress

Lesson45Thepowerofthepress新闻报道的威力Listentothetape

thenanswerthequestionbelow.

听录音，然后回答以下问题。

Doesthewriterthinktheparentswhereluckyorunluckytogain

prosperityinthisway?Why?

Indemocraticcountriesanyeffortstorestrictthefreedomofthe

pressarerightlycondemned.However,thisfreedomcaneasilybeabused.

Storiesaboutpeopleoftenattractfarmorepublicattentionthan

politicalevents.Thoughwemayenjoyreadingaboutthelivesofothers,

itisextremelydoubtfulwhetherwewouldequallyenjoyreadingabout

ourselves.Actingonthecontentionthatfactsaresacred,reporters

cancauseuntoldsufferingtoindividualsbypublishingdetailsabout

theirprivatelives.Newspapersexertsuchtremendousinfluencethat

theycannotonlybringaboutmajorchangestothelivesofordinary

peoplebutcanevenoverthrowagovernment.

Thestoryofapoorfamilythatacquiredfameandfortuneovernight,

dramaticallyillustratesthepowerofthepress.Thefamilylivedin

Aberdeen,asmalltownof23,000inhabitantsinSouthDakota.Asthe

parentshadfivechildren,lifewasaperpetualstruggleagainst

poverty.Theywereexpectingtheirsixthchildandwerefacedwith

evenmorepressingeconomicproblems.Iftheyhadonlyhadonemore

child,thefactwouldhavepassedunnoticed.Theywouldhavecontinued

tostruggleagainsteconomicoddsandwouldhavelivedinobscurity.

Buttheysuddenlybecametheparentsofquintuplets,anaeroplane

arrivedinAberdeenbringingsixtyreportersandphotographers.

Therisetofamewasswift.Televisioncamerasandnewspaperscarried

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