新概念第三冊第5課

1、Lesson 5The factsNew words editor n. 編輯 extreme n. 極端 statistics n. 統(tǒng)計數(shù)字 journalist n. 記者 president n. 總統(tǒng) palace n. 王宮 publish v. 出版 fax n. 傳真 impatient adj. 不耐煩的 fire v. 解雇 originally adv. 起初 magazine n. 雜志 instruct v. 指導(dǎo)，通知，命令 exact adj. 確切的 republic n. 共和國 obtain v. 獲得，取得 reluctant adj. 不情愿的 pris

2、on n. 監(jiān)獄1. Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their reader with unimportant facts and statistics. go to extremes 走極端走極端 provide = supply 給.提供.常與介詞搭配用 provide sb with sth / provide sth for sb 給某人給某人. 例句：He provided them with a bed for the night. = He provided a bed fo

3、r them for the night Provide against sth.防備發(fā)生某事防備發(fā)生某事 例句：The government has to provide against a possible oil shortage in the coming months2. 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. instruct v. 教導(dǎo)，命令，

4、指示 instruct sb to do sth=tell sb to do sth 正式告訴某人做某事 例句：The teacher instructed him to take the exam. on=about 關(guān)于 例子：a book on musci3. The article began: Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the presidents palace. The article says/begins/reads/as follows. 這篇文章稱. 例句：The article says

5、 Chinas reform is benefiting the country and others. 數(shù)字的一些表達(dá)方法： tens of 幾十 dozens of幾十 tens of thousands of 數(shù)萬的 tens of millions of 數(shù)千萬的 hundreds of millions of 數(shù)億的 thousands upon thousands people 成百上千的人 lead to 通向，導(dǎo)致 例句：This is the road leading to the universtiy. surround v. 圍繞，環(huán)繞 例句： She was surro

6、unded by reporters. 她被記者包圍住了4. The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them. set out to do=decide and try to do 決定, 打算, 著手做. = set about doing 決定, 打算, 著手做. 例句：He set out to make his first 1,000,000 in 5 years. take sb a long time to do sth.

7、 某事花了某人很久的時間 例句：It took me five days to write the article.5. He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. yet another 還有一個，再 例句：Ive made yet another mistake. inform sb that. 通知，告訴 inform sb of sth 告訴某人某事 例句：Please inform him that he has an exam to

8、morrow.6. When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written. fail to do sth 沒能做成某事 例句：He failed to keep the word.never fail to do sth 總能做到某事be reluctant to do sth=be unwilling to do sth 勉勉強(qiáng)強(qiáng)，不情愿做某事例句：He is reluctant to do his ho

9、mework.7. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well.Not only位于句首, 必須采用倒裝形式。本句可還原為：The poor man had not only been arrested, but had been sent to prison as well. 倒裝：（部分倒裝）的情況： 1以下否定副詞位于句首否定副詞位于句首, 要倒裝要倒裝。 never, seldom, rarely, little, hardly, scarcely（幾乎不, 簡直沒有）

10、例句：Never have I read such stories. 我從來也沒讀過這樣的小說。 Hardly did I think it possible. 我并不認(rèn)為這是可能的。2含有含有only的狀語位于句首的狀語位于句首, 句子要倒裝。句子要倒裝。 例句：Only then did he realize that he had made a mistake. 3含有含有not的副詞短語位于句首的副詞短語位于句首, 句子要倒裝。句子要倒裝。 常用短語：not for a second 決不, 毫不 / not in the least 絕不, 一點也不 not for an insta

11、nt 根本不, not until 例句：Not in the least is he interested in English literature. 他對英國文學(xué)一點都不感興趣。 Not for an instant did I believe he had lied. 我根本不認(rèn)為他說了慌。8. However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that the he had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps lea

12、ding to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the presidents palace. be allowed to do sth=be permitted to do sth 被允許做某事 例句：He is allowed to wathc TV from 7 to 8 in the evening. in which中which指代fax while和現(xiàn)在分詞搭配，做時間狀語，表示“正在做某事的過程中” while counting=while he was countingExpressions be allowed to do sth 被允許做某事 fail to do sth 沒能做成某事 never f