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Lesson 05 The facts 确切数字

　　Text 课文
　　What was the consequence of the editor‘s insistence on facts and statistics?
　　Consequence n.结果
　　Insistence n.坚持, 坚决主张
　　
　　Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their reader with
　　unimportant facts and statistics.
　　go?to?extremes 走极端
　　provide = supply 给...提供（通常与介词搭配连用）
　　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
　　
　　Last year a journalist had been 包含ucted by a well-known magazine to write an article on
　　the president‘s palace in a new African republic.
　　本句= A well-known magazine 包含ucted a journalist to write an article on the president‘s palace
　　in a new African republic.
　　African n.非洲人 adj.非洲的
　　Republic n.共和国, 共和政体
　　Instruct vt.教, 教导, 命令, 指示, 通知
　　包含uct?sb to?do?sth.= tell?sb?formally?to?do?sth 正式告诉某人做某事
　　-- The teacher 包含ucted him to take the examination.
　　On = about 侧重强调课题专一
　　-- a book on radio
　　
　　When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refuse to publish it.
　　When the article arrived = When the editor received the article
　　refuse vt.拒绝（态度严厉）
　　-- I invited him to dinner, but he refused me.
　　decline vt.婉言谢绝
　　repudiate vt.断然拒绝
　　
　　The article began: ‘Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president‘s
　　palace‘.
　　which?指代the?high?wall
　　
　　The editor at once sent the journalist a fax 包含ucting him find out the exact number of
　　steps and the height of the wall.
　　Instructing(现在分词)进一步补充说明fax的情况
　　-- he send me a letter 包含ucting me to come back immediately
　　
　　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 决定, 打算, 着手做...
　　= set about doing 决定, 打算, 着手做...
　　-- He set out to make his first 1,000,000 in 5 years.
　　take?sb a?long?time?to?do?sth 某事花了某人很久的时间
　　-- It took me five days to write the article.
　　
　　Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press.
　　
　　He sent the journalist two more faxes, but received no reply.
　　two more faxes = another two faxes
　　
　　He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be
　　fired.
　　
　　When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it
　　had originally been written.
　　reluctantly = unwilling 勉勉强强地, 不情愿地
　　as it bad originally been written = in its original way
　　
　　A week later, the editor at last received a fax from the journalist.
　　
　　Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well.
　　Not?only位于句首, 必须采用倒装形式。
　　本句 = The poor man had not only been arrested, but had been sent to prison as well.
　　倒装：（部分倒装）
　　1>否定副词位于句首, 要倒装。
　　never, seldom, rarely, little, hardly, scarcely, nowhere, no?sooner
　　scarcely adv.几乎不, 简直没有
　　nowhere adv.无处, 到处都无
　　-- Never have I read such stories. 我从来也没读过这样的小说。
　　-- Nowhere can he find the book he wants. 无论在哪他也找不到他要的书。
　　-- Hardly did I think it possible. 我并不认为这是可能的。
　　2>含有only的状语位于句首, 句子要倒装。
　　-- Only then did he realize that he had made a mistake.
　　-- Only when a great deal more information has been obtained will it be possible to plan a trip.
　　3>含有not的副词短语位于句首, 句子要倒装。
　　not for a second 决不, 毫不 / not in the least 绝不, 一点也不
　　not for an instant, not until
　　-- Not in the least is he interested in English literature. 他对英国文学一点都不感兴趣。
　　-- Not for an instant did I believe he had lied. 我根本不认为他说了慌。
　　4>含有no的短语位于句首, 句子要倒装。
　　at?on?time, in?no?way?, in?no?sense, by?no?means, in?no?case, on?no?account, on?no?condition,
　　under?no?circumstances （都表示‘绝不’）
　　circumstance n.环境, 详情, 境况
　　-- Under no circumstances can we accept the check. 我们无论如何也不能接受这笔钱。
　　-- On no account must you leave the baby in the house. 你无论如何也不能把留在房间里。
　　5> so?such?位于句首, 句子要倒装。
　　
　　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 leading to the fifteen-foot wall which
　　surrounded the president‘s palace.
　　he had at last been allowed = he had at last been permitted = he had asked for permission
　　请求被允许做某事：be?allowed?to?do, be?permitted?to?do, asked?for?permission?to?do?sth
　　permit v.许可,允许,准许 permission n.许可, 允许
　　in?which?-- which指代fax
　　while和现在分词搭配, 做时间状语, 表示“正在做某事的过程中”。
　　-- 可以用while引导的时间状语从句去替换。
　　-- While counting… = while he was counting…
　　现在分词做定语：
　　-- the steps leading to the president‘s palace 通向王宫的台阶。
　　-- the road leading to the forest 通向森林的路。
　　fifteen-foot做前置定语, 这里的名词必须上单数形式。
　　
　　which引导的定语从句修饰wall, which指代wall。
　　-- wall which surrounded… （= wall surrounding…）
　　-- 为了避免和前面的现在分词句式结构(leading)相同所以没有用surrounding.

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