Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
What was the consequence of the editor's insistence on facts and statistics?
Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it. The article began: ‘Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's 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.
The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them. two more faxes, but received no reply. 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 only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well. However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that he had been arrested while counting the 1, 084 steps leading to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace. New words and expressions生詞和短語
editor(1. 1)/'edit / n．新概念
publish(1. 6) /'p)bliM/ v．出版
extreme(1. 1) /ik'stri:m/n．極端
fax(1. 7) /f$ks/ n．傳真
statistics(1. 2) /st 'tistiks/ n．統(tǒng)計數(shù)字
impatient(1. 10) /im'peiM nt/adj. 不耐煩的
journalist(1. 3) /'d{*:n list/ n．新聞記者
fire(1. 12) /'fai /v．解雇
president(1. 4) /'prezid nt/n．總統(tǒng)
originally(1. 13) / 'rid{in li/adv．起初，原先，從前
palace(1. 4) /'p$lis/ n．王宮；宏偉的住宅
Notes on the text課文注釋
1 go to extremes. 走極端。
2 provide…with…作“向……提供……”解。
3 to write an article on, 寫一篇有關(guān)的報道。
4 lead to …作“通往……”、“導(dǎo)致……”解
5 go to press, 付印。
6 Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well. 這是 not only… but… as well 引導(dǎo)的并列句子，如果將not only置于句首，后面主謂語應(yīng)采取倒裝結(jié)構(gòu)。
參考譯文
報刊雜志的新概念常常為了向讀者提供成立一些無關(guān)緊要的事實和統(tǒng)計數(shù)字而走向極端。去年，一位記者受一家有名的雜志的委托寫一篇關(guān)于非洲某個新成立共和國總統(tǒng)府的文章。稿子寄來后，新概念看了第一句話就拒絕予以發(fā)表。文章的開頭是這樣的：“幾百級臺階通向環(huán)繞總統(tǒng)府的高墻。”新概念立即給那位記者發(fā)去傳真，要求他核實一下臺階的確切數(shù)字和圍墻的高度。
記者立即出發(fā)去核實這些重要的事實，但過了好長時間不見他把數(shù)字寄來。在此期間，新概念等得不耐煩了，因為雜志馬上要付印。他給記者先后發(fā)去兩份傳真，但對方毫無反應(yīng)。于是他又發(fā)了一份傳真，通知那位記者說，若再不迅速答復(fù)，將被解雇。但記者還是沒有回復(fù)。新概念無奈，勉強按原樣發(fā)稿了。一周之后，新概念終于接到了記者的傳真。那個可憐的記者不僅被捕了，而且還被送進(jìn)了監(jiān)獄。不過，他終于獲準(zhǔn)發(fā)回了一份傳真。在傳真中他告訴新概念，就在他數(shù)通向15英尺高的總統(tǒng)府圍墻的 1，084級臺階時，被抓了起來。
Summary writing摘要寫作
In not more than 80 words describe what happened from the time the journalist set out to get the facts. Do not include anything that is not in the last paragraph.
Answer these questions in note form to get your points:
1 Did the journalist immediately set out to get the facts after receiving instructions from his editor or not?
2 Did he send them at once or not?
3 Was the editor getting impatient or not?
4 How many faxes did the editor send?
5 What did the editor threaten to do?
6 Was the last fax answered or not?
7 Was the article omitted from the magazine, or was it printed in its original form?
8 When did the journalist send a fax?
9 Why had he been imprisoned?
Vocabulary詞匯
instructed(1. 3); well-known(1. 3); publish(1. 6); surrounds(1. 7); fired(1. 12); reluctantly(1. 12).
Composition作文
Describe how the journalist was arrested and what happened afterwards. Expand the following into a paragraph of about 150 words.
The journalist counted the number of steps as he… On arriving outside the main gate, he… He then… in order to measure the wall. While he was busy measuring the wall, a policeman… Though the journalist…, the policeman refused to believe him. He was arrested and sent to prison because the police thought that… When the journalist… he made things worse for himself. This proved to the police that…(69 words)
Letter writing書信寫作
Write a letter of about 80 words to a friend who has recently got married. You read about the wedding in your local paper. Supply a suitable Introduction and Conclusion. Use the following ideas to write the Purneighbourhood----hope to see them soon.
Key structures關(guān)鍵句型
A, The and Some. (IKS 78) （參見第2冊第 78課關(guān)鍵句型）
Exercises練習(xí)
A Underline the words a(n) and the in the passage and note how they have been used.
B Write sentences using the following words and phrases:
1 Hudson river.
2 information.
3 cinema.
4 industry.
5 flour and milk.
6 newspaper.
Special difficulties難點
Not only had the poor man been arrested…(11. 13-14)
在英文中，如果表示否定的副詞或副詞詞組放在句首，就必須后接“助動詞 主語 句子的其他部分”。這種倒裝結(jié)構(gòu)特別用來加強語氣。
Study these pairs of sentences:
I have never seen so many people.
Never have I seen so many people.
I had hardly finished speaking when the door opened.
Hardly had I finished speaking when the door opened.
(Compare ISD 38a) （對比第2冊第 38課難點a）Exercise練習(xí)
Write these sentences again beginning each one with the words in italics:
1 He has not only made this mistake before but he will make it again.
2 I realized what was happening only then.
3 I will never trust him again.
4 You seldom find traffic wardens who are kind and helpful.
Multiple choice questions多項選擇題
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension理解
1 The editor acted as he did because ______ .
a．he wanted an excuse to fire the journalist
b．he had not read the article beyond the first sentence
c．he was dissatisfied with the factual content of the article
d．he wanted to please the president of the new African republic
2 The journalist took a long time to send the details required because ______ .
a．it took him a long time to count all the steps
b．he had not been allowed to fax the information he had obtained
c．he did not realize how soon the magazine would go to press
d．he had been arrested before he had had time to obtain the facts
3 Why had the journalist been arrested?
a．Because his activities must have appeared suspicious.
b．For having gone to extremes to provide unimportant facts.
c．For climbing the palace wall in order to measure its height.
d．Because the article was published in its original form.
Structure結(jié)構(gòu)
4 ______ the first sentence, the editor refused to publish the article. (11. 5-6)
a．Reading
b．Having read
c．He read
d．Being read
5 The magazine ______ to press. (1. 10)
a．was
b．had gone
c．was about to go
d．was due
6 He sent the journalist two faxes, but did not receive ______ . (11. 10-11)
a．the replies
b．the reply
c．no reply
d．a(chǎn) reply
7 He informed the journalist he would be fired unless he ______ . (11. 11-12)
a．was replied
b．replied
c．would reply
d．did not reply
8 He informed ______ while carrying out his instructions. (11. 15-16)
a．his arrest to the editor
b．the editor his arrest
c．the editor of his arrest
d．the editor that his arrest had beenVocabulary詞匯
9 Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their ______ with unimportant facts and statistics. (11. 1-2)
a．a(chǎn)udience
b．lectures
c．public
d．common
10 The magazine would soon go to press. It would soon be ______ . (1. 10)
a．pressing
b．printed
c．typed
d．impressed
11 The poor man had been arrested. He was very ______ . (1. 14)
a．poor
b．stupid
c．innocent
d．unfortunate
12 He had at last been ______ to send a fax. (11. 14-15)
a．a(chǎn)dmitted
b．let
c．left
d．given permission