1、Lesson Five The FactsJuly 28,2018Warm-up Activity【Topics for discussion】1.What do you know about the work of a journalist?2.What do you think are the most important qualities for a journalist?Lesson 5 The facts【Listening Comprehension】Question:What was the consequence of the editors insistence on fa
2、cts andstatistics?A:The journalist was arrested and sent to prison.Lesson 5 The facts【Fast Reading】Questions:1.how do editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes?2.what did the editor instruct the journalist to find out after reading the first sentence?3.Why was the editor getting impat
3、ient?4.why hadnt the journalist faxed sooner?5.how many steps led to the presidents palace?6.when had the journalist been arrested?Lesson 5 The facts【New words and expression 生词和短语】Editor n.a person who checks and corrects texts before they are published 编辑Edit vt.to prepare a book 编辑;Edition n.编辑-e
4、dit magazine,edit newspaperextreme n.极端go to extreme(s)to do:do sth in a way considered unacceptable,unreasonable,or foolish 做某事走极端eg.He went to extremes to say that his girlfriend was the most beautiful in the world.go from one extreme to the other 从一个极端走向另一个极端 statistics n.quantitative data on any
5、 subject 统计数字 journalist n.a person whose job is to collect news and write about it for newspapers,magazines新闻记者 reporter n.(屏幕上播报新闻的电视台)记者 correspondent n.(电台)记者,通讯员（工作任务特定的，专一的）eg：a war correspondent随军记者 palace n.a very large impressive house,esp.the official home of a king,queen,or president王宫；宏伟
6、的住宅 publish v.出版 =print(vt.),go to press(vi.)-The book has already been published.=The book has already been printed.-The book has gone to press.-They have already published the magazine.Fax n.传真（-send a fax）impatient adj.short of temper,easily annoyed不耐烦的 Impatience n.不耐烦;impatiently adv.不耐烦地 fire
7、v.dismiss from ones job解雇（口语）-He was fired from his job dismiss vt.解雇（正式）-The manager dismissed him from his company.Sack vt.解雇,辞退（俚语,口语）-If you do it wrong again you will be sacked.Originally adv.in the beginning 起初，原先，从前original adj.最初的,原始的,独创的【Deatiled study of the Text 课文学习】Editors of newspapers
8、 and magazines often go to extremes to provide their reader with unimportant facts and statistics.(L1)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 eg.He,them,a bed,for the night-He provided them with a bed for the night.He provided a bed for them for the n
9、ight Last year a journalist had been instructed by a wellknown magazine to write an article on the presidents palace in a new African republic.(L2)Republic n.共和国,共和政体 PRC=Peoples Republic of China Instruct vt.教,教导,命令,指示,通知 -instruct sb to do sth.=tell sb formally to do sth 正式告诉某人做某事,指示;吩咐 eg.The tea
10、cher instructed him to take the exam.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.（L5）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.
11、politely refuse to accept or do sth婉言谢绝 repudiate vt.refuse to acknowledge,or recognize as valid 断然拒绝 -The woman repudiated the divorce settlement（离婚协议）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.（L7）Instructing(现在分词)进
12、一步补充说明fax的情况 Eg.He,me,a letter,come back immediately -he sends me a letter instructing me to come back immediately The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts,but he took a long time to send them.(L9)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 s
13、et 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.He sent the journalist two more faxes,but received no reply.(L11)two more faxes=another two faxes When the journalist again failed to reply,the editor reluctantly publish
14、ed the article as it had originally been written.(L12)reluctantly=unwillingly 勉勉强强地,不情愿地 as it had originally been written=in its original way Not only had the poor man been arrested,but he had been sent to prison as well.(L14)Not only位于句首,必须采用倒装形式=The poor man had not only been arrested,but had bee
15、n 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，nowhereadv.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
16、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 Englis
17、h 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。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
18、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（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。However,
19、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 presidents palace.(L15)请求被允许做某事：be allowed to do,be permitted to do,ask for permission to do sth while和现在分词搭配,做时间状语
20、,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 presidents 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。However,he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that he had be
21、en arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the presidents palace.(L15)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.【Tell the story】Editor refused to publish article It began:Hundr
22、eds of steps Journalist find out exact number of steps height of wall Editor 2 faxes no reply Another fax journalist would be fired Journalist failed to reply article published Week later fax from journalist Arrested prison as well Counting steps fifteen-foot high wall presidents palaceSummary writi
23、ng The journalist immediately set out to get the facts after receiving instructions from his editor.He did not send them at once The editor was getting impatient He sent three faxes.The editor threatened to fire the journalist The last fax was unanswered The article was published in its original for
24、m.The journalist sent the editor a fax a week later He had been imprisoned after counting the steps and measuring the height of the wall.【Model】Though the journalist immediately set out to get the facts after receiving instructions from his editor,he did not send them at once./The journalist immedia
25、tely set out to get the facts after receiving instructions from his editor,but he did not send them at once.Meanwhile the editor was getting impatient,so he sent three faxes,finally threatening to fire the journalistWhen the last fax was unanswered,the article was published in its original form.A week later,the journalist sent the editor a fax explaining he had been imprisoned after counting the steps and measuring the height of the wall.Thank you for your attention!
