presidential adj. 总统的、首长的
presidential election 总统选举
presidential candidate 总统候选人
presidential palace 总统府 颐和园
presidential system 总统制
palace n.王宫;宏伟的住宅
imperial palace 皇城、皇宫
Buckingham Palace 白金汉宫〔英国的王宫〕
Potala Palace 布达拉宫
颐和园
水晶宫
故宫博物馆
editor的名词和动词形式publish v.出版、发表 = 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.
publishment n. 发表、出版
fax n. 〔-- send a fax〕
impatient adj.不耐烦的
patience〔n.耐性〕 patient〔adj.有耐心的〕 patiently〔adv.有耐心地〕
impatience〔n.不耐烦〕 impatient〔adj.不耐烦的〕 impatiently〔adv.不耐烦地〕
Eg:
fire v.解雇〔口语〕
-- He was fired from his job
dismiss vt.解雇〔正式〕
-- The manager〔经理〕 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.起初,原先,从前
original adj.最初的, 原始的
origin n. 起源、源头、开端、出身
origin of life生命的起源
place of origin 原产地
country of origin 原产国
point of origin 原点、起火点、起始点
……
Eg:
2. 人们相信玉米的原产地是墨西哥。
3. 长江的源头是唐古拉山。
二、【课文学习】
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
insist V. 坚持、主张、强调
insist on doing sth 坚持、强调、主张做某事
=insist that+句子
Eg:
1.
2. 他的主张是每个人都奉献一点力量。
1. 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
Eg:
1. He provided them with a bed for the night.= He provided a bed for them for the night
2. 有人给我提供了帮助,所以我很快解决了这个问题。
2. 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.
本句= A well-known magazine instructed 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
the People’
instruct vt.
instruct sb to do sth.= tell sb formally to do sth 正式告诉某人做某事
=order sb to do sth
Eg:
1. The teacher instructed him to take the examination.
3. 我不知道该怎么翻开这个机器,因为我把使用说明弄丢了。
on = about
Eg:
a book on radio
3. 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.
refuse to do sth 拒绝做某事
refuse sth 拒绝某物
decline vt.婉言谢绝、婉拒
Eg:
1. 那位官员是个清廉的人,他拒绝了一切别人送来的礼物。
2. 因为有重要事情要做,她婉拒和我一起去音乐会。
4. The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's
palace'.
which 指代the high wall
surround V. 包围、环绕
surrounded by 被……包围
surrounding adj. 周围的
Eg:
1. 这座房子四周都是树木。
2. 周围的环境很糟糕,他不得不另寻实验地点。〔用复合句表达〕
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