1.练习材料
Lesson 5 The facts
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.
2.任务配置:L0
3.知识笔记
(1)查音标
/ˈlɛsn/ 5 /ðə/ /fækts/
/ˈɛdɪtəz/ /ɒv/ /ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəz/ /ænd/ /ˌmægəˈziːnz/ /ˈɒf(ə)n/ /gəʊ/ /tuː/ /ɪksˈtriːmz/ /tuː/ /prəˈvaɪd/ /ðeə/ /ˈriːdəz/ /wɪð/ /ˌʌnɪmˈpɒtənt/ /fækts/ /ænd/ /stəˈtɪstɪks/. /lɑːst/ /jɪər/ /ə/ /ˈʤɜːnəlɪst/ /hæd/ /biːn/ /ɪnˈstrʌktɪd/ /baɪ/ /ə/ /wɛl/-/nəʊn/ /ˌmægəˈziːn/ /tuː/ /raɪt/ /ən/ /ˈɑːtɪkl/ /ɒn/ /ðə/ /ˈprɛzɪdənts/ /ˈpælɪs/ /ɪn/ /ə/ /njuː/ /ˈæfrɪkən/ /rɪˈpʌblɪk/. /wɛn/ /ði/ /ˈɑːtɪkl/ /əˈraɪvd/, /ði/ /ˈɛdɪtə/ /riːd/ /ðə/ /fɜːst/ /ˈsɛntəns/ /ænd/ /ðɛn/ /ˌriːˈfjuːzd/ /tuː/ /ˈpʌblɪʃ/ /ɪt/. /ði/ /ˈɑːtɪkl/ /bɪˈgæn/: /ˈhʌndrədz/ /ɒv/ /stɛps/ /liːd/ /tuː/ /ðə/ /haɪ/ /wɔːl/ /wɪʧ/ /səˈraʊndz/ /ðə/ /ˈprɛzɪdənts/ /ˈpælɪs/. /ði/ /ˈɛdɪtər/ /æt/ /wʌns/ /sɛnt/ /ðə/ /ˈʤɜːnəlɪst/ /ə/ /fæks/ /ɪnˈstrʌktɪŋ/ /hɪm/ /tuː/ /faɪnd/ /aʊt/ /ði/ /ɪgˈzækt/ /ˈnʌmbər/ /ɒv/ /stɛps/ /ænd/ /ðə/ /haɪt/ /ɒv/ /ðə/ /wɔːl/./ðə/ /ˈʤɜːnəlɪst/ /ɪˈmiːdiətli/ /sɛt/ /aʊt/ /tuː/ /əbˈteɪn/ /ðiːz/ /ɪmˈpɔːtənt/ /fækts/, /bʌt/ /hiː/ /tʊk/ /ə/ /lɒŋ/ /taɪm/ /tuː/ /sɛnd/ /ðɛm/.
(2) 学单词
1) editor /ˈɛdɪtə/ n. 编辑
2) extreme /ɪksˈtriːm/ n. 极端
3) statistics /stəˈtɪstɪks/ n. 统计数字
4) journalist /ˈʤɜːnəlɪst/ n. 新闻记者
5) president /ˈprɛzɪdənt/ n. 总统
6) palace /ˈpælɪs/ n. 王宫
7) publish /ˈpʌblɪʃ/ v. 出版
8) fax /fæk/ n. 传真
9) impatient /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/ adj. 不耐烦的
10) fire /ˈfaɪə/ v. 解雇
11) originally /əˈrɪʤɪnəli/ adv. 起初，原先，从前
