新概念英语第三册
NEW CONCEPT ENGLISH BOOK Ⅲ
[Day 1577 2019-01-20]
L5-(1): 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.
音标:ɛl5-(1): 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.
任务配置:L0+L1+L4
知识笔记:go to extremes走极端
provide…with …作“向…提供”
lead to 作“通往……，导致…”
editor编辑
extreme极端
statistics统计数字
journalist新闻记者
president总统
palace王宫
publish出版
fax传真
impatient不耐烦的
originally原先，从前。
练习感悟:1.今天的行程又是在车上度过，我尝试着听录音朗读。环境虽然嘈杂，但是我居然很认真的听完了。
2.若是换在以前，我估计就是刷刷手机，睡着度过。
3.珍惜每分每秒，心理时刻惦记着。最大的不同大概是晚上做梦都在读英语～嘎嘎
