练习材料：

L5-(1): The facts

Editors ofnewspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportantfacts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by awell-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a newAfrican republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentenceand then refused to publish it. The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead tothe high wall which surrounds the president's palace'. The editor at once sentthe journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps andthe height of the wall.

The journalist immediatelyset out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them.

ðə fækts

ˈɛdɪtəz ɒv

ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəz ænd ˌmæɡəˈziːnz ˈɒfᵊn ɡəʊ tuː ɪksˈtriːmz tuː prəˈvaɪd ðeə ˈriːdəz wɪð ˌʌnɪmˈpɒtənt fækts ænd

stəˈtɪstɪks. lɑːst jɪər ə ˈʤɜːnəlɪst hæd biːn ɪnˈstrʌktɪd

baɪ ə wɛl-nəʊn ˌmæɡəˈziːn 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 bɪˈɡæn: 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 ɪɡˈzækt ˈnʌmbər ɒv stɛps ænd ðə haɪt ɒv ðə wɔːl.

ðə ˈʤɜːnəlɪst ɪˈmiːdiətlisɛt aʊt tuː əbˈteɪn ðiːz ɪmˈpɔːtənt fækts, bʌt hiː tʊk ə lɒŋ taɪm tuː sɛnd ðɛm.

任务配置：L0 + L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、statistics：统计数字，统计资料，2、journalist：新闻工作者，新闻记者，3、African：非洲的，4、

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练习感悟： 这篇文章也不拗口，录一遍就达标了。