新概念英语第三册课文电子版新概念英语第三册课文( 二 )

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
2. Editors of newspaper and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics.报纸杂志的编辑常常为了向读者提供一些无关紧要的事实和统计数字而走向极端。
语法分析：go to extremes 走向极端
provide*** . with sth 向…提供… ， .provide sth for*** ， offer***sth
provide = supply 给...提供（通常与介词搭配连用）
provide***with sth / provide sth for***
3. 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.去年，一位采访人员受一家有名的杂志的委托写一篇关于非洲某个新成立共和国总统府的文章。
语法分析= A well-known magazine instructed a journalist to write an article on the president's palace
in a new African republic.
instruct vt.教, 教导, 命令, 指示, 通知
instruct***to do sth.= tell***formally to do sth 正式告诉某人做某事 =order***to do sth
instruction n. 教导、命令、指示、用法说明， working instruction 操作说明书、工作细则
4. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refuse to publish it. 稿子寄来后，编辑看第一句话就拒绝予以发表。
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
5. The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's palace'.几百级台阶通向环绕总统府的高墙。
which 指代the high wall
surround V. 包围、环绕， surrounded by 被……包围， surrounding adj. 周围的
6. 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.编辑立即给那位采访人员发去传真，要求他核实一下台阶的确切数字和围墙的高度。
instructing(现在分词作伴随状语)进一步补充说明fax的情况
He sent me a letter instructing me to come back immediately.
7. The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them.采访人员立即出发去核实这些重要的事实，但过了好长时间不见他把数字寄来，
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...
take***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.
词汇辨析：take、spend、cost、pay
共同点：以上四个单词都有“花费”的意思
不同点：
take后面常跟双宾语，常见用法有以下几种：
(1) It takes*** . ＋时间＋to do sth. 做某事花了某人多少时间。It took them three years to build this road. 他们用了三年时间修完了这条路。
(2)doing sth. takes*** . ＋时间,做某事花了某人多少时间。Repairing this car took him the whole afternoon. 他花了一下午修车。
spend的主语必须是人，常用于以下结构：
(1) spend time ／money on sth. 在……上花费时间（金钱）。
例：I spent two hours on this maths problem. 这道数学题花了我两个小时。
(2) spend time ／ money (in) doing sth. 花费时间（金钱）做某事。
例：They spent two years (in) building this bridge. 造这座桥花了他们两年时间。
(3) spend money for sth. 花钱买…… 。

新概念英语第三册课文电子版 新概念英语第三册课文( 二 )

新概念英语第三册课文电子版新概念英语第三册课文( 二 )