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Lesson 5 The facts Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. go to extremes 走极端 The boss went to extremes of dismissing most of his workers. provide sb with sth 向某人提供某物 Govement provided these refugees with food and tents. unimportant adj. 不重要的。否定前缀还有un-, dis-, im-, in-, ir-, ab- un- unhappy, unable, unfriendly, uncormfortable dis- dishonest, dislike, disagreement im- impolite, impossible, impatient in- ncorrect, inactive ir- irregular, irrevocable 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. had been instructed--- 过去完成时的被动语态。一般而言，过去完成时都会出现一个过去的动作，该动作发生在过去完成时之前。 He said he had visited there many times. well-known 有名的，近义词有famous, noted, notable, prestigious. well-known的构成是一个adj+v-ed, 即形容词+过去分词，又构成一个复合形容词，如： well-educated adj. 受过良好教育的 well-behaved adj. 很乖的；行为端正的；彬彬有礼的 well-dressed adj. 穿着漂亮的，考究的 还有n+v-ed，即名词+过去分词，也可以构成一个符合形容词，如： man-made adj. 人工制造的 state-owned adj. 国有的 heart-broken adj. 伤心的，心碎的 write an article on--, on 表示关于，相当于about When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it. Refuse v. 拒绝。refuse的近义词有reject, decline refuse语气较重，指态度坚决，肯定无疑的拒绝 reject多指由于某物某事某行为不能让人满意而被当面直截了当地拒绝。 decline指婉言谢绝他人的帮助或邀请等 The article began: “Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president’s palace.” hundres of 数以百计的，可以衍生 thousands of, millions of，数以前计的，数以百万计的。 lead to 通向，导致 The road leading to the forest is covered with grass and flowers. Smoking often leads to lung cancer. surround v. 包围，围绕。 N/adj. surrounding. 周围，外围的环境/周围的，附近的 The moon is surrounded by stars. The embassy was attacked and the surrounding buildings were damaged as well. 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. a fax instructing him to---, instructing